Eating Corn on the Cob

We were eating corn on the cob for dinner and decided to give Mason a small ear to try. I wasn't sure he would like it or be able to eat it and boy was I wrong. He loved it and he did really well with only 4 teeth. He watched us eat it and then just started chewing on his cob. It was the funniest thing. So far Mason is a great eater. He eats pretty much anything. Well that is accept for meat. He has not been interested in eating any type of meats as of yet. I am hoping it is just because he doesn't have many teeth and it is hard for him to chew. We shall see. He has a couple more teeth coming in so we will try again soon.

Vacation in Florida

We just got back from our first vacation as a family of three. We went to Palm Beach Shores, Florida for a week. Not as relaxing as I had hoped but we had a great time together. We spent a couple days on the beach, a couple of days by the pool and a couple days hanging out at other places enjoying the water. Mason loves the water. He was not afraid of the ocean at all. He actually got frustrated with us because he wanted us to let him go but for obvious reasons we could not. He enjoyed the waves splashing on him and playing in the sand. Unfortunately the water was really rough due to a tropical storm brewing out in the Atlantic so that made things a bit rougher than we had expected.

My brother Jason came down and spent several days with us. It was great seeing him and having Mason be able to spend some time with him. Living 12 hours from him makes it difficult to spend time with him on a regular basis. While he was visiting we took a water taxi over to Peanut Island and did some exploring around. Peanut Island is the home of President Kennedy’s bunker that was built in the 60’s during the Cuban Missile Crisis. There was a swimming area that had 4 manatees in it and you could swim with them. We saw them on several occasions but did not swim as it was a deeper area and that was not an option with Mason! Snorkeling was supposed to be good on the island as well but we did not have our snorkeling gear so had to pass on that as well. While we were there, one of the lifeguards informed us of a cool park that he said would be perfect area for us to be with Mason. We went and it was perfect. It was on the sound side and under a very large bridge which provided tons of shade and still had beach areas to get plenty of sun. The water was crystal blue and very calm. We were able to stay in the water with Mason and enjoy it without being slammed in every direction with crashing waves! The beach area was not as sandy as the ocean side and was great for Mason to crawl around on! Since the water was so calm and clear, snorkeling was great as well. There were tons of beautiful fish to see. This was the greatest spot and I wished we had found it the first part of the week!

Overall our vacation was a good one. We look forward to the many vacations and opportunities that we will have traveling together as a family over the next many years!

Until next time…

Kim

Bobsled Ride

Yes you read the correctly. I rode in an actual bobsled. I went out to Salt Lake City for a YMCA conference and while we were there we took one afternoon to do some exploring of the area. We decided to go to Park City, Utah which in case you don’t remember was the home of the 2002 Winter Olympics. We walked around downtown and enjoyed the fabulous weather and “scenery”. We had lunch and a couple of beers at a bar called O’Shucks then headed to the Olympic park to have some fun. The “Comet” ride went about 80 miles per hour and reached 4g force which is equivalent to falling from a 40 story building. It lasted 1.01 minutes and was awesome. It was probably one of those “once in a lifetime” opportunities and I am so glad I did it. I admit I was scared at first as I am one that hates roller coaster rides so wasn’t sure how this would compare but I did it anyway. Of course I couldn’t let the guys that I was with out do me so I went along and am really glad I did.

How many people do you know that have ridden in a bobsled on an Olympic track??

Until next time….

Kim

My Baby is Walking!

Yes, that is right. At just under 11 months old, Mason has found his legs and now knows how to use them. He has been "cruising" for a couple months now but just in the last couple days, he has been taking more and more steps every day. Today, he has shown us that he prefers to walk instead of crawling. He will walk and when he falls down he crawls over to the closest thing that he can pull up on and he is off and walking again. It is so amazing how fast he has gotten it down in the past couple of days. Last weekend when we were visiting Nana and Glenn, they tried everything to get him to take more than a couple of steps. He didn't seem to be interested in walking at all. Monday was a different story. He started taking a few more steps each time. By today, Saturday, July 3 he is walking everywhere. While I am excited that he has reached this wonderful milestone, I am also quite sad that it is just another reminder that my baby is growing up too quickly.

Until next time....

Kim

My Future Tarheel

Friday Follow - Building Friendship One Blog at a Time - June 11

Lately, one of my favorite things to do in the evenings is read through people's blogs. I have a few that I am following but for the most part I just browse through a few each night and as I come across ones that spark an interest, I bookmark them and try to visit them often. Currently, I have only one follower so am hoping to increase that by joining Friday Follow. My blog is sort of a journal for me to write about life with Mason. I don't consider myself a very good "writer" but I know what I write comes from my heart and my joy of being a new mom!

Let me know if you stop by. If you follow me, I will follow you.

Until next time...

Kim

My nephew's preschool graduation

It is hard to believe my little nephew is already old enough to graduate from preschool. It seems like yesterday that I received the call from my sister telling me she had been admitted to the hospital and that it was time. Of course, I dropped everything that I was doing and headed to Concord because there was no way I would miss being there! I can remember Joshua’s dad, Eric, coming out to tell us he had been born and that everyone was doing well. That day was the beginning of a very special bond between me and Joshua. I have watched Joshua grow up over the last 5 years and have been very close to him. I am fortunate to live only an hour and a half away from them so it was pretty easy for me to visit them often. Being able to spend a lot of time with him was amazing. It was the medicine that I needed. I was trying to have a child about the same time that my sister had Joshua so being around him continued to give me the strength and the hope to continue pushing forward and helped me to be the mother that I am so fortunate to be today. While I would hope Joshua has learned a little from me over the last 5 years, I can guarantee that I have learned a lot more from him. He has been more of an inspiration to me than he will ever know. One day when he is old enough to understand I will share with him how much of an impact he has had on my life and how he helped me to get through all those years without my own child!

Congratulations to Joshua on his graduation from preschool. In a few months, he will go to Kindergarten and a whole new phase in his life will begin. I am proud of him and love him very much!

Until next time....

Kim