Exersaucerin'

Mason tried the exersaucer out for the first time last week - mainly because he would prefer to always be "standing", which is awesome, except for when no one can hold him :)

(Like when we're eating, playing with Luke, etc.) He's still pretty small, so we had to prop a bunny pillow thing behind him...

Luke likes to put things on the tray for Mason to play with

Still can't believe how big this little man is getting!

Super Luke

He's adorable and sweet and so much fun... ... he can leap over hot wheels cars in a single jump.

He scooters around the kitchen faster than a speeding bullet...

... and saves the day by bringing Mason his paci.

It's hard work being this cute it's a job for...

SUPER LUKE!!! (This is an old t-shirt of DAve's that I cut into a SUPER EASY cape for our very own super hero)

Squash!

Mason tried squash for the first time this past week and after seems to be enjoying it. This was also his first time to sit in the high chair - he liked it WAY better than the Bumbo (he's not a huge fan)

Camping

The only camping that we'll be doing anytime soon (due to the fact that it cools down here at night to a chilly 85 degrees) is indoors. Luke asked if he could sleep in his tent (that was set up in his room) and, being a "yes mom" I obliged.

He thought it was awesome and took great naps in there. Can't wait until it cools down and MAYBE we can camp in the backyard (he's seriously been asking to do this for MONTHS!)

Splish! Splash!

Saturday night was a bath night and since Dave was workin', Gibi stepped in to assist in bathtime so that both boys could go in the tub at the same time...

This picture cracks me up...

Typical Mason right now... thumbs in the mouth ALL the time :)

Because

Because there's nothin' cuter than a sweet baby with a mouthful of rice cereal, here is a gratuitously large number of pics of my sweet baby boy...

"Lady, seriously.... you're going to let HIM feed me?!?!?!"

"Oh well, I'll take it however I can get it "

Miscellaneous

Here are some miscellaneous pictures from the last week or so.

Sweet Mason ALWAYS wakes up on the right sid eof the bed :)

(check out how red his hair looks in this picture!!!)
Our small group met at the pool one last time for the summer last Tuesday. I didn't take any pictures while we were there, but Luke and Jaxson looked so cute on the way out to the car I had to get my camera out...

Luke's Heart

Before I forget, I want to blog about what Luke said this afternoon.

I picked him and Mason up from Lisa's house and when we got home my mom was waiting for us so she could visit with the boys for a bit. We were sitting at the kitchen table and Luke was working on a new puzzle that Gibi brought him. Luke was doing the puzzle when he says, "Mommy, do you know what my heart is telling me?" I was expecting him to say that it was telling him that he loved his mommy, or his Gibi, or his new puzzle :), but instead he informed us that his heart was telling him that he really needed some Dr. Pepper cake. :) Cracks me up!

Other funny things he's said lately include....

Me: "Luke, will you please go get your pajamas and bring them to me?"

Luke: "Mommy, actually I'm probably pretty too busy playing with my trains to do that right now."

Me: "Luke, tell me about what you learned about in Sunday school"

Luke: "Moses led the people on a really really long walk. Then God left them meat every night and bread every morning."

Me: "Do you remember what the bread was called?"

Luke: silence

Me: "Mmmmmm"

Luke: "MAYONNAISE!!!"

Me: "Close, sweetheart. But it's manna. Not mayonnaise"

"Mommy! I tooted. That means poop is on the way"

When we were going to WalMart he asked if we could get a Hot Wheels car. I told him no, because they weren't on the list. He then asked me if he could please see the list so he could add Hot Wheels cars to it. :)

Snuggle

My two sweet boys snuggling up together in our bed watching Chuggington before nap time on Saturday...

8.18.2011

Just a few random pictures of one of my sweet boys last week...

4 Months!

Mason is 1/3 of a year old! Can you believe it?!?!?! We can't!

Our sweet, smiley boy is growing like a weed...

... well, kind of. He had his 4-month check-up this week and his stats are as follows:



Weight: 12 lbs 12 oz - 12th percentile

(2 months he was 10 lbs 3 oz - 21st percentile)



Length: 24" - 22nd percentile

(2 months he was 21.75" long - 15th percentile)


Head Circumference: 17" - 74th percentile

(2 months he was 15.75" - 51st percentile

He's on 100% formula now (we're trying to make sure that he maintains his percentile and doesn't drop anymore before his 6-month check... once he starts eating solids I'll mix a lot of frozen breast milk into those to use them up) and takes 4 bottles a day. His typical day looks something like this....

7:30 a.m. - Wakes up super happy and smiley :)

7:45 a.m. - Takes an 8 oz bottle

9:00 a.m. - Goes down for his morning nap (we're stil swaddling him)

11:30 a.m. - Awake and hungry! Drinks a 6 oz bottle

1:00 p.m. - Down for his afternoon nap

3:30 p.m. - Awake and time to eat another 6 oz bottle

5:00 p.m. - Down for his evening cat nap

6:00 p.m. - Up again, if we try cereal it's usually now

6:30 p.m. - 8 oz bottle

7:00 p.m. - bath, pajamas, stories with Luke

7:30 p.m. - bedtime

Here are a few other random bits of 4-month info:

- CONSTANTLY has his hands in his mouth... pulls the paci out to get his thumbs in there

- Hair is starting to come back in

- Smiley, smiley, smiley - all the time!

- Rolls from his tummy to his back and occasionally from back to tummy

- Sleeps in his own room and is swaddled during naps and at night

- Still wearing mostly 0 - 3 month clothes, but can wear some 3 - 6 month shirts

- Loves to have raspberries blown on his belly

- Loves it when he holds our fingers and goes from laying down to sitting and then standing

- Not super content to be laying down all the time - wants to be held upright :) Still can't believe there's a 4 on that sign! Time goes by WAY too fast

A First! Rice Cereal

Mason tried rice cereal for the first time last Saturday morning. He wasn't too sure what to think...
But he got the hang of it after a couple of bites.

Most of it ended up coming back out with his tongue :)