Mason makes lots of different noises now. He holds on to things much better now as well. It gets easier and easier to make him smile now too, although it is still somewhat elusive to get on photos. He is lots of fun! It seems like he gets frustrated that he can’t move around and talk, but I am sure that will change soon!
More pictures…
Mason is doing well, nothing TOO exciting to note as of late. He smiles more and more, which certainly is a nice change.
I have added a number of pictures lately, so check them out on my fotki account.
More sleeping…
So while it has been a week, Mason did sleep through the night again last night. Not yet an everyday occurance, it is nice to get a full night’s sleep again.
Through the night…
Although he has always slept WELL, Mason actually slept through the night last night. 7 hours straight. I woke up this AM, looked over, and thought to myself “hey, it is time to get up and Mason didn’t wake up at all!”
Sounds good to me! I hope this becomes a trend. It would be a nice trend. In the recent past he has been getting up once per night for feeding, which itself isn’t too bad. But this all nighter thing would be a nice change!
More and MORE AND MORE PICS
So with the new camera I got, I am taking more and more pictures. It is fun. I don’t mind it at all, and I am sure I won’t be mad in the future. But it still amuses me. Especially because the pictures, especially at this point in time, are really all kinda the same. I mean he isn’t even 3 weeks old yet, so there are only so many things he can even really do. But alas, I take more pics.
So check them out!
Growing and Great Grandparents…
We took Mason out the the western suburbs today to meet his great grandparents on Rebecca’s side. Needless to say, we took some pics. After that we took Mason on a visit to the Bolingbrook Ikea (heehee, we didn’t take any pics of that, sorry).
He has been pretty cranky the last day or so, and it was suggested that he is having a growth spurt. He has been lifting his head up again, of course I have pics.
Go super advanced baby go!
So Mason rolled over today, at 2 weeks. Which makes sense cause all he ever tries to do is roll over. He sits in his cosleeper and tries and tries and tries and grunts and grunts and grunts as he tries to move. Rebecca set him in his crib on his back and went to the bathroom, when she came back, he was on his stomach, and was holding his head up. Last night he was on his side and kept trying to swing his legs around to get onto his stomach.
Hopefully this is indicative of things to come and he will be totally strong in a toxic spill kind of way and will be able to lift cars up and stuff. That would rule.
Mason Goes To Ikea
We took Mason on his first trip to Ikea! We took pics. We bought Mason a big stuffed snake. Then we took Mason to my co-worker Catherine’s house. Although Ikea didn’t have what we wanted in stock, it was a fun trip. Mason sat in the snugli and walked around Ikea no problem.
And yes, it is 4am. We got up with Mason. I did my quickest diaper change ever and we put Mason back down to sleep after he ate a bit. Now it is time for me to go back to sleep.
Through a turn of events, I also got a new (to me, otherwise used) digital SLR camera today, so there will be more pics coming. Like for example I just took this otherwise unnecessary group of pics of us all hanging out after daddy got home from work. There will likely be more pics coming now.
sleeping baby….
(sorry for the lack of updates, I had a minor server problem)
Mason is sleeping well lately, although ONLY with us. He will sleep all day in any number of places, his pack-n-play, his co-sleeper, whatever. But as SOON as it is night time and it is time to go to sleep, Mason is NOT happy anywhere but in bed with us. He will sit in his bed and try to move around and moan and grunt until we pick him up. Then he is fine. So he has been sleeping with us. It is actually really cute. He sleeps between us and he is totally fine. No pillows, nothing underneath him. Once we put him in bed with us, he falls asleep right away and sleeps for about 4-6 hours at a stretch no problem.
He is awake and alert more and more each day, which is nice. We have started taking him for walks, and though he sleeps most of the time in the snugli, he doesn’t mind it, and it is nice for us to be out and about. Too bad it is so dark after work now. I have started working again, and that is fine, although it would be nice to be at home with Mason and Mom.
We took Mason out to lunch both Saturday to Feast and Sunday to Flying Saucer. He was fine, and slept most of the time at each in his infant carrier. He is really a pretty good little kid overall. Rarely cries.
We gave him a bath last night, figured it would be a good idea. I have no idea how often you should bathe a baby. Although he was cold, he seemed ok with the entire process.
The other interesting thing of the weekend… my mom brought over some pics of me when I was newborn, and man does Mason look exactly like me. It is really funny. I will scan some pics in and post them up for comparison.