I hope everyone had a nice Easter! Mason had his 6 month appointment last Thursday. He weighed a wopping 19 pounds, 2 ounces! He is our little BEEF CAKE!! He still has a large head that falls somewhere in the 90th percentile range. He is in the 60 percentile range for both weight and height. Mason received another 
round of shots and although he was pissed when the shots were received, he was back to normal the next day. Both Tim and I were able to attend the appointment together ... I am glad Tim was there to hold Mason down while he received his shots ... I had the "cushie" job of scooping him up and comforting him afterwards! We are going to work with him a little more in helping him sit up and roll over. He is not doing those activities on his own just yet. All-in-all, our boy is doing great and is within normal ranges of where he should be!!
Our Easter was nice. We went up to Chico and had brunch with the family at the Country Club. Once again, Mason was the hit of the party ... that is, after he woke up. He fell asleep on our way up to Chico and stayed asleep through most of our brunch!! I eventually had to wake him up! It was a really nice visit and the day couldn't have been more perfect!
I finished off the day by introducing something other than rice cereal into Mason's diet. I cooked up some potato, mashed it through a strainer and mixed it with some water and formula ... soungs appealing, right ?! Yeah, Mason didn't think so ... he looked like he was going to gag it back up! I wish I had the camera ready for that one. I think I will keep it close as I begin to introduce new foods. I think I am going to abandon the potato for tomorro night and switch to something more palatable like banannas .... lets hope for the best! Anyhow, I have included a link below for a few pictures taken recently:http://adobe.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=60cie9o.ax4oss0g&x=0&y=-nctcri&localeid=en_USI hope you are all doing well!Love,Jenn
Hello from the Brown household!! Things have been going well in our little realm. Tim is done with wrestling season (yeah!) and life is pretty much getting back to normal for us. I have another five weeks at the bank and am now dedicated to finding a new job. The reality of unemployment has hit home!!
Mason is doing great! He has started eating solid foods (and by solid, I mean soupy rice-cereal) and is doing very well. I knew it was time to begin solids when he downed a 10 oz bottle and was still hungry! ... that, and the fact that he would lick his high chair tray and stare at us while we ate dinner!
At first, Mason didn't really know what to make of the texture of the "solid food" cereal. He would work his little tongue and spit out the cereal all over his chin ... eventually he got the hang of it and now opens his mouth like a little bird when he sees the spoon approaching. ... he still makes a
huge mess even though most of the food ends up in his belly.
Mason has still been sleeping through the night. He is usually exhausted by the end of the day as he spends a lot of his time bouncing in his excersaucer, playing on the floor gym, and people watching. My daycare provider (on Wednesdays) says that he will only nap when the "big kids" nap ... otherwise, there is simply too much for him to see!
Tim and I are VERY excited as we are approaching new Auntie and Uncle status with the pending birth of Connor Joseph, Scott and Liz's baby (Scott is Tim's twin). I have been helping Scott and Liz paint a mural in their nursery of an underwater sea-scape and a beach scene with palm trees and a sand castle. The room is really turning out well and I wish it was Mason's room! I am having so much fun doing the painting that I wish I could some how capitalize and make my painting efforts into a side business! I will definitely post pictures of the end result as I am rather proud of how it is coming along!
My good friend Kelly is also nearing her due date for the arrival of her son, Luke Thomas! I have been playing soccer with Kelly since we were 5 years old and it is a blessing to have a longtime friendship where we can see our lives come full circle ... in a couple of years our little ones will hopefully be playing soccer together!
Well, Mason is napping and I am still in my PJ's at 11am ... I guess it would be an opportune time for me to quit typing and get myself ready for the day (even though it is half over)!
Mason has his 6 MONTH appointment next week so I am sure I will post after I receive his new stats!
I hope this finds you all doing GREAT! Enjoy the Spring!Love,Jenn
I hope everyone had a nice Easter! Mason had his 6 month appointment last Thursday. He weighed a wopping 19 pounds, 2 ounces! He is our little BEEF CAKE!! He still has a large head that falls somewhere in the 90th percentile range. He is in the 60 percentile range for both weight and height. Mason received another 
Our Easter was nice. We went up to Chico and had brunch with the family at the Country Club. Once again, Mason was the hit of the party ... that is, after he woke up. He fell asleep on our way up to Chico and stayed asleep through most of our brunch!! I eventually had to wake him up! It was a really nice visit and the day couldn't have been more perfect!
