Happy 12 Months…, Incredibly Blessed Nest Blog

My dearest Mason,

You are now ONE and I can’t help but think about what the past year has meant to me and all that I have experienced…those last night feeds, sleepless nights, your first smile, giggle, those sweet snuggles, your soft baby skin, sweet babbles, crawling, standing, and your first words. I wouldn’t trade this time in my life for anything. I am forever thankful to call you my baby boy. You are a special gift that I will never take for granted.

You are on the verge of walking, in fact the daycare is surprised you aren’t walking yet. You’ve taken a few steps on your own, when mommy and daddy were on FaceTime. As I’ve said before, you can take your sweet time with walking; however, your daddy wants you to hurry up and walk. I’m not quite sure why. You are throwing a ball overhand and you are also trying to kick them. You are also now trying to put on your own shoes. You also become more interactive with the dogs and wanting to pet them, and at times you can be rough. When you start to get rough mommy says “be nice”, and you pet them softly.

You are now completely on whole milk and drinking 6-8 ounces three times a day (8:30am, 11:30am, and 6:00pm). Two weeks prior to you turning one, we gradually introduced whole milk to you by mixing half formula and whole milk. On the weekend of October 11, just after you turned 11 months, I decided to try to completely take you off of the bottle. You did awesome! I definitely thought that it would be more of a struggle because you loved your bottle. It only took us that one day and you never turned back.

You are eating 3 times a day (8:30am, 11:30am, and 6:00pm) with a morning and afternoon snack. Your favorites are still chicken, quesadillas, mac ‘n cheese, and any pasta with sauce.

Your morning nap is officially gone, but it still depends on when you wake up in the morning. While at daycare the morning nap is completely gone. You have bath time around 7:30pm and go to bed at 8:30pm. Your nap times are now at 12:00-3:00pm and 5:00-6:00pm (sometimes).

Some firsts for you this month: Pumpkin Patch, Haircut, Halloween

New words this month: None

Happy, happy 1st Birthday to our handsome, fearless, fun, happy, amazing little boy! A year ago today we were blessed by becoming your mommy and daddy. What a wonderful and quick year it has been! On your first birthday we wish everything for you. But above all, we wish you a heart that is full. Full of joy and compassion. Full of empathy and hope. Full of faith and knowledge that you can be anything you want to be. My heart brims wit this enormous desire for you to know that you are special, so smart and such a source of joy for so many people. Not just your mommy and daddy. Thank you for opening my heart to a world I never imagined could be so joyful one year ago today. You are so beautiful, so special and so precious sweet boy. Happy Birthday, Mason Grey!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Twelve Month Report Card

22 pounds 14 ounces (73rd percentile)

30 inches tall (53rd percentile)

18.5 inches head circumference (75th percentile)

Immunizations-Prevnar, MMR, Varicella, Flu (Booster)

Clothes Size: 12-18 months

Shoe Size: 4-5

Diaper Size: 4

Teeth: 8

Words: dada, mama, hey, night-night