6,7,8 months

Maybe one of these days I'll be able to do those short, sweet blog posts of something cute we did that day, or something new Mason is now doing, instead of these long LONG overdue updates.  Until then, for the one person (my mom) who reads this blog, here you go...

6 month stats (December 23rd)
Weight:  18 lbs 4 oz (63rd %)
Height:  27 inches (69th %)

At 8 months (February 23rd), I'm guessing he reached the 20 pound mark.  We have a big boy on our hands!  Our next appointment is not until 9 months later this March.

We started solids when he was 6 months.  We did rice cereal for a week or 2, then switched to oatmeal.  He's had carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, squash, peas, apples, peaches, pears, and bananas.  He LOVES bananas, squash, apples, carrots, and peaches.  He HATES peas.  Who could blame him, YUCK!!!  He's like the typical baby in those baby books that say start veggies first or they'll only prefer the sweet stuff.  Well, he loves the sweet stuff!

Mason was baptized at The Woodlands United Methodist Church (in the Robb Chapel where we were married!) on December 18th.  Billy was baptized too!  Thank you to our families for being there for us on this special day!

More updates:

• still sporting a toothless grin :)
• army crawling, hasn't quite figured out crawling on his knees (7 1/2 months)
• LOVES my cell phone, the remote, the cable box, anything and everything that isn't his
• starting to say ma, da, and ba sounds.  Put together "ma-ma" but no meaning associated with it
• size 3 diapers, 4 nursings a day, 2 solid feedings
• 12 month clothing
• sleeping 10-12 hours a night
• 3 naps - varying from 30 minutes to 2 hours (2 hour naps are now rare)
• dropping things on purpose (8)
• loves playing games like peek-a-boo and patticake.  Loves to make you laugh!
• sitting in a high chair at restaurants (6)
• first trip to the zoo (7 1/2)
• first call to poison control (regarding a broken light bulb containing mercury) he's ok, but I was one stressed mama! (8)
•  loves to be rocked to sleep
• has become somewhat of a light sleep, which makes naps sometimes difficult with a barking dog
• loves his pets, Gunner and Lola!
• has the sweetest, flirty smile that makes the ladies swoon!

 Mason's baptism on December 18th

 

 First picture with Santa!

Christmas '11

 My new favorite toy!  The Around We Go...

 Look at me in my new high chair!

 The ultimate lady-killer hat!  He can turn some heads in this bad boy...

  

 First veggie...carrots, yum!

 Not sure what to think.

 I just love his eyes in this picture.

 LOVES to "army-crawl" over here to play with the knobs.

 6 months

 

7 months

 (I wish I had taken all of his pictures using these blocks...oh well)

The pictures below took FOREVER to get because all he wanted to do was knock the blocks down!

The Stare Down

 There it goes...

8 months

 

Where is the "E"?