Watch Out Tiger!

We had lots of firsts today. It was our first trip to the driving range AND our first (im sure not last) time eating grass! It was a little windy but I think he still enjoyed being outside this afternoon. Daddy even let Mason hit a couple of balls. Watch out Tiger Woods, Mason Lawrence has already begun at 8 1/2 months!

New Hide Out

Mason now has a new hide out, under his crib! I wonder who taught him this??? Big sister Rosie thinks Mason's room is actually hers. She goes in there more than Mason does. So after Mason outgrew the use of his boppy pillow I started to store it underneath his crib. Well, Rosie already thought that pillow was hers so now she sleeps underneath Mason's crib on the pillow when he is in there. Mason has seen her go under his bed lots of times but last night he thought he'd follow her. He was laying on his back and holding on to the bed to scoot himself under it. He thought it was so much fun. He did get angry at me when I wouldn't let him go all the way under.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, K-U!

Today we had a big game day party at our house to watch the KU v MIZZOU game. Keri came to visit, Grammy, Mal, Sami and her new boyfriend Joey also. Mason is oh so excited that his team got some sweet revenge today. A Muck Fizzou comment is probably not appropriate for a mommy to say, so I'll just not say it... Mason is a crazy boy these days. He loves the ladies and loves to flirt. He now tilts his head from side to side and does an honery grin to flirt with girls. It's so cute. Last Tuesday we helped Grammy finish up Mason's room at her house and he can completely pull himself up on his own. Scary! Friday we stayed all night at Grandma and Grandpa Lawrences and they said he was the happiest baby they'd ever seen. I had more to say in this blog but Mason was sitting here trying to eat cords and push buttons so I will have to cut this short. Once again he has pushed something that he shouldn't have and now chunks of the blog have been erased. Hope this all makes sense to those of you reading!

The camera today was accidentally put on landscaping so the pictures turned out blurry. bummer days!

Over the Weekend

Over the weekend Aunt Jen came to visit! Mason had so much fun reading his book to her. He has also made a new friend, Jake, Jen's laberdoodle. Jake is around 100 lbs and Mason and him both are equally fascinated with each other. Mason loved talking to his new buddy. Saturday morning Mason also tried a new food. Pancakes! He loved them of course. We thought it would be funny to put Jamie's plate in front of him for a picture and Mason dug his hands into the pancakes and was massaging them. Needless to say he smelled like syrup for quite awhile that day.

So Aggressive

Mason is such an aggressive player with his toys. He is always figuring out how to take something apart, knock it over, and especially pull it down over himself or bump himself in the head with it. We are still only rocking on our knees, no crawling. He does still manage to move around though. He loves his bouncer so much that now anytime he sits on your lap, he starts bouncing because he expects everything else to bounce also. We jabber all day long, even when noises aren't coming out of our mouth, his little mouth is still moving like he is whispering sentences to himself. One of his new favorite things to do is turn around to me and lay on my stomach and push himself up into a push up/standing position. He loves to hold on to things and pull up and stand up. He gets such a big grin on his face because he is so proud of himself. I cannot believe Wednesday he turned 8 months old! Where does the time go???

All Smiles

Mason has been tugging on his ears quite a bit so I've been wondering if we have an ear infection. I've also heard that when they are teething they pull at their ears quite a bit. He seems to be in a great mood so I don't think he isn't feeling well. For the past week or two he has been very talkative and experimenting with all of the different noises he can make. It's all very cute except he has realized that he can make a VERY LOUD SHRILL HIGH PITCH SCREAM. He isn't screaming because something is wrong, he just smiles and sees how loud he can get. At first I thought it was funny and cute but now I wish I could teach him to turn his volume down. I only hope he doesn't choose to do this in public, people will for sure think I am beating him!

Happy Valentines Day!

Mason had such a good valentines day. We started the morning off with Grandma and Grandpa Lawrence, visited Great Great Grandma Tedstrom, then finished the afternoon off by giving Grammy and Mal their valentine gifts also. We ate some valentine cookies for lunch...oops. Mason had fun sporting his valentine shirt mommy made for him. I tried to get some pictures of it but you can't make out what it says completely. "hunk a burnin' love." Haha. Mason got a new outfit, a jack in the box, a ku shirt, a huskers shirt, an elmo book, a valentine teddy bear, a valentine puppy dog, AND, a valentine kisses elmo. SPOILED. It's okay though, it's not his fault he's so darn cute. This past week we have also started saying ma-ma, ga-ga, ba-ba. He has been saying da-da for awhile now. Of course he is just saying them and doesn't really know what he is saying, but it is still very exciting! Tomorrow (today) is Daddy's birthday and Mason can't wait for cake and ice cream! Hope everyone had a good valentines day!