9 months

 

 NINE MONTHS!

I can't ever seem to get these posts in on time!  I'll do my best to do another post in 3 days, since Mason will then be TEN months!  He has grown and done so many new things this past month. I love this stage...his personality is shining through!

Stats from his 9 month appointment:
Weight: 19 lbs 11 oz - 37 %
Height:  28" - 42%

Mason, you:
*started pointing at EVERYTHING - it is the cutest thing
*started noticing planes and birds, Daddy and Mimi swore you pointed at a bird and said, "Luh, Luh"
*are pulling up on furniture and toys now
*still love to have your belly tickled
*have TEETH!!!  You cut 4 teeth (top 2 and bottom 2) in about 3 weeks and are doing so well with it!
*are still the BEST sleeper
*LOVED to be rocked to sleep, to the point that if you woke up in the middle of the night (rare, but still happened sometimes) I'd have to rock and rock you back to sleep. I worried that I was creating a really bad habit, so one day I put you down and let you cry at nap time.  AHHHH...you cried for a long time but eventually went asleep.  It's been great ever since.  GO MASON!!
*started crawling on your hands and knees on my 30th birthday!!!  You still sometimes fall back down on your belly and slither around
*HATED formula, so still nursing
*are still nursing 4x a day, eating solids 3x
*tried cheese and loved it
*starting making the wet razz sound all the time
*love to stick your tongue out
*started throwing little fits when you don't get your way!
*have a very serious look towards people you don't know or haven't warmed up to yet...I like to call it "The Bierhalter look" because your momma had it too!
*moved to a convertible car seat.  I think you like it better.
*went out on Mimi and RaRa's boat for the first time.  You fell asleep and when you woke up, you were done!

 Alright, I've posed with the block long enough...time to knock them over!

 Easter 2012

 The Bierhalter Look!

 I love to point!

 How cute am I??!!

I just absolutely love and adore this boy!

Bluebonnets

 Please...no pictures!

MOOOOOOOOO

So the farm is not in our future list of places to go for Mason to see.  He HATES the sound a cow makes!!  And I don't just mean saying something like "a cow goes moo".  He hates when we imitate what a cow actually sounds like "MMooooooooOOOOOOOOO".  It starts with a very pouty lip then goes into a full out cry!  Everytime!  Not sure why??!!  Of course, now I sound like a superstar parent making it seem like we do this to him all the time.  Well, we do.  But just to see if he's outgrown it!!!  (Or like below when I wanted to catch it on camera.)  We love you Mason!

 

Here's some cute pictures of bath time, which he loves!

 

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"?