Corben is Potty Trained!!

Corben standing in his big boy underwear by his toliet

(I will not post all the pictures of pee and poop that excite us!)

Corben moving to the side and saying "side".

Cousin Laura spends the night

Cousin Laura is six years old and loves to hold Mason

Corben & Laura playing with their toys!

Mason Kate

Cousins being silly in the chair, both love holding Mason

All smiles!
Cousin Jenny holding Mason
Cousins Jenny and Karl visited us in Clovis

Family Gathering at the Gaithers

Corben now likes to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...

and cousin Colby showed him how to lick peanut butter off a spoon! Aunt Heather hosted the extended Haushalter family at her house for good food and a fun gift exchange for the kids.

Uncle Paul and cousin Noah
Aunt Sue holding Mason
They drove up from Palos Verdes to spend the day with us!

Mason Kate 3 months

Mason Kate is 3 months old

She is smiling, holding her head up, cooing, giggling, reaching for objects, following objects with her eyes, she rolled over and loves to play....and sleeping 7-8 hours at night....

overall she is a happy baby girl!

Flashback.....this is Kathleen at 3 months old

(the picture quality isn't great, will try to upload original soon)

Mason has lots of brown hair just like Mommy and is wearing a pretty pink dress too!
Eyes: blue-grey

Play-Dough

Uncle Paul made Corben homemade play-dough for Christmas!

We had fun using cookie cutters to make trees, angels, & gingerbread people.

We also made a snake and a snowman!

Christmas Tree Lane in Fresno

We drove down historical 'Christmas Tree Lane' in Fresno with Papa John and Meme. Corben loved looking at all the lights. There are 2 miles of over 150 houses decorated with bright lights. The lights even cross the streets high in the trees.....so beautiful and something we will definitely do every year!!
One house had a old Fire engine!

Bike Trick

Christmas 2009

Our Family on Christmas morning
Grandmother Meme holding Mason Kate

The Hartnett Family Christmas

Hartnetts, Hamptons, Aquilios & Haushalters

Looking down from the balcony

Corben loved getting in the middle of the gifts...

he also liked looking for the name, asking for help and then distributing the gifts to the appropiate person!...such a good Santa's helper!

Pop & Nonie gave Corben a stool with his name on it with puzzles!

Cousin Payton holding Mason

Meme holding Mason in her Santa outfit

Such a happy baby on her 1st Christmas!

Corben working hard with his tools

More Christmas Eve pictures

Grandpa Pop holding newest grand children: Cole is 1 week old, Mason is almost 3 months old
Grandpa Pop and Grandma Nonie with Cole and Mason

Pop & Nonie with their 6 grand children

Eliana, Corben, Cole, Mason, Kyndal and Payton

The kids got to open one gift on Christmas Eve.

Notice Corben is using a tool saw to help him open the gift

Corben with the laser gun shooting the targets while girl cousins watch

Nonie read "The Night Before Christmas" to all the grand children

Christmas Eve Photos

Little Miss Reindeer
Corben & Mason wearing the antlers Papa John & Meme gave them!

Sweet sibling love!

Our smiling Candycane girl!

Cousin Payton holding Mason

Meme holding Mason

Papa John & Mason

Little Miss Candycane Girl!

Clifford the big Red dog and Mason

Papa John holding Clifford the big red dog and Mason

I have a childhood memory of my Grandmother Gills (Papa John's Mom) sitting with all of us kids with many Clifford dogs around for funny Christmas pictures (I think they were on sale one year at Gottschalks....good memories, and now I have my little Miss Mason with one of the same dogs!)