Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Happy Birthday, Mason!

I remember celebrating Mason's birthday last year. Wasn't that great of a party. There was one very important person missing--Mason! This time he was HOME for his birthday. This big boy turned 3 yesterday!

Rather than cake, we had a dump truck full of pudding, which once again works great for his current diet restrictions!

I thought about interviewing Mason for this post, but I figured he would answer "no" to most of my questions (his favorite word right now). I'll do my best to guess at some of his favorites:
  • favorite color: red
  • favorite food: yogurt (works well for his soft diet right now as we undergo healing post palate revision) and pizza
  • favorite toy: that's tough--any sort of vehicle---tractors, combines, trains, dumptrucks
  • favorite TV show: Curious George
  • favorite playmate: big brother, Zachary   
  • most common words/phrases: oh shoot; come and get me
  • favorite book: really any book with vehicles
Mr Mason's (aka fast hands) personality has revealed itself these last few weeks. We've got a goofball on our hands. He loves to make anyone laugh--by rolling around on the floor, starting up his belly laugh, pulling his shirt over his head. He loves to charm girls he finds intriguing--he was blinking his eyes at one of the nurses last week after surgery! When he's really proud of himself, he'll strut. So darn cute!

Mason and Zach both had surgery on their palates last week--Mason had his palate closed up. They had done it in China but it didn't stay closed. Zach had a pharyngeal flap done. Early this week we noticed that Mason's has a hole in his palate. Some of the stitches worked their way out for some reason. So we are praying that this will heal shut on its own. All over the gospels we can read about Jesus healing people, with the purpose of glorifying God. The leper said to Jesus "Lord if you will, make me clean" and Jesus said "I will". So we are asking God "Lord if you will, heal Mason's mouth". It's not a question of "can he". We know he can. It's "will he". Regardless of if he does or not, we will still glorify Him.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

7 Months Home

I know, I know. No posts lately. I guess the only excuse is that time really does go by when I am chasing after 2 boys. I have more unfinished projects, to-do lists, and laundry now than 7 months ago. But boy, is it worth it!

So hard to believe that we just met our Mason 7 months ago. He was so timid, scared, quiet, stubborn (!), and sad when he first came into our lives. Now look at him!
 Mr Mason is anything but quiet now adays. He is constantly talking! The other night he was jabbering about something and Zach interrupted him. Mason politely told him "quiet Zach, I'm talking!". He is quite a jokester, always making someone laugh with his silly tricks. He loves his big brother and does a pretty good job at sharing --- better than Zach does most days!

It's been fun to sit back and watch the relationship between the boys grow. They often go off together and play which is HUGE progress from a few months ago. They love to wrestle together, watch Curious George shows, play trains, and ride bikes. Zach has even admitted that he likes having a brother now!

The boys will both be having surgery on November 20. We will be staying overnight at Boystown in Omaha for 2-3 nights. Zach is aware of the upcoming surgery and so far has not become frightened about it. We would appreciate your prayers to keep our home healthy before surgery, as well as for the surgery and recovery period to go smoothly.

Psalm 145:3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.