My Maniac Mason Mess

So I have always called Mason my "mason mess." I only call him my "maniac mason" when he really is acting like a maniac....but lately I call him this every.single.day. This morning I was at target at nine am because Mason woke up early...yuck. I got told by four different people just how "busy" he was. He has always really liked to ride around in the cart and look and play with me, but the past few times I've taken him all he wants to do is to get down. Mason has this thing with getting onto furniture and then hanging his head over the ledge. So this morning in the cart, he figured out how to get his legs out , stand up and just lean over the cart...seriously? Don't get me wrong, he stays strapped in somehow...but a lot of good that does :) So we finished at target and headed home because I thought he was tired. wrong. I put him in his bed and when I went in there to check on him noticed that the plantation shutters next to his crib were opened. He has figured out how to stick his arm out and open and close the shutters....ughhh. So this was about 10:30 am. After lunch I took him to Babies R Us and was at the counter paying. He again, got his feet up, stood up and proceeded to try to crawl up on the counter....the lady behind the counter was like, wow, how old is he??? I just closed my eyes, breathed in, and hung on to him by his little arm for dear life :) But the day isn't over.... tonight while exploring the kitchen he was playing in the pantry. Since we are still at Rick and Teri's, all of his bowls and food are in containers on the floor. He spotted his crunchies...so there he went. Up and over all of his bowls, sippy cups, and utensils, over the food, and got to the crunchies. He shouldn't have been hungry but since he had worked so hard for them I decided to reward him. Tonight we are trying to get him to sleep without his sleep sack. I got him some super cute pj's and put some socks on him, so hopefully he will sleep good. The sad thing is, all day I have been feeling like tomorrow is Wednesday, which is church day...but it's not :( I have another day of maniac mason mess before I get five whole hours alone....or to work. I love you my mason. and you make me smile all day, every day, but you test me. good thing your cute.....