UNO!!

Mariah's favorite new game is uno. She is pretty good at it too. She plays with all her cards facing up... and she will still beat you! She likes to play with her Daddy every night when I'm putting Mason to bed.

More Play

Mariah has figured out how a little brother likes to play now. Mason looks like he is just tolerating it. But as soon as she is done playing he is off to chase her down again. He chased her from one end of the house to the other last week (crawling of course). He was just fussin' at her the whole way because she had to make it so hard on him to get to her. He will pull up on the couch and bang on the computer when she is playing wanting her attention. And to top the cake, the other day he fell and bumped his head. But he didn't want Momma's comfort.. he wanted his Rah-Rah. (yes, I was a little hurt.)
And then I just had to throw in the random picture of Mason with the duck in his mouth. Do you think he is teething? Maybe all the droop around his mouth will help answer that qestion. :)

Too big!

Look at this big boy!! Mason started crawling on his hands and knees the day he turned eight months old. Two days later he started pulling up. We got some of Mariah's old toys down from the attic and they both went crazy over them. I stood Mason up to the LeapFrog learning table the first time and he couldn't hit everything fast enough. Mariah use to play with the buttons on the side she was standing only, then move around the table to the other buttons. Mason is all over the thing! He reaches across and almost climbs ON it to get to all the buttons. Later I was in the kitchen and I looked over at him and he had crawled over to the table and pulled up all by himself! He was a little unsteady. I've since found out that just because he can pull up doesn't mean he can get down... until he just falls. But in the video he gets a little distracted and loses it. hehe He is OK and I'm sure that won't be the last time it happens.

Playin' Together

Here are some pictures of Mariah and Mason playing the other day. He wants to go everywhere and we decided he was big enough to ride in the baby stroller. So Mariah pushed him across the house a few times and then played train with him. Well, he watched. They are getting to the age that they both can enjoy playing together. Maybe we can enjoy this for a few years.

Mason is just eight months old and already trying to pull-up. I love the part where he comes back to the chair and tries to pull up from way too far away and just bounces. hehehe It won't be long!

Now I Know My ABC's!

After three days of preschool I think she is pretty smart. This video is kind of long, but I think it's worth it. :)

1st day of preschool

Mariah had such a great day on her first day of preschool!! She had a little trouble getting her backpack on... we laughed! I took Mason to Mom's so I could have time with just Mariah to drop her off (and take lots of pictures). She went right in, found her name, opened her pencil box, and started coloring. Somehow she knew just what to do. Even though some other kids cried, she was fine. That night she was so tired that she fell asleep on her daddy's lap at 6:50. I think he loved it. :)