Baby Shower Fun!

This past weekend, we had a baby shower for Corie. We had a great time! There was so much good food and it was great to see old friends. Corie, Lisa and I have been best friends since Jr.High. We have kept in touch by going to dinner once a month for the last few years. I truly look forward to it every month and have loved growing up, getting married, and becoming mothers together!! Good luck Corie!! Can't wait to see little Jonah!

I was in charge of decorations for the shower-- I had so much fun makin this diaper cake! I am totally not creative by myself so I found a cake online that I liked and copied it. I think it turned out really cute!

Mason's Laugh

Auntie Jessica was over the other day and she had Mason laughing harder than he ever has before. I've tried to get him to laugh that hard again but I just can't do it. I guess mommies just aren't as fun as aunties!!

Update

So I'm such a bloggins slacker. The last month has been crazy! I say this in every blog but Mason is getting so big! He had his 6 month appointment on Friday. He is 17.9 lbs (46th percentile) and 27 inches (74th percentile) I think he is going to be tall like his daddy! He also started trying to hold his own bottle and is rolling all over the place. He is such a smiley kid- we are so lucky to have such a good baby! When I was pregnant, a lot of people I talked to were so negative towards kids. They would tell me how much our lives would change and how there's no going back... etc. Our lives have definitely changed and there are definitely hard days but having a baby is so much fun!! He fills our lives with so much joy, and the older he gets the more fun he becomes. Here are some pics and videos of how we ended our summer

Mason watching his dad play volleyball.

He was so cute kicking his legs in his crab floatie. Man I'm going to miss 88 degree weather!!

Ben got us the coolest program for Mason. Its called You Baby Can Read. The DVD's and books help teach babies whole language and phonics using a combination of sound, sight and interaction. The beginning of the DVD's shows a 9 month old baby who can recognize words- like the dad holds up the word laugh and the baby laughs. Its amazing!! Anyhow- Mason loves to watch them while sitting in his bumbo chair.

I love this picture. My 2 favorite boys having snuggle time!!

He recently started sleeping with his bum in the air. Babies are so silly!

It was a big day when I went to lunch with my cousin Aaron and Mason sat in a high chair and entertained himself with this teething ring!

I somehow got roped into driving all the way out to Tooele one Saturday to take a 5 generation picture. Mason met his 96 year old great great grandma for the first time while we were there. She adored him, of course- and I ended up being kind of glad I went because it will be fun for him to see this picture when he's older!

We found this jumper on the KSL classified ads. I think it is the best thing in the world!! He plays in it for hours at a time. In this video, he is watching his You Baby Can Read DVD.