Slowly but Surely

Okay, so I'm not keeping up with the blog as much as I would like. But hey, I'm doing better than Aunt Tanya right?

So Mason's 3 month checkup went really well, he was 12 pounds and 24 inches. Still on the small side, but the doctor doesn't seem concerned. I think she said he's in the 10th percentile for weight, but 50th for length. He's long and skinny. But hey, like she said, it's not a race, it's just a scale to show how he's growing. Someone has to be the smallest. Lol.











Also, Mason attended his first Saints game, Sunday against the Detroit Lions. He did really really well. We bought some Remington shooting earmuffs and placed Saints Fleur de Lis stickers over the logo, and he slept soundly for 2 hours!!! He doesn't do that at home. I guess it was because he was a snuggled up womb-like in his snugli. When he was awake he would flash a few smiles at the ladies. He's such a flirt. He even made the news. I uploaded a few pictures fromt he game on a local news sight, and that day it was broadcast on the local news. My baby's a star. lol.


Next adventure for Mason, his first plane ride. We're flying to Nebraska next week to visit my sister Kerrie and Mason's little cousins. I don't fly often, so I get really nervous the weeks leading up to it. But once I'm on the plane, I'm usually fine. Hopefully my "system" works out though. I plan on carrying him on the front in his snugli while wearing a backpack diaper bag. Won't that look silly?

Well, I'm sure you guys have been waiting for a post from me since I announced that we were having a baby boy. Well, I'm sure most of you know, we had our beautiful baby boy. A shortened version of the birth story is available at Mason Ryan's photo share site http://www.masonryan.shutterfly.com.

So far, Mason is doing great. He started off on the small side, 6 pounds and 20 inches, but he's gaining weight well. He's averaged about 2 pounds a month, he is now over 10 1/2 pounds. He's below average on the weight, but average in length (23 inches) and head circumference. My pediatrician informed me that some babies are just on the skinny side and that most women formula feed so their babies tend to be bigger.

He started smiling around 5 weeks, but didn't do it often. Now, he smiles every morning when wake he wakes us up and he smiles just about any time he sees me. By the way, he started sleeping 7 hours a night at 5 weeks, and now he sleeps about 8 hours a night. I would like to say that I trained him and whipped him into shape, but he really did it all on his own. The only thing that I really control, is I don't go longer than 3 hours without feeding him, and I make sure he gets a full feeding when he seems hungry. I don't encourage short feedings by feeding him every time he gets fussy. But, he makes it pretty easy on me. He takes the pacifer, switches from breast to bottle with the greatest of ease, and doesn't cry that often. He even slept through his circumcision in the hospital and falls asleep after his vaccination shots.

It's so weird because, it feels like he's been around forever, and yet at the same time, it feels like he's growing up so fast. I love our life with little Mason, and even though it wasn't that long ago, I can't imagine life without him. Before he was born I was worried about all the life changes that I would have to go through to take care of him, but I don't feel burdened by him at all. I love nursing him, changing his diaper, and easing his fussiness. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, I had a little stomach bug and I didn't want to get him sick, so I pumped milk for him and let my mother-in-law take care of him. Even though he wasn't far away, I missed him. I couldn't wait until I felt better so I could nurse him and rock him to sleep again.

So, I promise to keep you guys posted on Mason's progress by updating my blog. I enjoy reading everyone else's so it would be wrong to rob you guys of reading mine, right?