The Dennis Family

Christmas Pics!

2009-12-03T14:56:00.000-08:00

So these are the Christmas pics we also got done with his birthday pics. I wish we could have put him in something more formal, but I think these turned out great. Plus he will have pictures with Santa and pictures on Christmas, so egghh, I'm not too worried about it. But I'm so ready for the holidays and birthday to be over with! And I'm ready to get out income tax check, LOL, having a baby sure makes that number shoot up! LOL.

Birthday Pics!

2009-12-02T10:45:00.000-08:00

So we went and got Mason's birthday pictures done! They turned out so good, we got them done at Kiddie Kandids. We wound up spending a little more than we wanted but I think it was worth it, since we combined the birthday appointment with the Christmas pictures appointment! We are probably going to set up a slideshow for his birthday party on the digital picture frame of his from birth to current on the present table or somewhere for people to watch. Got the idea off someone on BabyCenter...I'm an idea theif. HAHA. I'm excited but stressing out about this burfday party! We NEED to get stuff done! AAGGHH...

The Pudding Incident..

2009-11-23T14:07:00.000-08:00

Not the best day, Mason has not been in the best mood at all today. And that means Mommy isn't in a good mood today either! Mommy needs a nanny!

So after Mason had lunch today, and he had eaten a few Cheeto Puffs, he was already pretty messy from the bright orange cheese powder, so I decided it'd be fun to make it worse, and I put a dollop of chocolate pudding on his high chair tray just to see what he would do with it! Needless to say we were in the bathtub a few minutes later, I had to get pudding out of his nose!

So it started out like this...

And escalated to this...

And eventually he was painting with it!

Went to his first birthday party...

2009-11-22T10:41:00.000-08:00

So Mason went to his first birthday party Saturday! Kambree's 2nd Birthday. It was fun, she had a Sesame Street party. Mason finally got to play with Kayden, his other friend! Our friends Jonathen and Destiny's baby, he is only 2 months old, well kind of played, as he is so young! But Mason got to meet Elmo, he did not like him one bit but we got a picture of them together! And he actually wore a party hat for a while! Then he took it off and started chewing on it! (Pictures below) I can't wait for his birthday party!

So after the birthday party we go to the galleria and were trying to change Mason's diaper and we realized--no changing table in either bathroom. So then this couple walked up about to change their baby's diaper and I let them know about the changing table (or lack thereof). And she realized they were wearing the same shirt, which was a little funny, then she said come here Mason...I was like how does this lady know my child's name? Come to find out, that is her baby's name too! I was like what are the odds of that? Running into a couple with a baby wearing the same shirt with the same name? Random coincidence! So they wanted a picture of them together, and I went ahead and took one too! Mason and Mason looked so cute!

Mommy and the birthday girl, she is too cute!

Daddy and Mason at the party

He was terrified of Elmo, which worries me that he is going to hate Santa Claus when it comes time to get pictures done with Santa. But he had fun at Kambree's birthday party!

At Nana's house: Nana clipped balloons to Mason's onezie and he was freaking out cuz he couldn't get them off. He tried crawling away from them but that didn't work, so he just played with them. LOL!

Home Tomorrow

2009-11-18T16:02:00.000-08:00

Going back to Texas tomorrow. Back to life with the in-laws...ugghh =[ Not looking forward to that one. Ready to hurry up and get a job so Gary and I can move out of their depressing household.

Got Mason some shoes today. He needed them, as it is getting colder outside, he is a size 5 wide! Gigantic feet, don't know where he got that one from, Mommy is a 6 and Daddy is a 9.5.

Ahh...I'm not looking forward to going home. And having to listen to their crap. Nor am I looking forward to the washing, packing, flying, unpacking. But mostly the flying, flights with babies are nightmares by yourself. I saw a woman last time we flew with a 3 year old and a 2 month old baby, she sat right in front of us. I was thinking this woman has to be crazy!

Ol blue eyes...

2009-11-17T12:03:00.000-08:00

So Christmas is coming up and Gary and I really need to get all of our shopping done! I can't wait for Mason's first Christmas, its weird how he'll pretty much be a year old, but its still his first Christmas, as he was born on the 28th. He still got a present last year, he got some socks that looked like tennis shoes, made by Jordan! They were cute! Santa Claus is bringing Mason a 4-wheeler this year! His first Big Wheels Kawasaki. And we bought him one or two other things, but we still want to get him a couple of other things PLUS we have a birthday to do a week later! Next baby, I'm definitely going to try to plan around April-ish. To keep from having 2 birthday AND Christmas in the same month. We be broke after all that! LOL.

I love how blue his eyes are sometimes! CUTE!

Not exactly sure what he was so excited about but he sure was happy in this picture! LOL!

Mason in VA...

2009-11-16T06:07:00.000-08:00

Mason loves being in Virginia, he just hates sleeping in Virginia! Apparently, he has decided that partying all night is the way to go while on vacation, Mommy just wants to sleep! Otherwise he has been loving being in Virginia, he has more space to roam and explore. He has gotten so much better at walking even in the last week since we have been up here! He can walk a good 10 feet now before he falls down, unless he is tired, in which case he becomes quite clumsy! But he loves walking, he thinks he is a big boy when he walks. He is becoming a big boy very fast. He will already be a year old on December 28th. almost 11 months, whoo I need to get started on that birthday party! I can't wait to see how he does at his 1st birthday!

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Mason at Olive Garden while we watied for 57 hours on our food! He loved the breadsticks, and the Macaroni n Cheese, he even loved them the next day reheated!

This is nowhere Eric shouldn't have been! =]

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So this is our big adventure to the brand new Wal-mart in Manassass! Woo-hoo! I was more excited about the new Target in Mesquite but whatever! Did our shopping and went to Olive Garden MMM!

Papa and Mason at Wal-mart. Photo op at Wally World.

He was just so sick of all the pictures! He had to cover his face to prevent anymore. LOL.

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Mommy and Daddy in Oklahoma. Through the smoke, not the best way to take pictures.

Back from OK and off to VA

2009-11-09T21:48:00.000-08:00

So Gary and I got back Sunday from Oklahoma, we were in a cabin in the middle of nowhere! But we had a lot of fun. Now tomorrow Mason and I turn around and go to Virginia for 9 days. Excited to see the family, but dreading that 3 hour flight with a restless 10 month old baby. Don't have any pics from OK but will post some later. I don't have many anyway, hard to remember to take pictures when you're busy, and tipsy. =] Ok ok...I was a little worse than tipsy, maybe I was super drunk! HAHA. Jack and Coke, and a little underestimation makes Erica a drunk girl. LOL!

2009-11-04T16:19:00.000-08:00

Going out of town this weekend! All weekend in Oklahoma with 4 friends in a cabin. So ready for that! And then 2 days later to my Mom's house for 9 days. So I have 1 day to get home, unpack, wash everything and then repack for a 9 day trip with a baby! Not going to be easy, I'll just probably get no sleep that night! This will be Mason's 2nd trip to Virginia and his 2nd trip by plane! Hopefully he's good...the last trip was a nightmare, on Mother's Day, and I got pooped on MAJORLY pooped on. And then when I try to clean him up, I get told by the flight attendant that technically I'mnot allowed to change diapers in the seat! Where the F else am I supposed to change it? He suggested my lap...I was like umm...would you like to try that? He clearly had no children! Butthole. I hate flying, but I'd hate driving for 24 hours more so I deal!

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So this is Mason's new favorite place of the week to play! Maybe he was just hungry. LOL!

2009-11-03T16:50:00.000-08:00

A day at the park today! Mason loves the swings, they're his favorite =]

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This is what Mason looks like after spaghetti and chocolate pudding! (no chocolate before 1 yr old...BAD MOMMY!) LOL!

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So Mason was diagnosed with plagiocephaly (misshapen head) and was referred by our pedi to Cranial Technologies to correct it. They make the DOC band, which rounds the head out to where it should be by allowing growth in areas that need to grow out, and restricting growth in areas that need to be held. Well the band comes in WHITE, which is not the most attractive thing and people automatically assume your child has something severely wrong with him and you get stares galore. So we found 360 wraps in Dallas, they decorate the bands free of charge to any baby who has to wear the band. So we were all over that! The wrap turned out so good, and the owner, Tommy, was so nice and does the wrap in less than an hour. We're so happy that we went ahead and had it wrapped, we still get stares but I don't mind as much anymore, I just tell myself they must think he's got a really cool design on his helmet. LOL! So far he's been in the band for 10 weeks and he has done great, he has 2.5 weeks left and gets it off on the 20th. His head looks great already, we're actually hoping they'll tell us he can be done with it early! 12 weeks sounds like such a long time but it has just flown by.

You can visit the 360 wrap doc band website at:

http://www.wrapbuddies.com/

Here are pictures of his helmet:

--The Back--

--The Front--