Happy Halloween!

For Halloween, we had a party at Mamma's house.  Mason dressed up as a scary dragon, and Miss Tennie dressed up as a little lamb.  They were so adorable together!

Of course, we couldn't get either of them to smile, but they're so precious anyway!

RAWR!!!

Oh no, look out for the slobber!  That's one scary dragon!

Mason had to get home to bed before the real festivities started, like the haunted house, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have enjoyed those anyway!  Maybe next year! 

Sleeping Problems

My little man is such an angel when he sleeps!

When he's in a really deep sleep, nothing will wake him - storms, lights, dogs...

But.  Unfortunately, getting him into such a peaceful state is quite an ordeal!  He is so lively and playful, that he fights sleep like no 7 month old I've ever known!  He will do anything to keep himself from going to sleep:  pull his hair, kick his feet, grind his teeth...the list goes on.  It's been a difficult few weeks as far as naptime goes, but then I look at that precious sleeping angel, and remember that it's all worth it!

7 Months Old!

My sweet baby was 7 months old yesterday!  He has grown and changed so much in these short seven months!  He's so active and playful, and (most of the time!) he has such a sweet spirit!  We had quite a busy day on his 7 month birthday, which was also Halloween!  Terry spent the day with a friend at the Texas A&M football game, so we spent the day hanging out with the rest of the family.  First we showed everyone at Grammy and Grandpa's how Mason can sit up!

Then, Mason got to hang out with "Mr. Steven" for a few minutes.  Steven had a dream once that Mason's first words were "Mr. Steven" so that's what we've been calling him!  =)  We're all glad that Mason is finally getting comfortable with my brothers!

We went to Cotton Patch for lunch, and Steven got his first laugh out of Mason.  Steven was trying to teach him to make noise by humming and running your finger over your lips (not quite sure how to describe it!) and Mason was trying really hard!

Here he is smiling for Grandpa!

We were sitting in the men's shoe department waiting on Steven to try some shoes on, so I decided to try to get a picture of Mason's teeth.  Here's what I got - the look on his face cracks me up!

Here he was trying to make noise with his lips, like Mr. Steven taught him!

And finally, he was all tuckered out and just couldn't stay awake anymore!

Happy Seven Month Birthday baby boy!

Randomness

Mason has been very busy lately!  He's started eating Gerber puffs.  He LOVES them, but they are quite a mess!

He also got to spend some time with his cousin Tennie.  I missed it, but I heard that they had a lovely conversation on Tuesday!

He is also working on becoming very mobile!  He can't quite crawl forward yet, but he can scoot backwards with the best of them!  He started out next to me on the rug, and he ended up under the rocking chair chewing on my computer bag.  =)

He's been trying for a week or two to push himself up to a sitting position.  He would get about halfway and not be able to push himself up the rest of the way.  We were sitting on the floor together Wednesday night, and here's what he did:

And he just sat there and played with his toys like it was no big deal!

Yesterday, when I came home from work he was napping.  When I heard him waking up and I went in to get him, here's what I found:

It completely blew me away!  He went from not sitting or even caring about it to sitting overnight, literally!

He's such a precious little boy and he is growing so fast!  Tomorrow is Halloween and we're having a party at Mamma's house.  I'm sure I'll have tons of pics to post this weekend!

Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday, we visited a Pumpkin Patch with our friends, the Scotts.  It was a fun experience, and Mason was intrigued with everything going on around him!  First, we painted pumpkins.  (Okay, I painted it, but he really wanted to help!)

Then, Terry took some good pictures of Mason and I.  This one is my favorite!

After that, we took turns taking family pictures in front of an old silo.  This is one of our first pictures of all three of us!

Finally, we went and took pictures with the pumpkins!  The little man didn't feel like smiling, but we got some precious pictures anyway!

We tried to get a good picture of Mason and Lewis together, but all they wanted to do was chew on our sunglasses.

We had a great time! 

6 Month Pictures

We had Mason's 6 month pictures taken on Friday.  He is not a big fan of the camera, (probably because he has one in his face every day) but he did good!  We didn't get many smiles, but you can still see what a beautiful boy he is! 

6 Month Update

I realized this morning that I forgot to write about Mason's 6 month check up!  He went on October 2nd, and everything looks great!   He weighed 19 lbs. 14 oz. and was 27.5 inches long.  The doctor was very impressed when he got up on all fours and tried to crawl across the table!  He got his vaccinations, including a flu shot, but once again, he was a trooper!  He cried for just a minute and then he was fine!  He didn't really even act any different the rest of the day - just his normal happy self!

He's been so much fun lately!  We're amazed at everything he's doing and trying to do!

• He is getting better at sitting up on his own.  He can sit on the couch just fine, but when we sit him on the floor he still has some balance issues.  I'm pretty sure he can sit up, I just don't think he wants to! 
• Like I said before, he's getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth - pretty soon he's just going to take off! 
• He LOVES to bounce in his Jumperoo.  He gets very excited and bounces all over the place.  He has even started bouncing when we stand him up in our laps - it's a good bicep workout! 
• He's been sleeping great at night, usually from 9 until 5ish.  A couple of mornings, he's still been asleep when I'm getting ready for work, so I just had to wake him up for some cuddle time!  Fortunately, he eats and goes right back to sleep.  Hopefully he'll keep that up! 
• We're still working on solids, but he hasn't found too much that he likes yet.  We've tried avocado, green beans, carrots, squash, banana, applesauce, and of course, oatmeal.  He can't get enough oatmeal, and squash is okay as long as it's mixed with oatmeal, but otherwise he doesn't really want anything to do with it! 
• He officially has SIX teeth now!  4 on the bottom and 2 on top!

Our only problem lately has been naptime!  He just does not want to nap!  Sometimes it takes him 30 minutes to go to sleep, and he cries or fusses for most of that.  We spend a lot of time going to check on him, pat him, rock him, etc., but it seems like he just eventually wears himself out and gives up.  We can't figure out how to make naptime easier on everyone, but if that's all we have to complain about, I guess we're doing pretty good!

Mason loves his daddy!  We've been so lucky that Terry has been able to stay home with him!

This is what they do when I'm gone!  Hanging upside down makes him laugh!

This picture cracks me up!  It was actually taken while he was hanging upside down, but I rotated it where he was right side up.  We got a good view of his top teeth, so we had to take a picture!

He's trying to sit up!  He can make it for a few seconds before he loses focus and topples over!

Mason with my dad's cell phone.  This reminded us of the cell phone commercial with the little baby.  "Hey girl, can I hit you back?"  =)

This is Mason's angry face.  =)  Not really, actually he's been scrunching up his nose a lot for some reason, and I took the picture at just the right moment!  I think this picture is hilarious!

Just sittin' up on the couch in his new Old Navy outfit!

Chewing on his hands, as usual!

He's SUCH a beautiful baby!!  We're so lucky, and we're having so much fun!