Mason can use a sippy cup

Mason's been practicing drinking from a sippy cup at school.  How do you think he's doing?

Does this count as walking?

This is how I started walking too.  And yes, it's the same shopping cart!



I think Mason's going to need some shoes soon...

A good big brother

That's what I am!  Since I'm the older brother, I'm supposed to look out for and help Mason. At least that's what mama tells me.  She would know because she's the older sibling.  Hmm...so is dada.  How come he never tells me about the responsibilities of being the oldest? 

Anyway, lately I've taken these conversations to heart.  I like to help feed Mason his bottles and his solids.

Mason's first plane ride

When I was almost 8 months old, I went on my first plane ride.  We flew to Maui for a vacation with Kyden.  Well, Mason had his first plane ride 2 weeks ago!  This time we went to Orlando to visit Walt Disney World.

You may be wondering why we went to Disney World when we just got back from Disneyland not too long ago.  Well, mama happened to have a work conference at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin.  Mama has been to this place a lot.  She used to go there every year for a different conference.  Since she was already going to be there, dada, Mason and I decided to tag along.

So, how did Mason do on his first flight?  He did great!  Shortly after taking off, he fell asleep and stayed asleep for a while because he was napping on mama. I didn't too good though.  Since I was sitting next to the window, I looked out while we were taking off.  The choppy water and multiple turns out of SFO made me feel funny. And I threw up. Good thing dada packed a change of clothes for me. I wasn't sick...just motion sick. I was fine for the rest of the flight. I even took a nap until it was time to land.  We rode a tram to get our bags and took the Disney Magical Express (a bus) to the resort.

Even though mama's conference was at the Swan and Dolphin, we stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. Mama's conference coordinator hooked her up!  This place as super cool.  There were animals roaming around on different savannahs.  It was dark when we got to the hotel, so we couldn't see any animals. But in the morning, we saw giraffes, gazelles and antelope walk by our room!  Even better than the animals was the swimming pool. It had a beach entry and a water slide. We swam 3 out of 6 days that we were there. I loved it! One night we even got to roast marshmallows!  Yum!

While mama was working at her conference, us boys went to play at the parks.  We went to Animal Kingdom on Monday and Magic Kingdom on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Mama joined us for half the day on Monday.  Dada is amazing!  He handled both of us all by himself.  Mama says he's a better parent than her because she doesn't know that she could've done the same thing.  Maybe dada should write a book.

When Mama was all done with her conference, she joined us for 2 days of fun!  We went to Magic Kingdom one day and Hollywood Studios the other day.  I'm glad mama got to come play for a few days because that's how I got to ride some of the rides I couldn't ride with just dada. Mama and I ran around the water play area outside the Dumbo ride while Mason took a nap. That was lots of fun!  

The trip was really fun and relaxing. We all had a great time. Best of all no one got sick this time!

My first chopsticks

I got my first pair of chopsticks tonight!  They're training chopsticks, so I can learn to use real chopsticks.  I'm actually pretty good at it too.  I managed to pick up my beef teriyaki, a couple of edamame (those suckers are slippery), and a little bit of rice.  Check out my mad chopstick skillz!