Cruisin'

Grammy and Pom Pom got a cool new car at Thanksgiving. So Dan put it together (which was not an easy task!) and Jonah got to take 'er for a test drive! He was so cute putting around the house. He even took Elmo for a spin!

Balboa Park

A few weeks ago we took Jonah to Balboa Park to explore the place and let him run free. He had such a good time. He got to play in the park and run everywhere! His favorite times revolved around the fountains. He LOVES to splash in the water!!

Box Fun

This goes to show how much fun you can have with a box and your Dad! (Minus the mishap with a spastic dog that occurred at the end of the video. Luckily everyone escaped unscathed, just a little scared.)

Halloween

What a fun Halloween! We started the holiday a little early, with a carnival the weekend before. Jonah dressed up as a cute fuzzy chicken for the carnival. The costume was a bit big, but that means he should be able to wear it for next year. Halloween morning started off with a treat - donuts! Jonah LOVES donuts, or anything sweet, so this was a fun surprise for him. He eats the donut holes, since they are the perfect size for his little hands and mouth. Then we packed up and headed to the Wild Animal Park. The park was decorated for Halloween with lots of spooky spiders, skulls and pumpkins. We planned for Jonah to wear his costume, but true to San Diego, it was too hot! He had a lot of fun watching his favorite animals - birds, as well as petting some soft deer-type animals in the petting zoo. He was a good sport and enjoyed getting out of the stroller to do some walking of his own. Later that evening, we carved our pumpkins and Jonah helped by pushing our chairs out of the way anytime we would stand up! The pumpkins turned out cute, but we are looking forward to helping Jonah carve his own next year. Then, he got dressed up as the cutest scarecrow ever!! He wasn't too happy with the hat and the hood, but I let him hold some "forbidden" clips (he is ALWAYS getting in trouble for snatching them) and he seemed content to let the hat and hood stay on. I planned to take him around to visit some families from church, but things didn't exactly go as planned. He had a good time anyway and we had a great day!

Happy Lil' Scarecrow

Posing with the pumpkins

Petting the deer with Daddy

Being silly!

Chowin' down on his donut hole

Fuzzy Chicken

Pumpkin Patch '09

Can you spot my lil' pumkin? He's hiding in there! We went to Bates Nut Farm today to pick out our pumpkins. What a great day! The weather was perfect, there were lots of people there, and Jonah was in a great mood. We ate bbq sandwiches, had some homemade ice cream and looked through the arts and crafts fair. They even had a petting zoo. We had so much fun picking out our pumpkins. Jonah's favorite part was getting out of the stroller to beat on the jumbo pumpkins! Although, he also loved eating the ice cream! We're already looking forward to next year.

My little nut!

First Haircut

The time came for me to give my little guy his first real haircut. I've given him little trims before, to keep the hair off of his ears, but this was the big time. I was a bit nervous, but it had to get done. After a little snipping, it turned out pretty cute. He can still get some cut little baby curls in the back, but it's a little more shapely on the sides. And there weren't any tears (from Jonah or me!)

Mickey Mouse

It took me a little while to remember we needed to buy this pictures of Jonah with Mickey. This was the first time he met Mickey and as you can see, he LOVED him! We didn't realize we were in the line to meet Mickey, which is good because we waited for over an hour. If we had known we were in the line for him, we would have left! But it was all worth it once Jonah got to grab his nose! He just kept touching his nose and petting his ears. I think he wanted to give him a hug too! So sweet!!

1st birthday

Yay, I'm one!

Time went by way too fast and before I knew it, my little guy turned one! So many great things have happened over the past year and we are so blessed to have our little Sweetpea in our lives. He had a great birthday surrounded by his family. We went up to Visalia and had a fun party at his Grandma & Grandpa Mason's house. He didn't know anything special was going on, but he had a lot of fun and got to eat pizza and his own cupcake! What a special day and we look forward to many more birthdays.

Cute little puppy pinata - before the carnage

Cousin Allison

Cousin Christian

Cousin Gavin

Birthday Boy!

Surveying the damage

Practicing his swing for the pinata

Mason Family

He had more fun playing with the tissue paper than any of the presents!

Getting lots of help from his cousins

Pup-cakes

He didn't need anyone to tell him what to do!

Yum, yum!

Fun Summer

Hanging out in the pool in his "cozy crab"

"Sharing" chocolate pudding with Daddy!

Reading a bedtime story to Gracie.

Baby-in-a-box

Happy Boy!

You're never to young to jump on the couch!

And so it begins.....