Masens' First BIRTHDAY!

I'm sorry this is a month late, I just hate not having Internet sometimes.

For Masens birthday we did a big party. We had friends and family come over in the morning to do cake, ice cream and presents. Then later that afternoon we headed out to the Dickerson Park Zoo. It was a lot of fun. I thank everyone who came to enjoy this special moment in our life.

Mom, Dad and the Birthday Boy.

Playing with the HAPPY BIRTHDAY BANNER.

Morgan working on the decorations for the Cake.

Mr. Turtle.

The Anaconda.


Mr. Alligator

The Palm Trees. Unfortunately only one made it to the cake.

The Big Elephant.

The Cutest Giraffe Ever. That I broke while Morgan was assembling the cake, but she was able to salvage him.

Gotta have a MONKEY!


THE LION!! He was so cute but he never made it to the cake either.

The finished Project. For more pictures go to nellieandmo.blogspot.com or icedoccasions.blogspot.com.

Masens Personal cupcake that he THOROUGHLY enjoyed.

Mom and Dad helping him Blow out his candle. All he wanted to do was touch the flame.

Ooooo, what is this stuff???

Hmm.... It is Pretty good. Lets get it all in at once.

Man this is a lot of cake. Cant stop though, it is toooooo Good!

Gotta get it ALL!

The END Result. A very MESSY boy.

Where's Masen?? He just knew there was something else in the BAG.

This is so Frustrating, I just want the paper not whatever is inside.

My new SHADES!

The Cutest Sunday Outfit ever. ( I will get pictures of him in it soon)

Sportin my new Shades at the ZOO!

COW TONGUE. OOOOOO.....

(Sorry the pictures are not all upright. I couldn't the computer at the library to rotate them.)

Easter Pictures FINALLY

Daddy Finishing up what I didn't get.


My HAWL. Pretty good for a 10 month old.



Daddy trying to convince me to put it in the Bucket. NO WAY DAD!





Searching for our Easter eggs. Daddy is a big help.




I don't know if I like this.... YUCKY, He actually spit the whole thing out. To this day he wont eat a hard boiled egg.

Mommy helpin me color when all I want to do is EAT it.

Eating the Rocks down at the edge of the lake. Mmmm..... Nummy!!

SORRY THESE ARE A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.

EASTER, Masens' First Campin Trip

For Easter we went camping with Morgan and all her boys. We went up to Table Rock lake. The first night it was POORING rain almost the whole time. We got nice and wet in out tent. :( It was also Masens first time going camping. I was very worried he was not going to sleep at all or very well, but he SURPRISED me and slept the WHOLE night through. :) Both nights even.
We had a lot of fun hanging out with Morgan and Family and just enjoying the nice weather the next two days.
On Easter morning Masen didnt quite know what to think of the Easter gifts brought by the 'Easter Bunny' aka Mom and Dad. But once we let him down on the ground to go hunt for eggs he had a lot of fun. It took him a bit to actually let go of the eggs and put them in the bucket we got. He just wanted to eat them instead. He made it around for about 20 eggs or so and then GAVE up and made me hold him while Daddy finished up his haul of eggs.
It was a fun and great expericence for out first Easter as a new family.
Later that afternoon we booked it out to Johns parents house to have an Easter Dinner with his family and enjoy the rest of Conference. John had to go into work at 3, but Masen and I stayed behind and had another Easter egg hunt with his cousin Jayce.

THE INTERNET HERE IS NOT LETTING ME POST PICTURES RIGHT NOW, SO I WILL POST THEM LATER ALONG WITH MASENS BIRTHDAY PART. SO SORRY!!!!
Check back soon for more of the Gainers.

Johns' Surprise Birthday Party

So this is only almost 3 months late. I don't have internet so it is hard to post as often as I would like.
I threw John a Surpirse Party for his 22nd Birthday on February 8th. I made some apple pies and we just had fun getting together with family and friends.

Masens' 1st Hair Cut

Here is the best before picture I have...










It took me a long time to get it done because he kept moving on me. I only wanted to take off a little bit in the front and back but since he kept moving on me I ended up cutting more than I wanted.  I was so sad once I finished... :( Then John came home and said it was still to long, mostly to THICK in the back, so he took his electric razor and thinned it out.  He did pretty good with that once he had me to look at and keep him distracted.

I don't know how well you can tell from these pictures but here you all go. It makes a bigger difference when you see it in person.