May Day and Wy Guy

Mase,


You and Wyatt are the best of friends. Yesterday, the four of us (A.J., Wyatt, and me and you) went to the animal shelter, La Pa, then to our house. You two wrestled, pulled hair, got your hair did, you bit, and fought over toys. Oh the joys of little boys. You showed Wy your unassisted standing skills for A.J.

Love ya,
Mom


p.s. your hair is still too short to spike

Italian American

Mason,


You are officially Italian! Of course, you have had the privilege of being Italian your whole life from my side but last night you showed you were worthy (we take bring Italian very seriously). You love spaghetti and last night, you SLURPED! 

Yes, your shirt says "fist pump like champs." What a guido!

I have said for a while that you are 10 months going on 16. Well, yesterday we visited Mommy and Daddy's  Alma Mater to eat lunch with A.K. You had a ball! Watching people (you do that well), playing on the green, meeting the team at Owl Radio, and your Gram even gave you some ice cream. Speaking of, last week I let you try some vanilla ice cream (no writing needed on you reaction). Glad you have a sweet tooth like Mommy. 
In other news... 
- your pee and poop smells horrific from the antibiotic and we still have like 4 more days! 
- your hair made another huge growth
- you let go with ease and almost every time you stand up. you stand up unassisted best when you have one thing in both hands or one thing in each hand. I finally caught it on video camera tonight!

- you can stand for a while now and 99% of the time, you let yourself down slowly (when you don't, you fall on your butt, look at us, then smile and move on)
- you have taken one step twice
- when you were with Memaw and Grandaddy the other day, Memaw said you were sitting on your bottom and the floor then went in a circle. You showed us your skills tonight.
- we have heard you grinding your teeth and handful of times (ooo)


Love you,
Mom (remember, the lady you are attached to)

Trailblazer

Boogaloo,


I don't even know where to start. For a few weeks now, you have been able to sit up on your knees unassisted. You started last week like jumping sort of (like a bucking horse) from that position to the crawling position. It is so cute. Today, you were playing with styrofoam blocks and while "standing" on your knees, you lifted the blocks above your head. Once they fell it was so cute because you just hand your hands in the air on your knees (does any of this make sense?). Of course, I can NEVER capture you on video or still. If I put you down, you can stand for a minute then slowly lower yourself to the ground. 

Also, last night when Grandmother Mimi and Pop were giving you a bath they said you straight up just stood up from sitting. I don't know if I am ready for that yet! Last night was also the first night you did not get restless and slept straight from 9:30-8:30. Praise God for you feeling better. You enjoy putting things over your head.

You can see your top teeth a little when you smile now. I love them. You are a trailblazer and I love it.

Love, 
Mommy

Nigh Night

Peanut Jelly,


You just went to sleep without a paci! The past few months, you have required it to go down but tonight, I rocked and sung to you and lo and behold. I'll let you know how tomorrow goes. As stated before, you are sleeping pretty bad at night. Getting restless at 4 am then trying to wake up at 6:45. Since there are really no more teeth that seem to be protruding, I am hoping this will go away with the double ear infection. 3 naps still are working well for you. Lately you have just been laying on me watching TV with the paci in your mouth and just drift off. It is funny because you are such a clock when it comes to naps. You are so quirky too. You move you legs like crazy while you are falling asleep. Sometimes you like when we put our arm in between and other times you just like to flail.


Love, you,
Mommy

Letting go

Peanut,


I apologize for not writing recently. I have wanted to desperately but we haven't had our computer. We bought a new one and I come to you from our new iMac. However, it is with sadness. We Turner's made a huge mistake by not backing up our laptops. When both hard drives took a dump (to be frank), we lost all of our photos. Thankfully, there is a place in the city where we can have someone hopefully recover our pictures or I will be devastated. This will cost us quite a bit of money but I can't loose precious pictures and videos taken of you these past 10 1/2 months. 


Anyway, the two of us have really gotten close. We laugh, cry (then you laugh when I cry), and play together all day. You are the silliest little dude. You walked behind me yesterday with your hands on my shoulders and loved when I would turn my head. Your laugh is SO contagious. You hate toys (as previously mentioned) except for this race car toy and your new mega blocks. Boxes and styrofoam pieces also fit your fancy. After an extremely fussy two days, I had Gram take you to the doctor. You were waking up repeatedly during the night then would be fussy all day (not to mention waking up 2 mornings in a row with dried up blood on your nose). Since you now have 5 teeth (3 top, 2 bottom), I assumed it was me being a mommy and that you were just teething. Turns out, double ear infection and it's bad. You are on Amoxil for 10 days twice a day. Still getting up at odd hours but you are in much better spirits. I ordered your invitations for your birthday party October 30th and I LOVE them. Before Gram and Pop left for NY, we went over and I had to go upstairs. Of course, you had to follow. You were at the bottom and when I said, "Mason, where are you?" at the top, you go, "uuuu?" It was so cute! You walk on water...I mean walls. Now it is not only furniture. 


Daddy is frustrated that I continue to write Gram when I refer to my mom. He would prefer you call her Grandmother Mimi. At the appointment earlier this week, you weighed 18 lbs. 12 ounces. Your mom bubbles are getting big and you make them all the time!


You have started letting go when standing! It is terrifying! You did it in the bath tub the other day and Daddy and I almost had a heart attack. We LOVE that you are so determined to do it but the bath tub? You get really excited afterward and dance and smile. So cute!


I love you and think you are the most awesome kid on the planet. Thanks for helping me at the Saturday serve today. You rock!

Love,
Mommy

U bounce at Bounce U

Mas, 

Today, I took you to BounceU to hang with Wyatt and Jakson. At first, you were very skeptical. Once you figured out it was a free for all, you crawled all over the place. I cannot wait to take you when you are walking! Mommy even took you down the big slide (I had to be convinced and I was shaking but whatever)! 

My favorite part was when I stood you at the end of the tunnel then called to you from the other end and you crawled to me. Of course, at 10:30, you got really tired but I made you push through and you had more fun (and slept on the way home and then some). 

Love you Peanut, 

Mommy

Sample Schedule

Porky Pig,

At a little over 10 months, this is what your smedule looks like most days...

7:30 - wake up

8:00 - breakfast: oatmeal or rice cereal and 4 oz. fruit followed by a 4 oz. bottle

10:30 - nap (usually the longest at 1.5 hours)

12:00 - 6 oz. bottle

2:00ish - nap

3:00 - lunch: a 4 oz. veggie jar, a 4 oz. fruit jar, and a sippy with water

4:30-5:00 - nap numero tres

6:15-6:30 - dinner: varies but always with a sippy of water

9:00 - 6 oz. bottle

9:30 - nigh night mae mae

As far as dinner goes, here are some things you haven eaten:

1 6-8 oz. jar of protein (turkey, beef, or chicken)

avocado and mac and cheese

meatloaf (you LOVED this), green beans, and mac and cheese

swedish meatballs

many other foods I can't think of but you HAVE to be eating when we are or you freak out

Took these of you Thursday

Peace out little homie,

Mom