Changes

It's been a very busy couple of weeks with lots of changes!  The biggest change is that my little man has started pulling himself up, and now he wants to stand ALL THE TIME!  In fact, that's one of the reasons I haven't been able to post much lately - he is ALL over the place and I barely get to sit down!  Oh well, it's good exercise right?

Before we know it, he's going to be crawling OUT of that crib!

What a big boy!

We've had some other changes in our family too!  Terry got an internship at Academy ISD working in their technology department.  With this internship, he should be able to graduate in May!  Since he's working, he obviously can't stay home with Mason every day, so Mason's had some changes to his schedule too.  On Mondays and Wednesdays he's staying with Mamma all day, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays he's staying with Alisha (Josh's wife).  He's been with her 2 days now (and her 4 year old Jared) and he seems to LOVE it!  Both times I've come to get him he's been having a blast, and he's been sleeping GREAT at night since she's been wearing him out!  I'm very thankful that we will make until August, when Mason is 18 months, before we have to have a daycare provider outside the family. 

9 Months Old!

My little pirate is 9 months old today!  We got to go see Dr. Riser, (free of shots) and she was once again thrilled with Mason's progress.  He currently weighs 23 pounds, 10 ounces, and is 30 inches long.  She was very impressed with his crawling and pulling up!  She also referred us to an eye doctor to figure out what is going on with Mason's eye.  He's been having problems for 2 or 3 months now with it getting goopy and gunky.  It's so sad when he wakes up in the morning and can't open it!  =(  He's been on prescription eyedrops and antibiotics, and nothing has kicked it, so hopefully we'll get it figured out.  

I'm sure I sound like a broken record, but I can't believe it's been 9 months already!  My little guy is developing such a personality - sweet when he wants to be, stubborn on occasion, but (almost) always in the mood to play!  Here are a few pictures taken on his nine month birthday, as he "helped" us decorate our living room and dining room.

I'm so sneaky!!

Look at these teeth!

Here dad, let me climb up this ladder and help you hang curtains!

Who is that handsome guy?

Grandpa, let me show you how to play!

Christmas Day

On Christmas Day, we had a yummy lunch at mamma's house and then opened gifts.  With two new babies in addition to the three other great-grandkids, we had tons of gifts and lots of fun!

Mason got to spend time with my cousin Leah!  We were excited to see her!

We also got to play with Brandy and Miss Tennie.  She is such a playful baby and it was so much fun watching them interact!  Mason did NOT like it when his Grammy held Tennie!  Do I sense a little jealousy??  =)

Grandpa let Mason drink out of a cup - they kept telling me it was water, but I'm pretty sure it was tea!  He sure did enjoy it though!

Brandy and Tennie got Mason this adorable backpack with his name on it!  We love it!

After Christmas dinner and gifts at Mamma's, we went home, had a long nap, and then opened Mason's presents from Santa.

Mason has so many toys now, he doesn't know what to do with them!  We are so thankful for friends and family that care so much about our little boy and wanted to be part of making his first Christmas special!  It definitely was!

Oh, and as for me?

I got everything I ever wanted.

Mason's First Christmas!

I really can't believe that Christmas has come and gone already! Last Christmas just seems like last week, when I was getting very large and uncomfortable, when my little man was rearranging my insides and I was enjoying every bit of it!  I remember thinking about how wonderful this Christmas would be with my (almost) 9 month old, and I was right!  Click here to read about last Christmas!

Mason's first Christmas was very fun and busy!  We started off at Terry's Grandma's on Tuesday.  She got Mason some fun toys and very cute clothes!  It was so much fun watching him open gifts for the first time!

My very favorite present!  =)

On Thursday night, Christmas Eve, we had dinner and opened presents with my parents and my brothers.  My parents got Mason some very fun toys.  We've had a blast playing with them!

Mom's beautiful Christmas tree!  We both decided that putting our trees on tables this year would be a good idea, to keep little hands (and teeth) off the ornaments!

Grammy and Mason, enjoying a tasty ornament!

Mason did a great job of ripping of the wrapping paper once I got it started for him.  The only problem was that he was then more interested in the wrapping paper than the gift!

Look how excited he is!!  =)

He was all over this gift!

Thank you Grammy and Grandpa, for making Mason's first Christmas so special!!!

(More Christmas posts to come!)

Playdate!

Last week, Jessica and Lewis invited Mason and me to the park for a playdate!  We went to Yettie Polk Park and had a nice little picnic.  The boys seemed to enjoy being outside and eating each other's food.  =)  

Mason loved Lewis' favorite toy, but Lewis didn't really want him to have it.

Silly boys!

I love that sweet boy!

Mommy's Little Helper

Mason is such a good little helper already!  He loves to help me with laundry.  Here are a few pictures of him working really hard on the laundry!

He makes laundry more fun! (And a little more difficult...)  =)

Bath time!

Mason loooooves his bath time!  Lately, we've been starting our bedtime routine early, just so he'll have extra time to play!

He loves to feel the water coming out of the faucet.

His favorite thing to do is dunk his washcloth in the water, and then suck the water out of it.  As soon as he's sucked most of the water out of it, he'll dunk it again and start over!  That's probably gross, but it's so funny I don't care!

I'm so glad my little man loves to splash and play in the tub!  He's so much fun, and he makes me smile! =)