10 Months of Mason

This past month sure did fly by and I feel like I just wrote Mason's 9 month post! It's been pretty busy around here and I haven't been able to blog too much lately. Before I get to Mason, I thought I would share with everyone that I recently passed my first test for the certification I've been studying for over the past 12 weeks. One test down, seven more to go. Ayyee. It was such a good feeling and relief to get one of the tests under my belt (since it consumed my life for the past few months). I decided I am going to take the summer off and start up with another class in the fall. Anyways - back to my sweet little man Mason. He is 10 months old today. 10 months! How did this happen? His first birthday party plans are in full swing! I already know I am overdoing it, but you only turn one once, right? Thanks to Pinterest - my farm themed party is coming together nicely! After this first birthday party, I'll definitely calm things down for future parties.

Mason is a smart little boy and has learned a lot over the past month. He has started clapping his hands and does it on que when you ask him to do it. Mason has learned to drink through a straw. He is starting to wave 'hi.' He is still not officially crawling but has the army crawl down. He'll roll himself to wherever he needs to go and the scoot to reach whatever he needs. Over the past week he is getting up on all fours and looks like he is going to lunge forward into a crawl, but he just topples over. He'll be there soon. He has learned to move himself from a laying down position to a sitting up position. He knows when he is in trouble too (for getting into something that he shouldn't). If I just say his name in a stern voice, he'll jump and look at me.

The weather has been so up and down and its been hard to dress this little man. His winter clothes are getting too tight, but it's only been about 50 degrees lately. This week is supposed to be in the 80's. Go figure. Mason is wearing 12-18 month size and still remains in a size 4 diaper. We went and bought him new shoes a few weeks ago. He doesn't go back to the doctor until he turns one, but I think he weighs somewhere around 23 pounds. Wow-za! This kid eats like a champ and hasn't met a food that he doesn't like. Actually, I take that back. He did try scrambled eggs and clearly didn't like them. Everything else is a 'go' though. He's tried many more foods this month and seems to be content with whatever we give him. Now - if we could just get his sister to get onboard this train. Mason usually only has about 3 bottles a day. I am starting to think we are going to have a hard time breaking him of these. He NEEDS his morning bottle or he is a crabby patty until he gets it. The other two may be easier to break. Mason is still a good sleeper and seems to be doing better with his 'screaming' and not having as many episodes. He did have 3 teeth pop through within 2 days so maybe that explains why he was so cranky. Now, Mason is usually pretty content and can entertain himself. This widdle guy is just so sweet and he needs to stop getting so big!