16 Weeks Already?!?!

It's true, Mason is already 16 weeks old. He had his appointment where he got shots and of course cried. I always feel bad for him but can't help and smile at his reaction to the shots. Christopher was such a supportive Dad and got shots of his own but for the flu and whooping cough. Mason's appointment went well and was really talkative with the doctor.  He was so friendly in fact that he both peed and spit up on her. Despite the generous gifts she still thought he was pretty cute.  Here are his stats for 16 weeks.

Height: 25.8 inches(87%)

Weight: 14 lbs(42%) 

Head Circumference: 17 inches(82%)

Some of the newer things he does now are reaching out at objects and actually being able to grab them.  He also sucks on his hands non-stop, and any other objects that he can pull toward his mouth.  Also he has started to be able to sit in his bumbo chair for 5 or so minutes at at time.  It kills me when he sits in his chair he looks so big, even though his head barely reaches over the back of it.  His nails seem to grow so fast, I have to cut hem every 5-7 days if I don't want claw marks and scratches. He is most social in the morning and when he's one-on-one with people, otherwise he is distracted by all the other things he could be observing.  He's my best little man and I'm so glad I get to spend all day with him!

Month-long Christmas

We were fortunate enough this year that Christopher's school schedule allowed us to visit both families and take almost a month of vacation for Christmas.  We traveled over to Bellingham to see his parents since his dad got a week off in December; and Kelsey was thinking along the same lines and came over with Crew.  We were so excited to meet Crew and have some cousin hangout.

If you can't tell from the pictures,although he is 3 months older, Crew is quite the big boy. It was nice to have the comparison and feel like Mason was a little baby again.

We had a small Christmas with both the Burley grandparents and his immediate family. It was so nice to see all of the baby cousins together and we can't wait till next year with all of them, it's going to be FUN!!

After about a week or so we flew down to see my family.  We had such a fun time my mom planned out he whole week of Christmas with activities for us to do.  Some of the things we did were make cookies, and candy. I successfully made english toffee, which because I've cut dairy out of my diet for Mason's sensitive stomach I didn't get to eat any...BUT  Melissa made molasses cookies which I almost single handedly consumed in less than three days.  Other activities included...

Making gingerbread houses...

Playing a super awesome game of Minute to Win It....

Seeing my mom's family...

Visiting friends from college...

Watching a performance of the nativity...

Taking pics of the cousins in Grandma's cute outfit coordinated clothes...

Opening presents...

Playing some volleyball...with some basketball during take-down...

Going to Leatherby's...

Celebrating a birthday with cake and ice-skating...

And of course seeing Santa.

Christmas vacation was absolutely a blast!!!  We were so glad to see everyone this holiday season and grateful for the friends and family we have to share it with.