Two Years Old

Mason is two!! He has gone from baby to toddler all too quickly!

Weight: 29 lbs (58%)

Height: 35.7 inches (86%)

Tall slender and perfectly healthy!

He loves to swim!

He sleeps through the night and usually sleeps in (sometimes til 10:30)

He LOVES Toy Story. Buzz & Woody are his favorite "guys."

He can still only count to two. After two he just says, "one, two, one, two, one, two, twos twos twos..."

He loves to "help" me spell out words and will repeat all the letters after me.

He has finally hit the "mommy" stage. Most other babies I know hit that stage around 18 months (give or take) but Mason just barely started being a stinker when I leave. Sometimes he won't even go to nursery and that is saying something because daddy is one of his nursery teachers!

He loves to help me vacuum.

He hates being messy.

He wears daddy's shoes any chance he gets.

He climbs into the baby swing that we have stored in the closet and just sits there.

He is such a sweetheart and for no reason at all will come give me a hug and a kiss.

Words/Phrases Mason Has Learned:

LAWN

BRAD

BRADDY (WHAT I CALL MY BIG BROTHER)

PALLY (WHAT I CALL MY LITTLE BROTHER)

HANNAH

LILO

ELBOW

EYEBROWS

THANKS MOM

SEE YA

DOG

PUPPY

POOL

BREAD

MORE

SUGAR

ANT

WHERE THE ANT GO?

I DON'T KNOW

I NOT

AMEN

SOME

WOW, WHAT'S THAT?

BUZZ
WOODY

GUY

MOMMY'S BED

BED

MINE

DON'T

STOP IT

RED

BLUE

ONE

SET, GO!
BUS
BUG
SHOW
WET
SHOOT
SHOOT THE BALL!
I SHOOT THE BALL IN THERE!
BOAT
CAR
I WANNA WATCH A SHOW
NO, I NOT EAT THIS!
TOOLS
DIRT (Which really means his Uncle Kirt)
WORM
FIREWORKS
I PEE
MOON
MOON BYE-BYE
I WANT MY MOMMY
FRIES
ICE
I PEE!
I PEE OUTSIDE
TARZAN
I WANT (insert what he wants)
DADDY HOME!
SLIDE
HOUSE
FROG
MOUSE
CHOO CHOO!
DUCKS
ELEPHANT
HIPPO
SHELF
WATERMELON
MAELYNN
ALISE
HOT DOG
ELMO
ALLIGATOR
SHARK (Which comes out, "SHART" and cracks me up every time)
HAND
TOES
ELBOW
HAIR
MILK
APPLE JUICE
SODA
I HOLD IT
BIRD
SIPPY
BOAT
HONEY
LET GO!
OH MAN!
HEY
CHEETOS
SORRY
HOSE
He still calls a gun a "BA! BA! BA!"
He still refers to most animals by the sound they make.
He can basically say anything now, but these are just his most recent words!

He prefers to be naked.

He likes to pick out his own clothes.

He likes to wear socks...even in 100 degree weather.

He is OBSESSED with dogs and calls them all puppies.
He tries relentlessly to dribble a basketball.

We are pretty sure he is a lefty. Good thing Daddy is, too!

This is how Mason kicks the ball. Without fail, he backs up, shuffles his feet and then kicks the ball. I love it!

He doesn't fear many things.

He tries to jump into the lake while we are feeding the ducks...almost every time.

He plays with bugs and spiders.

He loves to help daddy mow the lawn and he loves to sit and play on Great-Grandpa Bowles' lawnmower.

He finally wakes up happy (even in the middle of the night) instead of crying for mommy.

He tells me quite often that he wants his own baby.

Mason's latest obsession is Toy Story, more specifically, Buzz. This is his version of, "To Infinity & Beyond!!"

He loves to play basketball with daddy.

He can kick a soccer ball across the yard.

He can finally do a real somersault, not just a barrel roll.

He becomes very concerned when he hears a baby crying.

Mason and Maelynn are little buds! Mason will follow her around wherever she goes and she is sweet enough to let him. She is one of the few people I 100% trust with my Mason!! (And their birthday's are 4 minutes apart)

He had his first camp out in my parent's backyard and slept horribly! Although, he did have a blast helping set up the tent!

He literally runs up the stairs.

I have to convince him to walk slowly down the stairs.

He can point and say just about every single body part.

He LOVES bubble baths.

He hates splash pads...not sure why, but he just sits on the bench and looks at it like, "You really expect me to go play in that water??"

Some days he eats great, some days he won't. When he does eat good, he eats everything in sight!

His favorite foods are homemade lasagna, watermelon and milk.

He won't eat pickles, cantaloupe, raspberries or fish.

Mason and daddy are as close as they come! Mason still runs to the door every time the garage opens and yells, "Daddy's home!!!!" He jumps up and down and then bolts out the door to go get him. When daddy comes home from work Mason is glued to his side for the rest of the night!

This mischievous grin is one we see quite often. This picture is 100% the real Mason.

When I put something up high on the shelf so he can't reach he grabs his stool and goes and gets it. There is nothing too high...he is a climber.

When he is doing something naughty and doesn't want to be seen he will push me away and say, "Bye!"

He loves spray bottles.

We started potty training a couple weeks back and it went great! Mason peed in the potty without any problem and thinks wearing undies is pretty cool. Halfway through the first day he got a fever and started puking...it lasted three days so it has been touch and go with being officially potty trained. Ugh.

He woke up at 3:00AM and wanted to go downstairs to dance in the kitchen and "eat food."

(Notice the wet spot on the couch...it's where he puked earlier that day...)

He loves going to our pool and his favorite is jumping off the side into Daddy's arms!

Every night before bed and asks me to lay down next to him. After a few minutes he will roll over and push me away (my signal to say night-night and leave).

He always reminds us to say prayers and always remembers to say AMEN.

Sometimes he acts like he is really shy.

He loves to play with the hose.

Every Sunday he pulls out the hymn book and pretends to know what song we are singing.

Possibly my favorite thing right now is that he is totally convinced that the Salt Lake Temple is actually a birthday cake with candles!

  

I just love this boy to pieces and I am SO glad he is mine! I am so thankful that I get to be his mom!!