Seven months...

Seven months in, and Mason Hill you continue to bring us joy every single day.  You smile constantly, you laugh at everything, you are calm, laid back and always go with the flow!  

 

Clothes: 9 and 12 month clothes

Diaper: Size 3 diapers
Eating: Eating baby food twice a day (fruit in the am ad veggie in the pm.  About every other night I will add oatmeal cereal to your veggie).  So far you like all foods! You nurse anywhere from 5-7 times a day (including a middle of the night feeding almost every night).  You get a sippy cup of water when you eat, but you are still trying to figure out just how it works.

Sleeping: Sleeps about 11 hours at night (typically 8pm-7am) usually waking once to nurse.  Sometimes you make it all night and will wake up closer to 6:30am.

You are sitting up like a champ these days - getting stronger by the day!

For your first Halloween, you were a dalmatian.  The cutest little dalmatian around, I might add!  This costume went along with Watson (Firefighter) and Emma (Fire).

 Hillary can get you to laugh and smile every time you see her!  She may be your first crush :)

You babble and talk all day long.  My favorite thing you do right now is talk and sing yourself to sleep...it is the sweetest thing int he world.  It's typically when we are in the car and you are falling asleep..it makes us laugh so much :)  You make the same little sound when you have a dirty diaper...so if you don't fall asleep then we know what you're trying to tell us!

I have decided that your cheeks are the most kissable baby cheeks in the world.  There is no telling how many kisses you get every hour!

Samford's Homecoming was so much fun this year!  You wore a sticker that said "Future Bulldog" and Poppa proudly paraded you around :)

Don't be fooled by this picture, you never...ever...take a paci!  I have tried to get you to take one and you practically gag every single time.  For whatever reason, this one moment you decided you liked it so I had to take a picture!

Chunky Monkey.  My goodness I could eat you up!

The best feeling is to see how much you light up and get excited when I walk into the room that you are in.  It fills me with so much joy!

I love watching you interact with Emma and Watson - your love for your sister is growing each day :)

Feeling you asleep on me is the best feeling in the world.  I am trying to soak up every single moment like this!

Halloween...

Fireman

Fire

Dalmation

Cutest little Trick-or-Treaters there ever were!

October...

October has been full of soccer games, Halloween parties, pumpkin patches, and just lots of time spent outside!  Here are some pictures to recap the month...

The past few years we have gone to a pumpkin patch here in Vestavia that supports several local families going through adoption.  The kids love choosing their pumpkins and this year they had some fun dressing up :)

Emma had a Halloween party at dance this month.  She wanted to dress up as a ballerina - easy enough!

Both kids had "Community Helper" day at school.  Watson was a fireman and Emma was a Librarian.  These kiddos LOVE a good excuse to play dress up!

Abby and Emma are good sports to sit through their brothers' soccer games each week.  So thankful these two have each other!

Raising a three year old little girl is not for the faint at heart!  It's a good thing she makes us laugh a lot to make up for all those tears :)....both hers and mine!

Our front yard is the hub for activity for kids on our street...and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Lots of time outside means this....

Daddy-Watson day was a success!  Some good quality time is for sure this boy's love language.  A trip to Vulcan was what he wanted...and what he got :)  As is typical for Watson, the maps around the park were his favorite part!

Six months...

Six Months!  How are we already here?!!

Weight: 19lbs 6.9oz

Height: 27"

Size clothes: 6-9 month clothes

Size diaper: Size 3

Eating: Nurses about 6 times a day and eats baby food once or twice a day.  Is doing well with all the stage one foods we have tried!

Sleeping: Typically wakes one, sometimes two, times a night.  Thankfully he will go back to sleep very quickly if I nurse him, so I do...every time he wakes up... :)  Naps three times a day..usually two good naps and a cat nap here and there in the car.

If my back didn't hurt so bad when we use this, we would use it a lot more!  Sweet boy loves being in the Ergo.

Those cheeks...those chins...goodness I love a chunky baby!

This month we went to HAWAII!  It was a last minute trip that will have a post all to itself, but this boy was such an amazing traveler!  Two days of travel, 10 1/2 hours total in a plane...Mason didn't skip a beat.  I was so nervous but he did so good!  He may have nursed for about 8 hours straight...ha...but it worked!  I am so thankful we had this time with Nannie - it is a trip that we will never forget and that I'm so thankful Mason will have pictures of to look back on!

Emma loves to hold her baby brother...Mason loves it too...can't you tell?  :)  We are still working on her holding techniques!

All three of my babies have loved their sleep sacks - it signals bed time for them and helps make a smooth transition to bed.

First visit to the pumpkin patch! 

I don't want to ever forget the feeling of holding you as you are sleeping.  My heart could explode out of my chest with love for you, sweet boy!

That little tongue still stays out most of the time, but it's not as prominent as it was before.  Dr. Wilson says that as your mouth grows your tongue will fit inside better :) 

You like the Johnny Jumper, but I think Emma likes having you in it even more.  She loves to swing you back and forth...and she loves to put her baby dolls in it when you are not.  All of your baby items have doubled as baby doll items!

Sitting up like a big boy!  You are still a bit wobbly but you are getting better and stronger each day..we are so proud of you!

Our baby gift from my parents was this rug for our den - and I am SO thankful for it!  Before, we had a jute rug that although it was a beautiful rug, it was not soft and shed really bad - it would not have been comfortable for a baby to roll around on and would have been a mess!