First Fort

After backing himself up under the jumparoo, Daddy decided to build Mason his first fort. He LOVED it had quite a few giggles while under there.

playing in his fort

peeking out to make sure we were still there

What's going on out there?

Hi guys!

I still can't go forward

Mason has been crawling backwards for about a month but can't seem to get the forward thing down. We really thought he was going to get it tonight............maybe tomorrow?!?!

He is in position and ready to roll, just can't seem to put it all together.

In a holding pattern..........

He gave up on going forward and managed to back himself up under his jumparoo.........this entertained him for a good 10 minutes!

He's like a puppy......

Sometimes I feel like Mason is a puppy because when he gets his hands on things because he just destroys them. Last week at Costco he destroyed my notebook that I make all my lists in for shopping..........much appreciated Mason. Plus I think he on the verge of destroying my laptop because as soon as he sees it he immediately lurches for it and bangs on the keys. If the blogging ends you will know why!

Here he is destroying Daddy's magazine. He found it pretty entertaining and it was actually pretty entertaining for us too. :-)

Mason & Daddy

Workin' Hard

Mason loves his play table and gets better at standing on his own everyday.

Check me out!

Mason is getting really good at holding himself up on things and the coffee table seems to be his favorite place for banging his hands as hard as he possibly can! Every once in a while he will fall back on his butt and look at us like "What just happened?" and that is soon followed by some tears (very short-lived though when he realizes he really is ok).

so proud of his new trick

I can bang REALLY hard............watch me go!

This is really fun!

Hello from Mason

Playing with Mr. Dragon

Mason's balance is getting really good and he did a great job of sitting on Mr. Dragon all by himself (no face-plant this time)!

Such a smiley boy!

Talking to Mr. Dragon (and hitting him on the head).

So serious when working hard!

Check out my Chompers!

You can really see Mason's 2 teeth a lot better now. He loves to show them off with his BIG smiles! And yes, his face is really dirty from dinner but he went immediatly into the tub after we were done playing! :-)

Doggies

On Christmas morning Mason had a good time laughing at the puppies at my parents house. He really seems to like animals gets a good giggle whenever they come up to him!

String Cheese

We have started giving Mason some finger foods to chew on (more to practice putting things in his mouth on his own) and he seems to like string cheese a lot! Mostly he moves it around the counter and squishes it in his hand but every now and again some of it makes it into his mouth on his own. Pretty soon he will be feeding himself! YEAH!!!!!

Sledding

Here is a video of Mason sledding in Steamboat. He loved it!!!! I decided to leave the part of his face plant into the snow out because it was followed by about 15 minutes of whining and crying!

About to Crawl

It won't be long now.............

Sock Sucker

For some reason Mason REALLY likes his socks. It is a rare occasion if we pick him up from school and his socks are on. If they are on, it isn't long before he pulls them off and inserts them directly in his mouth and starts sucking. At least he can entertain himself with simple things! :-)

What.........you looking at me?

Socks taste delicious!

Sick Saturday

Once again, Mason got a trip to urgent care this weekend. He had a terrible nights sleep on Friday and woke up with a high temperature and not his normal happy baby self. Andy checked his ears and sure enough he had another ear infection so off to urgent care we went for more drugs. He is such a trooper! His fever broke Sunday morning and he was back playing in no time! You can't keep Mason down for long!

All he wanted to do was be cuddled...........which mommy loved, but I hated to seem him feel so bad!

I don't know who this was harder on, Mason or Mommy?!?! It is not fun seeing your baby sick!

Make it better Mommy!

Standing on my own

After bath time this weekend we decided to play in Mason's room for a change and try our his toy table. He did a great job of holding himself up. His legs are freakishly strong!!!!! Once he starts walking we are introuble!!!!!!

getting his balance........

This is so easy I can do it with one hand!

I wasn't helping at all! :-)

Eating String Cheese

We started giving Mason string cheese to nibble on and he really seems to like it. We usually rip it up into small pieces but Friday night he grabbed the whole stick and started chewing on it with his 2 teeth. Yep, we have 2 teeth now! :-)

notice how the shirt is still semi-clean......

much dirtier.......

and this is the Mason we know and love......food everywhere!