Mason’s 5th week

Oops, we’ll just assume his 4th week was uneventful. He ate, slept and did his business.

Mason’s 5th week is almost over! He’s getting his first trip to the airport today- no we’re not going anywhere, just picking up Marci! Hopefully he behaves…. I’m going to put him in the sleepy wrap so I don’t have to carry in his car seat AND so he’ll sleep and not be screaming at the baggage claim. Wish me luck.

He rolled over yesterday. I don’t know if it actually counts because he started on his belly, then rolled to his side, stayed like that for a bit while squirming, then was on his back. I say it counts. Because I’m the mom and moms are always right. (Right, mom?)

Here are some pictures (as many as I can get on here before he wakes up again…):

Football socks:

He’s an athlete already!

Time with daddy!

He’s not a fan of socks or blankets. Kind of like me…

Football time! This position didn’t last long though… Who knew the attention span of a one month old was so short?

His 1 month picture (pretty sure he’s going to be crying in EVERY monthly picture…)

I couldn’t decide which tummy time picture to put on here, so here are 4!

He rolled over! His screams may have been what pushed him over…

We took the dogs for a walk, and brought Mason in the sleepy wrap- and he did indeed sleep! Good boy.

That’s all I have for now. Maybe, if you’re lucky, I’ll do another of these next week!

Mason’s 3rd week

Mason turned 2 weeks old on the 29th- I can’t believe it. He looks so much bigger already. Here are some pictures from this week.

Daddy and Mason nap time

 

Not too happy at bath time… but I love those baby gums!

He’s started kicking the blanket off his legs and sticking one leg out. It makes me smile.

Sleepy baby!

Happy birthday to my mom, Mason’s Gammy!

Mason: Week 2

Mason turns 2 weeks old on Friday… it seems like forever ago that we went into the hospital with a huge belly and an overnight bag. Our lives have changed so much already! Including how much we sleep. I’ve made a small list of things I love:

• His smiles
• When he tries to eat my nose when I give him kisses
• How he always keeps his feet up near his belly
• When he holds my fingers
• When he punches me in the face (he’s a strong little guy)
• When his hair gets ruffled and I get to brush it
• His nose boogers (and the “Mason has a bogey” song that follows)
• His explosive gas/poops Always makes us giggle.
• How he can sleep through ANYTHING
• His grump face. Cutest. face. ever.
• How he’ll go from smiling to crying to smiling in 5 seconds

Here are some pictures:

First restaurant experience! He was passed out the entire time.

He likes to eat his fingers.

Dad (Poppy) and I picked up a hat for Mason. It’s too big, but sure is cute!

Here he is in his too-big onesie (it has cows, sheep, and horses on it. I had to make him wear it.) all snuggled into his blanket that has elephants, alligators, giraffes, and rhinos on it! This kid had better like animals…

I’m interested in seeing how much he weighs at his appointment this week. At his 4 day appointment he had lost only 1 ounce since birth. Go Mason.

I’ve been using the baby monitor during the day a lot- when I take the dogs outside I can spend a little time outside (I’ve been weeding), and get the laundry and dishes done. Guess I should try to get some sleep in there somewhere too…

Crying baby calls.

Baby Mason is here!

We welcomed our new little one, Mason Wyatt, on Friday, July 15! He was born at 4:19pm, weighed 7 lbs 11 oz, and was 21.5 inches long. When we left on Sunday his pediatrician said he still weighed the same, and he seemed pretty excited about it, since most babies lose 10% of their weight before they leave the hospital. We had his 4 day check-up yesterday and he was only down one ounce to 7lbs 10oz.

Enough with the boring stuff (okay, it’s not boring to me, but probably to everyone else), here are some pictures!

Proud daddy!

Our first family picture

My parents (AKA Poppy and Gammy) with baby Mason

This is how he “holds” Mason. I think it’s cheating But baby doesn’t cry, so I suppose it works!

What a cute hospital blanket. Har har.

Here is Mason in his going home outfit (AKA all his “fancy” clothes are too big. Never thought that’d happen.)

Hopefully he doesn’t accidentally throw Mason instead of the football…

Sleeeeepy baby.

This picture is fuzzy, but here he is at his very first pediatrician appointment! I think this is the way he’s been “laying” for the last few months- OR he’s just like his momma and sits awkwardly.

My mom came with us and decided we ‘needed’ a picture of Mason with his Dr., then felt awkward about asking, so she snapped this picture while he was getting checked out.

Mason’s first bath! No ‘during’ shots, since it was just Nathan and I and a VERY wiggly baby, but look how cute he is!

These are stress related smiles here, people. The end result was great, but the process was difficult. Maybe next time we’ll walk in with a plan rather than “Let’s wash baby!”

Yay! We’re finished! Oops, Mason’s very active arms got in the way. Go figure.

Redo:

There you have it. We’ve had him in our lives for a little over 4 days now, and it seems as though the world revolves around him. And we don’t mind. In fact, we wouldn’t have it any other way.