Henry Andrew Mason

Well, I'm finally getting around to posting Henry's birth pictures. I can't believe it's been almost three weeks already! Anyways, Henry is finally here! He was born May 26, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. and weighed 8lbs 15 oz and was 21 inches long. My big boy! He is such a good and sweet baby. He's pretty mellow and just enjoys being cuddled. Who can't resist cuddling this little guy?!? Jonah absolutely loves him. He tries to share his toys and enjoys "helping" to rock Henry in his bouncy seat and the car seat. He is learning to be gentle!

Big Boy!

My three boys

Jonah shared all his toys with Henry in the hospital

Cute little Mason chin

Didn't enjoy changing his clothes to leave the hospital but he still looks so cute!

My sweet little guy

One week old

My newest sweet little boy. Can't believe Henry is already a week old. Actually, he's almost two weeks old, as I type this. He is such a good baby. He still only cries when he's hungry or he needs to burp. Pretty understandable reasons to cry! He is awake a little more often and loves to just sit in his swing or the bouncy seat and just look around. He's learned to love the bouncy seat, just like his older brother. We put him in it with a snuggly blanket, turn on the vibration and he's out like a light!

With his new puppy blanket from MaryBeth

His "Cheerio" face - he makes this face when he's hungry!

Almost looks like he's whistling the Andy Griffith theme song!

Jonah with his new "MONK" pillow from MaryBeth

Pacis make the world a better place

One week old already!

Ready for his first trip to church in his dinosaur outfit

just havin' fun

Here are a bunch of random photos taken over the past few weeks of Jonah just being a boy and having some fun! He loves to put on shoes - anyone's shoes - and he had fun walking around in Daddy's shoes. They were a bit big and kind of hard to get around in, but he didn't want any help and had fun.
I finally took him to the beach this past week. Unfortunately it was freezy cold and windy! Oh and there was a SUPER high tide, which freaked me out. So we just played in the sand for a little while and searched for some shells before leaving. We'll try it again when the weather is nicer and the tide isn't so high.
Last Saturday we decided to head out to the Wild Animal Park. So we took our little wild animal and had a lot of fun. Here he is in a bird nest with Daddy. Wasn't his favorite spot but he tolerated us while we took his picture!
This is his favorite spot - the petting zoo. He could stay in there forever! He had fun petting the deer, they were super soft and very calm. There were some really small deer type animals that were cute too, but Jonah could resist poking them in the eye with his finger, and we didn't think we needed a picture of that!
Coming out of his fort that Daddy made him.
Daddy made him a fun fort out of the box for our new double stroller. Even Gracie got in on the action and went into the fort, which made Jonah happy!
"Helping" Daddy put together the new double stroller
Checking out his new stroller to share with Hammy
Looking cute in his new robot tie. It even has matching socks. And there's a set waiting for Hammy too!

Lake Miramar

This goose swam right up and took a cracker from Dan. Jonah loved it and started "sharing" the crackers with them!


This afternoon, Dan decided to take a half day and come early. So we went out to Lake Miramar to feed the ducks. I had never been out there but I am so glad we went. It's only about ten minutes from our house and it's really cute and well maintained. And there were lots of ducks! We took a couple bags of stale crackers to feed the ducks and anything else that would come around. Little did we know that "anything else" would be Jonah. He ate every cracker we gave him until about five minutes before we left. Then he caught on to the fact that we were giving them to the ducks and he thought it was fun to throw the whole cracker out. The ducks didn't seem to mind. In fact there were several flocks of somewhat friendly geese that came over and chowed down on the whole crackers. It was a lot of fun and I'm sure we'll be spending a lot of time out there this summer.

Jonah eating the duck food.

Keepin' Cool

Last week we had a spell of some warm weather, so we came up with lots of fun ways to stay cool. We picked up this tiny swimming pool and Jonah got to try out his new swim trunks. Of course, the pool was made better by putting his bath toys and some plastic snakes in it! Gracie thought it was the best water she had ever tasted and drank half the pool, so we all enjoyed it!

Gracie's moving in to suck down more water.

He LOVES to swing. He actually says "swing" when he goes outside so we can get it all set up for him. He'll stay in that thing as long as you are willing to push him!

After nappy, he decided Gracie made a pretty nice bench to sit on while he watched Elmo!

Easter 2010

All ready for church in his Easter vest.

We had a lot of fun for Easter this year. Jonah enjoyed his Easter basket and loved to hunt for the Easter eggs. The Easter Bunny left him a set of Thomas trains, lots of candy, some bubbles and a wind-up hopping egg. After church, we all settled down for a nap before hunting eggs. Unfortunately the nap was rudely interrupted by a pretty good sized earthquake. Everything was alright, but the naps were over. So we all went outside and hid the eggs. Jonah enjoyed finding them over and over and over.....and over! He didn't even catch on that there were jelly beans inside them, he just wanted to search for them in the backyard!

Too busy for Mom to take a photo - there's still more eggs to get!!

Surveying his booty

The Easter Bunny left his goodies with Elmo.

Hair cuts, lawnmowers and new backyard

Well, it's been another busy month for us. But as you can see from the picture, Jonah is able to relax through it all! (Elmo chair, feet up on his Elmo truck, watching Elmo - guess who he likes?!?) We finally got our backyard fixed up and are all ready for the summer. We got a new flower bed and some artificial grass - which everyone loves. Jonah and Gracie are huge fans and even Kaiko has decided to enjoy the grass, though she wouldn't want me to let anyone know. We were able to get Jonah a cute little sandbox from Craigslist for only ten dollars!! He loves sitting around it and playing in the sand, but can't stand having sand stuck to his hands. Yesterday he got a cute little lawn mower - so he is now in charge of keeping the grass in line. Between doctors appointments and running all sorts of errands, he's able to begin enjoying his spring.

His new mower at work

He wouldn't stand still so I could get a picture of him, so they're all action shots!

He recently decided he loves to line up all of his trains, cars or just toys in general. And he's very particular about what order they need to be in - funny!
He's also discovered how to climb up onto EVERYTHING!! We found him up in the chair lining up his trains before bed time.
Grandma Mason gave him his first professional haircut. I've been doing all the cutting so far, which basically means I hack a piece off as he walks by and hope it looks ok when we're done!

What a big boy!!

Yay - our new grass!

Grass and new flowerbed, with real flowers!

I snuck over and took a picture of the mud pit before they laid down the turf.

His "new" turtle sandbox - before we put the sand in it and moved it outside. Everyone was interested in it when we brought it home. Jonah would play in it with his toys, and Gracie and Kaiko would sniff it and jump in and out of it!