Aloha!

We are all having a blast in Hawaii. The trip here was ok...Mason did not want to sleep, but he was in a pretty good mood, so I can't really complain. Our condo is on the ground floor, which is great because we can just open the sliding glass door and play in the grass with Mason. Our neighbors have a little girl who is 15 months old, which is also great for our little guy to have a new friend.

We have quite the water baby on our hands. He loves the pool and the ocean! The kiddie pool is especially great because he can climb in and out of it all by himself. He has absolutely no fear, which is good and bad, as you can imagine.

We still have a few more days left in paradise, but I thought I'd update you all with a few pics of our trip so far. I'll get together a full slide-show when we are home. Oh, by the way, I see A-rage has been getting plenty of snow the last couple of days. So sorry we're missing that.

My little water baby

Cheesing at lunch time.

Baby toes in the surf

Hey, this sand stuff is pretty neat

First taste of shaved ice...it was a hit!

Let it snow!

With the new snow we got a couple weeks ago, Mason and I had to check out his new sled in the front yard. We didn't go far, just down to check the mail and back, but I think he liked it. When we got back in the driveway, I thought he was clapping his hands until I realized he was giving the sign for "more". Hopefully it will be a little warmer when we get back from vacation and we can go some more.

Party time

I can't believe he's already one! What a big boy!

Everyone helped open presents

Going for a ride in my new dump truck.

New red car!

The awesome monkey cake Nana made for me

Phew...that's a lot of cake!

Slacker!

Sorry I've been so late posting pictures...maybe my New Year's resolution should be to update this darn blog! We're leaving for Hawaii tonight (wish us luck on the flights with Mason). I'm sure we'll have lots of cutie pics and stories to share when we get home. Until then...here's a peek at our wonderful Thanksgiving and Mason's 1st birthday.

         Mason's 1st taste of cake...yummy!

Thanksgiving dinner is pretty messy

First taste of deviled eggs...so good!