A Little More Roaring

I just wanted to post a few more pictures of our little dinosaur roaring because I think it is the cutest thing in the world right now.

Napping with Daddy

One of Mason's favorite things to do still is nap on his daddy. There was a couple months where he quit doing it, but he is back at it now. We know it is a horrible habit to get into, but don't they look cute?! And the only time it happens is when daddy wants to nap too. I think it is Chase's secret way of getting out of doing anything because not in a million years would I disturb a moment like that!=)

My Little Dinosaur

Mason has been making this sound lately like he is roaring at you. He loves it when you roar back at him so he can roar back at you. It just keeps going back and forth. Chase and I have been calling him our little dino. It is amazing how the most annoying sound can become the cutest sound when it is coming out of your child's mouth!


Mason roaring


My little dino

Alex and Kala's Wedding

Mason walking with his great grandfather


Chase and I


Mason and his dad


Mason and Uncle Alex

Chase's brother Alex got married the Saturday after Christmas to the wonderful miss Kala Goodwin (now Mason's new aunt). It was the last event in Knoxville before we headed home to Memphis. Believe it or not it was Mason's second wedding to attend (he attended Chase and my wedding when he was 3 months old back in August). The church was decorated with all of the Christmas decorations, Christmas trees, white lights, and poinsettias. The bridesmaid's dresses were a beautiful red color, Kala was as beautiful as always, and my very handsome husband was on stage in a tux. It was a beautiful wedding, and I was very proud of my motherly planning. I made sure that I fed Mason right before the ceremony and thanks to Mason's Nana's help Mason slept through the ceremony! Doesn't Mason look cute all dressed up? And if I have to say so myself, my husband is awfully good looking in his tux =)

Christmas with Papaw Joel and Jenny

Our next stop in Knoxville was first to Mason's other great grandparents house (Papaw Joe and Mamaw Bettye). We spent the beginning of Christmas Eve at their house. There we were able to spend time with Mason's great grandparents, his papaw Joel (which we are not sure if that is what his grandfather will be called yet!), Jenny (Chase's step mom and we also don't know what she will be called yet either), his uncle Turner, Britney,his uncle Alex and now Aunt Kala. We opened gifts there and then packed it up and went to his papaw Joel and Jenny's house to open more gifts! We spent the rest of our vacation in Knoxville at Joel and Jenny's house because Mason's uncle Alex was getting married the Saturday after Christmas ( which pictures will be posted soon). Christmas day was more family and gifts in the morning and then the rest of the day was simply relaxing, just the way we like it.


Mason bouncing with Papaw Joe


Mason being super cute.


Mason with his T-rex from his Uncle Turner and Britney


Mason's books from Papaw Joel and Jenny (they also got Mason one of his big gifts, his high chair)


Mason with is sideways moving crab from Papaw Joel and Jenny

Christmas with Nana and Papaw Darrel

The first stop in Knoxville was to visit Chase's mom and stepdad. We stayed at their house the first couple of nights and had a very relaxing time. We also traveled to Gatlinburg to see Christmas lights and do a little before Christmas shopping. We had Christmas with Mason's nana and papaw Darrel (Chase's mom and stepdad), his greatgrandmother(memaw), who is in the picture below, his great aunt and uncle and his second cousin, Hunter, (at least I think that would be her relationship to Mason) around lunch time on Christmas Eve. There were presents from wall to wall when we walked in and from the picture below you can see the mess we made opening all of the presents. Mason got one of his big gifts from his great grandmother which is in the pictures below. According to Chase and his research, it is suppose to be a fabulous toy that Mason will be able to play with from sitting to crawling to walking. Mason absolutely loved the monkey on the top of the toy. He kept wanting to stand up and hug the monkey. We just hope it gets him pulling up by himself soon.


Mason opening a gift with his greatgrandmother on the right.


Mason with Nana


Mason hugging his monkey


Mason with his new toy

Our First Family Christmas

The Sunday before Christmas and the day before we left for Knoxville we had Christmas dinner together, just us, and opened our gifts to each other. This is the night Mason got to open the gifts I talked about earlier that he picked out at toys-r-us. I don't know why but this is the only picture I got from that night. It may have been because I was too tired from packing and getting the house ready to leave. Who knows. Notice my new glasses. I am super pumped about them. They were a gift from Chase's mom and they are the exact frames that I found at an eye store in Seattle, Washington when we were there visiting for my interview. And when I say exact frames, I mean she called the store in Seattle and had the ones in the store shipped to me! Thank you Karen! Also notice Mason sitting on the table. We had already gotten our high chair, but for some reason he still ended up in the Bumbo on the table (and yes trying to get our food). All in all though the night was perfect. Afterall, it was our first Christmas together with just our new family. Something I hold dearly in my heart.

Christmas with Mom and Dad

The Saturday before Christmas we had Christmas in Memphis with my mom and dad (mimi and popi), my sister and her two daughters, Harper and Hayden and my brother. We had a lot of fun. Everyone came to Chase and my house to have good eats, good fun, and then open some early Christmas gifts. Mason got a cute outfit from Aunt Brie and Uncle Brad and some wonderful toys from mimi and popi. This was also the first time that Mason was actually able to sit up and play with his cousins! As you can see below, his cousins brought out Mason's wooden blocks and like every toy they went straight to Mason's mouth.


Mason with popi and his cousin Hayden


Mason with mimi and Hayden

Lounging Around with Dad

I just thought this picture was super cute. It seems like as the holidays come to an end that all we do is lay around the house. Don't worry we aren't getting lazy. We all start back hard core Monday!