Beautiful Boy!

Life is amazing. Each and every day Mason makes us smile more and more. He is growing into such a sweet, beautiful little boy. He isn't our infant baby anymore. How time passes!

He has quite the personality. He loves his Mama and adores his Daddy. He never meets a stranger and just loves being held and kissed. And oh my LORD, can he TALK!! He just chit chats all day!! We love hearing all the new sounds he makes. He's very calm, and chill. Like his Daddy. He is so super strong and can sit up by himself for a good length of time. He loves to watch baseball with his daddy and take his bath. He grabs just about anything, but he does have his favorite objects. He loves his green frog "lovey" his rattle, and baseball from his dad. Early in the morning, Travis most often goes and gets him when he starts to fuss. Travis brings him into our room and as soon as Mason sees me, he stops fussing and breaks into a huge smile! Oh, what a way to start my day. We lay in bed and nurse for a bit, Travis gets Lexi on the bed and Pebbles is still under the covers somewhere. Travis sometimes goes back to sleep, or we talk. Sometimes we all just close our eyes. I love these mornings the best.

He loves the new foods that we are slowly introducing him to. In fact I think he wishes we would go ahead and get to the burger and french fries. He loves eating and it shows. He weighs around 18 pounds and is 26 inches. Nursing is still a part of our day, but nothing like it used to be. It's so hard being back at work, no time to pump and more often than not I'm not able to run to MJ's to feed him at lunch. But the pressure and the discomfort is worth it during the day, to still be able to feed him when I can, esp. in the morning. I'm shooting for 6 months, maybe longer. He had his four month old vaccines Friday. Did great and it was a blessing to be able to nurse him following the shots and calm him down. Thinking about stopping is so upsetting to me, but I know the day is coming soon.

MJ has been a blessing. She keeps Mason all week now. I never worry, knowing she would do anything for him. Travis is able to spend more time with him this way, and MJ and I have become closer in the process when I do get to go see him for lunch or a break. Mama is almost out of school and will be coming up for extended vacations during the summer to keep him, wow. Mason is a very lucky boy. But really, we are the lucky ones. He is our life, our joy, our everything. I'm loving every second of this.