My favorite things

I am absolutely loving the stage that Mason is at right now. While it's definitely challenging, it is also the most rewarding. He is doing so many new things right now and I know if I don't document them, I will forget about them one day! So here are "my favorite things" that Mason is doing right now:

He LOVES giving kisses. Right now he kisses any cat, dog, or baby he sees. He also kisses Mommy and Daddy but no other adults just yet! Saturday night we had a neighborhood music night in the park and Mason made friends with one of our neighbors who is almost three. She was fascinated by his wagon so the two spent most of the night sitting face to face inside it. Well after a while Mason worked up the courage and planted a big kiss on her cheek! The poor little girl was totally caught off guard and just said "No, no be nice!' Yet a couple of minutes later she started leaning towards him to give her another kiss! It was too cute.

He dances or claps anytime he hears music. I love that Mason loves music and it makes me smile every time he starts clapping and stomping his feet and bouncing his head.

He is quite the little explorer. He has no fear and just loves to take everything in. Every little thing is exciting to him and I love his sense of curiosity. When he sees something that interests him he starts pointing and saying "that! that!"

He thinks he's a ten year old. At our neighborhood get together a few nights ago, there were four or five older boys playing soccer. When Mason saw them, he ran over to them raised up his hand and if saying "wait for me!" then proceeded to try his hardest to catch the ball.

He is a momma's boy and I love it. No matter where we are or how much fun Mason is having, he always stops every few minutes to come over and give me a hug and a kiss. It melts my heart!

He is fascinated by all types of balls. It doesn't matter if its a beach ball or a tennis ball, Mason will love it. Ball is one of his new words- (although it sounds more like "ba") and any time he sees one he starts pointing and excitedly saying "ba! "ba!

He loves books. Every morning he will sit in my lap and we will read four or five books. I love that he points at the pictures and laughs at funny things he sees. When we stop reading and put the books away, he will normally go and get yet another one and want to read even more!

He loves when his Daddy gets home each day. When can be in any room in the house but as soon as Mason hears the car pull up and the door unlock, he makes a mad dash to go give his Daddy a welcome home hug.

We are so blessed to have Mason in our lives and can't wait to watch him grow up!