Christmas

Mason had such a great Christmas!!! We are so lucky to live close to our family and get to spend holidays with both sides! We spent Christmas Eve with the Gervais' and Christmas Day with the Jones'. Here are a few pictures from the holidays!

Christmas Card pictures

Santa came to daycare

Christmas Day at Great-Gma Jones'

Christmas Eve at the Papa and Mammaw's house

Santa came to Mammaw's house

We hope you had a very merry Christmas too!

Staying Home

Mommy and I get to stay home! Although we will miss everyone at Blessing Child Care we are so excited to be able to stay at home. Mommy has one little boy that is just couple of months older than me that she is going to watch, and hoping to get a few more!

3 months!

Three months already! Wow it just doesn't seem possible! You have become quite the little social bug, smiling at everyone. You even started belly laughing! You weigh 12lb and 12oz! Growing like a weed! So far you have been a healthy baby boy!Yes mommy forgot your stickers in the first picture...But I can tell by your socks its your 3 month pictures. Christmas is coming soon!

Baptism

Mason was baptized Dec 10th. His godparents were Aunt Andrea Barnes and Uncle Joe Jones. Father John Doctor (who married Adam and Stacey) came over from Quincy to celebrate his baptism for us. Mason is such a good baby, but that night he cried and cried. He ended up eating during the whole baptism. :)

Santa Claus

Tis the Season...Mason has been a good boy this year.....We have visited with 2 Santas and Mason asks for the same thing each time...Milk :)

The BOYS

Aunt Erin brought the boys all antlers....so we attempted a group pic......probably 20 flashes went off....this is the only good one I got!Here is another attempt at a group picture.....with these boys you NEVER know what you are going to get.

2 months!

2 months old- November 13, 2011

YOu are getting SO BIG! Thats what daddy says everyday and its so true. At 2 months you weigh 10lbs 2 oz and are 21 1/2 inches long. You are in the 25th percentile for weight and 3rd percentile for height...probably won't be playing much basketball, unless you've got moves like Muggsy Bogues. You love to "talk" now. And laugh, you think people are pretty funny, I only wish I knew what you were really thinking when you laugh at us!!!! You like to play peek-a-boo, and you like to read books. You're favorite is a peek-a-boo farm book right now, Of course! You tolerate tummy time for very SHORT periods, though we are working on this. You do have very good head control though when sitting up. You like the bumbo seat too, once again for short periods of time :)


TALKING!

2months

Stretching out!

My how you have grown!!!!!

Two month Check-Up/ SHOTS!!!!!

We went for our 2 month check up today! The little guy is doing perfect Dr says. He is a little guy though, only in the 3rd percentile for height!!! Guess he got the Marshall (my mother's grandmother) genes! Adam and I were talking the day before about how tall Mason would be and he raised him up almost as tall as he is and said "I'm guessing this tall" I laughed and said "I think he has my genes on height." I was right this time!!!!
Mason had to get 3 shots this time. Daddy held his legs, another nurse held his arms, and a nurse and the dr gave him the shots, I turned my back and let my eyes water. the poor baby screamed like I have never heard him scream before! Daddy picked him up and snuggled with him. He did good that night, a little fussy in the evening but slept ok throughout the night.

Basketball

Mason decided since the NBA can't reach an agreement, he would play!

This is his new OOooOOOo face!

Aw..Finally

FINALLY......Mason is sleeping in his own bed (cradle).....I ate my words and Mason slept with us for the first 7 weeks. Knowing that at daycare he can't sleep with anyone, I knew it was time to get him to sleep in his own bed. We tried Halloween night to get him to sleep in his bed in his room, I let him cry for almost 30 min going in there a coupe of times to put the pacifier back in his mouth and letting him know that he was ok. After 30 min I couldn't take it anymore, I picked him up and put him in bed with us and within 2 min he was asleep. So the next night I put him in his cradle in the living room and he slept there all night, only waking up once about 12 to eat and back asleep until 6!!! He now has done this for 6nights in a row!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And he has continued to go to bed about 930-10 sleeping until about 1:00 eating and going right back to bed until 6:00! Its been so nice to get good sleep!

He does during the day really like to cuddle with this monkey. And he does sleep on this pillow as he doesn't like to sleep flat yet. I figured one step at a time.

Family Pics

We took a few family pics today. This is only the second one since Mason was born that all 3 of us are in the picture! Thanks Andrea for taking the pictures!

Mason wore jeans for the first time, and he looked SOOO big! i can't believe how big he is getting.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

All 8 Jones' Grandkids

This is the 1st time since Mason has been born that all 8 grand kids were together. So here is our attempt at a picture!!! I can't even imagine what Christmas will be like this year!

Mason's Appointment

Today we had Mason's hearing test at Children's hospital in St Louis. He had to have a more extensive test done because he failed the tests they did in the hospital. So our Dr referred us to a pediatric audiologist.

Here we are 3rd floor please! Children's is such a neat hospital.

For the test they had to tape electrodes to his forehead and behind his ears. He didn't seem to mind that, he just didn't like the scrubbing of his head first to make sure they would stick. Then we had to feed to until he fell into a deep sleep. He did such a good job!

They did 4 sets of tests on each ear and HE PASSED them all! He is such a good little tester :)

First Time for everything...

Today was the first time I had to leave Mason for more that 15-20 min. It was our soup day at church and I help Andrea chair the day. So I was gone from about 9:30am -1:30pm. That was such a long 4 hours!!!! I am so not ready to go back to work, 10 hours is way too long to be away from him. Good thing I have another 2 weeks.

Daddy and Mason had fun. They watched football, had a snack , and Mason even got a wet wipe bath due to an accident during a diaper change. :) Of course Mommy had to laugh when I came home and saw that Mason didn't have his chiefs outfit on anymore. Daddy did great!! Mason and I are very lucky to have such a great guy in our lives!
Tomorrow is Taste of Palmyra. Daddy and Mason get to hang out AGAIN, because Mom and I have a booth selling hair bows, holders, car seat covers, and tutus. Not sure why we make all this girly stuff, no baby girls in our family!!!!!!! :)

Trip to Alabama

Mason, Mommy, Papa and Mamaw Gervais all took a trip to Alabama to meet Mason's Great-Grandparents. Mason did great in the car ride down and back. He is such a great little traveler, which is good since we have so much family out of town. We had a great time visiting with everyone down there.
Hanging out in the hotel
Taking a walk
Great Grandma Thelma
Great Grandpa Jerry


Checking him out!
Cotton Fields!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How beautiful!!!!!!

Mason's 1st cotton fieldSmiling! Ready to come home and see daddy!

1 month

I tried to take some 1 month pictures so i can compared them every month with taking similar pictures.

At 1 month old you weigh 8lbs 15 oz and are 22inches long!!!!

You are sleeping pretty good at night, usually 6 hours at first and then you want to play for 1-2 hours, you eat again and then sleep for another 4 hours. We need you to figure out night time is not play time!!!! During the day you are awake a lot more now. You like to lay under your activity gym and watch the animals. You have very good head control and like to look around when being burped. You are still nursing plus being supplemented with formula as well. You have very good hearing, despite what the Doctors say. You turn your head when you hear mommy's voice, daddy's too.

The 1st Month

Sorry picture overload for you....just trying to catch up on the last month!

Our Family

Headed Home


Sleeping in his bed


1st Day Home


Sleeping in the cradle made by Uncle Doc Wommack


bad hair day

1st Photo Shoot by Mommy :)

Birth Announcement

Mommy and Mason

Baby ache

1st Trip to Pumpkin Patch