Last weekend we met up with Grandma Miller, Uncle Devin, Aunt Jamie, and cousin Nick to go see the circus over in Cleveland.  Mason had a blast!  The only parts he did not like were when they shot off pyrotechnics.  He was a little scared whenever that happened, but other than that he was very excited by everything that was happening.  Then to top it all off Jess took Mason down to the Pittsburgh Zoo for ZooBoo.  That too turned out to be a blast for him.  Reidmeister and daddy stayed at home during ZooBoo and had some quality napping time.

We actually had our trick or treating on Thursday night in this silly town we live in.  Mason dressed up as Pablo (Backyardigans) which is the same costume he wore last year.  We bought him a Firefighter costume, but he was pretty intent on wearing Pablo again.  It works out well as Pablo fits this year as last year it was very big on him.

No costume for Reid this year.  We are heading up to Franklin to visit with Grandma and Papa Miller this afternoon and then going trick or treating up there.  Mason is VERY excited.  We will try to get some pics up soon of the boys.

Reidmeister is still very active.  That boy does not really stop moving all day unless he is eating or sleeping.  I guess that is good, maybe he will start to shed some of that baby fat he has been holding on to and will no longer be such a tank.  On Thursday of this week Reidmeister clapped!  He still needs lots of practice, but he is starting to get it figured out.  He also is trying to get brave enough to stand on his own without holding on to anything.  He can stand for about a second right now before he falls, which is better than just outright falling like he had been doing.

We hope everyone has a safe and happy halloween!

Reid continues to be on the move!  He still is not walking on his own, and we are in no rush, but as this video shows, he is getting closer!

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Well, it took one week before Fishy the Fish was no longer to be.  We tried to first explain to Mason that he missed his friends and we needed to flush him down the toilet so that he could be with them again.  He wasn’t buying that story.  So, we broke down and explained death to him.  He is sad, but was actually in pretty good spirits considering his fish only lasted a week.  In his world that was a really long time so he said he was happy he had him for so long.

So no pictures of Fishy the Fish exist, as we never took any.  Fishy was eating pretty good twice a day and seemed good last night when we fed him.  We are not really sure why last night was the night, but it was.  So far Mason just has a stray comment that he misses Fishy and doesn’t want him to go, but all in all he seems to be doing well.

It has been about 2 months since our last update and a lot of things have happened.  In early September Reid started to crawl!  Actually he officially started to crawl on our 8 year anniversary (Sept 8th).  Then a few days later he started to sit up on his own!  Lastly Reid can now stand on his own too!  This has been going on for the better part of the last month.  Every now and again he gets adventurous enough to even attempt a step, while still holding on to the couch!  Captain Blue Eyes (Reid’s newest nickname) is becoming quite the little man!  Below is a picture I took on my phone that shows Reid standing!

In another awesome bit of news, Mason is now going to bed on his own!  It took us 3 years to get to this point and needless to say Jess and I are VERY excited.  Mason has always been a snuggler and needed to have that physical contact to be comforted enough to go to sleep.  This is mostly our fault with all the moving around he did in the 1st year of his life.  Jess and I decided that enough was enough and it was time to be a “Super Big Guy”.  Mason had to go to bed on his own for 10 straight days before he got his reward, his 1st fish!

Yesterday was day 10 and now Mason is the proud of owner of Fishy the Fish (as he named him).  A white goldfish that has two little orange spots on the top of his head.  I am sure there will be a photo to post soon.  Mason was very excited to go pick out the bowl, rocks, plant, and which fish to get.

We had a great time at the waterpark this weekend.  Thanks to everyone for  coming and making the time there a blast!  I will try to get some pictures up later this week.  Here is a picture of Mason while he was eating his jelly toast this morning.

Mason turns three on Monday, August 17th.  We had the first of his birthday celebrations in Franklin on Sunday the 9th at Grandma and Grandpa Miller’s house.

Mason has been very specific in his cake requirements for his birthday, just ask him and he will tell you that he wants a Backyardigans cake, a tractor cake, and a trailer cake (as in a trailer that goes on a tractor).  Grandma and Grandpa Miller were happy to get him the Tractor cake and Jess and I (shhh don’t tell him) are getting him a Backyardigans cake for this weekend.

This weekend we are going to Columbus, Ohio to visit Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park.  Travis, Angie, Thomas, Dave, Kim, Jason, Amanda, and Hannah are all joining us to help us celebrate Mason’s birthday too!  We are so happy and thankful to have great friends that will travel to see us and to make sure Mason has a great birthday!

Here are a few pics of the birthday celebration this past weekend, with some more pics of the water park to follow (hopefully) next week:

Reid has started to get up on his hands and knees and rock a bit!  He has an occasional hop right now while he is trying to figure out crawling, but nothing that we can say is actually crawling.  Looking back through Mason’s early days it wasn’t until he was 1 day shy of 8 months before he started to crawl, so I think we have some time still.

Enjoy the pics!

Reid is now 3 months old!  How time flies.  Everyone here is doing well, we are enjoying all the nice weather we are having, and in western PA there isn’t that much nice weather is seems like.

Reid rolled over yesterday for the first time!  We think he was a little shocked as he didn’t seem too happy about it.  Once he realized what he had done though I think he thought it was cool.  He seems to enjoy “tummy” time a little more now too, although it might be too early to tell.

We also bought Mason a Pow-Pow-Power Wheels and it arrived yesterday.  We’re calling it an early birthday present.  We figure it was better to get him it now so he can enjoy it all summer rather than just the end of the summer.  Plus once Reid gets a little older he can ride too!  I hope to get it put together tonight after work so he can start terrorizing the neighborhood with it.  He seems REALLY excited about his new F-150.  We will try to get some pictures up soon.