Costumes

Corben....Our little MONKEY!!!
Mason....our baby SKELETON

Corben the Monkey, Mason the skeleton, and Cousin Colby as Iron man

Brother and Sister all dressed up!

Iron man & Monkey trying on their costumes!

Ready to run around and trick or treat.

Great little MONKEY ready for Halloween 2009

Sand box fun

Cousins Colby & Corben playing in the sand box

Mason 1 month old

Mason Kate is 1 month old!

She is alert and looking around, trying to study faces...

She is holding her head up more and more...

She loves to eat, every 2-3 hours and is gaining weight well...

She is sleeping in her own room every night...

She has smiled a few times!

Hair color: Dark brown

Eye color: Blue-grey

Our little 'string bean' with long arms and legs!
Meme made this onesie: she dyed it purple,
sewed the ruffles onto the bottom and sewed the polka dot heart onto the front.

Meme made this quilt with pink and green on the front.

Fresno Zoo with Grandparents

Papa John & Meme took Corben and cousin Colby to the Fresno Zoo!

Corben & Colby watching the elephants
Watching a camel with Papa John

Cousin Colby fed a giraffe with Meme

In the petting zoo the boys discovered they could brush the animals!

Corben brushing a goat

Looking at the jaguar with Papa John

Such a fun day at the zoo!

Thanks Papa John & Meme!

Playing with couisn Colby

Cousin Colby is staying with us for a few days....

Corben and Colby are having so much fun together!

Window Crayons...they both color so well.

Mason's bubble bath

Aunt Barbara helped Mommy give Mason a bubble bath....

and she loved it!

Spending time with the Gills

Cousin Kirk was the "baby whisperer" with Mason, he was great at putting her to sleep!
Uncle John's face lit up when he held Mason

Aunt Barbara and Mason

Aunt Barbara took her on her first shopping trip

(to Trader Joes...many more stores in the future for these two)

Corben running

Watch Corben run.

He has the biggest smile...

and all parts of his body twist around!

Our Family

Daddy, Mommy & baby Mason
Our little girl!

Our family

Daddy, Mommy, Corben and Mason

The four of us

Our sweet children

Corben loves to give kisses to baby sister!

Family meeting Mason

Aunt Heather put together a family party to welcome miss Mason! Aunt Heather made this gorgeous and yummy cake for Mason Kate

Aunt Heather has made most of Mason's bows/clips

She also made the centerpieces to display the flower clips

Party favors were pictures of Mason KateParty girl: Mason Kate Grandmother, Nonie, holding Mason Aunt Lindsay and Mason

Cousin Kirk and Aunt Barbara flew in from Texas for the party

Cousin Kirk, Aunt Barbara, Unlce John & Mason

Papa John holding Mason

Mommy & Mason Kate

Cousin Payton holding Mason

Cousin Payton & Aunt Amy with Mason

Grandparents: Nonie and Pop

Mason is their 4th grand daughter

Meme holding Mason: her 1st grand daughter!

Cousin Kirk and Corben

Aunt Kara and Uncle Paul

All the cousins!

Noah, Kyndal, Eliana, Eli, Corben, Colby, Payton & Mason

Wagon rides during the party

Pop taught the kids to throw a frisbee and had an obstacle course for them to run

Corben swinging the bat

Many times down the slide

Cousin Eliana and Corben playing in the sand with Kirk

Aunt Amy brought fun window stickers

All the cousins taking a break after playing hard!

Our Family, the FOUR of us enjoying the party!

The FAMILY!

Aunt Lindsay, Uncle Aric, Eliana, Vondre, Aunt Amy, cousin Kirk, Aunt Barbara, Uncle John, Mommy, Daddy, Mason, Pop, Nonie, Papa John, Meme, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Heather, Colby, Patyon, Kyndal, Corben, Aunt Kara, Uncle Paul, Noah and Eli

Papa John and Meme with thier grandchildren

All boys and ONE girl!!!

After the party we enjoyed talking around the fire pit.

Sisters!!

Thanks Heather for a great party to welcome Mason into the family!

Love ya!