life in a northern town: updates & father's day!

Mason has started his first finger food, puffs! He was a natural, picked it right up and put it in his mouth. He is also getting better at figuring out his sippy cup. He's very close to mastering how to tip it up but he won't drink the water, he just lets it pour out the side of his mouth when he bites down on the lid. All in due time I guess :) Here are some pictures of him eating puffs for the first time.....

His new favorite pastime...playing with his blocks and having Mommy or Daddy stack them up so he can immediately knock it down...he is ALL boy, I tell you, all boy! Everything has to be thrown or banged...I'm terrified of what is to come if he's already trying to be destructive at 8 months old!!

He's too small to use this to count or learn colors but he loves this new toy anyways. He likes to spin the beads and bang it up and down on the wood floor. He also likes to stick his tongue out for periods of time, I'm glad to have captured this one :)

Getting frustrated when he can't put it back up...

Also a favorite, plastic tubs...a great way to save money on toys! He also likes to stand up with this...he's been doing that at home and at daycare for the past week or two.

And here is Mason being tickled by Daddy...he loves Joe's chin whiskers rubbed on him...

For Father's Day, Mason and I surprised Joe with tickets to the Twins game. Joe LOVED it, it was a great day. It was also Mason's first game and he did so well. We got there a little after 10am to get in line for the promotional giveaway, a Twins golf head cover. Mason lasted to about the 7th inning (~3pm) which was much longer than we expected him to. Otherwise, he was content napping in the baby carrier or sitting in our laps watching the people around us and the game. Plus it had been raining since the 3rd inning (our seats were covered from both the sun and rain, I purposely chose our seats for that reason :). This was also the game that had a rain delay around the 9th and went into 15 innings before the Twins finally scored and ended it. So we didn't feel bad about leaving when we did, it had been a long day for all of us!