Laughing

A Laughing baby always makes me smile.  So on this here Monday…Boo Mondays.  Here is something I hope makes you smile.

Confessional Friday

Lets confess today.  I am having a great week, so my confessions might be a little boring.

• I am not scheduled to travel this month (which can change at any minute), but I am missing being on the road.  When I travel for work, I feel like I am accomplishing stuff.  Does that make me a bad Mommy.
• My husband is missing having all of Mason’s attention, and I confess I am loving it always being a Mommy day.  That’s what we call it when he prefers one of us over the other.  It usually changes, but lately has been lots of Mommy days.
• I confess I am kind of missing my old job.  Not because I don’t love my new job, but my favorite conferences are coming up and it is the first time in almost three years I won’t be attending.  Plus I am missing my old coworkers.  I talk to them from time to time….or weekly.  I feel the need to check in.  I still talk to coworkers from all my past jobs.  They are like my extended family.
• Mason loves his cousin.  Okay this isn’t a huge confession, but they came over this week and he just loved watching her and following her around.  When he can walk it might become fun to watch him chase after her. I caught them playing on the floor in the kitchen how cute is this. 
• I confess I am one of those pet owners who dresses their dog up for Halloween.  This year is extra special since it is Mason’s first Halloween too.  I got Gabby the perfect costume to help with the trick or treating.  She will glow.  Doesn’t she look super happy!

A Smile that Melts Hearts…

Or at least melts my heart all day everyday.  We have been having fun for the last few weeks trying out new foods with Mason.  Mangos were his favorite.  He also LOVES Cheerios.  I need to get a video of how he reacts when I throw some cheerios on his try.  It is like he is a starving person who hasn’t eaten in weeks. 

Big blue eyes.  He has his Daddy’s eyes.  These are so hard to say no to.Mangos!!! YUM!We tried rice too and he liked it.  Likes to smear it all over the tray and then try to pick them up.Fun games at dinner.Playing with his food.  He also had mango in his hair.  End result of trying to feed ourselves…baths.

9 Month Baby Boy

Happy 9 Month Old!Loving on his teddy bear.Wanting to walk around all the time.

Weight: Mason is weighing in at 21lbs 2oz as of his last doctor’s appointment.  He is in the 75%.  He is getting so big.  I feel like he looks a lot older.   
Height: He is officially 29.5” long and that is in the 95% for height.  I thought we had slowed down at his last doctor’s appointment, but back up to the 95%.
Clothes: We are wearing anything from 9 month to 12 month clothing.  It is cooling off and I love putting my little boy in some adorable jeans.  He just looks so darn cute in them all the time.  
Eats: Well, he doesn’t like or care for avocados.  I have been trying to give him more real food and less puree.  He loves all fruit still.  He really likes rice and spaghetti. 
Sleeps: Sleeping great as always.  10-12 hours a night.  On the weekends I have been snuggling in bed with my little love bug.
What he is enjoying: He is loving crawling and getting around!  He wants to get into everything and anything especially things he shouldn’t.  AKA Gabby’s bones, dog food, dog water, and cords.  And whenever I tell him No he laughs.  YES LAUGHS.  Oh God help us through our terrible 2s. 
Teeth: We have 4 teeth.  Still waiting for those two front teeth to come in.  Maybe he can ask for them for Christmas.

Weekend Overview

What did we do this weekend?  Well, we went to our first wedding.  By we, I mean, Michael, Mason, and myself.  Mason did such a good job.  He didn’t fuss or cry once.  We did have to diaper dash at one point, but he did great.  Mason would look around and occasionally he would see someone he knew and get excited.  He also was a huge flirt with the girls sitting behind us.  He even let out a squeal and giggled at them.  Oh boy, am I in trouble when his teenage years hit. I think Mason just thinks girls flock to him.  I mean he is pretty darn cute in his sweater vest and khakis.

My super handsome boys.My love bug is just precious.

After the ceremony, we dumped Mason dropped Mason off with a sitter and went to the reception.  The reception was so beautiful.  I really wish I had gotten more pictures.  They did everything themselves and it was just so fun and definitely was the couple’s personality.  My favorite thing at the reception was the giant jenga game they had setup.  I love a good game.  Nerd alert!

The reception ended around 7 and we headed out to The Hive, which is this great restaurant in the Museum Hotel.  The food was amazing and if you get bored you have crazy good art all around you.  We went to dinner to celebrate our friend Rachel’s bday and we all got different food and shared.  My favorite was the steak.  It was awesome! One of the fun things about the restaurant are these large creepy green penguins they have that you can grab and set at your table.  We grabbed one after awhile and then our neighboring table had some fun and came and helped us sing Happy Birthday to Rachel. 

After dinner, we ran over to Crystal Bridges to see their new exhibit outside. It is a giant soccer looking ball that lights up.  We then went back to our house and had drinks and played a super fun hilarious game called Cards against Humanity.  We printed the sample version off their website.  Michael told me to order the real one off Amazon, so we can play again. We declared we need to find a few other couples to play with (*that won’t judge our interesting choices).  If you have played the game you understand that comment.  If you are one of those couples, let us know. 

The birthday girl and our penguin.The table next to us was fun.  Messing with Tyler.

Giant Soccer Ball at Crystal Bridges.

Confessional Friday

I haven’t had any time to do any confessions lately, but I am back today! I am feeling good and I have some seriously fun for me confessions.

1. I got very snippy at Mason’s doctor this week.  He has a cough and I thought it was allergies, but really wanted to get it checked out just to make sure.  Next Tuesday was his 9 month appointment and I asked to combine them.  They told me they could not! EX-cuse me! Well I got snippy and my insurance company should Thank me, because they saw him for both and it was just allergies.

2. I tried avocadoes on Mason yesterday.  He hated them.  I really was hoping he would enjoy them, but nope would just spit them out and play with them.  So I stripped him down out of his clothes and let him play with them.  He had a blast smearing it around on his highchair tray.

3. Ok this confession is silly, but I have to say it.  There is a mom at Mason’s school who always acts a little snooty.  Michael and I declared once Mason was born that we aren’t going to be friends with parents of Mason’s friends just because they are friends unless we actually like them.  The teachers at Mason’s school told me this week that Mason and this snooty mommy’s son are best friends. My first thought was OHHHHH NOOOOO! *bad mommy*

4. I am feeling very spoiled by our new neighbors.  We have gotten coffee, fresh fruit and veggies, and brownies, etc. from our new neighbors.  They have a welcome wagon of wonderful people.  I love our new neighborhood!!

5. I confess that I don’t know where anything is in the new area we moved.  We literally moved 20 minutes north, but I feel like we moved to a completely new state! I don’t know where to eat, where to shop (*okay this is not 100% true), where to wash my car.  I mean I am just lost. My husband said the other day…how long are you going to say you don’t know where anything is…my answer as long as I don’t. 

Do I have a Baby or Toddler?

He thinks he is a big boy.  Sometimes in the morning, when Mason wakes up early and is hungry this is where I place him while I dry my hair.  Most of the time we snuggle in the mornings, but my little morning person here loves to hold his own bottle.  I love seeing Mason in jeans.  I feel like he looks like a toddler in jeans. I can stand on my own, but I really want to hold someone’s hand while standing and walking.  Walking…yes trying to go everywhere.Waving Hi!Watching the Razorbacks play.  About two minutes after this picture both mama and baby were asleep.  I ended up not going to the game.  It was pouring at my house and I was exhausted from traveling all week.  I ended up falling asleep at 7:30 and slept until 7:30AM.  It was awesome.