Bye Bye Daddy

This morning Blade left for 5 days out to sea with a Det from his squadron. He will be gone Sunday through Thursday and Mason and I are already missing him. This will be the first time I will be alone with the little guy at night, so hopefully it all goes good!

We love you daddy and we can't wait for you to come home!!

XO XO XO

Alli and Mason

Saturday Night Out!

On Saturday night we attended the most beautiful wedding ever. It was the wedding of Scott, who is fellow pilot in Blades squadron, and his lovely bride Julia. We decided to pack Mason up and make it a family event, and we were so proud of how good he did! We got there at 4:30 and stayed till about 10:30pm, with a feeding and lots of holding inbetween. All the ladies, and even some of the men, went crazy over our little guy, and took turns holding him!

Everything was just so beautiful. I was so impressed with all the decorations, including the centerpieces. I had to take a picture of the table and all the glasses! There was a water glass, a wine goblet, and regular wine glass and a champagne glass...for each place setting! It was crazy!

Blade and Scott had gone of deployment together this past fall, so along with some of the other guys from deployment, they sported "Warriors" tattoos in honor of Scott! (Warriors was the name of their Det) They all looked good!

It was so nice to get out and we had such a nice time. Mason did great and it makes us excited to bring him along to other fun events!!

The Past Few Weeks....

Well The Past Few Weeks have flown by. We enjoyed our week together as a family of three until Blade had to go back to work. Now we miss him like crazy, but look forward to our nights and weekends together. Mason has continued to amaze us and is as adorable as can be. He loves to go for car rides in his carseat...he can be entertained for hours in his swing....and he can cuddle with daddy and sleep on his chest looking content as can be. His first doctors appointment went well and they said he is gaining weight and is right on track with his health. His color is looking better, and we don't have to go back until his 1 month appt.

We've had some Special Visitors these last few weeks too, and it's been really nice. The first week we were home we had some wives from the Spouses Club deliver us home cooked meals. It was so nice not to have to worry about cooking, and we thank everyone for coming over, meeting Mason, and bringing us the yummy food! Then my mom came down for a few days. We loved seeing her and spending time with her too. She was fighting off a cold when she was here, so she didn't get to love on Mason like she wished...but he still loved seeing her! I promise next time you can hold him and kiss him and spoil him rotten! Oh and I can't believe I didn't take any pictures while she was here....I am so sorry mom!

A couple days after my mom left, my sister came down for a long weekend. We had such a nice time with her, and we appreciated her help so much. She taught me so much and I love her to pieces for coming down. I love getting advice from people, but I especially loved learning from Jen, she is my best friend and an amazing mom of 2.

Mason loved spending time with his Auntie and we can't wait to introduce him to Jack and Joey...I know they are going to love playing cars together!

Here's a few pics Jen took of us....Thanks a bunch!

Last but not least!....Mason had his First Real Bath today! We had only given him sponge baths since his umbilical cord stump was intact, but since that fell off recently, we decided it would be fun to try out our new 'Whale tub'! He was a little unsure of the water at first, but in the end we think he liked it!