As I sit here listening to the tropical storm type wind outside all I want to do is curl up in my nice warm be and sleep the night away. What's stopping you?, you might ask.
Well, my precious 1 year old who is struggling to sleep.
Here is one of the struggles for a kiddo with sensory issues. Something that worked last week doesn't work this week. We are playing the ever popular "What will help Mason sleep tonight?" game sometimes it's the "What does Mason need?" game but the sleep game seems to be the most frustrating for all. See he WANTS to sleep just as much as we WANT him to sleep, but his senses need more then we are offering and here in lies the root of our game.
We rock...he wakes
We put down...he wakes
We bounce...he wakes
We move him to our bed...he wakes
Even when he does sleep with us he is so restless
The poor kiddo needs his sleep as much as he wants it.
But we will prevail eventually, It's just exhausting and frustrating, and sad, and overwhelming, and sad, and sad. I want to provide for this precious baby all that he needs and yet in this case we haven't figured it out yet. We are thinking Mason may be getting a vibrating matress for Christmas...
How can you help?
Well I'm so glad you asked :o)
Can you please join us in praying for the wisdom to help our baby boy sleep or be comforted while he's awake and wanting to sleep, or whatever it is that the Lord needs to show us to help fufill Mason's needs. We are listening Lord! We thank you in advance for your prayers.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Gotcha Day!!
At this time last year we were preparing for a major storm. This year we are preparing for a major storm. Funny huh?!...well no not really!
Anyway we were also learning how to be a family of five. We had little Mason in every fun baby apparatus, was kissing him constantly, and loved snuggling with our new little man.
Our Family was meant to be this way. This is defiantly God's plan and I am so very thankful for his many blessings!
My husband said it best this morning:
One year ago today, this little boy came into our family and has touched us all in ways that I can't fully describe in a brief paragraph. From joy, laughter, much love to the long nights that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. Mason buddy, we love you so much and are so happy that we are celebrating our "gotcha" day.
Anyway we were also learning how to be a family of five. We had little Mason in every fun baby apparatus, was kissing him constantly, and loved snuggling with our new little man.
My husband said it best this morning:
One year ago today, this little boy came into our family and has touched us all in ways that I can't fully describe in a brief paragraph. From joy, laughter, much love to the long nights that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. Mason buddy, we love you so much and are so happy that we are celebrating our "gotcha" day.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
This Fall!
This time last year we had just learned of a little boy who needed a family. It just so happened that we were a family in need of a little boy. God's good like that!
We scrambled to convince the social workers that we were the right family for this boy, then we waited! We waited for his birth mom to sign the papers, we waited for word that he could and would be coming home. While we waited I imagined what all the fall fun would be like this year with our little one home.
It is so much more then we could imagine. He is a little bundle of curiosity and we LOVE it! Here is what pumpkin picking was like this year:
We scrambled to convince the social workers that we were the right family for this boy, then we waited! We waited for his birth mom to sign the papers, we waited for word that he could and would be coming home. While we waited I imagined what all the fall fun would be like this year with our little one home.
It is so much more then we could imagine. He is a little bundle of curiosity and we LOVE it! Here is what pumpkin picking was like this year:
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Eye surgery
So this morning really early we travel to our local children's hospital so that Mason could have surgery on his eyes. This surgery was (as the doctor said) his only change of having eyes that focused together, thus giving him the opportunity to see 3D movies. There is a fancy name for it but since spell check doesn't know what I'm trying to spell we'll leave it at that....ummm k.
This surgery was hard on me.
Not to make it sound like it was a cake walk for Mason because let me tell you he told us just how mad he was in the recovery room.
I struggled so much with what this would do to him, and how would this effect our relationship with him. Seemingly silly questions that weighed heavy on my heart.
You know what???
God had it....just like every other time in our life where we struggled.
All our worries, He took care of.
Mason's eyes aren't nearly as red as they said they'd be. His surgery started 20 minutes early, which by the way was just about the time he began to realize he was hungry. He took a two hour nap when he got home. He ate like a champ with no stomach issues. He was a real trooper and I was again reminded just how much God is in control!
This surgery was hard on me.
Not to make it sound like it was a cake walk for Mason because let me tell you he told us just how mad he was in the recovery room.
I struggled so much with what this would do to him, and how would this effect our relationship with him. Seemingly silly questions that weighed heavy on my heart.
You know what???
God had it....just like every other time in our life where we struggled.
All our worries, He took care of.
Mason's eyes aren't nearly as red as they said they'd be. His surgery started 20 minutes early, which by the way was just about the time he began to realize he was hungry. He took a two hour nap when he got home. He ate like a champ with no stomach issues. He was a real trooper and I was again reminded just how much God is in control!
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