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Mason's First Year

Born June 22, 2009 - 9:35 pm

7 lb 4 oz - 20 inches
Most recent pictures appear first.   Click here for video of Mason!
     
   

Opening his very first, first birthday present!
     

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Out and about

A present arrives!

  

 

First time swimming.

     
     

Helping Daddy teach geometry
     

Mason comes to Science Camp

May 18-21, 2010
     

Sulpher Creek Nature Center

With friend Bella G.
     

Dinner at J and the B

Hiking at Garin Regional Park
     
     

Trip to the park at sunset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hanging with the cousins at Great-Papa's memorial.

 
First trip to the beach.  
     
     
     

Out past his bed time.
  Hangin' with daddy
     
     

Dinner date with mom and dad

 
     
First trip to the park  
     
 

 

The Usual Five dinner engagement at the Cavalli's

Baby Mason and Baby Cole

     
     
     
Attention Target Shoppers...  
         
The Howard Men at Dominico's, Alameda, CA
                     
     
     
                   
     

Running a meeting with Sister Rose Marie
    Goofing off with Mr. Petersen
Dancing with the Duke
Mason recommends going to bed with a smile.
     

First big boy jammies

 

 
     

 

At Aunt Katie's Birthday Dinner

 

 
     
Piano lesson from daddy.
Four Teeth!        
Mason checks out the carpet quality in Clara's new apartment.
     
     
     
Taking advantage of a break in the rain.

First Rainbow Sighting

Mason's #1 Fan, Mrs. Guevara: The Office Goddess
   
     
         
6 Month Check-Up
Weight:  21 lb 3 oz - 91st percentile
Length:  27.25" - 65th percentile
Head Circumference:  17.01" - 24th percentile
     
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.. Hu? Oh, I like cameras.
     
    Baby's first New Years.
     
     

Mason with Great Uncle George
  With Dave's cousin Katie and her son Daniel who is exactly two years older than Mason.  
 
     
Mason with Second Cousin Abbey With Cousin Nicole With Cousins Nicole, Michael, Robert

and Second Cousin Daniel (bottom center)
Mason with Mama and Cousin Michael

Would have been a perfect family photo except....

Ah ha!  Gotcha!

 
Annual Christmas Day Dinner at Buttercup Grill

 

                        
Annual Christmas Day walk at Lake Chabot
     
Christmas Day 2009

Mason Eats Christmas
Very first Christmas present...yum.
Ooooh, a baseball glove, I know what to do with this...eat it.

Oh a book?  I know what books are for...eating.

Eating tissue paper
Eating new sippy cup   Eating Santa hat

Gigantic box reveals gigantic bear.  Good for eating.
Christmas Carnage
Christmas Eve with Ruth Maginnis
Mike and Baby Lucas, Dave and Baby Mason 6 months old today! Dude, is it cool if I hold your hand?
See my teeth? I use them to eat socks. Impressing S. Rose Marie
A moment with S. Julie Humm...I don't believe I've ever tried curry.  The Lime Leaf Thai restaurant, Castro Valley, CA

Breakfast with Aunt Katie
 

We have lift off!

Hangin' with my Soul Father

 
  I have 2 teeth!  

Now you listen to me Mason...
Green peas, red shirt.  Food Coma. Sad about stuck fingers  

Morning Mohawk

  
Bath time with Mr. Dimple Butt
Helping mommy pick out an outfit for work. Mason with cousins in Placerville, CA

 
Trying to blend Meeting Cole Cavalli...in the middle of the street.
Mason standing with his Spirit Papa Mason standing with his daddy  

Family dinner at the Englander.
Hangin' in the back yard   Reading to Grandma Sue
  

Halloween 2009, Saint Elizabeth Elementary School
Lying on the grass. . .tile.
With daddy at Math Circle.   Goin' for a ride.

 

 

Sooooooo funny!

 
 
First trip to the Unitarian Church

Sharing a laugh with Aunt Katie.
     

First A's Game! GO MUSTANGS!
     
  I do this now.... ...and this.
    Look mom, both hands.
Two Month Appointment: 
15.5 inches - 27th Percentile in head circumference
24 inches - 78th Percentile in length
16 pounds - 99th Percentile in weight...99th!

Mason sharing a laugh with very close friend.
  Hello My Name Is Mason Howard, Mary's Friend
   
Mason sleeps through Date Night.

Helping mommy in the classroom.
     
Meeting Jenny D. Flirting with Jenny D. Howard men.
  Over the shoulder boulder.  
 
     
Helping mommy play cards Six weeks old today! Mason dear and deer, Ashland, Oregon
Helping daddy cook breakfast at camp Wrapped in blanket made by Aunt Fran Sleeping in the car after the torrential rain storm
Crater Lake, Oregon Admiring Crater lake...with closed eyes  
     
     
Mason with cousin Mike Helping mommy in the studio  
Duck feet.    
Grandma loves me!  Four weeks old today!
Mount Mason Meeting Eloise

 

 Meeting Steve

 
  Proud Papas
    Dandelion head
   
  19 days old! Sacked out.
En route to his first art opening.  Huge Dave Burke fan!    
  Mason meets his Great-grandparents. Mason, 17 days old.
Mason meets Sister Rose Marie. Mason meets Sister Liam. Mason and his Grandpa Bob.
First trip to Lake Chabot Mommy's lap in high demand Daddy and Mason play Atari...in the kitchen.
 
  Found thumb...and eye ball...and ear.   
Daddy's feet.   Frog's legs.
  Mason meets his cousins Mason meets his God Mama Clara
    First outing, 36 hours old.
Mason meets his Grandma Sue Recovery Room  
   
Mason's first over the shoulder photo with his daddy.