Hi everyone! I can't believe it has been this long since I posted. These pictures aren't the best - I am so technologically challenged I am lucky I figured out how to post these. Mason is doing so well, he walks better every day and is even running now - though he definitely falls down his share. In nursery at church today they played ring around the rosy and he was so excited that everybody had to fall down, he couldn't stand it! Now we have to play it at home and fall down for him. He is very good at falling down with us! He sleeps way good - 11-12 hours a night - YES!! The kids play with him non-stop when they are home, it is so nice - they aren't tired of him yet! He had a very cranky period when 12 teeth were coming in at once - 12!! It is so nice to have him happy again. He loves Elmo beyond words and will sit motionless and entranced for an entire episode of Sesame Street. I try not to take advantage of that too much! He still loves noodle soup more than anything - he slurps the broth through a straw and then eats the noodles. We are getting ready for our 6-month post-adoption visit from a social worker - more paperwork - and getting him a MN birth certificate and Social Security number. Just getting out all the files and looking at the paperwork from the whole adoption made me slightly nauseous - what a mountain of stuff we slogged through. All worth it in the end!!! WE are getting so excited for Christmas and having everyone together again and having our first Christmas with our WHOLE complete family. Mason has an appointment at Gillette Children's in January - they will assess his progress and recommend any further interventions he might need. The doctor told us before that whatever surgeries or braces he needs, he will be fully functional! He hates his physical therapist, but she is good at dodging his angry fingers trying to pinch her while she bends his knee. We are working on the pinching and he also has a wicked throw, which can really hurt if it a block or pointy toy. At least he kisses us better. Enough rambling!!!!
Hi everyone! I can't believe it has been this long since I posted. These pictures aren't the best - I am so technologically challenged I am lucky I figured out how to post these. Mason is doing so well, he walks better every day and is even running now - though he definitely falls down his share. In nursery at church today they played ring around the rosy and he was so excited that everybody had to fall down, he couldn't stand it! Now we have to play it at home and fall down for him. He is very good at falling down with us! He sleeps way good - 11-12 hours a night - YES!! The kids play with him non-stop when they are home, it is so nice - they aren't tired of him yet! He had a very cranky period when 12 teeth were coming in at once - 12!! It is so nice to have him happy again. He loves Elmo beyond words and will sit motionless and entranced for an entire episode of Sesame Street. I try not to take advantage of that too much! He still loves noodle soup more than anything - he slurps the broth through a straw and then eats the noodles. We are getting ready for our 6-month post-adoption visit from a social worker - more paperwork - and getting him a MN birth certificate and Social Security number. Just getting out all the files and looking at the paperwork from the whole adoption made me slightly nauseous - what a mountain of stuff we slogged through. All worth it in the end!!! WE are getting so excited for Christmas and having everyone together again and having our first Christmas with our WHOLE complete family. Mason has an appointment at Gillette Children's in January - they will assess his progress and recommend any further interventions he might need. The doctor told us before that whatever surgeries or braces he needs, he will be fully functional! He hates his physical therapist, but she is good at dodging his angry fingers trying to pinch her while she bends his knee. We are working on the pinching and he also has a wicked throw, which can really hurt if it a block or pointy toy. At least he kisses us better. Enough rambling!!!! 
