In the Life of the Blanton's

First Stomach Bug

Mason has gotten his first stomach bug. Monday he had explosive poop. I woke up and smelled him from the doorway. I walked in and he was covered as was his bed. Into the bath we went (at 620am). After he was all cleaned up, I gave him his bottle. Within 2 minutes of finishing the bottle he projectile vomited the ENTIRE 7oz all over me, him, the couch and floor. Back into the bath he went (640am). He didn't eat much Monday but kept the few oz of his bottles that he drank down. Tuesday night....ugh Tuesday night. After he went down at his normal time 745pm I thought we were good to go....until 10pm. He woke up screaming. I walked in and there he was COVERED from head to toe in puke.....so I did what every mom would do.....FREAKING TOOK A PICTURE! Then I thought to myself....April what are you doing you child is MISERABLE! FAIL!!!! Into the bath we went, I gave him some pedialyte and rocked him back to sleep. Good to go until about 430am when he blew out his diaper again. Then at 630am after his bottle....projectile vomit again. After that, he's been doing better. I'm hoping it was just a 24hr thing. UGH I would prefer he not get that again!

The "Mother of the Year" picture....poor baby :(

Here are some pics from before he got sick

Riding the firetruck at the mall

Playing on the front porch

Taking after Poppa and searching for good recipies

Unloading dishes (he climbed up himself)

Happy 9 Months and Park Day!

Warning....this is a long post!

Well he's been out of my belly as long as he was in my belly! It's really hard to believe he's already 9 months. Life went by fast before him, but now.....seriously like on fast forward or something. Wish there was a slow button!

Thursday mom and I went to this thing called Charleston Repeats. It's like a HUGE garage sale (with pretty good stuff). We got lots of cool things for Mason's Christmas/Birthday but he got a few 9 month presents too!

COOL A TUNNEL!

What he's doing at 9 months:
- Holding his bottle. He sits on the couch, crosses his ankles and drinks.
- Eating people food. He refused stage 3 foods so we just went on to table food. I haven't found a food he doesn't like....this kid LOVES to eat!
- Cruising and crawling like a pro. He can walk while you hold just one hand but will only take a step or two on his own.
- He whispers (which is histerical)
- We are working on high fives, clapping and kissing (aka open mouth slobbers)
- He has figured out that there are things UNDER the couch/table/ect. He'll bend down with his butt in the air to look under stuff.
- Taking baths in the big boy tub.....he outgrew the cute duckie.
- He LOVES Elmo!
- He has started to have a comfort item. It's called a lovie (basically and doggie
head with a blanket body). He LOVES it.

He is officially weaned. I would have liked to continue until his first birthday but my supply ran out. He was exclusivly breastfed for 7 1/2 months then half and half til his 9 month birthday. As much as I am sad/disappointed I couldn't continue, I'm proud of myself that I was able to go as long as I did with only one side. It's nice not to have to pump at work anymore too!

He goes to the doctor next week. No shots this time!! If I had to guess, he's about 22lbs and about 29 in long

Today (Friday) was a Park Day!!! It was GORGEOUS weather so me, mom, nana and grandma took Mason to the new Mt. Pleasant park and to feed the ducks at Quarterman's park. It was a long day but we had a BLAST!!

Swinging with Nana and Grandma

Mommy and Mason

It hurts to crawl so I'll do this

Nana and Great-Grandma enjoying the view

I love to swing!

I LIKE DUCKS!

WHOA man!

Look at all the ducks!

Hurry up Nana I wanna catch it!

Labor Day Weekend

We started out Labor Day weekend relaxing on the couch, watching some new Baby Einstein movies......

We did some laundry and he fell in :)

We played in the toliet some (after mommy cleaned it)
*come back this weekend to see video*

We got his 9 month pictures made which was a freakin mess. We got there on time, but they were running late. Appt at 11am we got in at 1130am. Mason was being his happy self, til he sat down. We had a time getting him to sit still and smile. We got a few cute ones, BUT because it took soo long and took soo long for them to get the "album" ready for us to look at Mason freaked out. He was soo tired and cranky and wouldnt be still. Mom and I were both flustered and couldn't figure out which pictures we wanted. After we got home (at 1pm!) we realize we picked the wrong one! Not that the one we chose was bad, just this one was better. Oh well....he'll get new ones in 3 months.

And to top the weekend off we had a fun cookout with the whole family!
Cousin Robyn and Great-Grandma with Mason

Riverdogs Game

Tonight we took Mason's to his first baseball game! We went to a Sunday game because they start earlier. The first hour Mason sat contently and watch the game and people and noises, then he wanted to play. We walked around and got his picture taken with Charlie and Chelsie the Riverdogs. He wasn't scared of them at all! YAY for a GREAT first baseball game!

I like baseball!

Sitting with daddy

Watching the game

Humm you have a big head

Sittin' with Charlie

Future MLB player??

Update

Just a quick update....school has started back. I am really lucky this year and I get Fridays off. So Mason goes between grandparents M-Th. Occasionally I take him to Mom's day out at church so he can interact with other kids. He seems to like it there! Other than that, we've just been trying to get back into the routine of school! Here are a few pics

Helping Daddy load the dishwasher (well Daddy was loading, Mason was unloading)

Playing with cousin Lilly

The Last Day of Summer and 8 Months Old

Last Friday was my last day of summer so we spent it at the beach! Mason had a BLAST! I really enjoyed having the summer with my little man. I got to see every little change and new development he had. I'm really gonna miss that during the school year. At least I'll have a 3-day weekend every week!

Mason was 8 months old on Monday. 8 MONTHS!! I know can you believe it?! Some new developments include:

- 8 teeth.....yep 4 on the bottom and 4 on the top. Boy did those eye teeth cause
some problems too!!

- He has begun to tell the world what he thinks. He babbles and babbles. No real words yet more of like a bababababbabababa or aaaaaaaaa. We are working hard on mamamamamamama :)

- He is crawling like a mad man and has learned to crawl up stairs.

- He's still cruising around ANYTHING that he can pull up on. He well let go for like a second and be able to stand without falling.

- He loves finger foods, especially yogurt drops, puffs and cheese puffs. He's also started eating what we eat like toast, waffles, cinnamon and sugar pretzel bites, vienna sausages...LOL :)

Yumm....sand

Me and My Mason!

YAY BEACH!

Great-Grandma's 94th Birthday

Last weekend we celebrated great-grandma's birthday in Gaston. Gaston was the mid point so we all met at Aunt Ora Lee and Uncle Allen's. The food was DELICIOUS and the time spent with family was great! Here are a few pics...

Happy Birthday Great Grandma!