Mason Turns 2 & Erik leaves for 2!

Mason at Leatherby's

We LOVE those Lippies!
So...Mason turned 2 on January 16th. We celebrated with Barbie and Little Bumma coming over at about 10ish before the BIG departure to the MTC. Leo and I were fortunate enough to be able to go with Barbie to deliver our Little Bumma off to Provo and then off to Russia for 2 years. Mason's b-day was kind of forgotten....in a good way. (The next post will be dedicated to the departure of CLB)

We waited until the weekend so the Twins could be with us to celebrate. We ate Mason's favorite din-din which is pancakes and juice and then headed off to good old Leatherby's. For those of you who do/don't know about Leatherby's there are only 2 left here in the city. One is located in Taylorsville...and the other is located in Midvale....Little Tijuana as we like to call it. We chose to go to the Taylorsville location because believe it or not at the Midvale location they serve tacos with your ice cream...if you want. And even though 90% of the Gonzo's have some Hispanic blood in them, we aren't that Hispanic...and actually I'm not even the least bit Hispanic. So...we chose to go to the original Leatherby's. The employees there sang to Mason and he was full of laughs.

I can't even begin to express how much I love this little guy. He is my sweetheart and the love of my life. He loves "hee-hees" (horses) "a-hai" (Backyardigans) and "Joosh" (juice)...but most of all he loves his "Haylay" (Haili). He could have just woken up from a nap and the first thing he asks for is HAYLAY...if he gets hurt, it's HAYLAY...and when he wants to cuddle, it's HAYLAY.
It is so sweet how much he loves her.

Besides being a sweet little boy, Mason has a mean, high-pitched scream that can break anyones eardrums...he also can throw cars at the walls and hit his family better than his big brother Brandon.

Over all...we love everything about him and are so happy to have this little guy in our family.

Happy Birthday Mason!