It is time for a real update!
Mason sleeps in a big boy bed now! He hated his crib from day one and would not sleep longer than a two hour stretch...ever. We moved him to a big boy bed about a month ago and it worked wonders...for a couple of weeks...
He definitely sleeps better than he used to, but he still has quite a few nights of waking up every few hours. I think I may just have to accept the fact that my baby just isn't a good sleeper.
Every day during his one and only nap (that usually only lasts an hour) the dog across the street wakes him up. It is a huge lab that incessantly barks. He wakes up the moment he hears the dog and runs into my room and says, "WOOF!" Grr...that stupid dog.
At night he goes to bed without any problem. I take him in, give him his binkies and blanky, tuck him in, say goodnight and leave. He doesn't even try to get out of his bed, he just rolls over and falls asleep. However, I can always expect that about three hours after he falls asleep, he will wake up crying. I am at a loss and I don't know what to do so most nights he ends up (at some point) in bed with us. Blah.
He can get into everything these days! The other day I turned around to see that he had climbed up my dresser using the drawers as steps! I freaked out!! He can climb into the refrigerator, up the entertainment center, up onto my bed and his favorite place it to climb into the laundry basket. He will just sit there for no apparent reason. Too cute.
Proof that he IS my child! We have identical birth marks! Most babies get "stork spots" on the back of their necks and they are supposed to go away but Mason's are still there...so are mine. He also has a little birthmark on his lower back...in the same exact spot as mine. What are the chances!?
He is definitely a toddler...
If I leave the bathroom door open he runs and unravels all the toilet paper in five seconds flat. This particular day he decided that it would be a good idea to then bring it into the kitchen and rip it into a million pieces.
Troublemaker...
I continue to teach him where his body parts are and he knows where his ears, hair, tongue, belly button and hands are. He knows where his nose is but won't ever point to it. He also knows where his manhood is and will constantly point to it or grab at it and say, "This!" Heaven help me.
He absolutely loves my two big brothers! And by love, I mean he is obsessed with them! If I even mention that we are going to see them or they are coming over he runs around and has a giggle fit. The other day we were at my mom's house and Braddy came home from work for lunch. When he had to leave Mason ran to the front door and bawled...it was adorably sad!
My brother Bob can ALWAYS get a smile out of Mason simply by saying, "Sippy of juice..." in a whiny voice. He thinks it is so funny!
Look at those lips! They are definitely from his daddy.
He has turned into a full blown binky baby. In order for him to fall asleep at night he has to be holding one in each hand and have one in his mouth...weaning him off of those is going to be a challenge.
Now that we have a backyard Mason loves to go outside and play! He will run around and play with his spoon and for some reason it is so much fun because it is outside.
It is going to be hard when Winter comes around...
His favorite game to play outside (or inside for that matter) is kicking a ball to daddy!
Reason #999 why Brad is the best daddy:
Mason wouldn't eat or drink ANYTHING (which has been happening a lot lately) so Brad went and got a sippy just like Mason's and put some of his food on Mason's plate. He then proceeded to sit next to him and just eat like it was no big deal. Mason watched him for a second and then ate all of his food because daddy was eating and drinking the same thing...I guess it makes it cool when dad does it. :)
He has been struggling lately with consistently eating. One day he will gorge himself and the next day he will only want a few bites here and there. It worries me because he is so darn skinny to begin with, he needs all the calories he can get! On not so good days he drinks a lot of instant breakfast to get some sort of nutrition.
He recently started blowing on every bite of food. He sees me do it when something is hot, but he even blows on his PB&J sandwiches.
Mason had his first outing without mommy or daddy and he had a blast! My brothers took him along with Payton and Brooklynn to watch the street car races at Rocky Mountain Raceway. He ran around and played the whole time!
Funny side note: Now when he sees a car commercial he always claps his hands like it is racing.
He and Payton chased each other around RMR the whole night!
They are planning on taking him to the Monster Truck Rally this Winter...he will die!
At Grandma's house the pantry is his personal snack stash. He knows how to open cereal boxes and takes out a handful and places it on the shelf he can reach. The rest of the time we are there he will run back and forth grabbing handfuls of cereal/crackers/cookies/etc. He LOVES it!
Mason loves ranch dressing! The only time he has had it was when we would go to Chili's. He dips his quesadilla in the little cup of ranch and then sucks the ranch off of every bite. I decided to give him some ranch with his quesadilla at home the other day. He is SO allergic to Hidden Valley brand ranch dressing. I went to wipe his face off and anywhere the ranch had touched there was a bright red welt. Lovely.
Mason eats every meal with a fork and is a pro now. We started working on spoons just yesterday and he managed to eat his whole bowl of oatmeal without making a huge mess. So proud of him!
His favorite foods are homemade chicken noodle soup, homemade spaghetti, scrambled eggs, apples, bananas, peaches, strawberries and string cheese.
He is a smart boy. He will watch me or Brad do something ONCE and then he figures out how to do it himself. He knows how to turn on the dishwasher, he can twist the cap off of a 2 liter of soda and then put it back on, he knows how to work the remote and our cell phones and he knows how to scroll through the pictures of Brad's ipod.
He can reach everything now, too. He loves our toothbrushes and if our bathroom door is open he runs and opens the top drawer and feels around until he grabs one. He then takes off running down the hall to his bedroom. I find him quite often sitting in his bed brushing his teeth with our toothbrushes.
He is such a ham for the camera! He has completely mutilated a Twinkie and I told him to say cheese - this is the face he gave.
Oh that tongue.
When I ask him where it is he sticks it out at me.
His other "tricks" include dancing...the boy has no rhythm (his favorite song in "Who" made popular as the theme song for CSI: NY), doing somersaults and his daddy already taught him how to spike a volleyball.
He is talking more every day and it is so fun to hear the things he says!
The funniest is when I tell him to say mom he yells for dad...literally yells, "Daaaaaaaaaaad!"
He says:
Mom
Dad
More
Uh-Oh
Yeah
WOOF!
MOO!
Hi
This
That
He copies the sound of the lawnmower outside
His newest is actually a phrase! He says All Done!
He still has a fascination with fans and has tried to say fan but it comes out, "Fa, Fa, Fa" and then he gives up. He'll get there.
Just today he figured out how to say Bear and how to growl like one.
He had a cold this last week and he was sure a cranky pants! He watched his FAVORITE movie, 101 Dalmatians (the real version) probably five times a day. He sits and yells WOOF! every single time the dogs are on the screen. It is cute because he even giggles at the funny parts in the movie.
Luckily for me he knows how to blow his nose into a tissue so we didn't have to use the nose sucker! I just hand him a tissue, tell him to blow and he does. Yesterday he sneezed and there was snot all over his face...it was gross. I ran to get a tissue and when I came back he had picked up my sock, wiped his nose and handed it to me. Nice Mason...
He loves to watch Dancing With The Stars. He dances along with them and then claps his hands when they are finished. It is so funny to watch him...he has all of two dance moves.
Mason likes to close doors. He isn't quite tall enough to turn the doorknob to open it back up so when he locks himself in his room he will knock on the door from the inside and wait for me to open it. Hilarious! When daddy goes to the bathroom Mason will go and knock on the door over and over again until he comes out. We aren't allowed to go to the bathroom by ourselves around here. :) He loves to play this game, too.
There...a real update!
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