Cute Stuff

I swear Mason gets cuter every day. He has learned some new words and tricks that warrant mention. Recently Mason has discovered our broom in the laundry room and started pulling it out and dragging it on the tile as if he were sweeping. Lord knows he didn't learn this from watching me so I don't know how he picked it up. Can you picture lil' Mason who is probably 2 feet tall dragging around a broom as tall as his mom? Needless to say we had some close calls with some of our breakable items on the table. Thank goodness for Gigi. She swooped in with a Mason-sized broom that Mason is almost more attached to now than his monkey blanket. Maybe we can start Mason on the chore chart a little earlier than we thought.

Mason has also added some words to his vocabulary. He can now say chicken, cheese, and turkey. Notice they are all food related. We're not really having a problem getting him to get back up to his fighting weight after all those ear infections.

Watching the boy has me worried about our future phone bill. If you don't know already, Mason is a talker. He'll tell you about anything and everything on his mind. If you understand him, well, that's another story. He'll walk around with the phone to his ear and chat away like he's catching up with someone he hasn't seen in years. The child doesn't even need a phone. He'll just hold his hand to his ear and gab. His teachers love it when he does that and tell me that usually he'll put his hand up to his ear and say, "Hello, Daddy." Cute, cute, cute!

Tubes

For anyone who has a child with reoccurring ear infections, I highly recommend getting tubes. I know it's been only a few days since the surgery, but even just the surgery is worth getting them. It was literally 10 minutes and the doctor was finished. Stephen and I barely had time to sit and read more than 3 pages of a book. The most stressful part for Mason was waking up to a room full of strangers and 4 wires stuck to him. It took a while to get him calmed down, but after that he took an hour and a half nap. He was then back to his normal self. He was eating and drinking like normal. He even went back to school the next day no worse for wear. All we have to do now is use ear drops for three days and that's it. The doctor said that they suctioned a lot of gunk out from behind his ear drum so he should be hearing better. I can definitely notice that he reacts to his name faster and he's not talking as loud as he was. What an improvement.

So Much to Say

A lot has happened in the past week. Mason is as cute as ever and he has a new, short haircut. We went to Cool Cuts for Kids and that place is amazing. They weren't very crowded as it was 11 on a Sunday. We went right in and they had a car for Mason to sit in while Miss Margarita cut his hair, but before we even sat down Mason got to choose his own movie. He watched Finding Nemo in his car. I don't think we'll ever try another way. It was a little more expensive than we'd like, but definitely worth it. If you've got a kid with a head full of hair Cool Cuts is the place to go.

Mason is definitely getting tubes. We'll have the surgery on February 15th. From what the doctor said it's a very simple procedure and the actual surgery part takes less than 5 minutes. The scary part is that he has to have general anesthesia, but even with that we'll only be in the recovery room for about 30 minutes. I'm trying not to worry too much about it since it's such a common procedure these days, but I'm his mom and that's what I do. According to the doctor 75% of kids don't have any more ear infections and the 25% who still have them have less severe ear infections and they respond a lot better to antibiotics. The tubes will fall out as Mason's ears grow, and he can still swim and bathing isn't a problem. I can't wait!

On Saturday we went to Monkey Business which is a birthday party mecca. One of Mason's friends, Christopher, had his 1st birthday along with his brother. I have never been there before, but it is fantastic and I plan to go back. They have a big room with about 5 inflatable jumps, slides, obstacle courses, and a rock climbing wall. You had me at inflatable! Mason was a little stunned and most of the time he just hung out with Stephen and me and watched the other kids. No doubt next time he'll be on the move.

So that was our week. See you next time.