Pictures Pictures Pictures

I just had several pictures to post.

These are from our trip to New Orleans.  I didn't really take many pictures though.  =(

(some are stolen from Mrs. Terry's facebook page!!!)

just us the first night!  so much fun!  and yes, we auto set the camera to take this picture =)

Beneighs from Cafe Du Monde Saturday morning...at 6:30 am  (of course we still wake up that early even in New Orleans!!)

The square/river downtown after breakfast.  So pretty. 

John and I eating lunch at Desire on Bourbon Saturday afternoon.  Yum!

***John's eyes always half shut with this camera!***

Ben, John, me, Mr. Sandy, and Melissa at lunch

John, me, Mrs. Terry, Melissa, and Ben at Razzoo on Bourbon!

Razoo's

The Superdome!!!  So apparently Tulane has NO fans...I mean none!  But Ole Miss brought a ton!!!  It was almost like a home game!

We snuck down to Ben and Melissa's front row seats!

So close to the field!

Jenna and I after the game at The Beach on Bourbon...she will kill me for putting this up here if she happens to see it!!! 

Bourbon late night.  So many Ole Miss people!  

*****************************

On to the Little Man!!!

Here is the big boy before his surgery...

And here he is after!

Barbara and Dan, who work with my mom, got Mason the cutest stuffed animal!!!  Its is Eeyore and he LOVES it!  He had it at the hospital and he is still dragging it around with him.

Here he is drinking out of a big boy cup.

I never posted a picture of Mason's new shoes.  He did pretty well with them on too!  Not to mention how cute he looks in them! =)

Mason did very well today at daycare.  They actually said, "We thought he wouldn't scream so loud since he should be able to hear better, but he yelled just as loud!"  haha     He is always just screaming for absolutely no reason.  What a crazy kid!



Surgery Day

We had tubes placed and adenoids removed this morning.

We had to be at the surgery center at 6:00 and of course Mason couldn't have anything to eat or drink since midnight.  We got ready and got him up right before we left.  I was a little worried about how fussy he would be without his morning bottle when he woke up, but he did great!!!!  We had to be in pre-op for almost an hour, but they put on Finding Nemo (which John and I are going to have to buy so we can see what happens in the end!!!) and I think Mason liked the colors in the move so it kept him occupied. 

The anesthesiologist and doctor both came in to explain the procedures, and then our Little Man was gone....for about 20 minutes.  Our doctor told us the surgery went well, but he had so much thick fluid behind his ear drums that it was even hard for the suction to remove!  He said they call it "glue ears".  Since they were so bad, he said that Mason would be able to hear AT LEAST 35% better!!!!!  Poor thing!  We thought he could hear just fine.  He even said it could help with his balance.  We are very glad we had the procedure done though! 

Mason did really well after.  He cried pretty hard when he was waking up, but about an hour later he was really starting to become more like himself.  We were pretty lazy the rest of the day.  He was just fussy and pretty clingy.  I think he will be just fine in the morning! =)

Very glad he is okay and very, very glad it is over and no more worrying about it! =) 

Side Note:

He weighed 19.6 lbs and was 29.5 inches long! 

**************************

John and I went to New Orleans last weekend for the football game.  We had a great time!!  I will post some pictures later on this week.  I will also post pictures of Mason from today.  

Growing Up Too Fast...

Mason is growing up way too fast these days!  We are getting much, much better with the sippy cup (he is really good with the cup that has a straw).  I think this picture with his cup makes him look like a little toddler.  =(

It was even sadder when he ate ALL of his dinner last night.  It was the first time for us to try this particular type of food (pretty much just an expensive Chef Boyardee), and John and I both said he probably wouldn't be able to finish it all...

All gone!!!!  He loved it. 

He gets very bored these days with regular baby food, so I guess we are onto big boy foods only now.  He so far has been pretty fond of everything we have given him!

We absolutely LOVE our brush.  Always have.  He recently has put two and two together and realized it is for brushing his hair.  Now he usually is holding it backwards but still...pretty smart little guy.  This will entertain him for a while these days. =)

He also loves bath time.  He is splashing much bigger now...I certainly cannot have my work clothes on if we do this in the mornings.  =)

Like Mother Like Son

I noticed yesterday afternoon when Mason was having a snack that he kept putting his sticky cheese puff hands up to his ears.  Now I don't think he intentionally shoved them into his ears (like his not-so-bright mommy did when she was a little girl) but I did manage to get a picture of some remaining debris and was also successful with removing it all.   = )

We also have a couple of teeth coming in at the top (I think by the end of this weekend it could possibly be four!).  I do believe this is the cause of Mr. Grumpy that decided to make an appearance this week. 

Well it is time for football!!!!!!!  We are headed to the Ole Miss game tomorrow to watch our new quarterback (who finally got cleared today...THANK GOODNESS!!!!).   Can't wait to take Mason to a game this year! Hotty Toddy!

What a Nice Weekend!

I actually didn't have to work this past Friday, so we scheduled a doctor's appointment for Mason to see the ENT.  His infections should had been cleared up at this point since it was his last day of antibiotics, but of course he had quite a bit of pressure and fluid still in both ears.  The doctor really doesn't think all of these infections have been getting cleared and then two weeks later we need antibiotics again.  He recommended we go ahead and get tubes and his adnoids taken out (which will hopefully help with all that congestion).  He said Mason was a textbook example of someone who needed tubes.  =(  But hopefully this will help and we can stop taking all of these medications!!!  I just hate that our Little Man is going to have to be sedated! So sad, but I know he will do so good and probably won't even phase him!  We will schedule it tomorrow when the office calls.

**********

Mrs. Pat let us take home Mason's newest favorite toy for the weekend.  He has learned how to push this little car.  He got sooooo excited when he pushed it, so of course we just had to go out a buy him one of his very own!  His new one is Tow-Mater! We got a video of him with Mrs. Pat's from Friday night. 

We woke up Saturday morning and had eggs and french toast.  Mason got to eat breakfast with us at the table and he LOVED it! =)

I mean what kid doesn't love syrup all over his food?!?!  =)

Since the weather has been so nice lately (well not a hundred degrees outside) we decided to do something outdoors.  We went and checked out the Memphis Farmer's Market downtown and I was impressed!  We just strolled around and looked at all the fun stuff.  They had fresh flowers, produce, meat, and everything else.  I definitly want to go again when I remember to bring cash!!!! 

We had a fun weekend with our Little Man.  He is learning so many new things these days!  He did a couple of things this weekend and John and I both said how fast he is growing up.  He will probably be walking before we know it, he started drinking from big boy cups (I could probably switch all together from bottles but I'm gonna wait a tad longer...that just means he isn't a little baby anymore!!!), he is eating ANYTHING we put in front of him, and last but not least...he is learning how to throw some pretty good tantrums.  I mean throws his full body on the ground screaming and two seconds later smiling.  Here he is right after one....

and then he threw another little fit because John picked him up!  haha   But look at those big blue eyes...ya gotta love him! =)

That is all for now!!!  Everyone remember...college football starts this week!!! 

First Haircut!!!!!!

The Little Man's hair had gotten a tad too long...we had a mullet in the back!  Fortunately for him, he has a Great Aunt who has some hair cutting skills up her sleeve and who loves him so much to come from Nashville to snip that mess on top of his head! =)

We had a small audience and a pretty cooperative little boy.  It did take several people to make this happen though. =)  But do not worry...we took millions of pictures to capture the event!

We put him in his highchair and also had new blocks for entertaiment. 

"What is going on here, Mom?"

I love this picture!   =)

I love, love this picture!!! 

"I see those scissors Mrs. Peggy!!!"

Just chillaxing.

"I'm not too sure about this..."

Okay, so this is when it turned into a team effort as well as overstuffing a 10 month old.  We had to take him out of his highchair to cut off the mullet.  To do this John had to hold him and I constantly fed him puffs.  (about half of a canister!)

"I see you!!!!!"

"When will this be over?????"

These two started giving him even more puffs!!!

They even let him stick his entire arm in the canister!

The final product!!!!

***we got a bin for all of his toys instead of them laying all over the house...he really likes it! (as well as me!!!!!)***

Well we had a big weekend!  Mason did soooo well with the haircut and Mrs. Peggy was awesome!!!! We appreciated it soooo much!  Although he does look so grown up now!!! =(

Ewww, what is that?!?!

Well I got a call from Mrs. Pat this morning and Mason had drainage just pouring out of his left ear.  Gross I know but that also meant he definitly had an ear infection.  He had been acting a little fussy and sleeping restlessly but not tooooo bad, so I honestly had no clue! =(

 

John took him to the doctor this afternoon and sure enough he has double ear infections.  His right ear actually is probably hurting worse because he got all that pressure off of his left ear when it started draining.  Another round of antibiotics and a list of ENTs is what John and The Little Man came home with.  He is already sleeping alot better tonight!!!

 

When I got home and saw this "drainage"... ewww!!!  Let me tell you, it was more like leakage!!!  His little shirt even had that mess on it!     I felt so bad for him because we didn't even know!! =(

 

We will schedule an appt. with an ENT once we decide who we will go to.

 

 

Last but not least:

the Little Man weighed in at....drumroll please....

 

 

 

 

 

19 lbs and 1 oz!!!!!!!!! 

  (such a sweet, LITTLE boy)