First Day of Swim Lessons

We've known for quite some time that Mason loves the water, but he's been dog paddling in the bath tub for months now so we decided to sign him up for swim lessons. He had his first class today and loved it (no surprise there)! It seems to be a nice mixture of games and getting him ready to swim. He got to spend time swimming on his belly, floating on his back, kicking, blowing bubbles, and jumping in. They even try to teach them safe entry into the pool.

Before class started

First exercise in class

They played a game where they have to swim for ducks. Here Mason is swimming for his ducks.

Got them!

They also did an exercise to teach the kids to crawl out of the pool and jump in. Here's a video of the part where they're supposed to jump in. Surprisingly, Mason was too busy clapping to jump in. We'll see if that changes!

Happy Valentine's Day!

15 Months

Mason just had his 15 month check-up and is doing great! The doctor said he is tall for his age and that his speech development is more advanced than it needs to be for his age and gender. He is continuing to get into more and more trouble as he climbs on bigger things! He no longer wants to sit in his highchair and has moved up to a booster seat at mealtime. He is getting easier to communicate with. He will tell you many things that he wants such as cheese, milk, fish, and "nana." If he doesn't know the word he relies on this and that. He is very interested in cars and announces whenever he sees one. He still loves to go bye bye and hates coming back inside. He now has all four of his first molars for a total of 12 teeth. He keeps us busy, but surprises us with something new everyday!

He now weighs 26 pounds 6 ounces, is 2 feet and 8 inches, and has a head circumference of 19 inches.

At the doctor (fascinated by the thermometer)

At 15 months

Sledding

We haven't gotten much snow this year so as soon as we did we got Mason out to sled. This year he went with Mommy and Auntie Erica to the sledding hill to see how he'd do. He absolutely loved it! Everytime he'd get to the bottom of the hill he would tell us he wanted more. We finally had to pick him up and leave when it got too dark to see!

Love the rosy cheeks after getting home

No more pictures Mommy!

New Year's Eve (Indiana Christmas)

We spent New Year's Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Miller's house for our Christmas there. Mason had a great time seeing everyone, eating Grandma's goodies, and chasing Auntie Randa around the house. He got lots of new toys too!

Opening presents

Checking out his new plush Ferb (from Auntie Randa)

Looking at Grandma's tree

Looking at Mason's tree

Playing piano with Grandma

Showing his new saw to Grandpa

Playing with Grandma

Christmas Afternoon

Christmas afternoon we went to Grandma Monica and Grandpa Gene's house to see what Santa brought Mason there. Of course, Santa did not disappoint. Mason was much more interested in finding their cats and eating crackers than opening presents though!

Eating crackers

One of the few presents he did open (from Auntie Erica)

Grandpa made him festive by putting a bow on his head (he thought it was funny)

Playing with his gift from Great Grandma Zdenek

Christmas Morning (Santa Came)

Christmas morning was a lot of fun this year. Santa was very generous to all of us. Mason was very into opening presents until he opened his Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Once that was opened he just wanted to play with it and had no interest in opening any other presents.

Opening one of his first presents

Playing with his new tape measure

Opening the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Luckily Mason has a Mickey Mouse stocking so we were able to recapture his attention long enough to get him to open it.