{26 Weeks}

Our sweet baby boy is now 26 weeks!!!

I’m going to need for time to slow the heck down!!

That's 182 days, 4368 hours, 262,080 minutes that you have been with us Mason!! Most rockin’ 262,080 minutes of my life!!

This week marks your half birthday. Seriously?? You’ve been with us for half of a year now? When I was pregnant it felt like I was pregnant for years and was so anxious to meet you. Now you’re HERE! Some days it feels just like yesterday that we had you, but others it feels like you’ve always been with us. People ask us all t he time what we did before we had you and I honestly do not know! I do know that Mommy and Daddy have never been this happy or have had this much fun. Seeing everything for the first time through your eyes has been the most amazing journey we’ve ever been through. I love doing family stuff with you, making new memories and taking pictures every step of the way. Mommy-hood is hands-down the most amazing gift God can give a woman! I just can’t explain what you’ve done to me, Mason. You have changed me inside and out. The outside is obvious – ya know the chubbier waist and butt...joking, kind of. But SERIOUSLY words could never describe what you’ve done to my insides. My heart especially. It’s probably not healthy to have a heart this big!! You make me melt with every ooh and ahh and make me smile with your laughs and your facial expressions and gush over how insanely cute you look in a new outfit. I often cry just looking at you because I can’t believe Daddy and I have been given such a precious gift. Mason, you are amazing. You make me happy, oh so happy. Thank you for bringing so much into my life. For making me love being a Mommy. For making everything so brand new. For making me extremely proud. And for making me love your Daddy even more than I already did.

Thank you God for choosing me to be this amazing boy’s Mommy! I am forever blessed.

Lets see, at 25 weeks...you are learning so much!

- You can now “bounce” when we tell you too.

- You are taking steps when holding your hands

- You give kisses…Mommy’s favorite

- You know where your toes are and LOVE them

- You love music, all kinds, and love to sing too. You also love to be sung to. I think you are the only person in this world to appreciate Mommy’s singing. You love “I like to eat, eat, eat Apples and Bananas”. You also love “Jingle Bells”.

- You have lots of “fuzz” coming in. It’s so cute. Maybe soon we can give you a baby mo-hawk!!

- Sleeping has been great this week. We tried something new and it’s been working. For your first night-time feeding (between 11:30 – 1:30) I give you a cereal bottle. You are getting more satisfied and sleeping longer. Yay! Not sure we’ll ever see the day we sleep all the way through the night, but that’s okay.

- You love to eat! You want everything that Mommy and Daddy has. You also love to drink from a straw.

- When on your stomach you’ve gotten into the “crawl” position a few times.

- You love to sit up on your own and play with your toys.

- Bath’s are still a fun and exciting time in the Hall house! Last night we were getting you ready for a bath and I carried you out of the bathroom and into Mommy’s room to get something and you started fussing. You wanted your bath!

- As for clothes – most of your pants are size 6-12 months, 9 months and 12 months, shirts are mostly 12 months, pajamas are mostly 12-18 months. I love dressing you. You are cute in everything we put on you. You definitely dress better than Mommy and Daddy.

- Still size 3 diapers. I think this is the last box before we move up to size 4.

26 week pictures: