Reid Family Photos 2013

When we were visiting the west side we got family photos taken by Wishful Thinking Photography. Our family friend is the owner/photographer. She did a great job.

I love my family!

My brothers Christian and chase 

My sisters Clara and Chloe

All of us

Our Family

Travis and I

 My whole family

   I love them so much!

Socks

Mason ran to Travis with three socks and stuck out each foot one at a time and then his hand. He then work his "ocks" for the next few hours. Silly boy

Mason also loves wearing bracelets and necklaces. He finds anything and puts them on. Hair ties, headbands, stacking rings and even mine or Travis shirts or shorts (just around his neck through one of the holes) 

New bike!

We bought mason a strider bike! They are kids training bikes that don't have training wheels. They learn to run pick up their feet and glide while they keep balance. Then they just transition straight to the two wheelers. Mason has had an obsession with bikes for a couple of months now and when my co-worker said her family shop (rolling hills bikes) sells them and that her son loved his we were sold!  He also got the cutest lion helmet!  Mason walks around with it now saying "bike bike bike". He is growing up so fast!

Football with dad

It should come to know surprise that mason is a big football fan already. He will sit and watch an entire game with Travis. He screams go and ffffball the whole game. Cheering and then saying hat everytime he sees their helmets close up! Travis crawls around and passes mason the ball and they tackle and push. It masons favorite!!

18 months!

So this is pretty late but I wanted to document. 

Mason is 25 pounds!!

He is 

Dr mike said we "should be completely proud of our perfect boy". And we so are!!

Mason is all boy! Wild as heck and just so so busy!! He even runs in place instead of standing still!

He loves milk and we were asked to cut back so he'll actually eat other foods too. He loves animals especially dogs and horses. He makes the silliest back and pant when he sees a dog and has a very unique horse sound as well. More like a whine. There are horses in a field by our house and he loves watching them when we drive by. 

Bandit and mason are best of friend. Nala loves to play fetch with him

Mason knows probably 30 words and 29 signs but definitely loves saying mom dad dogs ball and cracker best. He can name all his aunts and uncles and friends too. Although doesn't like the "mason say ---" game. He basically refuses. Stubborn. 

Mason is so goofy and loves being the center of attention. He is over the top friendly and has no stranger wariness at all! 

Mason is definitely a mamas boy but I think that is mostly due to me working all day. 

We love our crazy Lil man!

Deep in the Piney woods!

Several weeks back we went camping. But not even car camping.. Backpacking!! And in hammocks not tents! Serious guys. 

We brought Nayt since he was wife-less and Nikki because she was husband-less. It was so much fun. We brought the dogs (plus Nikki's dog Anchor and Nayts dog Bronx) along for the adventure. We originally wanted to go to dworshack but decided to play it safe and go to a little more familiar of a place. Spring valley reservoir. We hiked back through the bird watching trails and we stopped to find the perfect spot. We were hoping for the stream to be running but it was dried up so the men had to go back to town for water. Travis was bummed because he really wanted to try out his water purification kit. But the reservoir water is very stagnant and pretty duck poopy. 

Anyways we loved sleeping in our hammocks, playing cards and eating dehydrated foods! Mountain house knows what they are doing! Ha ha. I was really proud of myself for hiking in with mason and our food and clothes on my back. Travis packed all our gear and dog food. Then on the way out he carried both for a bit! Superman!! What a great way to finish off our summer!

Nikki and anchor chilling in the backpacking tent

Travis napping with mason

Bronx and Nayt lounging 

Nala and bandits bed

Travis and mason sleeping in the hammock

Throwing rocks in the reservoir. 

Typical bandit. 

Nikki's spot for the weekend 

My set up!

Nayts set up

Travis' set up. Including his homemade under quilt and top fly. 

Mason enjoying a marshmallow

Part of the hike

Nayt and Bronx set to go!

 

A family of backpacker we are!

Nikki and anchor geared up an ready!

Potty training FAIL

The title of this post is negative. It was a very rough day. But not for what most people would think. There weren't a million accidents. In fact i only have two dirty pairs of underwear in the laundry. i  just learned a lot of "mommy lessons" today. I failed as a mom today. Definitely. But the good news is that Mason is going to sleep and when he wakes up we I will have another chance. Because I'm just that lucky. I love him so much and today I forgot about why. I turned into this obsessed freak. Sometimes I just get so caught up with him growing up and what I want him to to do next and some how proving myself as a "good mom" by how he is "turning out". When i feel mommy Guilt since I go to work and so over weekends and evenings I find myself trying to make up for lost time but in a negative way. Today I wanted mason to be potty trained so badly I made the whole day just miserable for the both of us. He cried and threw more fits the he has in the last year combined. I got mad more times the necessary and fed him so much sugary crap it's a miracle he is even sleeping right now. But my reality check came when we were outside, he got away and I thought Travis had him but he didn't and he thought I had him.  We all panicked as we ran up the isles of the storage units screaming his name. Only to find him completely fine playing with rocks. Just being a toddler. My perfectly adorable baby boy just being himself. I love him to death and so sad I wrecked this day. Tomorrow will be different. I know we will probably have days like this (like next time we potty train) but I've just got to slow down. I can be mason's super mom I don't need to compete with everyone else if I just remember that! 

I did catch this super sweet moment of Travis and mason watching some coug football together!!

WSU bears

Mason loves animals. He knows lots of animal names and sounds. He is obsessed  with dogs and birds. He also loves fish and cougars (pictures and the WSU logo) there isn't a zoo near by but he loves the wsu  bears. This area on campus where they have a live bear habitat where students observe them and care for them. We've stopped a couple of times but this was the best of all. Two bears were right by the fence and looking right at us. Then they went to their big basin of water and climbed in and were playing with this ball!  Mason was glued to the fence watching and squealing and saying "bear bath ball" over and over. Literally his three favorite thing all in one. He was reaching for them (its double fenced so he could reach them of course) but rarely have I seen him so happy. He was ecstatic. We watched them for like 20 min. When it was time to go I had to force him into his carseat as he screamed "bye bear" over and over. It was so awesome and I was so glad he loved it!

Color me coug 5k

So there was this time I was like "I wanna run a half marathon or a triathlon!" So I put it on my 101 list. Well that was before I actually tried running/getting in shape/or having a baby... Well then fast forward when I see a 5k color run and I was like "pshh 5k I could do that instead" so literally as I click submit Travis is like "you know a 5k is over 3 miles" and I was all "ya so..." And then realized I really only had a week to train. So I ran 2 miles for the whole week prior. Not much of "training" but I was running about a 12 minute mile. So I set my 5k goal at 45 minutes. To account for the color, running with friends and a unfamiliar course. 

The day of the event I was so excited. I couldn't sleep the night before which is very unusual for me. 

Here we are all white and ready to go!

First 5k ever!! We ran the 5k through campus and every so often was a different color station where volunteers chucked color at you as you ran past. Some even had squirt guns full of colored water. 

And after!!! I ran it in 35 minutes!! I was so proud of myself. I walk some of the hills but ran the rest!

Here we are all colored. 

It was very fun and very messy. It was just colored cornstarch but it was everywhere.  At the orange station the volunteer chucked the powder at the perfect time to get right in my mouth!! Yuck!

My new running shoes (asics cumulus) were covered. Same with my water bottle fanny pack called the "trail diva"

An hour after this picture was taken I was sitting with my family at church! It was a busy morning!

I am so proud of myself. I know I can do hard things! I plan on continuing running and who knows maybe do more races!!

Sleepy at tristate

Travis and I enjoyed a good two hours at tristate without having to chase mason down. He fell asleep in the car and by a miracle he didn't wake up when we put him into the stroller! Then by another miracle stayed asleep for his whole nap time while we perused the isles. It was a great shopping trip ha ha 

Sunglasses

This summer the dollar tree had toddler sunglasses and we bought mason a few pairs. They fit perfect. He loves his "eyes" and wears them almost as much as hats. 

He thought the dogs looked pretty funny in them too!

Cowboys

Cowboys eat hot dogs out of the back of the jeep while we wait for the lumber to be cut! Pullman building supply thought mason was one cute cowboy! And I have to agree!

Face time laughs

Mason is wild on FaceTime now and it makes his aunts and uncles laugh very hard. He walked around holding the iPad saying "buddy" "chssss" (buddy and chase) and "co co and claka" (Chloe and Clara) and finally they heard him say their names. He is such a cutie and I love watching him play with his aunts and uncles!

Also when mason waits for them to answer he can see himself and he just smiles and laughs. He's a bit vain ha ha

Bus driver Courtney

At the beginning of the summer I found out that if I wanted to go on field trips I needed to drive my own class on the bus. I nervously took the training but it actually wasn't bad at all. It's kinda fun! And so every Monday I loaded up my class and drove them all over the Palouse! We went to lots of parks, a&w, picnics, Pizza Hut, cougar country, Hamilton Lowe pool, pets are people too and the dollar store. It fits 14 kids and is a beast! I have to stop at the railroad tracks and it has the typical bus doors and emergency exits. It has pretty neat seat with seat belts but also folds into a 5 point harness car seats for the littler kids. It has been such a great summer. We are pretty lucky to have busses to drive to show the kids even more about their community.