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We all went to the orchid show at the botanical gardens. I had no idea there were so many different types of orchids. It was BEAUTIFUL. I should have gotten a close-up photo of some.



Trying to catch Mason when he's got a good smile:



Mason is looking more and more like David.

Hair cuts, visits, and Mason

Here is Mason at about the end of February:


The great thing about prenatal vitamins is that it makes your hair thick and grow really fast. But about 2 weeks after Mason was born I was getting SO sick of my hair always back in a ponytail or bun or taking forever to dry. For about 5 days I was rolling the idea around in my head on how I could easily cut my hair myself (I should have known better--I have heard how many many many people make this mistake and regret it). But I decided that if I pulled it back into a ponytail and then made one nice clean cut, it would be short and layered. And it could still all obviously be pulled back into a ponytail. Easy peasy.

And then I further decided that if I had DAVID cut it, he could easily see a straight angle from the back. So one night David gets home from school and I announce to him that he is going to cut my hair. He obviously is a little surprised and tells me several times he thinks it's a bad idea and he thinks I should go to someone else to get it cut. But I had already been thinking about it for so long and I was SO ready for it to all go, that I convinced him to try it.

The scissors we used were not the best. He starts cutting, and it's not the one clean cut I had imagined. About halfway through my ponytail I get a terrible, scared feeling in my stomach that this was indeed a bad idea. A little late for that. We get done and after looking it over, we agreed that I needed to get help as soon as possible. After talking about it for a while, we decided it would be okay if we splurged so I could visit a cute salon in Old Market, just for a fun experience and to get out of the house. David took the next afternoon off to watch Mason and I headed out! Here is the final product:

I was very glad that the stylist, Jim, was able to save my hair!

At Mason's 2 week visit he was 8.5 pounds (in the 31th percentile) and 22 1/4 inches long (in the 91th percentile). He definitely has David's body!



David's mom and sister came out to help us for a few days earlier this month. They were great and it was so fun to see them! They also got to see a little bit of Omaha and Kansas City. Thanks you guys!

More pictures . . .

Mason is doing great. He had an eye infection but that is doing a lot better. I'm doing pretty good, although I never realized how much work a new baby is!! David is glad to be in Spring Break right now so he can spend some more time with Mason.