Up Again

So Mason has decided that even though he's been sleeping through the night....all the way through the night....for about a month and a half now, that he's going to start waking up at 2am to chug down a bottle. What has happened to my sweet little angel that would sleep for 10-12 hours at a stretch at night? Where did he go??? LOL, seriously though, I'm hoping this is just a growth spurt...or maybe some teething because he is quite the little drool bucket these days. I'm looking forward to when we go back to our 8:30pm bed time and our 8am wake up. But I do enjoy the extra little bit of time I have with my Lil Man in the wee hours of the morning. He's always so sleepy and snuggly....not trying to be a big boy and sit up while Mommy holds him. It's some of my favorite times of the day!

New Things...

Mason is doing so many new things each day. It's amazing to watch this little person discover the world and all it has to offer.

Today he was working on rolling over. When I checked on him this morning in his crib before I left for work, he was half rolled over. I don't know how he does it, but every night I swaddle him before bed and every morning he's escaped and gotten his little arms free! I'd leave them out but he can't seem to fall asleep with them like that....but he likes them free. So this morning he has both arms to his left and his body is half turned.

This afternoon I had him laying on the couch and he just started to try rolling over on his own! Now, we've practiced a lot, but he was never really interested....I guess he decided it was interesting today! After several attempts on the couch, I got nervous that he was going to roll off so we moved to the floor. He tried for about 15 minutes but couldn't quite get it.....he will be soon though. He gets all of himself over but can't seem to get past that arm that's in the way! I think he's going to do it any day....I just hope I get it on video!!!

Goooooo MASON!!!!

First Father's Day 06-21-2009

Daddy and Mason celebrated their first Father's Day together this Sunday! Chris was so excited to be able to celebrate with his son. As soon as it was midnight he mentioned it so that he would get his very first "Happy Father's Day". Mason and I had a great present planned. We bought a kit to put Mason's handprint(s) in a 3-D kind of setting. We were so excited about it but when we went to actually do the project, things didn't work out so well. First the gel stuff got hard before it was even mixed together. Then I tried to use it anyway before it got to bad, but when I put Mason's foot in it, he thought it was fun to squish it all between his toes. It was very cute but alas, the great idea was out the window.

But, I got to thinking about some other things and came up with a cute little card that Mason made for his Daddy. It had pictures of him and Chris on it with a special poem inside. I think Chris really liked it. Of course Mason got him a regular card too.

Unfortunately, Chris had to study for a big exam that's coming up so we didn't get to have the Father's Day I had envisioned...BUT, we have our very own Father's Day planned for next weekend.....with steamed crabs and all!! Mason says that he is very excited....he's never seen these crab things but he hears they are pretty cool and that he must enjoy them if he want's to be a true Marylander :)

Auntie eM's birthday party 06-20-2009

Today, Mason and I went to eMily's birthday party at her parent's house in Bowie. Mason was able to spend some time not only with his Auntie eM but with lots of other Burton clan. We were able to see Wyatt and Kim....Wyatt has gotten so big! He's practically as big as Mason....if not bigger! Mason seemed to enjoy meeting Wyatt; he smiled lots of toothless smiles at him and tried reaching for him. Wyatt was still a little hesitant but warmed up as the day went on :) Mason said that he especially liked getting to nap with eMily's mom....he said it's always nice to curl up with a nice Grandma and sleep the afternoon away :)