My first blog entry

My day this morning started at 6:45am with the voice of panic from Mason. I jumped up and realized that his nose was bleeding...again. Poor thing. He has had so many nosebleeds this year and I can now say that I am a pro at making them stop. If only I knew how to make them go away for good...

Mother hen Mattison was in bed with me at the time so she heard Mason when he yelled my name. She jumps in bed with me in the middle of the night when Daddy works nights. I dont mind. I think we both sleep better when she's with me. :) I feel bad for Matt though because when he gets home at 6am, he has to sleep in her little bed until we all wake up. Imagine that...a 6'3'' man sleeping in a litty bitty pink flowery bed surrounded by bears and baby dolls. Ha! Makes me laugh! Ok back to what I was saying. Mattie...she is just the cutest thing. She ran right to her brother's side in the bathroom and says, "It's OK Mase...Im here, I'll take care of you. It's just a nose bleed. Mommy will make it go away" and started rubbing his back. That girl can be a pistol, but when it comes to taking care of her brother, she is right by his side. It makes me smile...big time...and I can only hope that those two remain best friends for a lifetime.

For the first time in a long time, Matt was able to participate in something at Mason's school today. I signed him up to help with pumpkin carving in Mason's class since he had the day off. Mason was so excited! He ran to the bus this morning and told the bus driver and his aide that Daddy was coming to his school today! After hearing that, I knew he was going to have a good day. AND I was right! The boys met me at Walmart after school because Mattison and I had to pick up some last minute Halloween stuff for Mason's class. I was in an aisle and I hear a little boy yell, "Mommy"! I knew who's voice that was. =) I could pick that voice out if a million other little boys were yelling mommy at the same time. He ran to me and gave me the biggest hug. It's almost like it's the first time he has ever seen me.every.single.time. I love every minute of it and I SO look forward to coming home on the days that I run to the store because I know that I'll have two beaming faces running toward me screaming my name in excitement. Oh, how I love those two. My little M&M's

Our day ended with...drum roll please...a loose tooth! Mason and I were home talking about his school day with daddy and when he smiled, something just looked funny to me. Thinking back on it, I don't know why I thought something looked funny...maybe I just wanted an excuse to check his teeth. A lot of Mason's friends have lost some of their teeth already, so I knew that his time was coming. I told him that I wanted to wiggle his teeth just to make sure that none of them were loose and sure enough...i found a winner! I was in disbelief...a loose tooth? NO! This cant be happening. A loose tooth just means that you are another step closer to being an even bigger boy. I was sad...just for a second. Thoughts of giving birth to him and seeing him for the first time entered my mind. Holding this teeny tiny 4 lb baby boy six years ago, I could never imagine that this day would be here or others previous for that matter. I had to snap back to reality..."Yes! A loose tooth! Mason do you know what this means? The tooth fairy will be here before we know it! Run upstairs to tell Daddy the good news and then we need to call Pop-Pop and G and tell them what Mommy found!" Watching that little boy run excitedly up the steps to let Daddy know that the toothfairy will soon be "bringing him money" just made me smile from ear to ear. I will cherish these special moments for a lifetime and I have been realizing more and more that I really AM so excited to watch him grow into a "bigger boy" each and every day...BUT...lets just not rush it. First thing on my to do list tomorrow morning...shop around for a tooth fairy pillow. :)