The Whitehouse

Monday, August 17, 2009

Sleepy boy

Mason has had a very long day. We've had some issues with him keeping his food down. We went to the hospital today to get an ultrasound to rule some things out. They did an ultrasound on his tummy and everyting looked great! We're going to keep feeding him in smaller doses but more often. He was such a trooper and had a marriage proposal while we were there. He's such a ladies man. :) We leave to visit Aunt Debo on Thursday. If you wouldn't mind praying for a safe trip. (also that mommy won't be too nervous:) Have a blessed week.

Testing out the Baby Bjorn. If you could have seen us trying to figure this out, it was hilarious. Mason was a great sport while mommy and daddy were figuring this out

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Medical updates on Mason

I just love my boy! We had a couple of appointments this week. Wednesday we met with the Early Steps program. They will be coming to the house to do PT/OT with Mason. This should take place by the end of the month. We've been going to Tampa General twice a week so this will be so much easier. As they evaluated him, he was right where we expected. He's behind with the function of his hands and head. We're going to be working with him on grasping,opening and becoming more mobile with his hands. We will continue to work in tummy time to get him to hold his head up. We also found out that September 21st is the day we will find out the genetic testing results. Please be praying for that appointment. We're just praying for God's perfect will and the hearts to accept whatever He has planned for Mason. The genetic testing will tell us if Mason has the Xlink hydrosephlis. It will also determine if we will be able to have any more children. As you can imagine, it will be a day of very mixed emotions. We will also be having another MRI in September. I haven't received the date yet but I will let you know. Thank you again for all the prayers for our little guy. We feel so blessed to have him and as you can see he is growing at rapid speed. We starting to see his amazing smile :).

Laura and Bethany come to visit

Laura and Bethany were here this past week. We had so much fun. God has blessed me with amazing friends. I met both girls in college and they have been such a source of strength through the years. I'm so grateful for the time we had this week. I love them lots!!!

I'm not a big fan of hats on Mason but can't have skin cancer. He loved hanging out at the pool with the girls.

Back at Church

We love Pastor Willy.

Mama Boos and Mason

Mason and Ty

Joy came in town to visit.

Former Students and Mason

This was a fun day for me. I was able to visit some of my former students. This picture is of the little girl I babysat from birth to upper elem. As you can see she's not little anymore. Leigh leaves for UF in a couple of weeks. I'm so proud of what she has become. Phil and Allison have became family to me. It was so much fun to have her hold my little man.

I love Gussy!!! O.k so I had gussy in 2nd grade. I'm getting so old. I love he and his family so much! Mason and I loved visiting with them.

Mason loved Miss Lisa

I had Chase and Patrick in my 4th grade class at Northside.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

1st visit to Grandma's

Grandma rolled out the red carpet for our little man

1st time at church

This picture cracks us up. Mason looks thrilled. This was at the end of the day and he was ready to go home. It was soooo nice being back at church.

Greg was my minister of music when I was growing up. He's so sweet with Mason. We're already prepping him for the choir. :)

Mason loves Miss Karen. Karen has been a wonderful friend and mentor to me. She was in my wedding and now gets to bond with my little man.

Karen in this pic was my preschool friend. We've known each other since age 4. It's so fun to have our kids meet.

Our growing boy

Mason's first Haircut

I bet you've never met a one month old with a stylin haircut. Thank you Gin for making our little man look so cute. Talaiya was a huge help to keep Mason still while her mommy cut his hair. Talaiya is so sweet with Mason. She made him an adorable art project for his room. He loves his friend.