Mason: Seven Months

On Saturday Mason turned seven months old! About two weeks ago we took him into an appointment and he was 16" (but I think that is off because two weeks before that he was 16.25 inches...) and 16lbs 11 oz (28%). We have a small guy on our hands! He is in 6-12 month clothes now, and in brands that do 9 month, he is in 9 month clothes. He also has super small feet because he is still in size 1 and brands that do sizes by month, 3-6 month still don't fit those tiny little feet.

Our brunette turned into a 100% blondie this month (just look at his 5 month picture). Even though he is the same little boy, now that he is blonde I just perceive his personality in such a different way than I did when he had a head full of dark dark hair.

Mason is still sleeping like a rockstar; he is usually asleep by 7:30 pm and wakes up for the day anywhere from 6:40-7am. He takes two 1.5-2hr naps, one around 9 and the other around 1. He dropped his dream feed at 10:30, so he only has 4 liquid feedings a day (7/11/3/7), but I suspect he will drop down to 3 here any day because he is such a fan of solids.

Homeboy is a FOODIE. He will let you know when he wants food, and it's usually anytime he sees food he decides that he will literally die of starvation if that food isn't in his mouth within 10 seconds of seeing it. You can only imagine how grocery shopping goes, even if I do feed him before we leave. A big milestone for this month- he can wave "hi" and do the sign for "more" and "food". He does the sign for food for both, ahah, BUT it makes meal time so much more peaceful.

 Mason is a HUGE fan of the outdoors. He loves touching leaves, and now that it's warmer outside (he didn't like the cold), he would be happy if we spent alllllll day outside basking in the sun.

Mason is still a huge thumb sucker, mostly when he is falling asleep for a nap or if he is getting tired. He is still a very pleasant (except when he is around food) and smiley little boy. You just look at him and he is all smiles. If a stranger even glances in his direction he goes from meltdown to smiles and laughs. He likes to put on a show for people "me? I would never cry. Look at this gummy smile".

 He still can't sit up 100% on his own, although he is getting better and will sit up for 10-30 seconds on his own before he flops to the side. He also graduated from the wrap to the cart for shopping trips- but only at Costco, because Im terrified to go shopping with Calvin not in the cart.

While he isn't the greatest at sitting on his own, he is a rolling machine, and is getting better at schootching little distances to grab toys.
 Mason still thinks his brother is the greatest human being in the whole world; lets just give it a few years an hope that doesn't change.

 During his 7th month of life Mason went on his first hiking trip in our hiking backpack, went to his first Davis family reunion, visited his first national park, had his first overnight babysitter while we ran the RTO (thanks Oma!), and met his cousin Graham for the first time. We love watching this little munchkin grow!