pictures of the boys

As my mother told me recently, "The question isn't are you gonna need a U-Haul, now it's what size are you gonna need?"


Hardy, har, har! Last week the boys & I made our weekly trip to Wal-Mart with a specific need in mind. We were going to get Mason a walker. Now, Eric never had one & did just fine but Mason is already at the point were he wants to be up & going. He also wants to be with me no matter where I am in the house, with a walker he can do just that. So, we picked out the walker & started to look around. Wasn't long & we came across the bicycles. After examining it, thinking about it & testing it out in the store, we picked one out. Eric is now the proud new owner of a red & black Rocket bicycle, complete with Lightening McQueen helmet & pads. Lucky for us our sidewalk is the perfect place for him to ride during the day. All of our neighbors on the bottom floor are at work & the sidewalk is not right next to the road making an excellent place to ride for a beginner.

proud new owner.

by golly, I think he gets it!

BUSTED!! Sorry, no pics of Mason in the walker yet, but this one was too cute to not post.

*On a side note: we (@7500 ft.) got some rain earlier this week but it snowed in the mountains (above 8000 ft). Can you imagine, snow in mid-May? Does it ever get warm enough up there NOT to snow? I don't know if I'll ever get used to this crazy weather.

snow in APRIL!!!

About a month ago we got a really strong cold front come in from Colorado & the resulting precip was SNOW!! The weather up here really does take some getting used to. Even still we have some days that it is a little too chilly to wear shorts or days that may require a light jacket. Is this what spring is supposed to be like?? Being from Texas (and MUCH further south) we don't typically have a spring season, maybe a week or two max. Don't get me wrong, I could really get used to this, no 90's yet. Anyways like I've said before, Eric loves the snow & will get out into it whenever he can. Being that this was probably the last time we were gonna see snow for a good long while, I let Eric loose outside & he enjoyed every minute of it!!

ATTACK OF THE NOODLE MONSTER!!!

I so think I have created a monster, a noodle monster to be exact. Mason is very quickly moving on from processed baby food in a jar to more "real" food. I could easily say that noodles are one of his faves right now. About once a week I make some sort of noodles (speg, mac & cheese, pasta roni, etc.) & you can just see his eyes light up when I put some on his tray. His dexterity is amazing & he manages to get about 95% into his mouth. Really though, I have yet to find much of anything this kid doesn't like. Eggs, noodles, bananas just about anything makes him happy. (and Heaven help us when he really gets going, he's gonna eat us out of house & home!) But like they say, the proof is in the pictures...


Yes, he ate all of that & then some!!


teether biscuits & eggs really do make the best messes!