5 months!

I can't believe that it's been five months since our baby boy arrived.  Lately, it seems Mason is learning and doing new things almost daily.  He is developing such a personality and we are enjoying this stage so, so much.

Mason is::
--Sleeping in his big boy crib now!!  We transitioned him about a month ago & he's done quite well.  It was harder on me than it was on him.
--Starting to "pet" Roxy & Riley.  He can see them so clearly & follows their movements with his eyes/head.  He reaches out to them & kind of smacks them around a bit.  Both pets have been wonderful with him.
--Teething in a BIG way.  He has a tooth coming in & he is chomp, chomp, chomping on his poor little fists.
--Shaking his head 'no.'  He recently discovered he can willingly move his head side to side.  He also discovered that people seem to love it & laugh, smile, & coo at him when he does it.  So he does it a lot!
--Only a pound or two away from size 4 diapers, I fear.  He is growing so very quickly!
--Eating oatmeal!!

asleep in his boba

trying to eat his feet in his bumbo

Time marches on....

He Eats!!

We were trying to hold out on feeding Mason anything but breast milk until 6 months.  However, he has started showing signs of being VERY interested in/ready for eating, so we decided 5 months was close enough.  Mason has great control of his head.  He started grabbing objects & bringing them toward his mouth.  He also started watching us eat & opening his mouth.  Due to the recent recalls and warnings about arsenic in rice products, we decided to go with a single grain, organic oatmeal as the first "solid."  We mixed 1 tablespoon of oatmeal with about an ounce of breast milk & voila, Mason's first big boy meal :o)  He did quite well with it.  He didn't spit too much back out at me & didn't spit up afterwards, so we're calling it a success!!

Our little baby is growing up!!

Play Day with Kylie

Since we had Yom Kippur off, Alicia & I decided it would be a perfect opportunity for our little ones to get together for another play date.  The last time we saw Kylie, she was 4 months & Mason was 2 months.  Now, Kylie is 7 months and Mason is 5 months.  We had a great time playing inside on a very dreary, rainy day.  

Here's the cuties:  

And we're off to school!

September means back to school!!  Well, we (I should say I) survived Mason's first week at daycare.  John & I returned to school last Tuesday.  Mase spent Tuesday & Wednesday with my Dad and Thursday & Friday with Pam.  He did wonderfully.  I cried hysterically.  Ha!  The first day was so heart-wrenching.  I never thought I would cry so hard.  It just goes against every instinct I feel as a mother to leave my baby- even though I knew I was leaving him with family or someone I really trust.  Mason LOVES watching the other kids at Pam's house and I like that he's getting so much love & attention with my Dad on Wednesdays.  Overall he's adjusting just fine.  As for me, it's getting a little better everyday.  I have cried every morning (poor Amanda Sue had to hear the worst of it on Tuesday bright & early, what a good friend).  But this week, I haven't cried at all so I'm adjusting.

This weekend we celebrated Mason's Grandma T's birthday and he also got to meet his great-grandparents (my mom's parents) for the first time.  It was a special weekend to say the least. 



Driving with Grandma T



Mason & Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Rafferty



4 Generations