6 & 7 Weeks Old

Sorry for the delay.  I decided I needed to do some work last week.  I am still on maternity leave but I wanted to help out on a project, so last week I worked a little.  I also went to visit my parents again.  This is becoming a weekly thing.  It is good because they love spending time with Mason and it is good for me because my Mom is usually home from work at 3:00ish and I get some relief. 

This week we go for Mason’s first real doctor’s appointment.  The one where he gets shots.  I am actually very excited to find out how much he weighs.  Michael and I have weighed him with us and according to our scale he is 10.5 lbs.  I am sure he is closer to 10lbs.  I can measure him and he is measuring 24”.  Now there is a good chance for human error so we should say he is actually 23”.  Either way the boy is getting so big.  He is now wearing a size 1 diaper even though we are using cloth diapers.  He is officially out of his newborn clothes and into 3 month clothes.  I feel like overnight he out grew his clothes especially in the length.  He is a little skinny belly, but his little legs couldn’t straighten out in the footed pajamas. 

Mason is now sleeping in his own bed.  He wakes up only once in the middle of the night to eat.  He usually sleeps for 5 hours or more at a time at night.  This is wonderful.  Before we put him in his bed he woke between 3AM & 4AM.  Now he is waking up between 1AM & 2AM.  I should add he has also been going to sleep a little earlier.  He has been fairly easy to put down at night.  Most of the time he is a little awake when I put him in bed and he stirs until he finally goes to sleep. 

The best moment of the past weeks has been his smiles.  He now will give both of us a big smile and it isn’t a gas smile.  He is the extra smiley in the mornings after he wakes up.  I love letting him lay on his changer and talk to me and smile.  I think Michael was the happiest Daddy in the world when Mason gave him his first real smile.  Check out how big he is getting.

Working on holding up that head.Smiley Boy!Playtime.Alien Robot day.Hanging out with Mommy in our PJs.Mason was trying really hard to look at Gabby.Getting so big.Who doesn’t just love this sad face.  This was right after he was being extra smiley and laughing at his Daddy for whistling.

Mason Video

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Mason's Birth Announcement Video

5 Weeks Old

Mason is getting bigger and bigger.  Last week was a good week.  Valentine’s Day, Razorback Baseball season starting…kid was happy.  Great week.  For Valentine’s Day we had lunch with Daddy.  Then on Saturday Michael and I had an afternoon off from Mason.  My parents, Nana and Papaw, came up and watched Mason so that we could go to a movie and dinner.  We picked a movie and brought dinner back to the house.  It was hard to leave him.  I don’t know what I will do when I have to travel in May.  Probably cry.  It will get easier and I need to practice to be prepared for that time. 

Mason has still been sleeping great at night (*knock on wood).  He goes down between 9-10pm and wakes up at 3:30-4:30 (sometimes later) to eat and goes right back down.  He has started to fight sleep a little at 10pm, but nothing a little time rocking with Mama doesn’t fix.  I say we are really lucky.  I think he got my sleeping gene, because I am a sleeper and a napping person. 

Mason and Gabby snuggling.Sporting his Rugby outfit.We got Mason’s giant picture.  Waiting for Michael to hang it up.Happy Boy in his Daddy’s arms.He loves his Daddy.This was my snuggle time after our date afternoon/night.We took Gabby swimming on Sunday, because it was so warm.Swimming is Gabby’s favorite activity.Loves it!This is what Mason did the whole trip to the lake.

Razorback Baseball

Today starts Baseball season.  I am so excited, but also a little disappointed it is so cold this weekend.  I would have loved to take Mason to his first baseball game.  We probably would have gone today if it had been over 60 degrees.  Bummer.  I think Mason was a little disappointed this morning when I told him it was too cold.

But then I told him not to worry because we have season tickets and will get to go to plenty of games once it is warmer outside.  This made him happier, plus the pacifier didn’t hurt either.  I can’t wait to go to the games.  We are ranked #1 right now.  I am hoping we go to the College World Series this year.  We might even go (if I don’t have work trips during it again). 

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Happy Valentine’s Day

Mason’s first Valentine’s Day!!

Mason 1 Month Old

I no longer have a newborn.  I now have a baby.  He is 1 Month!!  I can’t believe it has already been a month.  Time is going by way too fast for this Mama.  I am starting to get antsy about going back to work, but I am also dreading not spending every minute with him.  Something I have to get used to since I will be traveling for work very soon.  I am looking forward to getting into a new routine with him, but I know that it will be so hard.  I need to find someone to watch him at our house for a couple of months before we start daycare.  So much to do and so little time.

Getting so big. My pacifier is so good!We love napping on our Nana!  Thank goodness for Nanas.  This week we spent some time at Nana and Papaw’s house to visit Uncle Eric.  We had a poop catastrophe at Nana’s house.  We are super thankful that she works so close to her house and could come help out.  There was poop everywhere.  Nana came to feed Mason while I cleaned and disinfected everything.Papaw could not wait to match outfits!Even Gabby loves going to Nana and Papaw’s house to lay on the new furniture. Mason really liked spending time with Uncle Eric!Grandpa always says yes!Mama time.Snuggling with Nana.Everyone was excited Uncle Eric was home.Daddy was glad when we came home.

Smiley Boy.He loves laying over my heart.Mason always sleeps with his hands by his face.

Mason-4 weeks

I am a little behind, because my computer would not connect to the wifi in my house.  We have had a big two weeks.  Mason is growing like a weed, or maybe just his finger nails.  I feel like I am needing to cut them daily.  He has started to grab my hand while I am feeding him.  It is the sweetest thing ever.  He is eating like he is starving.  He eats 4oz every 3-4 hours.  He has been sleeping great! Most nights he sleeps 5 hours at a time.  He usually doesn’t sleep any less than 4 hours at a time.  This is wonderful. 

Michael is the greatest Daddy in the world.  He definitely helps me at night.  He usually gets up once to help feed.  I am hoping Mason will stay on his new schedule which gets him up at 2AM and then 6AM.  Michael can then feed him before work.  Having Michael help is great, because this Mama really likes her sleep and has a tendency to be very crabby without it.  He also helps out a lot once he gets home from work, so I can have a break.  Makes me love Michael more and more.  He is such a great Daddy.  Mason just loves him.

He is telling me all about something.Snuggling with his Daddy.  Such a sweet picture.My brother and Mason.Loving his play mat.

Playing on the mat.

Finally meeting my brother, Uncle Eric was excited!The next three pictures about sum up Mason’s funny faces.Mason always gives me this sleepy look, but the finger he is a little young for that.

You are holding my bottle all wrong Mom.