Don't let the squirrel get my baby!

Mason,


Today, Grandma, Pop, and I took you to The Yellow River Game Ranch along with Wy Guy, A.J., and Ms. Debe. Within the first 2 minutes of entering the ranch, we were assaulted! I noticed a squirrel was walking right up to us and made a point to everyone that all of the animals just come up to you, even the ones you don't expect. Right after, the squirrel decides to climb up A.J.'s leg. After she shooshes him off, he decides he wants to jump on your stroller, with you sitting in it! I yell, "Don't let the squirrel get my baby (like he was going to kidnap you)" and A.J. yet again shooshed him away. 
The rest of the walk around the ranch was great. 

You loved watching the animals eat after you fed them

Afterward, we all headed to Mickey D's. You and Wy Guy played in this little dome while we ate and once I finished, I took you out. You cruised over to where the real play place entrance was, crawled into the tunnel and climbed to the third bubble. Whoa, not expecting that! Leaving you with a sweet video from this morning.

With love,

Mom

Silly Mae Mae

Mason,


You think you rule the world and it's quite amusing. Something doesn't go your way, you'll know about it and must do what you want. You love to pull my hair and sometimes you scream when you do it! Especially now that you say, "more" you better give you more pronto. Speaking of, you don't fully say, "more," you say, "moe." Hopefully I can capture that on video soon. Speaking of, it is so hard to catch you doing your thing. I would LOVE a candid video session but the minute you see the camcorder, you crawl/walk to me. You are super talkative. You make this, "o (short o)" sound and you sound french. It sounds like you say, "bob" and "abble" too. 
Today we were all set to go to the air show but the base reached capacity so we took you to the animal shelter. As usual, you had a good time and wanted to play with a big dog A.K. took out. No fear! For about 2 weeks, you have been acting like you realized you have control of your hands. You move your wrists side to side. Anyway, you love standing in your stroller and scaring Grandma. Oh and climbing on tables isn't bad either.

Bought your first pair of Stride Rite shoes!

Love,
Mom

Baby's Day Out

Mason,


You say, "more" in the right context at almost every meal!


Daddy went into your room yesterday morning and found you on the floor. Talk about a compromising position! Time to move the rail up.


For the past two weeks, you have been spitting up about 1/3 of your bottle each time you get one. Sometimes, you throw up 1/4 of your food.


You bite a lot. When you are tired, hungry, or excited, you try to bite more. Really only to me and Grandma though.


Last night before a consignment sale, we went to hang out with baby Grayson. He was crying because he was hungry and you were so concerned. You kept looking at me like, "mom, do something." At the sale, you were crawling all over the place. It reminded me of the movie Baby's Day Out because I would be looking at clothes and you would be crawling away.


You for sure have cold hand syndrome. 


I don't know if I can say it enough, you love to dance. Even when I sing, "peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat," you still bop.


Last night I said, "how big is Mason" while you were standing. Sure enough, you raised up both arms! 


A few days ago, you learned how to shriek. Sometimes you'll do it until you cough. You will keep doing it if we mimic you. You snort when you are really giggling!


Love you, Peanut,
Momma

Mason Wallbanger

Mason,


I took you to a Kindermusik class yesterday and you showed off your skills. The teacher and one of the mom's noted how good a dancer you are. You listened to the music then "bobbed." So cute. You fell in love with a 17 month old girl and kept trying to attack her.


You are sleeping through the night!


Yesterday, you said, "more" three times at breakfast. Guess no signs needed. You have started playing peek-a-boo. You stand up then cruise to a place you think I (or Daddy) can't see you. We say, "where's Mason?" and you walk to a place we can see you and smile. We say, "peek-a-boo" and you crack up. You are laughing hysterically though when we say it and then we grab you and tickle you.


You tried pizza for the first time on Tuesday. LOVED it!

You have done this for probably 2 months now I think I have neglected to mention it. You are a head banger. You will be sitting with your bak to a wall and you will knock your head into it. Then you continue knocking your head into it. Yesterday you even put your hand on your head because it hurt. Still do it anyway. You know, insanity is doing something repeatedly and expecting a different result....


Love, 
Mommy

Just another pumpkin in the pumpkin patch

Mason,


Mommy and Grandma LOVE fall and we have to do as many things fall related as possible. Yesterday, the Spinners and I took you to the apple festival in Elijay. The festival was super hot so we didn't stay long but you became an apple cider addict at Mercier orchards! You kept yelling at me to give you more. Needless to say, we need some more work on the more sign.

Today, Gram and I took you to a pumpkin patch right outside of their neighborhood. You had a ball. The minute I sat you down, you made your excited, weird smile and were totally into it. 

The owners gave you your very own fun-size pumpkin.

In other news, yesterday you took 4 steps toward a small table and 5 steps toward a stool. The past 3 nights have been great. You have only woken up crying once and stopped within 5 minutes. You have been able to do "sooo big" for probably 2 weeks now and you are just lazy enough that you only lift one arm. You have started making the cheesy smile. You close/squint your eyes and smile. You are so silly! Hard to believe this was you last year...

Love you,
Mommy

11 months

Baby Lou,


I honestly can't believe we have come so far. I know that sounds ridiculous but it's true. Time really does fly this first year. 4 weeks until my baby becomes a toddler. 

In the post about the Braves game, I told you all the words you know. You have such a sweet and high pitched voice. You like to be heard.

Although we are sleep training at night, your schedule looks like...
7:30 Wake up
7:45-8:00 Breakfast
     rice or oatmeal mixed with a 4 oz. jar of fruit
     4 oz. bottle
10:00 nap (1-1.5 hours)
11:45-12:00 6 ounce bottle
2:00ish nap (1-1.5 hours)
3:00-3:30 Lunch
     1 jar fruit 
     .5 jar veggie
6:30 Dinner
     1 6 oz. jar veggie and meat mix
     cut up chicken, beef, or turkey and a veggie
8:00-8:30 6 ounce bottle then bed

I love giving you yogurt for lunch and you eat it fast. The whole milk, organic yogurt comes in 4 oz. containers and are perfect along with a veggie. I know you wish you could eat yogurt and pasta all day.

You woke up at 12:30 and after two checks by Daddy that didn't help (didn't make it worse but didn't help), eventually you fell asleep around 1:45 a.m. Slept until 7:30. I think we are getting somewhere. This soothing stuff is really hard for you because up until last week if you fussed at night, Dad or I would pop the paci and you would drift back off. You won't take it at night anymore which is good and bad.

You are getting much better at playing by yourself. I retired a lot of toys that you never even touched a few days ago. You like things that move. Right now, you are playing with a noisy fire truck. Rolling it everywhere and making noise. You also love your rocket swing outside. You love to dance. Dancing to you means bobbing up and down. Whether it's on your knees, standing, or just sitting, when there is music being played or a song sung, look out!

We had to buy you a new wardrobe as all of your fall/winter clothes don't fit yet. You fit best in 6-9 month clothes. The 12 month clothes are too long in the sleeves and pants. Old Navy 6-12 month jeans fit great. Still in size 4 diapers.

When I put my hand over your mouth, you start making, "ahh" noises then I move my hand back and forth and you love the noise it makes. At Wyatt's the other night, you actually did it with your hand. Have yet to do it again but still cute. You like to make the noise on my arm but I won't let you anymore because you end up deciding to bite it. You like to clap and what is most funny is that you clap every time you fall on your butt. I guess months of seeing all of us do it sponged in. 

Your sensory overload face is crazy. I love it because it reminds me of the face I make. We bought you a funky caterpillar yesterday and you tensed up and made the sensory face. It is your new favorite car toy. I named him Weirdo. You love to push things especially toys that roll and your stroller. It is so funny watching you push your stroller one handed!

Love you Baby Mason,
Mommy

Tonight you farted, then laughed about it

The End

Just kidding (I would never have a letter that short!). I honestly thought you were as cute as they come but when you smile really big and I can see your teeth, you are even cuter. Unbelievable. Here you are making that silly o face.

Tonight, you fell asleep right after your bottle so I'll be sure and give an update tomorrow as to how the remainder of the evening fares. Wyatt turned 11 months today and in honor, we had a play date and went to La Pa. Today we also found out that Jakson is going to be a big brother!

You are walking really well now. Daddy and I love to let you hold 1 of both of our fingers and walk. You can also walk one handed. After those two steps on Sunday, we are thinking you are building up that confidence. The elimination of the third nap and implementation of the 8:30 bedtime is awesome. I am glad we are doing it.

Today, you got to hang with Grace and Karen. They love you so much and try to Mommy you. While Grace was feeding you and making a mess, she looked at me and said, "and you do this all the time?"

Love you Baby Mason,

Mommy