Its Summertime!

After what seemed like weeks of continuous rain and thunderstorms, we are finally getting some nice summer weather that we can go outside and enjoy!  As much as Mason and Maddie love to be outside, there is one thing outside that they are pretty unsure of...GRASS!  Both of them refused to touch it or let it touch them at first.  After a while Maddie warmed up to the idea of it and decided that it was safe to touch one piece of grass with one finger.  And Mason was soon to follow..but only will they touch it with one finger!  Maddie did manage to taste a piece but that was about as far as it went.  Grass is still a weird / icky thing to them right now.  It was pretty funny to watch! 

Yesterday was such a beautiful day! Not too hot and not too humid.. we decided that it was a good day to take the kids swimming for the first time.  Mason and Maddie did great!  After ten minutes of whimpering they LOVED it!  Maddied even stuck her face in the water to try and blow bubbles and Mason couldnt quit splashing!  Such big kids!! They had a blast!

Naked Babies!!!

Another First...

Mason had his first haircut!!

After weeks of worrying (he's too little, what if he wont hold still, I dont want it to come out looking like Jim Carey in Dumb and Dumber) I finally let go and decided that it was time! And he did GREAT!!! A sylist friend of mine came to the house and we gave him the remote control as a distraction (something he doesnt usually get to play with but LOVES to get his hands on) and he sat still, didnt cry, and it looks nothing like the Dumb and Dumber haircut! What a big boy. It still doesnt seem possible that they are only a month away from turning ONE year old! Maddie continues to perfect her walking abilities and is crusing around everywhere. Mason seems a little less interested at this point. I have no doubt that he has the ability to walk, he is just being a bit of a chicken about it. He walks all along the furniture and stands up to play on things but the minute you let go of his hand he gets scared and sits down. So as soon as he decides that it isnt so scary, Im sure he will take off!

The following pictures are just random recent photos (prior to his haircut):