Bowles Unscripted: November 2012

My Mason is 4 months old!

Every day he is learning to do something new and it is so incredible to watch! I love him to pieces and cannot believe how fast these last four months have gone by!

Today we went to the doctor and he got his second round of shots...poor baby.

Here are his stats:

Height: 25 inches (43%)

Weight: 12 lbs. 13 oz. (12%)

Head: 16.6 inches (50%)

One skinny little boy. His pediatrician recommended that we start him on solids to beef him up a bit so we will see how that goes! The best news is that we don't have to get him a helmet! Since his two month appointment I have been religious about not letting Mason sleep or lay on the right side of his head and it has paid off! His head is now perfectly normal - such a relief. He took his shots like a champ again, but this time he screamed (not cried) at the nurse when she cleaned his legs off with the alcohol wipes. He gave her the meanest look and she couldn't help but giggle. He quit crying the moment I picked him up and has been asleep since.

The most exciting news is that his first tooth has popped through. For the last month or so I've noticed him chewing on everything and drooling a bunch and figured he was just starting the teething process...never in a million years did I think my baby would cut his first tooth before he was 4 months old. His other bottom tooth is getting ready to come through as well!

Mason now tries to sit up on his own whenever he can. If he is in his carseat he will do sit ups and try and get out, if he is laying down and holding onto my hands he pulls himself up. Hopefully he will be able to sit up on his own in the next couple of months! We practice every day, but he still falls over after only a few seconds on his own. Oh well, he'll get there eventually!

He loves his swing and falls asleep in it quite often. He HAS to be holding onto something in order to fall asleep so he grabs his blanky and puts it right by his face!

We love Uncle Jordan! When Mason was born the second thing out of my mouth was, "He has Jordan's ears!!" and he does. Like Uncle, like Nephew.

I give you, "The Milk Coma."

Every Tuesday I go and babysit Brooklynn for a few hours. I never put Mason in clothes because he usually wakes up ten minutes before we have to leave. Brooklynn ALWAYS wears her footy pajamas to match Mason!

These two love each other! Mason thinks his Daddy is so funny and I love when they fall asleep like this! Brad is such a good Daddy and I am so thankful Mason has him!!

The last couple weeks Mason has been spitting up all over the place! The other day he puked ALL OVER his outfit and was soaked head to toe so I took off his outfit and laid him on my bed in his diaper. I went to put his outfit in the washer and came back to find him completely passed out. Apparently being naked is quite relaxing!

He fell asleep in the car while holding his toy...I tried to take it out of his hand, but he had a death grip on that thing!

Ready to go watch some football!

Mason makes some pretty hilarious faces...need I say more?

Most recently Mason experienced his first Thanksgiving. We went to Brad's grandparents house this year and it was a lot of fun...until Mason lost it. He doesn't do well with big crowds of people, lots of noise and being passed around (which comes with the territory of being around 35 other people). He turned into one big fussy mess by the end of the evening and was so ready to go home. He had one very long day!

Watching Daddy play in the annual Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving morning.

Smiling at Daddy!

Just the other night we went to Temple Square and Mason LOVED it! We didn't hear a peep out of him the entire night because he was so mesmerized by all the lights. We will definitely be going back again before the Christmas season is over! (One day he will find out that this is where our family all began...Mommy & Daddy's first date (and many others) and where Mommy & Daddy were married!)