What is going on!!

What to say after a very long unexpected month of craziness!! . . . Things are starting to get back to normal around here. I just found out today that Mason needs his IV meds for at least 2 more weeks. It was a relief that they are only sending me the supplies for the 2 weeks when the Dr. started talking about keeping them through Christmas! I honestly can't handle that right now! 2 Weeks however, seems doable! I am always amazed how well Mason handles all of this. He is the strongest, bravest little boy I will ever know. He manages to keep a smile on his face no matter what happens. It's very different to go places without him because people respond so much to him and when he isn't there it is very obvious.

Ethan is doing so great. He really fights doing homework though. I should be better at explaining why it's important but it seems like a lot to make a resistant kid do! I keep telling myself, it's kindergarten and it'll get better. Now I just hope to believe it! He has been my saving grace these past weeks. I don't think I could survive it all without his help. It's mostly happy help too! He LOVES to help with anything that has to do with Ezra. He is completely twitterpated by Ezra! I love it.

Ezra is growing so fast! It's unreal how fast he is growing up! His eyes are blue (gorgeous!) and he still has all of that soft fuzzy hair! He has gained 3 pounds and grown 4 inches in his first month!

Spencer is amazing. Since September 11th we have seen Mason through 4 surgeries, 14 days in a hospital, 1 month with his PICC - almost 1 week at home, and adopted a darling little baby boy. It's a lot to go on in one family and he has been incredible. Spen - I love you more everyday, and everyday you remind me why you were the perfect guy for me!

HOME~

Just a note to say thank you to everyone who showed their support these past few weeks while we had our latest hospital stay with Mason. While I was there with him I went over my book I keep for him to keep track of everything. He has almost hit 300 days in the hospital in his lifetime. He is quite an amazing boy. I have received the sweetest emails and phone calls from family and friends letting me know how Mason has touched them and how much he is loved. Thank you.

He's finally home, as of an hour ago! He comes home with his PICC line and 3 IV medications to be given for the next 4 weeks or so. He still has a ways to go, but he's getting better not worse finally!

Pray for Mase ~

Once again Mase is in the hospital for another infection. He has had so many infections in his lifetime that he has become resistant to most of the medications that can help. This is when things get scary. He has had 4 eye surgeries in less than one month and we are really nervous about this infection. He's not himself. I am really asking that all of our family and friends keep Mase in your hearts and your prayers that he will fight this one fast. Mase is such a sweet incredible person. I love him so much. He is so much a part of my soul. I hate to see him suffering. He is the perfect little brother, and now an adorable and loving big brother. His happy spirit is a big part of who we are as a family. We want him to be home with all of us where he belongs.
Please Heavenly Father -- take care of my baby, keep him safe.

Ezra's first bath at home

Tonight we gave Ezra his first bath since the hospital bath. We were pretty concerned that he would scream the entire time -- but he LOVED it.

Ethan was a very good helper. We scrubbed him clean! When I pulled him out of the little baby tub he peed all over my countertop! Ethan thinks it was because he wanted to get back in the tub. He's probably right!

Baby Ezra!

Welcome home Baby Ezra~

We hope you don't mind all of the attention! Ethan is not putting you down. You have two big brothers who love you very much! Mason holds completely still when you are near him. He gets a gianormous smile and says, "yeah" over and over!

You're adorable and we all love you very very much!

One of those days . . .

Have you ever had one of those days? Today was it for me. The rain didn't much help, that's for sure! When I have a really rough day, we always get breakfast for dinner. I love it anyway, but especially when there isn't much to cook and I don't really feel like cooking anyway. Ethan thinks it's the greatest and tonight it was especially fun because we had whip cream on top! What more could a kid ask for at dinner, I mean really?!

Build-A-Bear family night!

This week for FHE we went to Build-A-Bear.

Ethan has been so excited to go back there. This January his Aunt Ali took him for his 5 year old birthday. She let him get his bear whatever he wanted, he got PJ's and a stroller. Let me tell you she got some serious points for that outing! Ethan made 'Gerry' with her and his cousin and he absolutely LOVES Gerry. It was fun to see him get so excited over something like that.

Our trip to Build-A-Bear this time was special for Ethan and for all of us. He's been looking foward to this for a while now. This time we went he knew exactly what he wanted to do, what the bears were going to wear, what thier names were going to be, and how he wanted thier names spelled.

Mason was a little spooked by the stuffing machine and the loud noise. He made it long enough to help put a heart in them. They both got to put a heart in each bear. Ethan thought that was pretty cool, but he was confused that the bears had two hearts. He decided that it would be good for them to have an extra just in case one of them stopped working right. We had a great time.