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A Week of Firsts

After weeks of "faking" it by army crawling and doing this weird inch-worm type thing Mason has mastered the crawl. Let's call his "official" day February 14th. (This is the only baby book he has. He may want to know that date in the future!:))
He also took his first road trip and had his first sucker (this had to do with the road trip!).

And also worthy of mentioning, Mason cut his first tooth on February 15th. While I am mentioning his accomplishments let me add that he shakes his head no, says "na-na-na" when I am putting him in his car seat, shakes his head yes, likes to pull open his dad's shirt and pull his chest hair, says "ma-ma" and "da-da", has started doing this bury-his-face shy thing if someone talks to him, refuses to drink his bottle because he would much rather have real food, squints up his eyes to provoke laughter, is almost impossible to change since he rolls and wiggles so much, takes 3 naps a day, sleeps all night, loves Cheerios, cruises in his walker, eats plants and anything else he gets a hold of, gives kisses, waves, squeals with delight when his brothers come home and brings so much joy to our family!
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Patti said…
He's getting big too fast! I'm keeping track of him because I was promised I wouldn't have to talk in Sacrament Mtg again for six years. So if I'm up there again before Mason turns 6 1/2, promises were broken. Such a cute boy. I love how he's so friendly with us "older" folks!
February 17, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Jana said…
I can not believe how big he is getting. He is sooo cute!
February 17, 2009 at 6:40 PM
brees said…
Wow! I am with Jana, I can't believe he is so big already! Abbey just loves him. She keeps telling me she can't wait until she is 12 so she can babysit him!!
February 17, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Ang said…
He's so dang cute. Love those cheeks! Can you believe how fast it goes?
February 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
wylie said…
Good job Mason!! He looks really cute crawling around in those pictures, smiling and concentrating. A lot of things came together for this boy this week.
February 17, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Melanie said…
WOW, Jenny! He's growing up so fast. Thanks for sharing his accomplishments with us!
February 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Mindi said…
Hooray for Mason! What an active little man. He's just right for the Orchard crew!
February 19, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Sarah said…
Sounds a lot like my little guy! Mine is still using the army crawl. Mason looks so cute on those picture crawling!
February 21, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Aimee said…
Wow, the time really flies. It seems like yesterday my kids were doing those things. Don't blink.
February 24, 2009 at 7:13 PM
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