time to catch up!! :)

The month of September is sure flying by!! It has been such a fun one, the last half of the month we purposefully left pretty open knowing how busy Brent will be with work, etc. we've kept our plans, etc. to a minimum...meaning we've been having lots of dinners together as a family, we've been planning ahead and actually cooking meals each night, etc! it's been so much fun. Family dinner time is a tradition I want our kids to experience although things can be so busy sometimes, dinner together means alot to me and always has even growing up, so we're trying to do better at sitting all down together so we're in the routine when the boys get a bit older....so that's been fun! Let's see...we celebrated mom and dad's birthday's not too long ago with a fun evening out to 'maria maria' in Tempe and a night out playing in fountains, seeing Jason's apartment, etc haha and had a great time!!! All four of our parents birthday's are in Sept, which makes for a fun month! Here are some pictures from that night...
Mason playing in the fountains...and loving it!

Mason saying "cheese" at dinner with his new squinty eyes...

cracking up with auntie mara...

the girls....

the guys...

I feel like there are so many things to catch up on...Mase is getting so big and changing so much everyday...I have felt extremely blessed and thankful lately just for everything God has given us and allowed us to experience together. My heart is overflowing with joy and emotion and I haven't even got to the really crazy emotional part of having this baby (actually having the baby and ALL the emotions that go along with that!!!)

Mason is becoming his own little individual which is SO much fun and also challenging at times...we've started 'time-outs' for the throwing of his food and hitting (which the hitting he doesn't do too much) but he loves saying "catch" and tossing his food off of his tray...doesn't quite get you don't play catch with food yet, we're working on that...he obviously doesn't have too many words yet, so grunting in frustration is his main way of communicating, when you ask him to say please he signs "please" every time, so he knows, his first reaction is to just grunt which we're also working on! :) but seeing him run around, arms flailing in excitement, playing at the park, him reading stories to us in his gibberish, his facial expressions that are hilarious, it's ALL so much fun seeing him grow up, it's just going way too fast. I really really really try hard everyday to enjoy each moment, he watches a little too much Elmo but that's because mommy loves how he snuggles on her lap every time for the whole show :) it might be more for me than for him because that is such precious time to me, but Elmo is sure his favorite character right now!

anyway...I'll stop rambling after just a few more sentences, things are great here, and we're approaching the home stretch for Cash's arrival... our appointments are weekly starting Wed. meaning...only four more weeks after our next appointment which just blows me away...I LOVE being pregnant but my body is also ready for a break...there will be some sort of birth control method after this delivery :) no more babies 18 months apart unless God has another crazy idea, but i think we'll wait a while to try for our girl (brent...we can talk more about that, HAHAHA) love you all, my husband just arrived with our pei wei and that's where my priority now lies :) HA....bye!!!