Mason - 10 Month

Again...a little late. This is what happened leading up to Mason's 10th month!

When we went to Mason's 9 month appointment, his Dr. found an ear infection. He put him on Amoxicillin and did really well with it. This was his first ear infection and he didn't show any of the signs you would expect! I'm so glad we had the appointment and caught it early!

His personality is starting to shine and I love watching it develop! He absolutely loves watching Bailey and he's really starting to watch us when we do certain things. He's so interested in the vacuum cleaner and he just loves to watch me vacuum! He's still not crawling, but he's starting to do this inch worm thing and he's gotten pretty good at scooting. He's been rolling and scooting for a while, but he's getting better at getting where he wants to go. Sometimes he's not very motivated and he'll just chill on his tummy and watch Bailey or us. 

He loves just watching his surroundings and taking things in! I wish I could know what he thought!

We went to MD this past month for a wedding. Mason got to meet some new friends and try a crab cake for the first time! A friend babysat him for us while we were at the wedding and he did great for her! He got to hang out with Ashlyn and Zachary. It was our first trip to MD with Bailey and Mason together and they did great in the car. 

 

This is his first brewery tour! 

With Ashlyn! How cute are they?!?

Unfortunately, he got a virus shortly after our trip. Our poor little guy had a rough 2 weeks! His only symptoms with the virus were a fever and a rash, so it definitely could have been a lot worse! He handled it like a champ. He was super clingy, but he was still willing to play a bit. He missed a whole week of daycare. One thing I discovered (not that it was a doubt) is that my office is no longer a safe place for him to play now that he's more mobile. I sat him on his play mat and he kept moving to his tummy and making his way to my laptop charger! 

I put him back on the play mat and gave him some excited things that were not his toys (a box, napkin, piece of paper, etc).

Apparently, that wasn't dangerous and exciting enough for him. He wasn't very pleased with me.

He loves standing! He can't pull up on this toy yet. He has tried, but it just falls over on him. I let him pull up on my hands then he'll grab on to it.

Two of his favorite things...outside and his dog! 

He absolutely loves going outside! He likes to watch Bailey chase her balls and frisbee. He likes to sit in the grass and play. He loves to just look around. I hope he continues to love the outdoors!

Gimme that ball!

We had family over for Father's Day and had a great time!

Showing Uma (my mom) how he makes tunes on his activity table!

Too busy watching his dog to look at the camera. 

Again...the dog is more interesting. 

We made this Father's Day sign for Dada!

We also celebrated Mason's in & out day this month! On June 10, he had officially lived outside my belly for as long as he lived inside!

41 weeks 5 days on the inside. This is the last photo of me pregnant. I was in labor (early labor, between contractions) here. He didn't come until early the next morning, but I was in no mood to have my picture taken at that point. 

 

41 weeks 6 days out!

He got to meed his friend, Adrian for pizza! He hadn't seen her since he was 2 months old!

He got to have several play dates with his cousin, Savannah!

How cute are they?!?

He just loves to practice standing. 

He had another play date with Savannah and Claire. 

He has learned to turn the light on and off with the chain. He thinks it's so much fun!

I absolutely love waking up to this handsome face every morning!

Mason's first faux hawk! Nevermind the girly caterpillar...he's pretending it's a motorcycle.

Mason - 9 Months

This is late...of course, but Mason turned 9 months on May 21. These are the things that happened during Masons's 8 month, leading up to 5/21!

Mason is now easily pulling to a standing position while holding on to us. He's trying to pull up on other objects, but he either loses his grip or they fall over on him. He loves to hold on to things and stand, play with Bailey, go out side and take a bath. He pretty much hates having his diaper changed (this used to be one of his favorite things!). He's rolling and scooting around, but not crawling. He's still toothless, but he doesn't struggle to eat at all!

He got to go to his first family birthday party, Natalia's 10th birthday party. I got on the water slide with him and he splashed in the pool with me. He napped well at my sister's house, then had a good time hanging out with family.

He's always been a baby who plays with his tongue a lot, but he has REALLY gotten interested in it now. He also likes being upside down. 

He loves rocking and hanging with his cousin, Savannah!

We did a mini ball pit in his bath tub! He found the single tennis ball and decided to play with it. I guess he's been watching Bailey do that a lot. 

He's very interested in Bailey's toys (that spotted toy in front of him is Bailey's. He stretched out and grabbed it rather than playing with his own toys that were closer).

We celebrated my first Mother's Day! 

First Mother's Day roses!

Mason was dedicated on Mother's Day! Such a special day!

 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

- Proverbs 22:6

He's so handsome!

He's been working at holding a standing position and has gotten really good at it!

We went on our first family vacation during Mason's 9th month! Josh had a conference for work in Boston during the first week of May. Mason and I flew up to join him after the conference. I was worried about how it would be to fly alone with a baby, but it went well! 

On our way to go through security, which was a breeze! I highly recommend baby wearing in the airport if you travel with a little one!

We found Mason Place in Boston!

Mason is an amazing sleeper. He's been sleeping in his own bed and sleeping through the night since he was just a few months old. We've definitely gotten spoiled! On vacation, he took a break from being our perfect little sleeper. He slept great one or 2 nights, but he woke up during the night most nights and didn't want to go back to sleep in his crib. Since we were in a hotel and I couldn't have him crying at 2am, he ended up sleeping with us after he woke up most of the nights. 

I won't lie...I absolutely loved all the snuggles and this just melts my heart!

He was so happy to wake up and play in the mornings!

This is at our hotel in Bar Harbor, Maine. It's the cutest little town and I loved it!

We went for a 3 mile hike in Acadia National Park - it was absolutely beautiful!

After our hike.

He got to taste a little clam chowder and he loved it! He didn't want to give the spoon back to daddy though!

This is our first time eating out with him since he started eating solids. he did great!

He thoroughly enjoyed rolling around and playing on the hotel beds.

We went to a children's museum in Portland and we had so much fun! 

Touching a sea urchin at the touch tank

Touching a star fish

About to fly back home!!!

Another (not so fun) thing happened during Mason's 9th month. Mason got pink eye! It was awful! This is also when I first realized he has too many toys. 

I sanitized EVERYTHING that he had been in contact with for the past couple weeks. These are just the small toys, not including the ones that could be put in the washer. I did those, stuffed animals and his big toys all separately.

He also had his first bathtub poop during his 9th month. Luckily, I had him in his baby bath (I'm so glad we got the massive one we did!) so I could just dump it down the toiled and clean the tub out quickly. This is him watching me fill up his bath tub after I cleaned it back up. He was so interested in watching the water!