The Harris Family: January 2014

I realized yesterday when I was feeding Mason lunch that it was 1/17 and he turned 13 months old the previous day. Life is much busier now for this little guy. He wakes around 6-630 every morning, sometimes a little later, but definitely on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I have preschool (so he can go back to nap at 10 a.m.), or when it is my turn to drive to the junior high on Wednesdays and Fridays. He is a patient baby to just go along with the flow!

He still "asks" to nurse every morning when he gets up and has been able to do without the night nursing. He is my only baby who has lasted this long with the nursing thing, and I haven't known what to do since all the other ones usually wean themselves at 10 months. He won't drink any other type of milk though, so I feel like I have to keep it up until he can get used to the taste of milk. Flavored milk does not work either. So the doctor told me to just give him dairy in other forms - cheese, yogurt, etc.
He is a big eater - his typical breakfast includes 2 waffles and a pouch of pureed fruit/vegetable. His lunch - maybe chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, toast, another pouch of baby food. Dinner - he just pretty much eats what we eat, and gobbles everything up. He's come to expect the latching of his high chair belt so that when we put him in it, he grabs the belt parts and tries to belt himself in. So funny.
He loves to take baths with Zaney after breakfast, while I get ready for the day. When I get them out, he is usually ready to settle down for his long morning nap. After his nap, he eats lunch and we usually have to go pick up the kids from school shortly after. Then he is in the car for a while, til about 330, then home for a bit, then back in the car to pick Allie up from cheer at 430. Like I said, he takes those car trips really well!

He is so mellow and has such a cute little personality. He has recently started "throwing a fit" when he doesn't get what he wants. Ha! I just have to laugh. He sits on the floor, then makes himself fall back, but looking back to make sure he is falling on a pillow or soft blanket (he will usually find a soft spot first). Then just as his head hits the carpet or pillow or blanket, you can tell he tried to stop himself falling completely, then he lets his head fall back carefully. He starts to cry with his eyes closed, then open them and look to see if I am watching him.

He has 6 teeth now, loves to crinkle his nose and wink both his eyes, and loves to make messes everywhere. Since he learned how to open our doors, no room is immune to Mason's little mess tactics. Our school room is his favorite place to mess up, and frustrating for me to have to clean up every time. Somehow our door lock in that room is not working properly so if he toggles the handle long enough, he can get the school open. He has a couple favorite items to scatter - the pom pom balls, and plastic nails for hammering. Every single time. He always leaves a trail wherever he goes so I've kind of given up and just accepted it's going to be that way until he is a little bit older. ha!

He now has figured out how to climb chairs and walls and look out the windows in his room. Another climber like Zane! I am glad he has such an easy going personality - he is always so glad to see anyone, he loves to play and be held by everyone at home. He likes to wake Maddie up and loves her especially, and Zane, he always has a laugh for everytime he sees him. Because I am in primary, he hangs with Kevin every Sunday and he gets to sleep on his Dad's shoulder for two hours cause Kevin doesn't mind being a baby carrier for that long (especially when he is 22 lbs!). One Sunday, I decided to take him out (Kevin usually does), and Mason was still not happy once we got out to the foyer. A little while later, Kevin came out of sacrament meeting and came over and put his arms out to Mason. Mason instantly lit up and went to Kevin and was so excited to see him, melted right into his shoulder and didn't even look back! He loves his Dad.

Other favorite things to do: spin around in the rocking chair, ride his train ride-on with Zane pushing the toy and him around the house, sucking his fingers, jumping in his crib. Here he is trying to get on the scooter but figured out pretty quickly it wasn't happening: