Mason Update

Great News! All of Mason's tests came back normal except for his hemoglobin is slightly low. So we have to go back and get it checked one more time in 3 months. He is now only throwing up a tiny bit once every few days which I can totally deal with! Thanks for all the prayers and concerns. We just have to guess that he is so small because of all the energy he has :)

What we thought was going to be a normal day....

We didn't take any pictures since we were only planning on a doctor visit for Mason's acid reflex and a bad cold. Just so you can get the scoop, Mason was throwing up about 5 times a day after he would eat, drink, get excited, or move. Even sitting still he would still throw up, we just never knew when the next time would happen. We have taken him in several times for normal visits to a different doc and he said he would grow out of it but he never did. He is normal for height, 29 1/4 inches, but less then 3% for weight. Needless to say we went to a different doc and he is now only throwing up once every couple days about with help of prescription. We went back today for the follow up and he still has not gained any weight, he is still exactly the same weight last time we weighed him 16 lbs 12 oz. So we know its not the Acid Reflex that is causing it. After Mason did a pee test he sent us on our way to Primary Children's Hospital to do a Sweat Chloride test and some blood work to check if he has any diseases that would cause him being so small. I'm optimistic that he will be fine and he is just little because of who his parents are. ( I'm just throwing myself out there, it makes me feel better ;)) He was a trooper for the tests! Test one, pee test: I always wondered what they would do for that but they just put a bag with a band aid like seal around it to keep it on under his diaper. Test two, Sweat Chloride test: they rubbed some liquid around his arms and biceps that helps the sweat glands and put a 2x2 gauze on with 4 hook ups to machines that send electricity through for 5 minutes of a constant shock. Little M started to cry as he was in daddy's arms. Then the wrapped his arms up with more gauze and plastic to make him sweat, we had to put a coat on him and wrap him up nice and tight to make sure he would sweat for 30 min. Test 3, blood test: they had to take out enough to do 4 more test so they took it from his arm. He cried when the needle went in but just watched as the blood came out. He did so good! I couldn't handle it I had to go and wait for his prescriptions. I was glad for that! and of course as soon as he saw me he had a huge smile on his face, it melted my heart. I'm so blessed to have such a great little guy I get to raise. We will find out monday or tuesday what he tests come out as.
Please pray for Mason, we hope they all come out with Negatives!!!!
Thanks Alan for missing work and being there for Mason. We both appreciate it!

Tech Support for Installing a Husband

I was looking at some fun blogs (love actually) I like to go to and this just made me laugh so I have to share it with you. Because just like she said some times you just have to. If your marriage is some what boring with the same old routine every day I might of found your problem



Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?

Signed,

Desperate

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Dear Desperate,

First, keep in mind that Boyfriend 5.0 is an entertainment package while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Please enter the command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html, download Tears 6.2 and be sure to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If those applications work as designed Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

However, please remember that overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (It runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0-program. This is an unsupported application and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck!

Tech Support

Source: StrengtheningMarriage.Com, author unknown

Bathroom Adventures!

I was painting my toe this morning ( my cousin painted my toes super cute and it came off at raging waters so I had to redue it :( ) and I got a little involved in my toe painting and Mason took off to his favorite place in the house... the bathroom. After hearing some silence followed by some bangs and crazy sounds from a little person I went off to Alan's bathroom to discover.....

Summer Time Fun

I can't believe my little man is 11 months!!! But at the same time I can. It seems that time has flown but then gone so slow. How that works I don't know but Mason is amazing. He is such a wonderful baby. I can only hope that all my babies will be as good as he is. I love you my little man!





We went up to Alan's grandparents cabin with our cousins/friends Tyler and Shannon and their cute little baby Malia. We went on a hike that Alan told us would be a short easy hike..... I am not a hiker, nor will I ever be a hiker but that was not easy or short! I have this little enemy called heights. It doesn't like me and I don't like it. Therefore we don't get along to well. And at this little short hike I met enemy on some boulders. But I showed dear enemy who is boss and slowly but surly I kicked its trash! It got me in the legs but the pain only lasted a day or so. Mason and Malia like to steal each others toys and Mason loves to pull her hair. But on this short easy hike they made up and decided to be friends. The top picture is one of a car that fell off the little cliff there and is rotting at the bottom.




We went to Joes Valley for camping and 4 wheeling with my parents, aunt and uncle and their family. It was so fun until I got sick :P I ended up with a nasty cold and we are guessing I had an ovarian cyst rupture at 5 in the morning. It made me pass out 3 times in a row. It was a good thing that I made it to my parents trailer in time. But we got to watch a movie on a big screen with the projector. That was pretty fun until the generator ran out of gas in the middle of the movie lol. Mason had his first 4wheeler ride and I think we were more excited than he was :)

I love fire works!

Alan's uncle Larry invited us to go to his house for a party and watch the fire works from bountiful on the mountain near where he lives. We had the best seats in the house :) we got to watch pretty much at eye level. No kinked necks here! Here are some of the Pictures that Alan took of the fire works.




Mason also got so go swimming in their pool and that was the first time he had ever been. He LOVED it! He splashed and kicked like crazy enjoying himself. He is such a fun little guy. Thanks Larry and Paula for letting us enjoy that with your family!

Refound fun

A few months ago Alan's great uncle brought me back to putting puzzles together. I forgot how fun it was and fast time goes by when I'm doing it. Granted we haven't been able to use out kitchen table for about a month. There are four 500 piece, four 300 piece and two 100 piece which really aren't hard at all but just fun to do. I haven't found any good fun puzzles at wally world when we have been there other than this that came in a pack. Now to figure out what to do next!