Mason 11 months

Mason Kate is 11 months old....really, where is the time going?

She is cruising around and pulling up on everything, climbing everywhere...

she is on the move!

She loves to eat and loves to feed herself.

She is talking more with noises and "mama, dada, dog". She also signs "more and all done"

She loves to drink water from a sippy cup and loves playing with brother

She is sleeping ALL night for the last couple of months and still takes 2 great naps!

She is happy and smiles all the time

She is ticklish and loves to laugh!

Most of all...she loves to get dirty and play hard! (as you have seen from previous pictures)

Corben

He loved standing in front of the "BIG" rock

Brother & Sister

On the way to church today we stopped by this gate

 (to let mom practice taking pictures with her camera on the manual mode)

Hard to keep them both focused...but still precious in my eyes!

This is true life!

I love how Corben still has his arm around her, but clearly tuning her out...haha!

Our find...

We found an old abonded Jeep today....

it doesn't have the battery, but the kids don't know the difference.

They are enjoying their new ride!!!

She's a little bit country

Mason Kate climbed up on the tractor all by herself

Notice her arms and legs are dirty black

She is definitely a litte country girl!

Swim lessons...

We had a substitute instructor just for today, Miss Jaime (the owner)

Corben going under way with Jaime

Corben wearing a nose clamp and then going under water and coming up to touch the turtle.

Corben is in front of Jaime...under the water

Kicking...

More kicking on his own.

Miss Mason watching in the background...climbing on everything.

Pizza

Corben made his dinner tonight!

Whole wheat english muffin with tomatoe sauce, cheese and turkey pepperoni

Corben putting turkey pepperoni on his pizza.

Big cheese, he is happy with his cheese piles!

Broccoli and pizza...yummy!

Mason Kate

Sweet little girl in her cherry outfit from Aunt Heather

Climbing the stairs

Corben showing Mason how to climb up the stairs

She is very happy with herself.

She can go all the way to the top without help...

and she is even a little daring and looks back down occasionally!

Jack...

Corben and Jack have been playing together a lot.

Jack is our next door neighboor and he is 5 years old.

They both stand at the fence and can talk and play for hours

Notice they both wear their boots!

Mason was waving to Corben and Jack and saying "bye"

So sweet, all she really wanted to do was crawl out in the dirt and play with them!

Cousin love and swim lessons

Cousin Colby came to visit us this morning...

just in time for swim lessons....holding hands walking out to the car.

Colby got to put his feet in the water while Corben picked up the rings

Then Corben was off kicking his feet

Next he went underwater and reached up for the edge.

Colby helped set up the turtles Corben had to knock down.

Then Corben had to hold on and get to the step

Going under water again and again with Jason

Jason said Corben is remembering to keep his mouth shut when going under a little more frequently!

Cousin Colby cherring Corben on!

This time Jason guided his head, and Corben reached for the edge all by himself!

Jumping into the pool!!!

Corben got to jump into the pool to Jason a few times today.

No crying during the jumps!

Once he jumped in, then Jason had him go under water.

 

Under water again

Jason reminding Corben to keep his mouth closed and Colby getting his feet wet and watching cousin Corben learn to swim.

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I didn't get any pictures of Mason with Colby, but Colby was lovin' on her too and said she was really cute for a baby!!  So sweet!

Knees

Mason Kate loves to sit on her knees to play!

She also stood and balanced on her own today for a few seconds!!

(I am still learning how to use my camera on manual, she is a little blurry)

K-K-K-Kyndie

Kyndal and Nonie came up for the day.

We are teaching Corben how to say Kyndal's name and we were saying K-K-K-Kyndie all day long

Corben and Kyndal had fun with the blocks

Kyndal pulling Mason and Corben around in the wagon.

Love Mason's face...apparently she is loving the ride!

Just kicking back on our hammock!

Nonie took this one of Mason and she loves her hair curl.

Baby Calves

We have 4 new baby calves on the pasture by our house.

Corben loves to make "moo" ing sounds and watch the babies.

Corben and Mason watching the babies!

At first the Mama cow was mooing at us, but then we were able to get pretty close to the fence.