Mason Turns 2!

Last week Mason turned 2!  I cannot believe I have a 2 year old!  Mason is such a good kid.  Pretty goofy too I must say (but I'm not surprised considering his parents). ;)

3 Funny Things About Mason:

• He does a great fake laugh.  If you say, "Mason, laugh!"  He'll laugh "HA-HA-HA" in forced but real way that we happen to find hilarious.
• He walks like an old man.  If you say, "Mason, walk like an old man!"  He'll hunch his entire body forward at the waist and take careful tiny steps forward.  (He started doing this walk all on his own, because he thought it was funny.  We simply labeled it.)
• He will smell your feet.  If you say, "Mason, smell your feet!"  He will put nose to toes and make dramatic sniffing sounds.  He will smell anyone's feet you tell him to and he thinks it's hilarious.  Marcos gets credit (or blame?) for teaching him this.

These are just some of the very important things one must teach their child.  Mason makes me laugh everyday.

We don't have much room for entertaining in our apartment, but we have a great little park in our complex where I held Mason's birthday party.  It was perfect!  Mason and his friends loved playing on the playground and blowing the bubbles I brought.  Here are some pictures I snapped of our wonderful party guests.  

Marcos and his cousin Annette

Chiara, Courtney, and baby Eva

Kathy, Ira, Colin, and baby Asher

The Michie Family

Miles and Andy

Thanks for coming everyone!  We had so much fun with you!

Best Friends

It has literally been a couple of years since I've seen my best friend Katie.  We finally got to visit last weekend when we went down to San Diego for Amy's wedding.  It was fantastic!  I just love her.

And our sweet boys got to meet!  Nathan is 3 weeks older than Mason.  Mason was actually born on Nathan's due date!  Both these boys were early birds.  I couldn't believe how much more hair Nathan has!  To be fair, Mason has more hair than it looks, but it's super blonde.  But who am I kidding, I was nearly bald until I was like 5.  Sorry Mason.

Mason is always pretty shy around new friends.  He lays low until he's watched the new friend long enough to figure them out more or less.  Social Nathan, on the other hand, was perfectly ready to play and take Mason's toys....as Mason passively allowed him to do so.  lol

Mason still keeping a wary eye on Nathan.  And then Mason decided that standing on the couch was more fun than watching Nathan take his toys. lol

 Madilyn, Grandma Hatch, and Morgan.  Katie's twins are so big now!...and not really in the mood for pictures. :)

Me and Katie with our cute boys.  Too bad we don't live closer.....they could be best friends just like us! :)

Game Night

After the parade we went over to Dave & Amy Noalls (young married couple in our ward) and played Monopoly for about 3 hours. It was a new version where the money was all in hundreds of thousands and millions. (crazy inflation) It was really fun, except that the math with those large numbers gets pretty sticky! The game had modern places on the board (i.e. you can buy Disney World).

We put the scores in the picture. I have a sad face, because I went bankrupt when I landed on Times Square (aka Boardwalk) with a hotel and couldn't fork over the $20,000,000.00.
If you have ever played games with Marcos, you'll know 4 important facts:

1. He always wins.
2. He sometimes cheats.
3. He plays exactly by the rule book.
4. He argues 'till the death.

For those who have played games with Marcos, I'm sorry. :) You'll understand how it is the MOST fun you've ever had being annoyed during a game EVER.

The Hermana

On the right is my dear friend since 2nd grade, Jenna Nelson. She's currently serving in the Argentina Cordobá mission. She's been out 10 months.

Jenna's current area, Rio Cuarto.