Tristan at 6 Months

Well, if there was ever any doubt, I think this picture solidifies the fact that Tristan is in fact Mason's daddy :)

Tristan at 6 months

Mason at 6 months

RBHS Cheerleaders

Mason had a good night last Friday, we went to see daddy, who was score keeping for the RBHS basketball games :)

Laundry Time

Another day, another load of laundry!

Play Time

Just a little shot of play time the other day.  He just can't figure out how to move from a sitting position to go get toys that are out of his reach!

8 Months!

Happy 8 month birthday, Mason!  To echo every month prior, we cannot believe how fast time is flying.  At 8 months old Mason now has his two front bottom teeth (see prior post!) and is a sitting champ.  Despite the fact he moves ALL OVER his crib during the night and when he wakes up from naps, he is taking his sweet time scooting or crawling in his awake hours.  He loves to roll around with his toys on the floor, but if something is out of reach he doesn't quite know how to get from a sitting position onto his belly, or how to scoot himself forward once there.  Considering we're doing a lot of construction around the house, we're grateful that he's still immobile!  However, he's starting to love standing up so who knows, maybe he'll skip crawling all together.  He's somewhere between 17-18 lbs and in mostly 9-month clothing, and is just the happiest, smiliest baby ever and loves anyone who will play with him.

He is definitely a busy boy!  We had to snap this one quick before he took down Blue & Pooh, and started crinkling the paper.

One of his favorite things to do is go to the park & swing.  He sits in that thing for a long time, laughing and watching the other kids playing.

Cute shark towel Uncle Blas & Aunt Erin bought me!

Recent Pictures

Here are some recent pix taken in the past few weeks, thought I'd share:

Cousin Addie came over last weekend and they were SO excited to see each other.  She helped me get him up from his nap and he was all smiles the minute he saw her from his crib.  She loves helping feed him.

After Mason finished eating it was play time - this is the first time I've seen them play since he started sitting up on his own and it was SO neat!

Mason got a new ride for errands and strolls around the neighborhood.  Check out those chunky legs :)

This is an audio book with GiGi reading the story, and Mason loves it.  He sits in my lap for 20-30 minutes at a time reading this and many other books.  He loves being read to!

He's almost getting too big for the baby bath!  It still uses less water than the bath tub, so we decided to move it up to the bathroom so we can fill the water up higher than when it was in the kitchen sink.  He's getting the hang of splashing!

I'll give you 2 guesses...

As to why I have officially given up nursing :)

I gave it a good-ol college try for a few weeks after these suckers came in, but after the 100th time of being bitten (HARD), I decided it was time.  I miss that time with him before bed time and in the mornings, but am also loving the newfound freedom of not only officially having my body "back" to myself, but being able to pass along the duties to Tristan if I want to go to the gym, am up in LA for work, or simply want to get dinner on the table! 

Catching Up

Wow I just realized it's been a long time since I posted last!  Mason was sick the first week of the year and we've all been super busy with work, so the time got away from us!
Here are some fun videos from the past few days to share:

Mason was playing on the floor of our bedroom while I got dressed this morning, and I looked over to find him totally checking himself out.  So glad I caught this!

Helping daddy cook dinner!

Gigi taught me a new trick!

Merry Christmas!

Sorry for the delay here, we've been a very busy household the past week & a half.  My parents came into town on Christmas day, and were here along with my sister Brittany and her boyfriend Mike till this past Sunday so we've been busy!  We had a great Christmas with both families, and as expected Mason was very spoiled with some fun gifts.  For the week between Christmas & New Years, my parents rented a house in Del Mar where we hung out a lot.  Thursday the 30th was my birthday (30 on the 30th!), and my sister's as well so we went wine tasting in Temecula...baby in tow!  Despite early signs of sickness, Mason was a trooper and didn't fuss once.  Unfortunately he went a little downhill the remainder of the weekend and now has a full-blown respiratory virus, poor baby.  We missed out on the NYE festivities to tend to our little sad patient, but tried to make the most of the remainder of the weekend.  Now that everyone's gone it's time to get us all better (mommy & daddy feeling pretty sick as well now). 
Here are a few pictures from Christmas Eve at BG's house.  Unfortunately these are the only pix I took on my camera all week, my mom & Britt did such a good job with their cameras the rest of the week I never took mine out.  So you'll have to check out Facebook for those tagged pictures :)