Half a year has already flown by! My baby is six months old today and I love him more every day!
Mason is growing like a weed and learning new things all the time! This last month his biggest achievement was learning to sit up all on his own!
Every morning he wakes up around 8:00 and is always such the happy boy! He then eats breakfast around 9:30 and takes his morning nap about 10:00. After that, he is up for a few hours and we always make them count! Mason LOVES reading stories and will babble along with me and smack the pages. His favorite book to read is Corduroy which is so fun because I remember reading that book when I was little!
He loves playing with the gift bags I have saved and will chew on them and swing them around for as long as I let him! It makes for a big mess, but it sure keeps him entertained!
I love seeing Mason interact with Payton now that he is getting older. The moment we walk in the door Mason starts babbling at Payton so I hand him over. Mason will grab Payton's face and then press his face against Payton's...it is pretty much the cutest thing I have ever seen!
I am convinced that these two will always be the best of friends!
Mason still enjoys eating, and by enjoy I mean LOVES it!
He will now eat carrots (thank heavens he didn't spit them in my face again)!
He loves prunes, but I'd say that his favorite is sweet potatoes.
I feed him solids three times a day and he gets so excited when I put him in his highchair! I know they only recommend one-two times a day, but the boy could use some meat on his bones so we go for 3!
Recently Mason figured out that he could chew his food even though he doesn't have teeth. I'm pretty sure he could easily down a cheeseburger if I gave it to him. He can easily eat a biter biscuit in about 5 minutes and he loves Gerber puffs and Rice Rusks!
During the day Mason has lost interest in nursing...it is a fight to get him to nurse for even 5 minutes, he'd rather eat real food. Thank goodness he will still nurse like a champ at night and first thing in the morning!
I have started giving Mason bottles of Gerber juice for a snack and he thinks it is so yummy! Today he decided he was a big boy and fed himself...I can't believe my baby can hold his own bottle!
Being upside down is a favorite of his...he thinks it is quite hilarious.
He has stopped sleeping through the night (stinker) but I can't complain because he still sleeps for 4 hour stretches. Every now and again he will sleep for 7 hours, but the boy wakes up to eat at least once no matter what. Also, he still wakes right up and screams if he poops his diaper.
Side Story: Mason got a really nasty cold right around New Year's and he had awful diarrhea for almost 2 weeks! One night he woke up around 1:00am screaming because his diaper was filled with diarrhea. So what did I do? I hurried to get the poop off his poor little bum...well I should have waited. As soon as I went to put the new diaper under his bum he decided to shoot poop across the room. It was all over my hand and I screamed, "OH MY GOSH!" Brad came running in to see what had happened and about peed laughing. It was everywhere...the dresser, trash can, bookshelf, carpet...so gross. I learned my lesson...wait to make sure the boy is done with his business before attempting to change his diaper.
(Poop face)
For about a month we got a break from teething, but it has come back! Mason's fingers are ALWAYS in his mouth and he chews on everything! If I give him a bottle of juice he moves the nipple to the side of his mouth and just gnaws on it...hopefully his teeth still take awhile to pop through, we've been lucky thus far!
The other night Brad was eating homemade caramel off of a spatula and Mason wanted some too...Grandma Jepson is a genius and gave Mason his own spatula and it is the BEST teething toy E-V-E-R! He was so excited about it and waved it around and even smacked himself in the face a few times. Who needs toys?
We've been trying to teach Mason to wave for a good month now and today he did it for the first time! He was so proud of himself too...such the cutie!
He also decided that today was the day to really start reaching for the first time. Usually when I put my arms out to him he'd just lift his up, but he finally reached out for mommy today and I was thrilled!
Mason loves his Uncles...all of them. Tonight he snuggled with his Uncle Brad and just laid his head down on his shoulder for the longest time. It melts my heart to see how much he loves his Braddy Boy!
We've also started a new little "tradition" if you will. Before we leave my parent's house we pass Mason around to everyone to get a love from each of them. He has pretty bad stranger danger with almost everyone, but the boy loves my family and gives hugs and snuggles to all of them!
Mason loves his daddy so very much!
I thank my Heavenly Father every day that I get to be his mommy and I couldn't ask for a more fulfilling responsibility! I am so in love...
We are unbelievably blessed to have Mason in our family - he truly makes our home a happier place!
Happy 6 Months to our little bubba!
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