Ian is 9 months old

Our "Ian Bug" turned 9 months on April 5th. Can you believe it? He is an absolute delight, and the apple of his big brother's eye. He is on the move these days - usually trying to follow Mason throughout the house. He especially likes to follow Mason into the bathroom - I think he likes the cool tile floor. He loves to hear his own voice, and we've called it channeling his inner Fonzie because he'll just say, "Ey! Ey!" He's starting to pull up on stuff, and he will laugh hysterically when he can do it, but when he can't he gets so frustrated. The kiddo still doesn't have any teeth. He currently weighs 18 lbs. 3 oz. (25th percentile) and measured 29.5 inches (90th percentile). I expressed some concern about him being so thin, and the doctor stated that he has been consistently "slender" so he isn't overly concerned about it. He is still nursing, and I've began giving him one formula bottle a day. He also eats his solids three times a day with a snack (puffs) in the afternoon.

He and Mason have both been battling colds/allergies since early March. The week before his scheduled well baby appointment he developed a really nasty cough with wheezing so I called got him in early, and he was diagnosed with upper respiratory issues and I had to begin administering breathing treatments. The doc couldn't say for sure if it was allergy related or a virus because Mason also had a URI at this time and I had to give him a prescription antihistamine. Neither of them was doing much better the following week (in fact, Mason was worse) so I got the doc to examine Mason too at Ian's appointment. Both boys were diagnosed with ear infections, and prescribed different antibiotics. Plus, Mason had to begin breathing treatments. We're still on the antibiotics but they're both doing much better! They go back next week for a follow up.

Toothless smile

Taken at the Children's Museum

Easter 2009

We spent Easter weekend at home in Houston. The boys did participate in an egg hunt at church, and then Mason did some arts and crafts. They had a ton of fun, but we've had to hide the candy because Mason was behaving like a crazed candy addict. "I need candy!"

Happy Easter

Hunting for eggs

Let me see.

Bunny face

Bunny face - 30 seconds later

Potty Training

Mason is virtually potty trained - we rarely have an accident now. It's taken a few months, but he's been doing great. He's in cotton underwear most of the time now. I still put him in a pull up for nap and bedtime, but he wakes up from both dry most times. We took our first road trip a couple of weekends ago, and our driving time home increased by a full hour and a half but when he says he has to go we try to take him seriously. Many people have asked if he goes #2 on the potty, and he does. He gets a special treat (marshmellow or M&M) when he does, and he only gets special treats for #2. Notice in the pic below that while he's taking care of business he is also reading a Diesel magazine and eating a tortilla. Classic!

Taken with Drew's cell phone

Spring Time

I want to pet a pig, NOW!

After our last trip to the livestock show, Mason wanted to go back to pet more animals. He walked around saying, "I want to pet a pig. I want to pet a pig now!" He woke up talking about petting pigs on this day. We went back to the Livestock Show and Rodeo on this day with the intention of seeing Brooks and Dunn perform. We managed to make it through the 3 hours of rodeo, but that was all the boys could take. So Drew and I took them back to the Reliant Arena to ride the tractors, visit the petting zoo, and, of course, ride the ponies! Mom and Jordan stayed for the concert, and they said it was very good. We'll just take their word for it.

Children's Museum

Over Spring Break we decided to visit Children's Museum of Houston. My mother, Jordan, and her friend had come into town for a few days. We had a blast but it was so crowded. When Jordan was much younger we would go to the museum, and she always loved. It is SOOOO much nicer since they completely the expansion. Because it was so crowded we (the boys and I) spent most of our time there in the Tot Spot - Mason and Ian both could move about freely. Mason also immensely enjoyed Water Works.

Learning about pulleys

Will it float?

Tea time in the Tot Spot

Ian had a blast in the tot spot - crawling through a tunnel

Hello, handsome!

Livestock Show - March 7th

On March 7th Drew was working the Livestock Show so the boys and I decided to tag along. I had no idea we would be out there ALL day, but the boys were great. We only left Reliant Arena to go outside for Kids Country exhibits. Mason had a blast at the petting zoo, and seeing all the baby animals in the birthing center. I used to love going to all the shops, but a double stroller made that pretty difficult this year!

Trying to feed his egg to a cow

This was as close as he was getting

Ian was VERY good all day

We had to end the evening driving ALL the tractors on display