Some firsts, and other things

First carousel ride and he loved it

Maybe just a little sleepy

Pre first haircut

Post first haircut

Helping Dad

First time riding forward facing. It was in T's truck

Hmmm....This is cool

He loves to read.

Boy can Masen.......

Throw a fit

He can also put a good amount of spaghetti on his face

He can also give Missy kisses

And ignore you. And me. And T.

Words...

Masen has recently been learning a lot of words so I thought I'd post an updated list of things he says:

Mama
Dad
Hi
Hello
Room Room (means vroom vroom when pushing cars)
All done (he signs this also when he says it)
Moo
Neigh (everything says either moo or neigh depending on the day)
Whoa
Haha
Bye
Ow

Skills

Today Masen mastered standing himself up without holding on or pulling on anything. Since he can now do this, he officially walks EVERYWHERE now! Tomorrow: running!

Cute kid

So, I'm really behind on keeping everyone caught up with pictures. So I am going to add a few random ones to get everyone up to speed.

In San Francisco

Dipping his toes in the ocean for the first time

Looking at the Sea Lions with Dad

Backwards, but using the dryer box as a slide

Masen's 1st Birthday Blowout Bash

As you all know, Masen turned one on Saturday. We had a big party with cake, balloons, food, presents and people. Here are the highlights. As you can see, he had a lot of fun.

Masen's own personal monkey face smash cake.

The balloons that the big monkey cake was holding.

The big chubby cheeked monkey cake the rest of us ate.

The monkey balloons.

Opening presents.

Aunt Roni and Bri.

Opening presents still.

Riding his Lil Quad Power Wheels from Mommy and Daddy.

Wearing his Prince crown from Auntie Ann, Jack, and Adam. It only stayed there for about a minute.

Digging into the cake.

Sugar coma anyone?

A Year Ago Today....

Exactly one year ago today, at this time, I laid in bed next to T, knowing that I should be asleep resting up for my induction but not being able to sleep at all. I was excited to meet my son, and I wanted him to be here, safe and sound, in my arms. Knowing that the hardest year of my life was soon coming to a close kept me awake. What would he be like? How long would my labor take? Please, oh please, don't let anything be wrong with him.

At 5 am I walked into the l&d floor of Jordan Valley Hospital for my induction. They set me up in a room and started my IV. My first nurse (who was only there an hour after I was) asked me a gazillion questions, and flipping through my chart, commented on what an extra special baby we were having that day. At 7am, the new nurse walked in, started me on a very low dose of pitocin. Ah, the start of labor. I couldn't believe it was finally happening to me. I was going to give birth to my very own healthy baby boy. At 9am Dr. Nichols (one of my favorite men ever) walked in to break my water. All hell broke loose. That started the back labor. Not fun. Masen wasn't liking labor too well. Not fun. It was time to push. After a few practice pushes Dr. Nichols busted through the door and jumped right in to deliver. I pushed for a while, and suddenly I heard the magic words "Just one more push" and only a matter of seconds later I heard the nurse yell 12:19. Masen Charles Milburn was born April 18, 2008 at 12:19 pm.

Now, a year later, here I sit wondering how it went by so fast. My baby boy is now a walking, talking toddler. He amazes me and lights up my life every day. He's smart, he's funny, he's gorgeous. He's my son. I never could have asked for more. Happy Birthday, Masen. Mommy loves you very much. You are my miracle.