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!

Crawling

Mason wants to crawl SO bad!  He has been getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth.  For now, he just kind of scoots backwards, but one of these days, he's just going to take off!  I don't know if I'm ready for that! 

He's growing so fast!

Before I was a mom...

Before I was a Mom I made and ate hot meals.

I had unstained clothing.

I had quiet conversations on the phone.

Before I was a Mom I slept as late as I wanted.

And never worried about how late I got into bed.

I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was Mom I cleaned my house each day.

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to lullabies.

Before I was a Mom I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom I had never been puked on, pooped on, spit on, peed on, or pinched by tiny fingers.

Before I was a Mom I had complete control of my mind, my thoughts, my body and all my feelings.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a Mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important.

Before I was a Mom I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was OK.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much......

......before I was a Mom.

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Happy 6 month "birthday" to my beautiful baby boy!  I love you Mason!

Busy Saturday!

What a busy day we had today! We hung out with Grammy, Grandpa, and Uncle Adam at the Taqueria this morning. Then, mom and I went to the JBF sale at the Expo Center, and I got a Ring Sling for $12! The ones I was looking at online were over $30, so I was very excited! Here we are with our new sling! It will take some getting used to, but I really like it so far! Here we are at the Taqueria.
For lunch, we met the Scott's at Jalisco's. Here are Terry and Mason posing for a picture. Aren't they cute? =)And here are Mason and Lewis, checkin' each other out!

We had a good day! If only the weekend didn't end so fast!