Mason is nine months old today! Holy cow! I feel like this last month someone pressed fast forward and in the blink of an eye it was gone! Mason has accomplished so much and is getting so big!
He is very good at sharing. Even if you don't ask for it, he will offer you whatever he is eating.
"Want some soggy cookie?"
-He nursed for the last time on Saturday 4/20.
-Both of his bottom teeth are all the way through.
-He loves playing with other babies.
He still does not sleep very good at night. Like clockwork he will fall asleep at 8:00, but by 2:00 he is awake and crying in his crib. I can't (not won't, literally CANNOT) let him "cry it out" in his crib so I always go in and rock him back to sleep. I usually find him sitting up or crawling around when I go in to get him. It takes about 30 seconds for him to fall back asleep and then I can lay him down again. Only a few hours later he wakes up hungry - almost always between 5:00 and 5:30. I feed him a bottle and he will fall back asleep until around 7:00. Then we are up for the day. I look forward to the day that he sleeps like a normal human being!
He has graduated into the stage 2 car seat and the box it came in has become quite a fun toy!
He has discovered that he can pull on (or off) his clothes. It makes for a lovely mess when he is eating.
Mason loves to eat paper. If he sees a magazine or a piece of mail laying around he zooms right over to it and rips it apart with his teeth.
-He eats more than I do! An entire can of chicken noodle soup, a whole apple, half a peach, a sippy of milk and two ritz crackers...for lunch.
-All of his clothing is at least size 12 months, all of his jammies are size 18 months.
-He learned to crawl on 4/9
Mason can pull himself into a standing position using just about anything. He discovered the stairs a few days ago, but thankfully hasn't figured out how to venture up them.
We put him down on the grass for the first time in shorts. He hated it! He wouldn't crawl anywhere in it, let alone put his feet down! I couldn't help but laugh.
-He loves to play ball - he will push it back and forth with you.
-He flirts with just about anyone!
-He is still particular about who holds him. He has more say in who holds him now, too. He will crawl to who he wants and basically climb up their leg.
-He had another haircut and just smiled at himself in the mirror the entire time.
Typical Mason when lunchtime runs into nap time...
....I simply asked him if he wanted to get out and he stopped crying.
Food makes him so happy! He loves apples (he chews on them FOREVER), cheesy potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy, yogurt, cheese, anything pasta related, grilled cheese, every flavor of instant oatmeal and cinnamon and sugar toast.
Frozen blueberries are one of his favorite snacks!
The other night I was changing Mason's diaper in the living room. I took his dirty diaper off and turned to grab the new one. In those five seconds he had rolled over and crawled away. Thankfully, he didn't pee on the carpet!
-He likes to play with spatulas and bowls
-He tries to put his fingers in the electrical outlets - bless the person who invented outlet covers!
-He ate chunks out of the vacuum cord. (I about died when I saw it!)
Now that he has a new car seat we brought the old one inside. It is still downstairs because Mason plays with it almost every single day. He tries SO hard to pull the buckle out of the seat and never loses patience when it doesn't come out.
Since he figured out how to pull his bibs off my mom made him a couple new ones that tie in the back. He doesn't go through three outfits a day anymore. Thanks Mom!
My awesome Aunt Lisa gave me a great idea for how to keep Mason from crawling around in the tub. I tried it, but before I could even fill the tub with water Mason stood up and climbed right out (not before peeing on the towel, of course). This kid has no fear!
-We are working on teaching him to say, "Bye-Bye."
-He is OBSESSED with his Grandma Jepson
-No one can put a smile on his face faster than his "favorite pal" Payton.
He is constantly doing this. Why? I'm not sure, but he looks through his legs like this all the time!
One of his favorite activities is pulling everything out of the drawers and cupboards in the kitchen. I remember doing the same thing when I was little so it is fun to watch him.
The last couple of days he has had a cold...this picture pretty much sums it up.
He makes the goofiest faces!
-He would be naked all day if I let him.
-He dances when I turn on music.
-He sings too! (So cute!!!)
I gave him a Creamy for the first time yesterday and he hated it! He was so excited when he first saw it, but as soon as he put it in his mouth he was disgusted!
He learned how to pull himself up on the sliding glass door...I was terrified that he would fall and crack his head open on the tile.
Now that he can crawl and gets into everything I had to put up the playpen and trap him while I shower everyday. He is alright in it only until he realizes that he can't go anywhere.
-He doesn't jump in his jumperoo, he does more of a "jig."
-At night he gets a serious case of the giggles because he is so tired.
Exhibit A:
Being upside down is always a sure fire way to get Mason to giggle!
-When he is falling asleep he will pick at my moles or freckles with his little index finger.
-He pulls on his daddy's beard hair.
-When I have sunglasses on he laughs at me.
-He loves to play with the doorstop...and figured out how to get the white rubber end off of it...he was chewing it like gum!
-He officially throws tantrums.
-He officially throws tantrums.
-He gives kisses to me all the time. I don't have to ask for them, he just grabs my face and lays one on me!
I can't believe nine months has come and gone!! I am such a proud mommy and love my Mason more and more each day!
