Mason is 6 months old

I am so terribly behind in posting but this is an easy post so I'll take care of it while I have a few minutes. Mason had his 6 month check up on Monday the 9th. He is 28 1/2 inches (although his on his stats print out I get it had been rounded up to 29 inches) which puts him in the 96th percentile for height. He is 17lbs 14oz (58%) and his head is 18 inches (90%). He is getting better at sitting up unassisted although he can still only do it for a few seconds at a time but he is improving when it comes to how straight his back is. I'm not very consistent with feeding him solids but he has had oatmeal, sweet potato, green beans, avocado, bananas, and apples. I haven't had success with the apples yet but maybe I've been trying to feed him at bad times. He cut a tooth on April 6th and I have a feeling he might have a new one in the morning. I can see the little ridges of the tooth but can't feel the sharpness of it yet. He has been extra fussy lately when it comes to leaving him to play on his own. I'm not sure if it's because his mouth is hurting or if he's going through a little separation anxiety or what. He doesn't care who holds him as long as he's being held so I don't really think he's experiencing separation anxiety yet. Naps are somewhat starting to improve....he is starting to nap an hour to an hour and 40 minutes more often. Night sleeping still varies but I am starting to see him have longer stretches (more than 2-3 hours) on most nights. He now will usually roll to his tummy at some point after I put him down so I think that's helping him sleep longer because he doesn't end up rolling on his back from his side and startling himself awake. Anyway, here's a few pictures from this week:

 After we got home from his 6 month appointment

 Pressing the buttons together on the book

 Giggling with Daddy...see a strong resemblance??

Hanging out in the grass in Nana and Papa's backyard

AnnaBeth is 3!!

Much to my disbelief, AnnaBeth is 3 years old today! Before breakfast, she had some tickle time with Daddy in our bed. Then she had some specially decorated pancakes for breakfast.

 AnnaBeth had her 3 year checkup today. She weighs 29 lbs (10%) and is 3 ft tall (26%). I'm not totally sure the height is dead on because she was afraid to stand against the wall to be measured. She's totally healthy and is ahead of the game with speaking. Her doctor asked her a bunch of questions which she answered all of them correctly. My favorite was "AnnaBeth do you know how to brush your teeth?" "Mommy brushes them for me."

 On our way home from the doctor, we stopped at the grocery store because I wanted her to have a special birthday balloon. She picked Lightning McQueen and then we headed to the bakery where they had giant cupcakes! She picked the one with pink frosting.

 Then we met Daddy and Jim at Joe's BBQ for lunch. Since it's her birthday, she got to eat for free! Here she has taken the top bun of her chicken sandwich and is stabbing pieces off of it to eat. She did end up eating some of the delicious mac and cheese and some of the chicken.

 Watching the little birds take a bath in a puddle

 Found a fly to pester

 After lunch we headed to the shop where she was super surprised to find her presents in the office!

 The festivities were a bit too much for Mason

 A play market stand with play food and play money included

 A 90 piece set of play food

 A fun lego set

 A flower patch sprinkler thing to attach to the hose

 Picking up the paper

 The cupcake!

 Waiting for Daddy to light the candles

 Happily watching the video Tia Yaya sent to my phone of her singing happy birthday to AnnaBeth

 Not a single bite of cupcake....all she ate was frosting

 "Get in my belly sock!"

 We are going the leave the market stand and play food at the shop for her to always have something to play with there

 Notice the shop dirt around her eyes?

This sums it up pretty well...our girl is a birthday champ!!

This is sort of going to be a birthday celebration week. Tomorrow the kids and I are meeting my parents and Geli at the science center and then we are going to the zoo with them on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday we will be going to Kent's parents like we do every Wednesday and we will have pizza and ice cream cake before her cousins go to Awana. And then on Saturday we're having her party here at our house with my parents, Geli and Mike, Kent's parents as well as Tammi and Rene. 

Mason is 5 months old!!

I can't believe my boy is 5 months old!! On Thursday he finally rolled over and yesterday he rolled over twice but hasn't done it since. Maybe he's just not a big fan of it. Or maybe he hasn't quite figured out that he can go places if he rolls (other than his scooting around in a circle while on his tummy). He is still a very happy and smiley baby and sometimes when I kiss his cheeks and neck he ends up screaming because it tickles too much. He starts out laughing and that turns to screams :) We haven't made any real progress with solids. The last two times I tried he ended up gagging and was fussy and still needs more practice with using his tongue to push it to the back of his mouth so he can swallow it rather than spit it out.

Rufus Cuteness