Mason IS 3

Out of the terrible 2's to the troublesome 3's, here we come! (actually I think he arrived here a while ago.) So happy to have Mason in our lives! He is our little miracle baby and life is so much fun watching you learn and grow.

This year you have learned to really talk! Now you are counting and using full sentences. It impresses us every single day how much you are learning and growing. Thank you for blessing our lives with your awesomeness! You also became a big brother this year and you are an amazing big brother! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH BUDDY!

This morning was spent opening gifts and playing with the balloons in his room that he woke up to and watching his year in review slideshows. It's so impressive how much he has changed in the last year. Today we have a jammed packed day of going to Bounce-n-Play, playing in the kiddo pool out back and eating an EPIC birthday cake that I am making for him today! Just you wait, it is going to be AWESOME!

Christmas 2013

I love Christmas. I remember sneaking into the family room growing up early, early on Christmas morning looking at all the gifts that Santa brought. Well this year my goal was to hope that Mason had a fun Christmas morning. To get things started we would have the smell of fresh baked cinnamon rolls wafting in the air. I want him to come walking down the stairs proudly, in his new jammies, and just smile ear to ear with all the presents under the tree. Run to the tree and try to rip all the gifts open, since they are mostly his anyhow. show him his stocking filled with his favorite candy and just be happy as a clam and just enjoy the day.

Did our Christmas morning start like this…HECK NO! It was awful! The cinnamon rolls, decided they didn't want to rise to the occasion. They took twice as long to make than what I expected. But in the end at 10 or so in the morning they were super yummy and turned out really well.

Mason was cranky. he didn't want to get up in the morning. Coming down the stairs he cried the whole way down and even stopped half way to throw a tantrum. We showed him the tree and all the presents but he just feared and threw them back at the tree. It wasn't until about 9:30, an hour and a half later, that he stopped crying and unwrapped a gift and it was a CAR and he was happy. I handed him the other gift that I knew was the car and he was happy. We then told him to go downstairs with us to see his other gift from Gma and Gpa. He didn't want to at first but when he saw the CARS themed wrapping paper he tore that sucker up and was so excited to see his new Cars Land table with track and everything.

Matt and I spent the night before super gluing the track down, the elves needed little extra help this year and sent a little note to help out! Less than a week later the big pieces that were suspended are off the table and we will have to think of another way to secure the track down safely.

Matt got his new tablet and loves it. he got it about a week and a half early. I got a carpet cleaning vacuum that I hope to use soon as our carpets need to be cleaned. BADLY! I also got a new running top that is for pregnancy and some ear buds. but we really did have a good day after all the crying was done and over with. so happy Christmas to us. I hope next year will be the year that all my wishing and thinking would take place.

Happy Halloween 2013

What a day today has been! I had a lovely treat of prenatal yoga, cracked at the chiropractor and a hour long massage! OH HOW LOVELY! Then we went to dinner at Chic-Fil-A where EVERY CHILD was dressed up! And started trick-or-treating in our neighborhood!

Mason was out like a light in his bed at 8, (didn't have normal long nap today due to being out and about.) Now it is just relax time for mommy and daddy! Mason is getting the idea of Trick-or-treating. He loves getting the candy. He will hold his little pumpkin pail and put the candy in there. If he gets a candy he really likes. He will hold on to it and WILL NOT put it in his pumpkin! After he and I went trick-or-treating (daddy was handing out candy) We went and hung out across the street with our neighbors. Mason continued to hoard candy from them and kept handing us some. It was cute!

~Mason telling me he saw a Bane (Plane)~

Mason said a new word today. "ow." It took me a second to figure out what he was saying but he was pointing to the cow pictures at Chic-Fil-A. So he now knows how to say cow. So cute! Still working on grandma and grandpa (GMA and GPA). This kid is growing up fast though! I miss my tiny little newborn (sans crying and screaming but asleep in my arms newborn) Soon enough though we will have a newborn back in the house and Mason is going to be a FABULOUS Big Brother!

Well that's all on this All Hallow's Eve! Happy Halloween everyone! Stay safe and eat tons of candy tonight, and get rid of it TOMORROW!

What A Relief

It has been so nice to finally get the word out there that we are pregnant. When I was pregnant with Mace we told everyone like the day after we found out. This time, with 2 prior miscarriages, we learned our lesson to keep our lips sealed. But how nice it is to just say, "Yep I'm pregnant", or "Nope that not me being super fat, I'm pregnant." I am in the in between stage of the maternity clothing issue. I still fit in my old clothes but they are getting too tight for my comfort and the maternity is just too big! Oh what a dilemma! But I am going to try not to gain too much weight with this pregnant. Actually I will do what my body wants me to do. So far, I have lost 8 lbs. I'm not complaining. Not that I didn't have it to lose in the first place since I gained that plus some with the last miscarriage. So yes I am so happy, over the moon happy, that we are expecting baby #2 and that this one is going so well!

~12 Weeks pregnant (added 10/30/13)~

Mason is being super cute. We look at baby pictures to get him used to the idea of a smaller person in the house. Today he said, "Baby" and pointed to the picture. Then I said, "Mommy has a baby in her belly." Mason then laid his head down, patted my belly and said, " HI!" (The way he says hi is similar to how Stitch says it in the cartoon Lilo and Stitch.) It is pretty cute what this kid does! 

He also said pig for the first time today when a picture of a pig popped up on one of his games. His new words recently are, Bane= plane, Beard=Bird, oh cool car, Big car, and I farted. Yes you heard that last one right. Whether it comes from his mouth or his butt he says he farted. Too cute! 

Hope all of you are doing well! We miss you and think of you often!

The Fun Life

~Mason and his new fav sweatshirt! Thank you GMA and GPA!~

With a 2 year old who wants to be older and more responsible and wants everything he wants when he wants it and isn't afraid to scream at me when he doesn't. Now I know why it took 8 years to get this little guy. TO work on my PATIENCE. I have found that the counting down backwards from 1o really helps me in controlling my frustration. Some days I have to start at 20 though.

~We had a busy day this past Thursday and wore this kiddo out! Passed out in the van in only 3 minutes! HE did get new shoes today!~ 

I pray for us to be able to better communicate because I know half the reason why he is so frustrated is that I don't know what the heck he wants. It frustrates me too kiddo!

Staying busy these days with the kiddo and teaching him his colors! He can say red and blue and is working on green and yellow. He knows the difference in colors and will point to them when I ask which color is which. He loves singing time before bed. He is also doing the hand motions for singing which is great. His fav song is still the Alligator song. "...Along comes mister alligator, as quiet as can be and...SNAP! That monkey right out of the tree!" He loves to do the snap as big as he can. He also will do all the hand motions for Daddy's Homecoming from church and loves to sing that too!

Hope this email finds you all well and just wanted to keep you up to date with the going-ons of the Allen Family!

 ~My AZ Baby at heart! He had so much fun in the rain today! He was begging to go out and play and I let him. Then when he was done playing he pulled me upstairs to get him in a bath to warm back up~

Mason's 1 year photo book

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