so much has been going on the past month and a half since we last blogged and also finding out our unexpected news about our future son "mason garrett". we've found ourselves at birthday parties, playing at the park, baby showers, doctors appointments, family beach vacation (just the 3 of us) and tons of sprinkler fun. since we last blogged the school year closed and was pretty busy with exams and last minute things that had to be done. then a new summer school session started this week at providence day. one week is now down (with only 5 kids), and 4 more to go. garrett was able to stain the deck and keep up with the yard as it continues to grow after all the rain we keep getting from the pop up thunderstorms.
as for an update on mason, we went back to the specialist at 21 weeks (i'm 24 weeks now) and they did an ultrasound with tons of pictures and measurements. the doctor came in and looked as well and analyzed all the pictures and was mainly concerned with mason's heart and ventricles in the brain. As for his heart, it looks good for right now. many down syndrome children have holes in their hearts, but for right now, what the doctor can tell, there is no visible problems; not to say that one won't show up when we go back later. as for the ventricles in the brain, they will continue to monitor these to see if he will need shunts put in to drain the spinal fluid. when we went in originally at 18 weeks, they were measuring around 11 to 12. normally the doctor's like to see it less than 10. at 21 weeks, when the doctor measured them, they measured at 8. something. the doctor said that looks good as well. we go back to the specialist in about 3 weeks for another ultrasound as they continue to monitor mason and his progress. we can only hope for more good news.
and now for some pictures from the last month and a half:
tons of fun at tucker long's birthday party
jake, jay and noah blowing bubbles
for some reason jay doesn't like to pick up his cupcake
birthday boy tucker with his parents julie and trey
a day at the park with mom and dad
sprinkler time at grandma and grandpa's house on memorial day
family vacation at the beach
jay loved the water
soaking up some rays
mommy look!!
fun times in the sand with dad
kristen walters' baby shower
hailey johnson's birthday party at monkey joes
we still haven't learned how to eat cake with a fork or with our hands
fun times at monkey joes on the slide. jay loves this place.
