Wow, we are not good at this blogging thing!

I see five weeks have gone by and, judging by the last picture posted, a lot has changed in Mason's life. He no longer sits in the baby highchair - he was too cocky of an escape artist and we got tired of turning around to see him standing on his tray, balancing on one foot, about to execute the perfect swan dive on to the floor. OK, so it never got thaaaaaaaat far, but we are POSITIVE that outcome was right around the corner at the rate he was going. He's yet to have a haircut - that hasn't changed. Although, it becoming more and more talked about as the days go on. He just has the cutest curls in the back when it's wet and dries naturally - mom has been hesitant to see those go. Although in an effort of full disclosure, most of the time, those cute curls disappear when he takes a nap...and are replaced with a big, bad fro in the back when he wakes up. Not quite as cute, more homeless if anything :)

I'll have some more recent pictures up soon - but until then, here is an update of what's new in Mason's Life:

Loves:
Cars, the movie. Anything and everything to do with the movie. Sally, Mater, and Lightning McQueen are the constant focus of our daily lives. Constant. Although, they have helped mason learn his colors and count to ten...so I guess that's not all bad. Ka-chow!

Tag Blankey and Tag Doggie - must haves STILL. Tag Doggie is a favorite accessory to go on trips with us.

Anything Trains as recently evidenced by a book sent by Grandpa Swinton, The Goodnight Train. It's been in constant rotation since we opened the package last Friday.

"Fabric New Room" - I'm attempting to design Mason's new Big Boy room out of our plain white spare room and purchased some truck fabric for it (see it here). Turns out it was a big hit - Mason constantly talks about "fabric new room" and wants to hold it. Now let's see if I can finish the room before baby comes...updates soon.

Current Cute saying: 'cause it's sunny outside!
This takes some background...we've had a lot of storms here of late and the thunder started to really get to mason. He talked about it A LOT. He'd even think it was about to thunder when there were no storm clouds to be seen. So we started telling him, it wasn't going to thunder because it was sunny outside. Mason took this to heart and whenever he asks if it is going to thunder we say no and why isn't it going to thunder? Mason says "cause it's sunny outside!"

Status check - 22 months:
More and more opinionated everyday. All his teeth are now present and accounted for. Can count to 10..and sometime 11. Knows his colors pretty well. Still trying to jump - and has attempted some somersaults on his own. Loves Zoboo from Zoboomafoo and a huge fan of blueberries, mac n cheese, and hot dogs.

First dentist checkup is tomorrow - during nap time - wish us luck!