Six Months

Weight: 17 pounds

At the beginning of June we spent a week up in Idaho at Grandma's house. One of your favorite things to do while we were there was to take a bath in Grandma's sink. You absolute LOVE water and baths. You kick your legs to watch the water splash and squeal with delight. It is so fun to watch you get such joy out of something so simple. On June 2nd your second bottom tooth popped through and I think you were so relieved to finally have it.
We were able to go see a lot of our family while we were visiting and everyone was so excited to see you. This is only your second trip to Idaho and so many people haven't gotten to spend a lot of time with you. We went and visited Grandpa Birch and you had fun playing with a balloon he had.You are loving exploring outside. You love different textures. Here you are with Daddy touching the Arctic willows up front. You were squealing with delight at your new discovery. See that hat on your head? You are still so bald that I have to make sure you have a hat on when we are out so your little head doesn't get sunburned. You are starting to turn yourself around while you are on the floor and it won't be too much longer before you are crawling

You love Carson so much and giggle at him all of the time. You are getting more used to Jonas and let him come around you more often.

Video of you enjoying some floor time.

5 Months and a New Tooth

Here are some professional pictures that were taken of you just before you turned 5 months old. They were done at Carson's preschool. It was so hard for Mommy to choose her favorites of you because you looked so handsome in all of them.At five months you love to be carried around. I spend most of my day with you in my arms. You love to face forward so you can see where you are going. I have tried to use different baby carriers with you, but you just cry and insist that I hold you. We have been spending a lot of time outside lately and you love to be outside and looking at everything around you. You are still loving floor time. You love to be on your belly and have a toy in front of you. I love to see you impatiently (or excitedly) kick your legs against the floor. You are wanting to try to figure out how to crawl.

You have been teething and a little cranky lately. On May 21st your first bottom left incisor cut through...and the one next to it was big and swollen. Teething has been pretty rough on you! Usually you are so low maitenence, but all you have wanted lately was for me to hold you. I can't blame you though, you must be in so much pain!

One last thing. I have to post about you and Jonas. You just aren't too sure you trust him yet. If you are playing on the floor and he comes too close to you, you start to whimper. Daddy and I call this your "warning alarm". Its like you are saying, "He's getting to close to me. Make sure he doesn't touch me." I think this is because Jonas is still so young and hasn't learned to be soft with you yet. After all, he is still a baby himself. Hopefully you will soon warm up to your brother and you guys can be good friends.

4 Months

Here are your 4 month stats:
Weight: 15 lbs 2 ounces
Height: 24 3/4 inches
Head Circumference: 16 1/2 inches

At four months your personality is starting to show through. You are starting to grab for toys and love to play on the floor. You are rolling over well now and like to roll to get a better view of what your brothers are up to. We started going on walks and you do very well in the stroller. Most of the time you fall asleep by the time we get back home.

You are also loving to sit in the walker. You like that you can be upright and see what is going on. You have started teething and love to have some sort of toy on the tray so you can chew on it.

You are still having a hard time sleeping in the pack n play at night. You just want to snuggle up next to Mommy to sleep. During the day it is usually easy to get you to sleep though. I will take you into my room, shut the door (to keep your brothers out!) and hum to you or sing to you while I snuggle you up next to me, pat your little bum, and rock you in the chair. Sometimes it is so hard for me to put you down because I love holding you and watching you sleep! I think if I didn't have your brothers to go play with that I would hold you the whole time you slept! I love these sweet precious moments that we get together. I look at you and think of how blessed I am to have you in my life and about how amazing you are. You truly are a precious son of our Father in Heaven and I feel so blessed that I am able to be your Mommy. I love you so much!

First Food

Tonight we attempted to feed you your first food besides breast milk. You are always hungry and so Mommy decided it was time to try some rice cereal. You weren't that impressed. In fact you screamed until I stopped feeding you the cereal and went and nursed you. Hopefully next time will go better and you can soon start to feel fuller longer!

Right now you are also teething. You have two big bumps on your bottom gums that are causing you lots of pain right now.

You have learned to roll over in the past few weeks and are really good at it! You love to roll onto your tummy and then look around at what is happening.

You are such a sweet, handsome little baby and we are loving getting to know you more each day!

Blessing

You were blessed on Sunday, February 7th, 2010. We were very excited to have almost all of our family there for the blessing. Among the things your daddy blessed you with was a love of the scriptures, a desire to go on a mission, and that you would one day find a daughter of God to take to the temple. You looked so handsome in your blessing outfit. Our family on your special day.

Mason, you have been one of the greatest surprises ever and we are so thankful that you are in our family. You have such a precious spirit and your little smiles make your mommy's days amazing!

2 Month Check Up

Stats from your two month well-baby:

Weight: 13 lbs 2 oz----80th percentile

Height: 22 inches----25th percentile

Head: 15 3/4 inches---55th percentile

You are starting to coo and smile a lot. It is so precious to see you trying to communicate with us. You are starting to sleep almost all the way throught the night and usually only wake up for one feeding. You are growing stronger all of the time and are such a joy to us!