Birthday Party for Jesus

Happy Birthday Jesus!!!
Kevin and Tori with their annual icing picture
Jeremiah was an amazing wiseman!



My favorite memory growing up was our annual Birthday party for Jesus. Christmas night my parents would invite all of our friends over to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. Three years ago Kevin and I took over the tradition. It is so fun to see all that God is doing in the lives of our friends and family. We always read the Christmas story and in the past couple of years we've had amazing actors. :) Mason was able to be Baby Jesus this year. Emilee was Mary and Cameron was Joseph. Jeremiah was our wiseman. As all of our families grow we're hoping to add to our cast. Jesus is the Reason for the Season.

Christmas in Tallahassee

Mason with Grandma T

Hanging out with Lindsey and Adam in Live Oak
Mason with Aunt Nelly and Delani
Adam had Kevin hold a chicken!!! Impressive


Mason with Grandpa White

Christmas Lights with Mason

Mason with his cousins

Merry Christmas

Our baby boy is growing up!!! I love it!!

We have been very busy with appointments this past week and all have come back positive! We are rejoicing in the Lord and so thankful for good reports. Mason does not have Hirschprungs Disease!!! No surgery needed! We still haven't solved the problem completely, but our team of doctors have been making great strides. He went for his feeding evaluation yesterday and he is not aspirating. As you can see in the pictures, he is swallowing. We received the green light to begin solid foods. Last night we were busy putting the high chair together and purchasing spoons and bowls. I don't think I've ever been so excited to go shopping. Mason is going to begin speech therapy. This will be great to get him started early. The best news of all is Mason pooped on his own!!!!! Saturday we changed up his medicine and the poop gates released. I was shopping at Target when Kevin called with the exciting news. I rushed home to see the diaper for myself. We were both praising the Lord. I know for a fact I've never been so excited about a poopy diaper. Boy has life changed :). Thank you all for praying. We are so grateful for all the good things God is doing in Mason's life.

Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Have you ever seen a snowman so adorable?

My precious friend Anna with her baby girl Ella. Ella was born a month before Mason. Ella is an amazing gift from God. She and Mason together have many special needs. As they grow, they will continue to encourage one another. As you're praying for Mason, please remember Ella. She continues to overcome many hurdles that she has faced.
Mason's getting ready for his first Race. We always start off the Christmas Season with the Jingle Bell Run!

Thanksgiving Pictures

Coach Dare and Beth came to visit Mason. He was the football coach when I was in highschool. I'm not sure which one of us that makes old but we love and appreciate all their prayers for Mason. The Dare and Schank clan with MaMa
Kevin, Uncle Anthony and Mason
Mason and Grandma
Precious friends Laura and Chris visiting from North Carolina. We love and Miss them!!

Happy Thanksgiving (A little Late)

I pray each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. We wanted to take some time and tell you how thankful we are for you. You have blessed our lives in countless ways. Your prayers, notes and phone calls have meant so much to us. Thank you for loving our little boy and welcoming him into your hearts and lives.

Mason has had some ups and downs lately. We met with the GI doctor today and he is going to do a biopsy next Wednesday to test for Hirschprungs Disease. Over the past 3 months Mason has not been able to go #2 on his own. We have been trying several different things to see if they would work and we haven't had success with any of them. They did find blood in his stool when they did his last test. They have taken all dairy out of my diet to see if he has a milk allergy. If he does have Hirschprungs, then they would do surgery to repair some of the dead nerves. The doc said that it is 99% successful. In some ways it would be a blessing to solve that issue. As far as the vomiting goes, they are not sure if he is aspirating when he eats. First, we're going to tackle the going #2 issue then we'll deal with the vomiting issue. He has gained a 1/2 pound!! Yeah !!! At least he's moving on up.

How to pray: That we can solve the issues with going to the bathroom, continue to gain weight, keeping his food down. On a side prayer :) That he would sleep through the night. He's enjoying the 3o'clock hour lately.

This past weekend Mason was having a tough time at night. On Friday night I began to get frustrated and not sure what else to do to help him. My personality is a problem - solving type. If I can figure out a way to fix it, I will. Knowing this about myself my life verse is Proverbs 3:5&6. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean NOT on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge HIM and HE Will direct your path. I know God gave me this verse b/c it's where I struggle the most. God reminded me in the early morning hours that He has everything under control. He loves Mason more than I ever could and I need to enjoy these moments. Time goes by so fast and I won't be able to rock him forever. I know I'll long for the day to go back to this time. So I'm learning to embrace the night take that time to pray over Mason, hold him tight, kiss him like crazy and continue to remind myself to Let it Go and Let God be God.

We love you all so much and thank you for taking this journey with our family. We will be posting pics of Mason's first Thanksgiving later this week. Have a blessed day!

New Pics of the Little Man

I love this picture!!!

Our Little Pumpkin

We had so much fun at trunk or treat. Kevin and I were farmers with our little pumpkin. Of course I chose a costume for Mason that was 100 degrees in 90 degree weather in Florida. He wore it long enough to take pictures and that's all that matters:). I also want to share that Mason has gone 2days without throwing up!!!!!! Yeah!!!! I'm so excited. We met with a dietitian and she has cut several things out of my diet (sugar and Starbucks to start) and we've added a couple things to his diet. He is still taking the Zantac as well. I'm praying that we can take him off of that soon and the diet alone will work. I'm praising God at every feeding. Mason and I pray every time he eats that his food will stay in his tummy. Hopefully, our little pumpkin will start looking like one soon. :) Have a blessed week! Thank you for being a blessing. That smile melts my heart!!


Mason with his friends Reagan and Isaac (Tim Tebow)
Mason with Lisa and Kevin Sexton (This is the family that has helped us so much)