12 Months

1st Birthday

Happy 1st Birthday, Mason Jay!!!

What a handsome little man!  :)

Dorian and Levi were excited to give him a bib that says, "I love my big brothers Dorian and Levi".  It's true, Mason adores them!

Mason LOVES to play with balls and immediately knew what to do with this basketball hoop!

 I had fun making and decorating cupcakes!

 Oh boy, his first cupcake!

I guess you know that he loves cake AND that it's past nap time when this is the reaction when he thought his cupcake was all gone.

 Yum!

We had a fun party and we were so thankful to be able to celebrate with Grandpa and Grandma Bolkema, Great Grandma, Aunt Kerry, Ashley, Emma, Claire, Uncle Ryan, Aunt Heidi, Aniah, Eden and Adria.

You are LOVED dearly by so many people and we couldn't be more thankful for your health and safety throughout your first year.  

1st Day of Spring Photo Shoot

Thanks to Kate at Ellenvelde Photography for the following photos!

I was outside enjoying the sunshine on the first day of Spring with my littlest man.

toddler

It's crazy, we officially have a toddler at our house instead of an infant.  Mason is walking everywhere now!  And he learned the first week in March how to get up all on his own and walk without first pulling himself up on something else.  It's so cute to watch him walk that sometimes I just smile and watch him.  :)

Dorian and Levi thought he looked cute with this on his head and thankfully he didn't mind it either!

And now I'm nervous....because he crawled up on this tub all by himself which means that he is also capable of getting on our kitchen chairs!  This little boy is going to keep me BUSY!

He's also started patting me, as I do to him, when I hold him.  It's precious.