Dino-mite Birthday!!

WOW...I'm so far behind in my blog!! I just realized that I hadn't even put in Mason's 3rd birthday! I can't believe he's already THREE! The time has flown by...starting with my water breaking on 10/8/06 at ~6am and me going to work at the zoo anyways!! Hey, it was closer to the hospital, so hush! I wanted to eat my doughnut and get my Dr.Pepper in before it was too late!! Everyone at the zoo thought I was looney...Judson drove me to the hospital because they thought I couldn't make the 1 mile drive there...little did they know Mason wouldn't be born until freakin' midnight- so I was in labor ALLLLLLL day long-uggh! I wouldn't regret a single minute though, he definitely taught me a little patience along the way...which is hard to do when you have a Williams' temper :) Anyways- I could talk about Mason and his first three years forever!!

I just know that we are blessed to have such a wonderful loving son who has the sweetest heart and he loves everyone! He is always in good spirits and he is SO smart! He's a puzzle genius and can do 100+ puzzles in no time (with no help), he is already a gamer and can hang with Uncle Mase and his daddy when it comes to Mario! Mason is currently obsessed with all things dinosaur and Jurassic Park...he knows all the names of the dinos and can tell you what they eat and who they fight, he already knows more about them then I ever did (and remember I was a science major, with quite a bit of evolutionary study!) Alright, enough of him for now...he's needing me to fight with him on Smash Bros. on the Wii! Enjoy the pics from his party...
He got a big red Spike!!


He got a 'chef' set from D!


Everyone making a sand-art dinosaurs...they were addictive!!


Showing his new Dino from Mrs. Kristi (his 'big sister' from church)

I love my Mommy!!

Just wanted to let the whole world know that my Mom is freakin' AWESOME!! I'm blessed to have such a wonderful Mom...she does anything and everything that needs to be done for the whole family. But since I've had Mason I see her in a whole different light. Not only did she raise me and my brother...now she's helping me raise my son. I am thankful to have a Mother who quit her job to stay home with her grandson to keep him out of nasty day-cares. I'm thankful that she is not just a baby-sitter...but is just like another mom to him. They have SOOO much fun together, and are always doing cool things. I have lots a crafts they've done that will be cherished forever.......I could go on and on and on, but I really just wanted to post these pics of the cookies she made for Mason's MDO thanksgiving party. I had intended to help her make them, but was sick that night so Mom stayed up to make these cute cookies for his class. Mason LOVED them...so here they are-
- the turkeys -

- the pilgrim hats -

- Mason picking his (for breakfast!) -

- Mom making it perfect -

Superbowl Champs 2009

Just wanted to add that I'm PROUD of my nephew Collin!! This was his first year to play "real" football. The Mini-Bears were undefeated this year!! How awesome is that! So here's some pics from the Super-Bowl game...they played in Gilmer and whooped some White-Oak booty!


Mason and Collin


Mason and Kaleb


a very proud coach :) and their trophy


my sweeties watching the game


great sportsmanship...it's always a great thing!


and the fans stormed the field :)

Collin was chosen for the "all-star" team and just played this weekend. They didn't have much luck there, but the boys had fun and that's all that matters.

Yummy, Yummy...Fruit Salad!!

So Mason love's listening to the Wiggles...that's what we listen to most of time in the car. His favorite song is "Hot Potato"...but his second would probably be "Fruit Salad". The other day I made him his own little strawberry shortcake and he breaks out in song!! So after sing "Fruit Salad, yummy, yummy" a few times...we just giggled and devoured our dessert! I LOVE HIM :)

HALLOWEEN!!

Mason had lots of decisions for costumes this year! We went to Target as soon as ALL the new stuff was put out before Halloween and he got a few just to play "dress-up" with...yes, it's fine for boys to play "dress-up" too! He was able to dress up for Mother's Day Out and decided to go with Batman pajamas! So all the freakin' money I spent on costumes and the kid decides to wear a pair of PJ's he got for Christmas last year!! So anyways...he got Kaleb's mask and the one glove (who know where the other one is!!). I thought he made a cute 'old skool' Batman -

He decided to wear his T-Rex costume to Cason's birthday party though. The kids all dressed up for the party and then went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. Everyone was so cute, and Mason loved to go get all the candy from the neighbors.

picking his candybar from 'D'...it's great when grandma gives out the full-size candy bars!

my two favorite men...

Just to make me smile...

- I just love this pic of my two men playing their DS's together. Notice that Mason has covered himself with a dish-towel, just so he'll be like daddy :)
I have a feeling that Mason is going to be a big gamer as time goes on...I'm not sure what to do about that. I thought he might be turning his brain to mush. But I've decided that if a 3 year old can work a 100+ piece puzzle ALONE in less than an hour (sometimes less than 30min) then the DS must not be frying to many brain cells...cause I know I can't sit down and do those puzzles that fast!! -


- here's my crazy 'Dinosaur Man'...my mom told him to go lay down for a nap and this is what she found! He REALLY REALLY loves dinosaurs!! -


- he was so quiet and I peeked around the corner to see him lining up ALL his dinosaurs...single file across the room, grouped by styles and sizes...just a little OCD coming out in him :) -


- yes, he's really asleep! This was one of those days where he fought me about a taking a nap...he refused to fold out his couch and insisted on laying like this, he was out in less than five minutes... so I guess we were both winners! :) -


- once again...yes, he's really sleeping!! He was taking a nap on the couch when I got home from work, he woke up to tell me hi and give me a kiss...then just passed out again right beside me!! I couldn't resist leaving him like that so I could take a pic, I eventually put him back on the couch (I'm not that mean!) He thinks this pic is hilarious and he cracks up laughing at himself whenever his sees it...he's actually tried to take a nap like this again, but just can't seem to fall asleep standing up (on purpose anyways)

Time for a Haircut!

So I finally gave in and cut Mason's hair off. It's not like it was his first haircut or anything...but I was really wanting to see a few curls like his momma. Oh well...maybe my next kid whenever they come along will actually look like me in some way! :) 'Cause this kid looks nothin' like his momma!

Easter already???

So I've been out of blogging recently...but mainly due to being blocked from blogspot due to the 'wonderful' filter on my school MacBook. But I'm finally back and I've got SOOO much to add, but I'm sure it'll take me forever to get it done. Anyways...

A few weeks ago Chris was mowing the front yard and came running inside to tell Mason to "come look...". Mason was thrilled to see that Daddy had found him a cute little bunny!! About a year ago Mason was terrified of any animal that he wasn't familiar with...so I was ecstatic that he wanted to get so close to it. And I definitely wouldn't have thought he would actually hold it. We kept the little guy inside, safe and sound, until Chris was done. Mason really wanted to keep him forever...but I had to explain that his mommy was looking for him and she'd be sad if he never came home. He actually agreed with me...of course it helps that we usually see his "mommy" every couple of days in the yard too. So since we've released the bunny, now we are constantly going back outside every day to look for him. Well...here's some pics of Mason and Starbucks too enjoying a few precious moments with the bunny! Fritz was acting to crazy to even allow him close to the bunny...Mason was so protective and wouldn't even let Fritz in the same room!!

She REALLY wanted to play with the bunny...
She even said 'Pretty Please' :) This is her innocent stare, when she's begging for something!

Party Time!!

So we went to Pump It Up, Jr. the other day for Bryce and MaKenna's birthday party. It's been about a year since we last went there to play and this time Mason was really into it!! He was just excited to go to any party but when he realized that HE was gonna get to play too, he became super-excited! Anyways, just a few pics to share...didn't take any of the actual party (just picture lots of Barbies and Cars). We talked about having Mason's party there this year too...but it's like $200 and knowing me I'd still buy all the decorations, plates, cake, etc. even though they provide it for us! So I think it'd be cheaper to have it at the house again this year, especially since it'll just be familiy...but he's happy about everyone coming over to his "big" house anyways!
So here's Mason going down the big slide for the first time...
him and Haleigh posing for me...
and driving his Flintstone's car - this is all he played with the last time we came :)

Cash came to play!

Just a few pics...Cash was in town and came over to play with Mason. Of course Mason get's CRAZY because we had company and was just constantly asking Cash "you wanna pway wif me?" It's so funny to see him get attention! Of course Cash does whatever he says...and if you know Cash at all, then you know they had FUN!! Mason cried when Cash left and was still talking about him coming to play for the next week. And the good news is that Cash is moving back!! Hopefully he'll decide to live closer to Gladewater now...that way Mason will have a buddy to play with :) Anyways...here's just a few pics of them reading books together. They were running around too much to get any action shots, so I had to settle for these. And I had to throw in Starbucks because she's so darn cute when she looks at you like that :)

Playin' Catch Up!!

Wow! It's been a while since I've posted, things have just been so busy. We've moved into our new house and sold the old one...we've been to Destin and back...and I've been back in school for 3 weeks now! I'll get to the house later, I'll start with vacation.

The whole family went to Destin Aug.8th-15th. It's a family tradition and we've gone every year since I was like 5 years old- well, we didn't go last year due to my change of career! But we've always stayed in the same place until our last trip...our family had gotten to big and now we needed a bigger condo. We now have a 3 bedroom (2 story) spot we really like...and all 9 of us stayed together (Mom, Dad, Mase & his girlfriend Candace, Collin, Kaleb and us 3). I was dreading the trip due to the three boys getting together for an extended length of time...I even brought the Valium, but didn't have to take even one! The boys were EXCELLENT!! We just went to the beach and pool all day long and hung out in the room at night. Of course, I did go to the outlet mall 3 nights!! Anyways...here's some pics of the beach and the fun we had!!


By the 3rd day Mason had shown a reaction to the sunscreen and was getting a rash...so Mom and I took him to the Gulfarium instead of spending the day ou on the beach. We had fun but it was SO hot that his rash was alot worse...but he still had fun. After some cortisone and the new sunscreen he was fine, he wasn't going to let an itchy rash keep him from the water!


The last night just the 3 of us went out for our on special "family-time". We went to Joe's Crab Shack and Mason loved it! We weren't really going for the food because we knew there were better places, but we thought he would like the excitement that came with Joe's. We were right...he loved the decor and the music! He even got up and danced the YMCA :)


So there's just a few pics of Destin...there's more on Facebook...
We had a great time and Mason is still talking about it now! He's already talking about going back!