Mr. Terrible Two

Lately Jack has been the biggest little stinker, and the sweetest little boy at the same time.

One minute he is stealing suckers from the pantry, breaking glass vases, coloring places he shouldn't be, jumping on the couch, throwing tantrums on the floor, and trying to pour his own milk.

The next minute he is saying the sweetest prayers I have ever heard, asking me for hugs and kisses, making Mase laugh when he was crying, and asking me to kiss he "owies" to make them better.

I guest that's why they call it the "Terrible Twos".

Every night Jack says prayers that start with "Thank You for..." then on to "Help me to...." and then Amen. He comes up for all of the Thank You's and Help me's on his own, and all of them make me smile. Recently some of my favorites have been... Thank you for Mama, Thank for you for Daddy, Thank you for Grandpa Curt, Thank you for Grandpa Curt's Truck, Thank you for War (Warren), Thank you for Gave (Gabe), Thank you for trucks, Thank you for Naps (!!!), Thank you for Calliou (his favorite show). His "Help Me's" are always "Help me to sleep", "Help me to be a good boy". The other night he said his prayers, then said Amen, and then said, "Wait!  Thank you for Mason!".

Life Lately... Cold Weather, the Parachute, and the Tent.

Typically Denver weather is absolutely GORGEOUS. Lately, it's been another story with freezing cold weather every day. I can't say that I miss that part of Minnesota or the UP! While it's been cold out we have had to get creative inside. Jack discovered that he can "carry" Mason!




















Last week Jack's friend Warren had his third birthday party at the zoo. Jack got to touch a porcupine, a cockroach, and a snake. But... for Jack the best part of the day was the parachute! Can you tell how much he loved it?

For Warren's birthday he got a new tent, and so during the Superbowl that made for some fun for the boys! I became the "tent police" in charge of making sure there was order in the tent, but while there was peace I snapped a few pictures!

Carousel

Since I am terrible at getting timely blog posts up, here is a link to my sister's blog post from last Thursday when we took Jack on the carousel!

http://brittaneydevane.blogspot.com/2011/02/carousel-ride.html

Our boys and their buds.

Our good friends the Floyds were over for dinner toinght, and it is so much fun to see our boys play together. Mason and Owen are 12 days apart, and Jackson and Warren are 6 months apart. As you can see getting a picture of Mason and Owen was a challenge.

Jackson has been loving playing with his train set. It is his only toy that we don't make him share with Mason since Mason scooting across the railroad tracks is just like Godzilla coming through town. Jack loves it.

Mase waving and Jackson Jumping

Meanwhile at the McGurn house...

Now that Mason knows how to pull himself up to standing, this is what I walk into after every nap! He is always so proud and happy to be standing. 

Here are a couple of pics of Mase's new teeth:

Mase also LOVES to stand at Jack's table and play, now we've got two Elmo fans around here!

For Christmas from Grandma Diane and Grandpa Glenn the boys got coordinating Nike workout outfits. They also happened to get matching Nike silver "Shocks" shoes from Britt and Brian. Since Britt took Jack to the gym it was the perfect opportunity to get them in their outfits.

Today the Bears played in the playoffs and all the McGurn boys were dressed to win. Jack even got his, "Grinchy" in on the cheering action. All their blue and orange paid off because they won!

Mason- 9 Months Old

Mason is 9 months old.

Today was Mason's 9 month appointment. Mason weighed 20lbs 4 oz. which is in the 50th percentile. He is 29 3/4 inches tall which is in the 90th percentile, and his head is 18 1/8 around, which is in the 75th percentile.

Mason is already wearing clothes that Jack wore after he turned one because he is so tall.

-He has two full bottom teeth and just broke his top two and two more on the bottom.
-He is super smiley, and has the cutest little smile in the world.

-He can pull himself up on to the couch, the crib, and just about anything else. Lately he doesn't want to sleep because he just wants to stand in his crib shaking it!

-He loves to play with his brothers trucks.

-He eats any babyfood, rice cereal, puffs, mum-mums, bananas, oatmeal, applesauce, and a few nights ago he loved getting bites of my pizza crust.
-He is like a vacuum cleaner when it comes to crumbs so we have to keep our floors cleaner than ever!

-Mason loves to scream/yell to get attention, and is becoming jealous of attention whenever Jack is getting any!

-He says "dadadadada" but I don't know if he actually knows what "dada" means.