A day in the life of Jason Dawes

I've been gone to long

2010-10-11T22:23:00.001-07:00

Jason is again mad at his "mama" for not blogging about all his accomplishments. So here we are! Jason is changing and growing by leaps and bounds! And this boy found his voice! He is most proud of his counting 1-13 then saying "rero" ( zero) and his abc's all the way through. We are talking more that we can understand too and he loves to give kisses hugs and say I wuv u.

His eyes are still a issue and infact today we are dialating his eyes for days to see if his prescription is right and then change his bifocals, oh yes let me update. Jason got bifocals in August and it seems to be helping him a lot.

Jason is eating a little better too, our good buddy got Jason to eat PIZZA! That is thrilling..

In August and Sept. Jason and mommy and daddy went to Hawaii with his Mimi and PapaO for a week and Jason is actually just a big ol water and sand baby. He could not get enough. Jason flew GREAT the whole way there and back. I was so proud!

Jason has also grown out of his nursery and just today got to move into his new big boy bedroom. All Thomas all over. We have had a blast decorating it painting it and showing it to him for the first time. It is a work in progress and lots to still do BUT he LOVES it! Jason says Choo choo over and over for Jason.

well that is about all for now. Jason and I are taking a week trip to Colorado to see his Mimi and PapaO for a week. I am excited to see them and I know Jason is!!!

You can't catch this...............

2010-05-02T19:25:00.001-07:00

So it has been brought to my attention that people whisper about Jason, and I have heard, I don't want to my kids to play with him, they may "catch" what he has. What he has is a wonderful, sunny, loving, addicted to hugs, loves to kiss, and play personality. Like any toddler he has his "quirks" he does things that are not "normal" all the time to all kids. BUT YOU CAN NOT COMPARE KIDS, THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT!!! So if you do not want a loving wonderful, giggle box child who loves to call you out loudly, give you hugs and kisses, then by all means, do not play with my child, do not associate with my child. It means more love hugs and kisses for Jason's daddy and I! If you do not want those wonderful attributes for your child, then stay away. I was talking to a friend tonight and said this, I love the fact Jason is still in the "baby" stages at almost 2. Since we can not have anymore children, I get to have a extended baby time. It is the way we look at Jason behind or slower at some things.
We truly see progress in Jason. He has a new fun thing to do, GET NAKED, anywhere he can as fast as he can! He has learned how to undo a zipper in a flash. We found Jason in his crib with NOTHING on and trust me we did not put him to bed that way. He was looking at us with the biggest smile like LOOK WHAT I CAN DO. He was sooooo proud! We were not so proud of what we found in his crib that was not in his diaper...... But he is learning and hey who can fault him for that. He is not potty trained and at 23 months(YIKES!) not may kids are yet............ It is times like those that we will look back on and laugh.
So my child screams loud, lots of kids do, my child does not talk much, so what, my child does not wave bye bye, hey he never wants you to leave, but my child loves and loves and loves. He is here to love us, kiss us and hug us, the rest will come along in time.... Hug your children, THEY LOVE IT AND GIVE IT BACK 10 FOLD

We are not alone!

2010-04-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

So this last weekend we went to a meet up to meet a local author named Harley. She lives close to us and her oldest child Gabriel has SPD. I am telling you I feel like I poured it all out on the table with her, she understands, she knows SO MUCH about SPD and she was so very helpful as well as the owner of Sensory Planet, Carrie Fannin. They gave me LOTS of information to read and help to learn about Jason's SPD issues. I really almost burst a little, when I introduced myself, Sacha and Jason, to 0Harley, who has read my blog recognized Jason and his cute little glasses, but she also knew so much detail. She really paid attention to our blog and I almost cried a little. ( Emotional day!) I wanted to cry a few times hearing how we are not alone, we are not the only one's dealing with the screams, the biting ourselves (new thing!) our freak outs at animals ( Jason HATES THE ZOO!) freak outs about new smells or foods. I felt a inner peace knowing that I have people I can turn to and say HELP ME. I really need to and will be getting more involved with the website Sensory Planet and getting to know other SPD mom's. I just feel it in my bones that this is where I need to be headed for all the help we can get!

We got some great news, Jason is "graduating" from eating therapy, and there is a space for him very close to our home for Sensory Integration therapy! YEAH!!! Jason has gained weight is eating a little better, he has his days, like today when all he wanted is milk and 2 bites from a fruit bar, but for the most part he is eating. He LOVES chicken teriyaki but really loves it from chop sticks! He still loves his french fries, but also loves crunchy things. He is not a big one on fruits and veggies but we have found ways to "hide" them in food or smoothies! Ahhh calories!

So here we are, we have learned a lot, have so much more to learn but one day at a time one step at a time one mistake at a time. Jason has progressed very well with his glasses, they are on about 90% of the time! Funny story, Jason and I were at a play date, he was happily playing on the jungle gym walking all over I see him going back and forth on the bridge to the slide, smiling and glasses on, the next trip across the bridge, NO GLASSES! I go running over ( They were expensive!) and a little boy had taken Jason's glasses off his face and was trying to put them on his own face! Jason was pulling at them like Hey those are mine!!! I was able to rescue the stolen glasses, clean them a bit and put them back on the correct child's face, Jason actually smiled when I put them back on like these are mine dude, back off! It was funny!

Pictures will be next time, it has been a long week, Sacha was on a business trip, and while i have taken pictures I have not edited or even downloaded them!
Happy reading and thanks again for the support, again my mantra, One Day at a time, One Step at a time, One Mistake at a time and we will be fine!!!

Playing

2010-04-17T11:04:00.000-07:00

Jason has changed by leaps and bounds since he got his dreaded glasses! He has started to talk SO MUCH MORE! In the 2 weeks since we got the spec's he has started to say All Done, Good Job and Uh-Oh! He also now just says deedle deedle deedle over and over. He also has started to say Baby and Hi a lot more. The glasses are a big part of things! So now we make a BIG game out of putting them on, 1! 2! 3! gooooooooooo and on they go!

Jason has tried to get rid of them once or twice too! He threw them at the grocery store and we had to backtrack to find them under a shelf where he tossed them! But the sleuth in mommy remembered when she heard a plunk, thinking she kicked a coin, nope it was the glasses being tossed! ahhhhh Jason's plot was foiled again!

Jason is now wearing them to the park, on play dates, and all over the house. In about 2 weeks we went from HECK NO I am not wearing those to hey ok let me try to put them on! Upside down and backwards but he is trying!

Jason is also learning to put his pants on ( and off) he loves it!

The only issue with this is he can take his pants off when we do not want him to and has done so once, while he was supposed to be sleeping, he removed his pants, his diaper and well I will let your imagination go to what he did with no diaper on, lets just say mommy and daddy had to clean his WHOLE CRIB!

So now Jason is getting more confident in things, he climbs the steps to the slide now, walks around the play area and goes down the slide all by himself! Sorry no pictures of this as I am having to catch him at the bottom of the slide! But he is helping in other ways we can take pictures of, he learned he can help daddy drive! See the comparison pictures of Jason helping Daddy drive right at 6 months to now at 22 months!

The Blame Game

2010-04-11T15:31:00.001-07:00

This post is not from Jason's point of view, it is a break from the posts about Jason. While Jason is the center of Sacha's and my life, he is very important to every one in our family and I would hope to some of our friends. We are all busy with our own lives and it is hard to "deal" with a child who does not "fit the norm" and many people either choose not to deal with it, meaning friendships lost, which is sad, or know everything about it and decide that they know best and it is nothing to worry about, or lastly they take the blame for Jason's issues on themselves. Please do not blame yourself, ANYONE, this could not have been prevented. Every child has his or her quirks, and yes every child goes through phases where they freak out over horses, chickens, goats, wind, or anything for that matter. It is when that freak out changes the way that child lives his or her life there is a issue.
Sensory Processing Disorder is a real thing, it is not something to be "ignored", it makes children as young as Jason make the terrible 2's look like the world is ending over simple touch, smell, feel. Then add in the eye issues and it is all very confusing to a young person. Sacha and I are working on this as much as we can, it is a hard thing, it is hurtful to us both that our child is suffering from things he can not understand. Yes he displays simple toddler behaviour, and yes I run to him when he starts a melt down because we have seen first hand if they are not stopped what it can turn into. To most that see Jason "melt down" they think toddler or parenting issue or hey let that kid out of the bubble, let him fall, let him get hurt, let him get dirty. Trust me when I say we do all those things in the comfort of our own home where he knows where he is and all the things around him but in public when he starts to clinch his fist, turn bright red, and scream bloody murder, it is anything but pleasant and it ends up with Jason shaking all over and his mommy crying and begging for him to calm down. Crying is not the answer, it freaks him out more, but at times I can not stop the tears! I know I need to try harder at that but hey, we are all learning together about this.
Jason was a miracle from the start, we struggled to have him, many of you know this some of you do not, Jason should have had 6 siblings. Yes you read right, 6 pregnancies that failed for horrible reason's I will not go into now because frankly this blog is about Jason not the "what could have been", but I bring it up because of this. I can say Sacha and I are angry! We are angry that we struggled, we lost so much, we fought so hard when so many told us, just stop trying, adopt, there are so many children who need a good home. I was told I should understand that being adopted myself, and we, Sacha and I agree with that and had always planned on adopting once we had our own child. We still think about it now since we can not have any more children of our own. Then along came our Washington baby. Wow, what a surprise, and he was great! Growing like he should, no problems with Downs Syndrome like had been feared from past history, he was great. He came early, to early, and we were warned there may be issues! That is why we are angry, we thought we had suffered enough, we thought, hey maybe just maybe we will have a easy baby just cause of all the past issues. Nope just the opposite, sick a lot, late to roll over, late to crawl, late to walk, and now at 22 months and not talking well, you know, late to talking. We both wonder WHY??? WHY is this happening? How do we deal with it? What help can we get Jason? and WHY? It seems so unfair, so upsetting, so wrong!!! But we love this child, so very much, we love him when at 22 months he still does not sleep through the night all the time, when at 22 months he can not always feed himself or eat at all. When at 22 months he would rather crawl around the house then walk, when at 22 months he can not talk to us and even say hi mommy. We love him, not because we have to, but because in this world there was not a more wanted baby, a more needed child, and not a more prayed for child to come into our lives.
So no blame is given with this disorder! None what so ever to anyone, it is what it is. Sacha and I ask you all to love Jason for who he is, love him the way he is and to support us as we learn about this disorder. SPD comes in many forms, some are milder then others, some are more severe, and some is related to Autism. Our child so far is not related to Autism, praise the Lord, could it go there? Yes we are told it could, will it? No way of knowing yet, Jason is to young to know for sure. Does it matter? In some way's yes, for Jason's sake, but in the eye's of those who care for Jason no it should not, he is still the beautiful boy from Bothell Washington that everyone oooooh'd and ahhhhh'd over. We hope even though he is not the cute baby stage anymore you all still ooooooh and ahhhh over him like his parents do!
Thanks,
a heartbroken set of adoring parents

Darn I am cute............ or so I keep being told

2010-04-09T16:15:00.000-07:00

Soooo, Jason and his glasses are getting to be friends. He wears them more and more, today we had success in the car, at a play date, at lunch, at the grocery store and at home. We are on day 3 of glasses and yippee he seems to be wearing them about 80% of the time! Mommy decided we needed to show the guy that first put the glasses on Jason what a big boy he was and we went in to see him. Glenn the glasses guy, adjusted Jason's glasses and Jason even helped put them back on!
Jason also ventured out with his mommy to a play date today with 6 other kids from infant to toddler to beyond preschool. Jason is not the best "sharer" in the world but he is getting better! Where we went was great, nice safe play room in someones house with every toy known to man and the best thing of all, HORSES! I have not seen Jason light up like that in a LONG LONG time! He kept squealing Dooogies, no honey not doggies, horsie! But he was squirming in my arms, and reaching out to them. It was suggested that we look into therapy sessions with horses, it really helps little people with some sensory issues and developmental delays. I had heard that in the past but I was a) in denial that my son had "issues" and developmental delays ( yes his mommy is a little nutty at times) and b) thought it may be to much for him at such a young age, ( mommy fear he may get hurt, got to burst the bubble he lives in sometime!) so we are going to look into it! I mean he was excited to see the horses run and play!
Now my wonder boy is sleeping off all the afternoon excitement. While mommy blogs and does other around the house things.
Slowly we as a family are starting to come around and understand just what Sensory Processing Disorder is, how to deal with it and understand it is OK for us to say we have a "special" child. Every child is special, every person has special qualities but not every child is as special as ours is. So if one day you see us in a restaurant, and our wonder boy is screaming a blood curdling scream while clinching his fists and turning red, please know it is not bad parenting, or lack of discipline, it is "special needs" showing through. We are working hard on the screams, the fist pumping, and the frustration Jason is having. We are getting better at making him watch us and watch the simple sign language we are using to help Jason communicate. So if you see us, hey. stop by, say hi, tell Jason how cute he is in his glasses, he can never seem to get enough flirting or attention and know that as parents we are doing the best that we can. We need the love, we need the support and we know the screams are loud! TRUST US! We are a lot closer to them then you are when they go off! Any suggestions are taken and applied if we can!
Thank you for continuing to read about Jason and his cuteness, his challenges he is facing and letting his parents get their hurt, confusion and frustrations out via this blog! It really does help the one who is behind the keyboard which for the most part is his Mommy but Daddy helps too!
Happy weekend to you all and remember once again you may hear a screaming child no matter where you are, the parents for the most part are more frustrated and mortified with the screams then you are or you think they are, if they are decent parents at all!

tramatic day for Jason and his Parents

2010-04-06T23:09:00.001-07:00

The day I have been dreading for a week was here today. My precious one got his glasses and true to my fears Jason was very upset with the glasses on his face. Not only did it change his eyesight to something he is not used to it caused issues with his sensory processing disorder. Jason is very sensitive to touch and things on his face. This caused a landslide of issues from freaking out in the bath tub when the bath scrubby touched him to just getting his clothes on. It is a hard thing to watch your child scream from something he does not understand. He kept trying and succeeding at taking or more like ripping his glasses off his face.

His glasses are quite thick and a very strong prescription, both Sacha and I looked through them and while I need and wear glasses I was very suprised at the strength of his glasses. I would have freaked out too if I was Jason. He has gotten used to seeing things fuzzy and we thing at times in double vision and to see them "correctly" for the first time scared him. Poor baby is sleeping now but it is a restless sleep, and he is crying in his sleep quite a bit. Quite tramatic for him to say the least!

Keep Jason in your prayers, he does not talk yet, and can not tell us he is scared, that you can see from his reaction. While Jason understands so much of what we say to him and responds by doing the things we ask him to do, he can not say NO MOMMY he just violently shakes his head and grabs at his face. We are having to hold his hands down away from his face which is also very upsetting to our precious child, because he is a self soother via thumb sucking. I am terrified he will not trust his mommy and daddy much more due to all the appointments we are taking him to. He does not understand that this is all for his own good and he will thank us later in life when he can see and his eye's are strong!

Glasses???!!!

2010-04-02T17:23:00.000-07:00

Yes you read correctly, we are starting to get to the bottom of some of Jason's developmental delays and piece of the puzzle could be our wonderful, beautiful, rambunctious toddlers eyes! Poor baby boy is having a issue with his left eye actually crossing. His right eye may be next and we have been told that this will last through puberty and if we can get him to wear his glasses it very well may correct itself. There is a surgical procedure he can have at some point that will correct it if it does not correct it's self but we have to let things do what they are going to for now, Jason is to little for the surgical procedure and with his eyes just starting to cross it would be a mute point they may keep crossing..... so or precious little guy will have glasses next week when they are ready. The hard part is getting him to wear them! He hates anything on or near his face, he will not wear sun glasses, or hats. They have said they may have to use arm restraints on his little arms to keep the glasses on if he keeps taking them off. It will teach him that he needs them on, the issue with that is he is a major thumb sucker and that is how he calms himself down............. we shall see. I was told that once he understands they will help him see he may leave them alone! So..... another piece of the mystery of Jason is understood and we are on the path of getting him all the help we can! We are thankful for the wonderful insurance Sacha gets with Microsoft and I am praising God that we have been successful in finding some of the pieces of the puzzle that are upsetting my precious gift from God! We pray that we continue on the path of getting Jason to eating,and talking! He really is a wonderful happy little guy and the absolute apple of mommy and daddy's eye!

Happy Easter to you all, we are excited to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ this weekend at our Church then off to a wonderful Brunch on Sunday for Easter and my birthday, one year closer to 40!!!!!!!!!!!!

We got in!

2010-03-31T08:54:00.000-07:00

OK so we finally got the call that we are in with a very highly regarded speech therapist here! Yippee, we went yesterday to see her bright and early! She played with Jason, listened to him, got him to interact very well and taught us some new games! I was thrilled when we were sitting there playing and Jason looked in the mirror at his eye level, smiled at the reflection, then turned and smiled at me, turned back to his reflection and said BABY! My heart melted on the spot! Jason had a great time, wandering, playing and even jumping on her trampoline! We can only get in once every other week at this point, she is very busy and that is all her schedule can fit for now but we are hopeful that as time goes on we can get in more often, every little bit helps. She did notice, and so have we, that Jason's left eye really seems to be sagging and turning in a lot more. She was concerned about it. We have seen a children eye Dr for it and we were given the all clear, that his bridge of his nose was not as pronounced yet to make it look like his eye was "lazy". Well............... found out that the Dr we saw is not "the best" in the words of the 2 therapists we saw yesterday, so we are seeing a specialist on Thursday. His eye really sags when he is tired and turns in towards the middle. I have been told that something like this can effect so many aspects of a toddlers life and could be a reason for some of his delays. Not sure where we go from here but we will leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom of things. I can imagine that sight issues could be a major issue, over compensating for bad eyesight I could see would slow his other reflexes. We also saw Jason's feeding therapist yesterday and while he ate very little at the appointment, like 3 bites he said another new word in the correct context, when he was finished eating and wanted up he both signed " all done" and kind-of said "all done" came out more all-da, but it was understandable. He is picking up more signs, he knows "more" well, and "milk", he is learning "help" and for please he rubs mommy's chest and not his own. His best is shaking his head no, he does not do the "sign" for no just shakes his head very hard to the point sometimes he gets a little dizzy and falls, it is kinda funny and cute as long as he does not hurt himself.

On a interesting note we are thinking Jason is ready to start potty training, he is very interested in watching himself go to the bathroom of late. So we are getting him a "big boy" potty to start this new phase of life, this could be INTERESTING! Jason will be the ripe old age of 22 months on Friday, I know many boys are late bloomers in talking, potty training, and motor skills, we will have to see where this takes us!

Feeding therapy..... or playing??

2010-03-24T10:03:00.000-07:00

So we had another appointment with the feeding therapist. Jason thought it was more play time then eating time. Oh well, I offered him a sandwich, a banana, a go-gert, all a BIG no! He had more fun playing in the high chair she had there and all the toys. Ahhhhhh fun! But we are keeping at it. We are thinking of changing PT's for 2 reasons, we are also waiting to get into more PT/OT and the list is 1-4 months long and the drive to this person's house is over a hour at times! So she recomended someone closer to us that she has worked with for a long time and thinks is good and works with Jason's "issue". Sooooo we shall see what comes of that.

On another note, Jason and his mommy and daddy had some great company come to Seattle from Houston. Mommy's very good friend Stephanie and her son Aidan came to play for a few days! Man what a time was had! We visited the Space Needle, Pikes Market, Ivar's, the resturant that they filmed Sleepless in Seattle, took a ferry ride to Bremmerton, and played at a winery with a picnic, and Jason and his mommy took them to play at MicroSoft! AWESOME! Jason and Aidan had a blast together, Aidan was showing off his tikwondo moves and Jason was immitating him!

Since no pictures of therapy I am going to add some pictures of their trip here! It was so sad to see them leave, and Jason ( and the dogs I might add) were looking for them all day Sunday since they left before Jason woke up that day! Looking forward to the next visit! The first picture is Aidan at Pikes Market, Then Steph and Aidan on the Ferry, then Jason on the Ferry then Steph and Aidan on The Space Needle, then Mere, Aidan, Jason on the Ferry and last, Steph, Aidan, Mere, Sacha, Jason and our neighbor at the winery!

Day one Feeding Therapy

2010-03-16T10:38:00.001-07:00

Well lets just say that the first appointment was not the best! Lots and lots of questions and medical back-ground on Jason. The Therapist almost seemed argumentative! We had to drive about a hour and 20 minutes to get to her so I think we were all in a "mood" by the time we got there. Jason had a great time, he played, he ate about 3 bites of pancakes, and "stunk up the room". So we will see where we go from here, we are waiting to see when we see her next, her schedule is very hectic!!! But we are making progress, Jason was HUNGRY last night! He seems to LOVE sweet and sour chicken! We gave him a big fork and he went to work. YIPPEE! We may get sick of sweet and sour but oh well!!!
Today he is showing signs of either a cold coming on or allergies, needless to say his nose is running!
BUT we have finished his play room ( well about 95%) I need to change the valance and put his pictures up. We are taking pictures of his favorite things and putting them down low so since he is not talking he can show us what he wants or we can show him Callie or Hana for "doggie", or Mommy or Daddy, or chair, sippy cup, etc. Any suggestions on what to put pi cures up of?

my favorite picture of my "boys"

2010-03-14T23:39:00.001-07:00

Not much to say other then these are the loves of my life and I want to share the pictures with you! There is nothing like a daddy and a son napping together to warm your heart!

2010-03-12T13:28:00.000-08:00

it has been a while but here we are again

2010-03-12T13:08:00.000-08:00

So it has been a while since we "blogged" but I see it about to take off as a way to verbalize our fears of things. Let me back up about 6 months!

Jason has had lots of "issues in his short life". As a first time mom I really watch every thing. We had noticed that unlike so many children Jason was not picking up on simple things like talking, waiving bye bye, sign language, or eating to name a few.

So after pushing and pushing we finally got answers in the last few weeks! We had started speech therapy since Jason has 6 words at 21 months, was not really repeating much or talking, pointing or verbalizing other then ear piercing screams and a hissing noise similar to a cat's. Last week we had to have Jason scoped, low and behold he has/had sever cobblestones in his throat..... GERD also known as sever acid reflux. Hey I would not eat either if I had that that bad!!! We did this to see if there was any long term damage from him eating glass in January ( won't eat food but glass is OK???)

So we got back into Children's Hospital Seattle eating program! We went just yesterday and while we were there we kind of switched gears a little after talking to the PT specialist and watching Jason. They tested his neurological development. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, light bulbs were going off left right and center!

After 2 hours of talking playing and yes even Jason eating we had a answer, a name of what was going on and information on how to help our little prince!

Sensory Processing Disorder, ( kind of funny it is also called SPD, and those are Sacha's initials!) When I started to read the information they gave us, and research on line I was staring at my child's daily life and was amazed. Everything was there made sense down to Jason mainly walking on his tippy toes to covering his ears so often and freaking out in the sun light! We have a name we have a diagnosis we know where to get help!

While it is scary the long term effects that SPD can have, we have caught it fairly early, can get him into long term therapy and help him learn to live with what he can't "deal with" right now.

So........... this blog is now changed from The Dawes in Seattle to Jason's battle with SPD.

You can look it up, there is so much information on it out there, the more they are learning the more help we can get. Sacha and I will be in some wonderful support groups for parents of SPD kids, lots of reading and working one on one with our miracle child.

It is never easy to learn your child has needs that are not "normal" on a day to day basis. I honestly feel like it is not fair, but hey when is life fair. With all the problems we has in previous pregnancies and then having Jason, him being so early, and his illnesses the first 21 months, but hey, that is the life of a parent, no life is a bed of roses! As the therapist told us yesterday we have the Disney World of medical insurance, lets just skip it's a small world and get on the biggest and fastest roller coaster ride out there and hang on for dear life! What a ride this will be BUT the main thing, we are getting Jason the best of the best care!

So watch for Posts about or progress, our failures, our fears and our joys and mountains we have climbed! It will be a great learning experience and we are up for the challenge! Ya with us???

Life in March

2009-03-29T10:33:00.000-07:00

I am going to yell at my mommy! I do all these fun things and Mommy does not post about them! How will you all ever know what is going on in my life if she does not post more often??? Bad bad mommy!!!

March was and still is fun! It has been very weird in the weather department though! We have had sun and warm days, then snow then rain and hail then more sun then more snow and well you get it! Here is a picture of the snow one day! Mommy and I were at lunch with my good buddy Jake and Mommy's friend Cristina and it started to snow a little, when we left the house it was raining but she knew the snow was coming but not like this!

See Callie in the snow? She loved it, Mommy said it was to cold for me to play in it this time since I was still getting over the croup! AAAWWWW man!

I am chilling on a sunny day with my cool buddy shades! I am rockin in them!

I am not sure what a birthday means but I know it is important and my friend Jake ( the same buddy I had lunch with in the snow) had one! He turned 1 and everyone made a big deal about it! I liked his party cause I guess we all get one and he got LOTS of good presents, from books to toys to a wagon that Mommy and Daddy and I got him! Then he got cake, I know he liked cake! I had fun playing at his house that day and I will tell you a secret mommy let me taste cake, it was GOOD!!!

Here I am playing at Jake's! I was having a good time with all my friends!

See Jake's pile of presents? YIPPEE for Jake!

Jake got this cool train whistle and train hat and bandanna and train too! The whistle made some cool sounds and he was sharing with daddy to make the noise from it! Way to go Jake!

Jake is looking at a BIG box, I watched mommy and daddy wrap it so I know what it is and I am getting excited to see Jake open in!

A WAGON! Yippee!!! Oh how much fun can Jake have in that? Maybe I can ride to if he wants to share!

Look at Jake's cake!

Cake face!!!

All that cake and playing wore me out!

I am 9 months old!

2009-03-03T16:35:00.000-08:00

Monday March 2nd I turned 9 months old!!! So how to celebrate? Mommy took me to the Doctors and they gave me a shot! that is not nice!!!

Here is my information!

Because I was sick I lost a lot of weight and now weigh 18 pounds 9.5 oz ( I was at 20 pounds last week before I got sick!)

I am 27 and 1/4 inch's long
my head is 44.5 cm around!

I am small they said in the 28th Percentile! I need to eat more! So mommy got to feed me some new things! I got to try Macaroni and Cheese and a Wheat Pita bread! YUMMY! See??

this is the "neat picture!" just wait!

Getting messier!Messy!!!

then there are Popsicles!

These things are COLD

Nope to cold I do not like it..........or am I crying cause it is slow being delivered to me?

Yep I like them! I just had to get used to them being cold!

So now you are up to date on me and my life with my mommy and daddy! I love them very much and I know they love me!!!

Hope you like my blog...........please feel free to leave me a comment or a message! I love to hear from my family and friends who read about me!

Kisses!

Jason

Daddy had a birthday!

2009-03-03T16:23:00.000-08:00

My daddy had his birthday! He turned 36!!!

Mommy's friend made him a cake! He is blowing out the candles!

Blow daddy! that is a lot of candles!

Then daddy got to open his presents! I love to help!

Then we had some of Daddy's friends over to help us celebrate!

Well that is just mommy and daddy but there were friends there too!

See there is Jake and his mommy and daddy! They all played a video game after I went to bed!

Daddy showing a present from mommy, he is so silly!

Happy birthday daddy! next year I want a piece of cake!

I love you!

I got sick!!!

2009-03-03T16:13:00.000-08:00

So many of you know I got sick again! I had a cold and it turned into the croup! I did not feel good! Sooooo I decided to stop eating and I had a bad bad cough! Mommy took me to the Doctors office and I got a yucky medicine to make me better! But it made me worse! The next day mommy and daddy were worried about me and they called a nurse, she "talked" to me on the phone and listened to me breath and then told mommy to call 911 ( the 999 in England for my English family). I had lots of activity then! All these people came to my house to see me! I decided then I felt better! I laughed and tried to play with them, but they did not want to play they were worried about me! There were 9 people in the house and 2 big truck things mommy called ambulances in my street that had loud sirens and these bright flashy lights that I liked to look at! They did all sorts of things to me, they played with my toes and listened to my heart with this cold thing that someone shoved into his ears and held my wrist and felt my heart beat that way. They told mommy and daddy all sorts of things to help me feel better! Mommy did not take any pictures of this but I know she will always remember it! I got to sleep with mommy in a recliner chair all night that night as she held me tight and upright so I could breath! I know mommy and daddy were worried! I started to cough a lot and that hurt my throat and I had yucky stuff draining from my nose to my tummy, that made me gag and throw up on daddy a few times. I don't like to throw up, it scares me and I cried a lot!

Mommy took a photo of me sleeping when I was sick! I am much better now though!

friends I have made

2009-03-03T15:38:00.000-08:00

I have been able to play a little this month with friends
Here are a few playdates!

Friends!

My friend Lilly and her mommy

all smiles!

I love my bouncer!

Friends!

My buddy Evan trying to walk already!

Abby and her mommy

My friend Natalie and her mommy! we do not see her often but it is fun when we do!

Yeah yeah I was napping!

Girls every where!!!

then I had a play date with mommy, daddy and Mrs Christina and Mr Jimmy and my buddy Jake, we went to Pikes Market on a Sunday it was FUN!

Mrs Christina getting ready to go!

Daddy and I with a cool sunset!

Jake and his mommy and daddy!

I love to play

2009-03-03T15:05:00.001-08:00

OK so in February I played at home more then normal! The flu was going around lots of my friends and mommy and daddy did not want me to get it! So we stayed here a lot! Here are some random pictures mommy and daddy took with the new camera! Also you will notice there is something WHITE in my mouth, no mommy and daddy are not letting me chew gum, I GOT A TOOTH! The first one was OK the second one HURT!

It is hard to see but it is there!

When I was not showing my tooth I was learning to do new things, I waited until I was good and ready to show mommy and daddy what I could do! Want to see? I can stand up all big and tall and all by myself! It is hard for mommy to get a picture of me standing cause she is always behind me with her hands up, I think she is scared I may fall down! But I also started to sit all by myself with out falling over! That we can take a picture of!

Ok but here is my question, why did Daddy dress me in a CHRISTMAS outfit in FEBRUARY? Because it finally fit me!

Here I am in my jumper! I love to bounce!

and I love kisses from my dogs! SEE??

I love to play!

Well I am taking another nap so I guess this is a short post today!

Love you all!

Valentines Day Playdate 2009

2009-03-03T14:08:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I am making mommy type as I sit next to her in my "exasaucer" and play with the toys on it! See me??I love to sit next to mommy while she works on my blog! I must say that this picture was taken just today and some of the one's you will see of me on this post are older by a week or two maybe three!

The month of Feburary has been fun for me! It started with Mommy and Daddy having their 7th wedding anniversary, Daddy had to work out of his normal office that day so it was quiet, he had to work late too so me and Mommy hung out that day! But when daddy came home Mommy made him a good dinner and they had yummy dessert, they were mean to me and did not let me have any of it because it was Chocholate and that would hurt my tummy! But Daddy did buy Mommy a new camera to take better pictures of me with! And mommy gave Daddy a cool leather jacket that looks just like mine!!! We are to cute together or so everyone says!!!

All my friends and I got together for Valentines day! I have lots of "girl-friends, Abby and Lilly to name a few! I have guy friends too, Jake and Evan! We love to play a lot! Here we are all dressed up for Valentines day with our mommies and each other!

This is when we got there, mommy looks SILLY!

Here I am with Lilly!

Here is my buddy Evan playing with a toy! Look at him stand!

Here is my bud Jake, he is always trying to take my socks off!!!

This is my girl Abby! She is sooo cute!!!

Here is everyone but Jake, I don't know where he was!!!

There he is after my red sock again! No Jake my sock!!!

Mrs Christina really decorated her house see?? Mommy and I shared my monkey balloons for the day!

We all ate yummy heart shaped bread and cheese and the mommies had some cup-cakes, my mommy shared a LITTLE bit with me shhhh don't tell!

After the play date I got sleeeeeeppppyyyyyy!

Nap time, so we went home! I loved playing with my friends and all the valentines cards I got!

Happy Valentines Day to all my friends and family!!! I love you all!

America gets a new President

2009-02-26T09:31:00.000-08:00

My mommy and daddy kept talking about something called a new President, Mr Obama........ not sure who he is, not so sure mommy and daddy liked him, but almost all my friends mommies and daddies liked him so we decided to have a very early play date to watch him be "sworn in" ( big words for a little guy huh?? thanks mommy!)

So we had my friends come over and Mommy dressed me in a cute outfit that I almost outgrew and we partied!! See??

Food on my face and wondering what the fuss is all about!

Now that is food on the face of my friend Evan!

Mommy's friend Katy with her special glasses her daddy got her! She is a Obama fan!

My friends Abby and Lucy joined the party!

Mommy and her friends has "special orance juice" and us babies had to stick to milk/formula and baby food.......... did not seem fair but hey whatever!!

Here I am with Mommy all dressed up for the party!

The new President taking office with his wife with him, I call him the "new dude"

My friend Abby with her Mommy Allison were very happy for Mr Obama! All smiles!

We had fun, we all bounced, ate and Evan got to watch the Inaguration, he does not watch much tv but it was a special day and his mommy said it was ok just today! I loved having my friends over! Thanks guys!!!

Kisses,

Jason!

Catching up January to Feburary 2009

2009-02-26T08:36:00.000-08:00

I am back, Mommy is really not being so good at keeping up on my page so I fussed at her and bam, here she is!!!

January was a quieter month for me, I was so sick at the start of the new year that Mommy made me go back to the Doctor's office to be checked out and then they gave me ANOTHER shot! But sneeky Mommy and Daddy, they sang to me "the wheels on the bus" and I did not feel the shot go in but I did get very sleepy later on!!!

I did get one big suprise Mommy and Daddy took me to my friend Jake's house one night and LEFT me there! I got to play with Jakie and his Mommy and Daddy all night while Mommy and Daddy went out to a "thing" for a Daddies work! I had so much fun!!!

Me and Jake!

This is Jake's daddy holding me, he has more stuff on his face then I have on my head!

It is so cold in Washington state in January that we did not go out much, but we got to go to lots of play dates at other people's houses! I love to play! I get to see my friends and that is lots of fun! I missed them all when I was at Mimi and Papa O's house then sick when I got home.

On January 6th Mommy and I and our friends Mrs Christina and her son Jake and Mrs Allison and her daughter Abby had a suprise lunch for Mrs Katy with her son Evan. Mommy and Mr Ian, Evan's daddy, were sneeky and planned a lunch and got all our friends there and Mrs Katy was so suprised! It was fun....... I would show you a picture... but mommy lost it! Bad bad mommy!

On January 9th I learned new trick! I kind of fell over then I decided well I am down here why not see what life looks like from my tummy! Wheeeee that was fun so I started to do it lots and lots and that is how I learned to roll over! I thought it was normal but Mommy and Daddy thougth is was a MAJOR thing and called people to tell them what I was doing, it must have been a good thing so kept doing it! No big deal right? So mommy took lots of pictures of me falling then rolling over you can see them below!

Here I am sitting

Going down!!!!

Oh tummy!

Hey look at what I did!!! This is not so bad!

We had lots of play time with friends! I got to go to my friend Abby's house, and my friend Lilly's house and my friend Natalie's house! I have lots of girl friends! I love play dates!!!

Well that is all for now I have more to tell you in the next post, it is all about our new President, mommy threw a party very early in the morning... she grumbled about it but more about that later! Kisses to all my friends and family!!!

Love ya!

catching up from Dec 2008

2009-02-11T20:49:00.000-08:00

Mommy and Daddy have not been on here to blog about me in a while so I made Mommy get on and give an an update on me!

In December my Daddy took the WHOLE month off of work just for me!!! We were able to stay home, play, go out and do what ever we wanted and I was the center of attention, just like I like it!!!

I got to see my first snow! It was weird, cold and wet but it was fun! See Daddy and I playing in the snow in a snow suit that Nanna and Grandad sent me.

I did not like the Dr appointment mommy and daddy made me go to in December, they gave me 4 shots and I cried hard and got sick. I scared mommy when I got a temp of 103 degree's at 3am and would not stop crying! I did not feel good at all and I was telling everyone!! When I finally felt better I slept a LOT, ( I think mommy and daddy did too!)

In the middle of the month we took a LONG trip in the car, we took my dogs Hana and Callie and mommy and daddy and we drove about 1800 miles to Colorado Springs Colorado. It was not fun for me! I had to stay in my car seat long hours and I got bored, so I slept, I "talked" and I laughed at daddy who sat in the back with me a lot! I did not get to get out of the car much because it was to cold! Here I am in the car letting EVERYONE know I was tired of being in my seat!!! We had fun though, we sang Christmas songs, and listened to movies and looked at lots of snow out the window. There was one day it was very scary, we had to much snow that mommy could not see the road while she was driving and we had to go very very slow. A BIG truck had a problem and it as mommy and daddy said "jack knifed" in the road, I say it broke in half! It was scary! I think I have a picture of that too!

After the LONG and scary car ride we made it to my mommy's house she grew up in!!! I was at Mimi and Papa O's!! It was CHRISTMAS!!!

But before I could open the mounds of presents I had something special to do, I had to be baptised by Pastor Jim! It was weird for me, I was being held by Daddy in this long cloak that he wore when he was baptised and I had COLD water put on my head! But I know it was a special day for Mommy and Daddy, Uncle Jon and Mimi and Papa O, they all ( well not daddy) cried, we had a very special prayer ALL FOR ME and there were lots of people looking at me!Here we are!!! I also got presents and a big lunch after Church, Mommy fed me some fruit from her plate! It was GOOD!!!

Then it was Christmas time! I got LOTS of presents! I was spoiled!!! My family had to help me open the presents 'cause I am not so good using my hands yet! I got toys, stuffed animals, frames for my cute photo's socks and lots of clothes ( ok mommy next year I want more toys and less clothes!!! Clothes are for girls, I am a BOY!!!)

After Christmas, I started not to feel so good again! I had a bad cough, a very runny nose and a fever! Mommy and Daddy worried about me, so did Mimi and Uncle Jon, Papa O knew I was fine, he is a smart guy, but Mommy and Daddy decided to take me to the Dr's office since we had to drive back to Washington a few days later! Yup, I was sick! I had broncholotis ( easy for me to say mommy has to spell and type it!) There was nothing that the Dr could do to make me feel better... with feeling so yucky I decided to stop eating much, that upset Mommy because I lost weight! I was scaring mommy and daddy and Mimi and Papa O a little. I knew my body would make it all better soon!!!

So sadly after 13 days with my Mimi and Papa O we had to go home, back in the car, sick and sleepy I went, back with the dogs and the cold and ALL THOSE PRESENTS for me!

Play dates and new friends!

2008-11-17T09:19:00.001-08:00

I love my play dates, I get to play with my best buddy Evan!

Mommy and I are in a mom's group that we get to do lots of fun thing. We walk alot with other mommies, go to other peoples houses, and a place called Tot spot. I have made lots of new friends!

Here I am with my buddy Evan again and Abbigale

My first "gal pal" Abbigale, she is not looking so sure about me holding her hand!

Now I see why she did not want to hold my hand she already had a boy-friend in Evan, Man I go out of town and looks what happens! Heart-broken!!

This is my friend Jake and his Mommy Christina, we actually met when I was only a few weeks old and we have re-connected in the mommies group! We have so much fun!

This is my gal pal Abigale and her mommy Allison! She is so cute!!! I like my gal pal even if she already has a boy-friend!!

Colorado Trip

2008-11-17T09:05:00.000-08:00

We are back from Colorado, I already had mommy post this once but the post failed!! We will try try again!

While Daddy was in Spain and his parents house Mommy and I went to Colorado. As usual mommy was not good at taking pictures so there are a few but she has to get more from Mimi.

I was able to meet mommies friend Ninfa and her kids Clarissa and Mia at the mall in CastleRock. I sadly cried when Mia picked me up the first time but it was all better when she gave me a bottle. Sorry Mia!

Mia and Jason

Me, Mia and Clarissa

Ms. Ninfa helped feed me too and Clarissa watched!

While in Colorado with Mimi and Papa O I got to try new things, I had squash, Green Beans, and even Chicken in Broth. I did not like the chicken! But I also got to try JUICE! YUMMY!!!

Now we as a family are home and I am having fun with Daddy. I missed him very very much! We are looking forward as a family to Thanksgiving and Christmas! Surrounded by those who love me most! Mommy and Daddy!

Jason goes to Children Hospital....................

2008-10-22T09:45:00.000-07:00

After our day at the pumpkin patch, our little pumpkin had a little "issue" ( no photo's)

We noticed that while changing Jason he was "pooing" black and purple!!

We called the Peditrician and everyone in my phone and we were told Take Jason to the Emergency room at Childrens Hospital! Black poo is not good or normal, it could have been a sign of blood! Turns out it was all ok and only mommy and daddy lost a few heart beats, Jason was fine and probably wondering why we were so freaked out and why we were going out so late ( 7:30 pm very dark outside!)

So we decided to take some photo's and we will also have Jason's X ray to add on here soon! Yes they gave us a copy of his x-ray for his baby book!

Jason playing in the hospital bed!

Daddy napping while waiting for the Dr to come in!

Jason taking it all in stride, and yes I think he was laughing at Mommies nerves! We got the all clear and left shortly after! One healthy boy!

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-22T09:29:00.001-07:00

Daddy and Jason at the 1st pumpkin patch

We have been making the rounds at lots of the pumpkin patch's in the Pacific Northwest! Jason seems to be totally un-impressed! In fact he either gets fussy or just sleeps through them!! The weekend weather has been so nice here for the past few weekends so we have decided to take advantage of it and go out and see the area and the tree's changing!

See Jason checking out the pumpkins wondering where am I now??

Jason hanging out and wondering WHY mommy WHY??

Oh so cute! and nice and warm!!

yummy, my thumb!!!!!

My first tractor John Deere

Say goodbye to a friend and hello to others

2008-10-21T10:56:00.000-07:00

Well we are back from our whirl wind trip to Houston for the funeral of Angie Elliott. The service was beautiful and fitting for Angie. There were tears, alot of them, and laugh's too! Jason was a trooper and blessed us with a quiet afternoon!! A light went out when Angie passed here on Earth but a beautiful candle is glowing in Heaven now!

It was nice to catch up with friends and family in Houston. We were able to stay with my brother Jon. He was thrilled to see Jason and how much he has gown! Jon's dog Alexis thought Jason was a new toy for her to play with and followed us around a lot. She would sit at his bed and whine to play with him or stand on her back legs and beg to play with him!

We had fun seeing everyone, Stephanie was there and played with our little man! he seemed to love Aunt Steph!

We also went to Chico's where Mommy used to work to see Cynthia and Ms. Kay. Jason got to meet the former First Lady Barbara Bush who said he was one of the most beautiful babies! Mommy was not comfortable asking for a picture but everyone there saw and heard her. Even Mrs. Bush's secret service agent declaired him a beautiful baby! My heart was singing! Mrs. Bush has always been a hero of mine and it truly was a highlight of the trip for me!

Here is Jason with Ms Cynthia! Congradulations on your new BLING!

Jason cuddeling with Ms. Kay

Jason also met Aunt Leslie and Uncle Stu. Mommy forgot the camera at this point, she was still on cloud nine about meeting Mrs. Bush! But Stu and Leslie loved on Jason and we all went to dinner!

Mommy failed to get a photo of Aunt Tish but we LOVE the bomber jacket and santa out-fits! Jason will be the rought and tumble little boy in the "camo" outfit and I am sure he will hide and fit into the greenery in our back yard next summer in the outfits! Thanks Aunt Tish!

Uncle Howard ( bubby) with Jason at Lunch

Due to Hurricane Ike my brother Jon had to move office's and we went to see it!

Jon at his desk working hard!

Jason chilling

Jon changing Jason's diaper on the new couch!

On our last day in Houston we had dinner with my cousin Eric the soon to be Dr who gets a lot of calls from us, his wife Gina, Eric's grandmother Mary, Uncle Howard and a friend of Howard's Maddie! YUMMY BBQ!

Jason and Grandma Mary

Eric and Gina a group effort feeding Jason YUMMY

The Dr to be learning to feed the baby!

We saw Mommies old Dr. Dr F and his nurse Holly, to show him what we finally did! That was a fun moment! Holly loved on Jason a lot and just stared at him in awe! Dr F was pleased to see him and hugged mommy in congradulations!

Mommy just flat out forgot pictures of Erin. We saw each other twice and I was so excited to see her that I forgot to get photo's! Erin knows that she is loved by Mommy and Jason and we have the photo's in our minds and hearts!

The loss of a friend and a inspirational person

2008-10-09T13:00:00.000-07:00

Angie before her last brain radiation treatment

This morning we got the news we had been dreading, a friend of ours in Houston finally succombed to Inflamitory breast cancer. Angie Elliott fought hard and long, getting diagnosed just 2 months after her May 2004 wedding, in July of 2004. Angie pushed herself harder then most healthy people and inspired many to fight the good fight. She got so much done for Inflamitory Breast Cancer research and tought us all so much about not only cancer but about ourselves. I know that in life we all whine about things and little issues in life but when we stand back and look at the issues of others there are always people with worse problems then we have. Yet Angie would always be concerned with others plights. When I lost all my babies even the first one as she was finding out she had cancer she would reach out to me. And in June and July of this year she was still in awe of Jason, while she was fighting for her life. She would see his pictures I sent out and send a reply, that was touching. I am so sad that we were not able to see her when we were in Houston last, we asked her and her husband Colin to the shower but Angie was not up to it...I have copied some pictures from her website that Colin kept us all upto date on.

Angie and Colin when Angie's hair grew back brown and curly!

Angie will be missed! She truly inspired others in her fight, she fought to the end hard, there were times that the Dr's said this is it and she bounced back. We were all thinking that she would bounce back again this time and in time she would beat this horrible killer called cancer. We all have to donate and some how some way find a cure for this silent and fast killer!

The blessing about Angie passing on, is her personal walk with Jesus Christ her personal Lord and Saviour. Through it all she kept her faith and even made it stronger. A true inspiration. I know that the angels above are singing on high welcoming our friend to her eternal home. A home where she is complete again and we all think she has hair again!

Angie and Colin on their wedding day May of 2004

BIG BOY!!!

2008-10-07T16:26:00.000-07:00

Well Jason had his 4 month check up and it was all good news!!! Jason is 15 pounds and 25 inches!!! He is no longer in the premiee phase. He is in the 50% of kids his age! Yipee!!!

We were also told to start some solid foods and boy does he like applesauce the one we started with! Next we are trying pears, pea's carrots and sweet potatoes........... I see a mess coming!!!

Jason also has a new car in his life. We decided that my Jetta was just a little to small for all his stuff, the stroller and if I had to take the dogs anywhere so Daddy bought Jason a Honda Oddessy and is letting Mommy drive it! HAA HAA HAA ! Jason was not so sure about the car at first but he loves it now. You can see the side by side of the acura we sold and the van we got here. It is not really silver more a bluish color but hard to see in this light. It is AWESOME, DVD to keep Daddy and Jason busy, reverse camera since it is so big easier for Mommy to see what is behind her, Navigation and hands free stuff, in other words it has buttons and toys!!!

One of our first outings in it was to see the Salmon jumping the ladders in Issaqua, Jason was not impressed with the huge fish. The ladders were closed but the fish were jumping!!

We are getting ready for the colder weather that is on the way here. The high's this week are in the 40's and low 50's but never fear this coming weekend it is supposed to go back to the 80's. I just pray no one gets sick.

Speaking of sick there is a reason that it took so long for me to post. I was not sick but I have had a bad break out of my skin eczema. It decided to cover my whole body and made even the easiest things very hard. So sorry for the lack of posts while this was going on!!! I will work had to make sure it does not happen again ( I really hope!)

More Colorado trip fun

2008-09-17T21:15:00.001-07:00

Going to Colorado was a blast for Jason and I! We were able to see people I had not seen in over a year! I was able to show off Jason!

I am waiting on photo's ( I was the worst at picture taking! others are sending me photo's!)

Mimi Jason and I were able to see Kimberly and her son Austin along with Sally her mother at California Pizza Kitchen. A long lunch was so much fun, to tell you how old I felt I realized that I had not seem Kimberly since BEFORE she married her husband! Well she has a 20 year old now......................... I was in elementary school! It was great to catch up with her and her son was wonderful with Jason. Holding him and loving on him!

Sally was so much fun to see as well! I thank them all for the gift that they brought Jason, he loves the CD's and the fire truck.

On Tuesday we had the Moreland house bible study! That was so special I was able to hand Jason to Jim Singleton who prayed with him. I have waited for the for a long long time! I am looking forward to Jim being able to baptize Jason in December!

Durring the bible study Jackie held on to Jason and loved him until Bev turned around and said

when is my turn??

So mid bible study we played pass the baby!

After the bible study Bonnie got to hold he baby since she was not able to make the shower! It was so much fun to see Jason get all the love!

The rest of the week was mainly about family! We had wonderful weather and a great time playing with Jason and taking him to all the old "haunts" I love to go to! We had French Onion Soup ( 2 times!) it is the best french onion soup! I was able to gobble up Chick-fil-a since we do not have that up here in Washington YUMMY!!!

Wednesday night Jason and I took Papa O put to BBQ and some bonding time! Yummy!!
Poor Jason was dressed up in a cute sweat suit that was a gift that made us so happy! I fear he was oblivious to the fact how much we loved the Bronco's, he even slept in Mimi's arm durring the Bronco football game!

While we were there Mommy and Jason looked at new cars! We are LOOKING at a mini van! Long and short of it! I am in love with the van so we will see if it is in the budget BUT...................... upon returning home Mommy broke out in a MAJOR rash and it turns out per the Dermatologist that I may be alergic to the product that car dealerships put on seats to protect them! I will spare you with a photo but just know that I broke out in a blister like rash head to toe in red blisters and a rash! Ummmm really want a mini van???? ( YES! seats can be cleaned!)

Here are some pictures of our time just hanging out at home with Mimi and Papa O while waiting on word from our family in Houston and all our friends with the invasion of Ike the terrible!

Jason sleeping in Mimi's arms!

Jason hanging out in the sun room by the new fish pond!

Jason's first trip to Colorado

2008-09-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

Hi all, we are so sorry that it has been so long since the last post! Jason and I did not take our computer to Colorado to Mimi and Papa O's house. So I am catching up on the posting!

WHEW can you say whirl wind trip? It was 8 days and it felt like 2-3!

Let me start with the flight and Southwest Airlines! I love them! There were empty seats on the flight so they invited me to bring on Jason's car seat! I loved it! It is the ONLY way to fly!! Jason was great on the plane!

When we got to Denver Mimi was there when we got off the plane and through security! The tears started then! We rushed to Colorado Springs to see Papa O and it was like being home again, only we really missed Daddy as he could not make the trip!

Papa O and his "rootin' scoot"! In the back yard having some swing time!

On the day after we got to Colorado, Jason and were able to attend our Baby shower! It was a joy a long time in coming! I can not say enough thanks to Jackie and Mother! It was a dream come true to have a baby shower!

I was excited to see the cake that Jackie had done! Anything with my little boys picture on it is beautiful, but then again I am bias!

I have lots of the pictures coming of the shower and I will have them uploaded when I get the CD! I can tell you that the devotional that was done by Lauri was a tear jerker for me and Lauri and I am sure others there too! I want to thank Lauri from the very bottom of my heart! Your words were perfect and touched my heart!

First off the Hostess with the Mostess! Jackie and Jason! What a apecial person in our son's life!!! Jason could not be more blessed by love then the ladies of Village 7 Pres. Church! They have prayed and loved a baby they have not met until now!

There were so many ladies there, almost all grand-mothers and a good time was had by all!!!

This is Marjorie Long and Jason

This is Margaret Hunt and the cuddely little guy, the only man at the party!

Jason being loved my Marilyn Roberts!

Linda saying Hello to Jason!

LaBerta all smiles with the cutie pie!

A blessing that Jan could join us!

Ankie and Jason hanging out in the kitchen!

As I said I am missing some picture so more to come later! But a special thanks to EVERYONE that was able to join in our special time! And a wonderful loving thanks to Mimi for the use of her house and to Jackie and her daughter Stephanie for the long hours of cutting out animals for the invitation! I will cherish it!!!

Jason Sacha and I are very blessed with love and support from so many people. Some we do not even know! I can tell you that the power of prayer is amazing!!! I believe in it............. do you?

Houston or bust????

2008-09-03T09:48:00.000-07:00

Well the first trip with Jason is over and a glowing success with him flying!!! Here is a picture of Jason in FIRST CLASS on the way home!
We got off the plane to HUMIDITY!!! We had forgotten how bad it can be!

We checked into the Hilton and Jason slept the first time since the hospital somewhere other then home in his own crib!

We had a family dinner on Friday night and celebrated Tim's birthday ( my cousin's cousin). Uncle U-U also known as my brother Jon and my Uncle Howard were among those of us at dinner at Pappasito's. YUMMY!!!

Saturday we had a meet and greet with friends and family and that was fun! Here is the cake we had!

We had lots of people there! My good friend Erin and her son had a great time holding Jason!

It was wonderful to see her, she was so great the whole pregnancy for me, giving advice, love and support!!!

We also got to introduce Jason to my cousin Eric and his wife Gina!

Eric is in his final year of Med school and lucky me, in Pediatrics, lots of help! I am sure I may call him a time or two but I asked him first and he said that is ok with him!!!

We also had Uncle Howard and "Aunt Tish" there and Howard Mother in Law Mary, good thing they were there as the party was at Uncle Howard's house! Thanks Howard!!!

Other friends ( ok so I fell down on picture taking!) were there Stephanie and her son Aidan, her mother Pam and her sister Sara. Also Erin's husband Tim and long time friends Stacy and Chris with their girls Payton and Paige! It was amazing to see how much they have grown, Stacy was pregnant with Payton when she was in our wedding!!! Paige was about 1 month old the last time I saw her! She is 3 now! Growing up so fast! Such pretty girls and so cute in pink! Sacha's good friend Arnaud and his wife Marie Clair were there as well as their kids Camilla and Sabastian. Here is a picture of Marie Clair holding Jason!

While in Houston we went to my brother's new office! Decorated so wonderful!! Go JON! Here he is in his new office! This is the fish tank on the wall in his office! So cool!!!

Saturday night we met up with some great friends Tommy and Liz, our old neighbors We had more mexican food and some good times catching up and playing with Jason! We ran into Stephanie and her group of friends at the resturant too! Then we went back to our old street, it was so sad to see my old house and know that I do not live there anymore! But we had a great time with Sacha and Tommy " having solders ( beers) and Lizzy and I chatting and playign with Jason. Their son Ryan came home after work and saw the baby then bolted out ( 17 year old has nothing in common with a baby!)

On Sunday we had been watching the storm in the Gulf of Mexico and decided that with all the weather reporters saying it would hit Lousianna then turn west and good chance Houston would get lots of rain and wind, we decided it was time to get out as soon as we could!

So we ran around that day as much as we could, went to see a old friend of mine Christy and her husband Mike and their 2 year old son Brandon. They could not make the party as Brandon had a fever and she did not want Jason to get sick! THANK YOU! We also saw Maggie at Chico's who I used to work with and showed off Jason!

We were also able to see Damon, a very good friend and have him meet Jason. Damon was a great support in our past losses in not giving up! He was thrilled to meet Jason over coffee and some munchies!

On Sunday with Dinner with a friend Dillon and my brother Jon. We had to have a early dinner and it had to be BBQ! Man it was great!

Now we are home! Sacha took the rest of the vacation he had already and we had family time! We went to Starbucks at Greenlake and Jason napped! All in all it was a great 4 days, a little shorter then we wanted and we did not get to see our "special friends" Stuart and Leslie as they got home Monday afternoon from a trip of their own, so close yet so far! But we are planning on going back to Houston as soon as we can!!!

I have to do laundry and re-pack, Jason and I go to Colorado this weekend with out daddy! I am having a baby shower and showing off our miricle to the many people who prayed for Jason and Sacha and I the whole time! I am excited! Seeing my mother and dad too is wonderful!

2008-08-28T14:05:00.000-07:00

NO photo's this time ( lack of time to upload sorry!)
Things have been going so fast around here! Sacha and Jason and I are going to Houston tomorrow. As Sacha is working it is left to me to get us all packed! I am known as an over packer and now with Jason's first trip................ it looks like we may be gone a month!!!

Tonight Sacha Jason and I are also going to the Seattle Storm vs the Houston Comets basketball game in the "company box"................ like we are not busy enough but it is a work thing for Sacha and looks like fun!!!

We leave for the airport about 4:30 am tomorrow so we will not be out all night! I know we are excited about going to Houston, we are praying the hurricane will not get near there while we are there but we have a escape plan in case it does!
I will post while we are there and have some photo's!

Jason is now as of Wed 12lbs 12 oz and turning into a ham!!! He smiles a lot and giggles! He loves to wake up and talk to himself for a while before he tells us it is time to eat!!! He is such a happy baby! He still loves his horsie and I have to make sure he has it on the trip!

we hit 12 lbs!!!

2008-08-20T09:42:00.000-07:00

The big news of the day.................. I am 12 pounds! I am 11 weeks and 2 days old!!! Yipee! Mommy and I have decided to celebrate by showing off some newer pictures of me! ENJOY!

picture 1: is there such thing as starting Starbucks to early? Mommy is not sure!!!

Picture 2: I love Daddy and Lap time! But maybe I should use low fat formula, look at that tummy!!! I eat all the time but I am still in the small range for my age, weight and height, oh and my head? I am still wearing Preemie hats, but I think I am perfect and so does mommy and daddy!

Picture 3: Naked boy! Ok now, mommy is pushing it with this one, BUT I was MAD!!! Jason loves his bath and this is what happens when we take him out of the bath, mad little duckie!

Picture 4: I was hiding under a cover so no one could see that I have learned to suck my thumb, but looks like I was caught!

Picture 5: Back on daddy's lap! My favorite weekend thing to do, sleep while Daddy keeps a steady hand on me and gazes at me in wondrous amazement and love! I love Daddy!!!

Picture 6: See I am happy at bath time! I love it and HATE getting out of the water! More bath-time MOMMY!

Picture 7: Thank you Barbara Criswell! I love my horse, it is my favorite animal and I sleep with it all the time, it even goes in my car seat when I travel! I think when I grow up I will ride in the Olympics, now on with my nap!

Picture 8: HEY Hana stole my boppy pillow and thinks no one can see her under there! I see you, but Mommy and Daddy are teaching me to share! BUT GIVE IT BACK!!!

Jason goes on a ferry

2008-08-18T09:02:00.000-07:00

On Saturday August 15Th Sacha, Jason and I joined our friends David, Tonya, their kids Jackson and Carly on our first ferry ride in Seattle. We went to Bremerton. The ride was a first for Me as well! I have always had a fear of ferries but I "sucked it up" and in the end I had a blast!

On the way out to the island we were standing out side and Jackson pointed out the seals laying in the sun on the dingies!
Once on the island we all "chilled" out at Fritz's, snacked on french fries with dipping sauce, while Jackson and Carly had ice cream and Jason had a bottle! ( Yummy)

We were able to walk around and see the destroyer ship that was in the start of the Vietnam War and enjoy the AC in the gift shop.

We also saw all the star-fish that come to the island for birthing their starfish children (not sure what they are called).

On the way back we were on a boat full of Seattle Seahawk fans as they were on the way to the first home season opener.

We also saw the cruise ships leaving the port. it was beautiful with down-town behind them along with the Space Needle.

We finished off the day at friends of David and Tonya's for pizza and chatting! It was a great day and it ended great where Jason slept for 7 hours for the second night in a row................. is this the start of sleeping through the night???

Here is picture of our little sailor on his boat ride with his cute little hat!

Jason goes to Ivar's at Pikes Market

2008-08-14T23:03:00.000-07:00

Today was a fun day for Jason. He and mommy had a play date at Willis Tucker Park in the HEAT! After a hour we packed it in and came home to do laundry and try to cool off. No such luck on the cooling, my Aunt Winnie called and Jason was having a screaming fit! Sorry Winnie, I will call you back!

Daddy was on the way home and called and said a friend was in town and was wanting to have dinner. I quickly changed my plans, changed Jason and got ready to go see Mike M. and Matt from the company Sacha used to work for in Houston. It was Mike to be the first of our friends from back home who got to meet Jason! Mike held Jason and the baby went strait to sleep!

Dinner was great but it was even better to catch up with Mike and Matt. Daddy had a great time I know, talking his computer "garb" about who is doing what and where they are now.

Here is a picture of "the guys" at dinner! Mommy had to take the picture so she is not in it and as you can see Jason was really impressed!

Jason gets a new Dr.

2008-08-14T07:27:00.000-07:00

Well, the little man changed Dr's this week. We were having "issues" with his first Dr so we found a new one.

We had noticed a lot of crying and spitting up of late so we had this little prince checked out and low and behold he has reflux. So we have to give him some liquid medicine 2 times a day. The hard part is this. I have to give it to him with 1 oz of food then wait another 20 minutes to give him the rest of the bottle. HE DOES NOT LIKE THIS!!! This was his first responce when I took the bottle away, to SUCK HIS THUMB and I finally got a picture of it! That did not last long and the wailes started. It kills me but as I am typing this he is crying for more and I have to wait another 10 minutes to give him more food! SO Sad!!!

The good thing right now is I am able to start feeding Jason my own milk again. After a wonderful start, I had some stress in life and I lost my milk supply, but with the help of a new medicine and the lack of the stress in my life my milk is back and we are back in business! We are all happy about that, but I think I will refrain from posting a picture of that one!

Jason goes to the NICU

2008-08-10T13:27:00.000-07:00

Ok so here is part 2 of the birth story. Sacha, Mother and I were home with Jason about 16 hours when we had our first appointment to have Jason checked up on. Needless to say it did not go well!

The nurse took Jason's temp and weight, he had gone from 5 lbs 3 oz to 4 lbs 10 oz and his core body temp was 95 deg. After a quick call to Dr. Eckert we were escorted to Evergreen's Neo-Natal ICU and Jason was admitted! Poor baby was cold and hungry! We had the BEST nurse there Sheri who took charge and did everything for us! She also talked us through everything they were going to do!

Sacha and I left Jason and my mother at the NICU and went home to get another over night bag ( and have a good cry that Jason was back in the hospital!)

It turns out that was the best place for Jason!!! He never had a IV or was given any medicine, just heated up and given formula until I was able to produce milk.

Sacha had to dash off to work so Mother and I stayed in the room and took naps, and fed the baby! Sacha rushed back to the hospital in time to feed Jason a bottle! It was the first time Daddy fed the baby!!! There were lots of smiles and yes Mommy cried! Sacha and Mother decided that I needed to get out and away from the hospital for a while, so mother and I went to Olive Garden for dinner. It was nice to get out of the hospital I must say!

On Friday June 6th we were able to take Jason home for good! It was SO cold in the PNW that we cranked the heat up and turned on the fire place!

On Saturday June 7th, Sacha got what we now call his first Daddy day! Mother and I went out to find a few things we would need for the baby and Sacha and Jason bonded!

A little late but here is Jason's birth story

2008-08-07T17:50:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am doing this a little backwards but I have all the "pieces" together now to do Jason's birth story, more for him when he is older but I will share with everyone too!
Jason's birth story began on October 27th actually on the 11 year anniversary of my and Sacha's meeting. We were in Breckenridge Co. with Sacha's parents Norman and Kay, now known as Nanna and Granddad. I noticed a "metallic" taste in my mouth and was not feeling 100%. We were going to Denver that afternoon on the way back to Seattle and decided to take a pregnancy test just to see.......... well it came back as positive! I was in shock and Sacha was over-joyed! We first told Norman and Kay then called my Mother and Daddy now known as Mimi and Papa O.
When we got back to Seattle we e-mailed my Dr in Houston for a referral in Seattle is he knew any and did not but did suggest I find a maternal fetal medicine clinic which I did and when I was there I found the best high risk Dr in the Pacific Northwest! (PNW) Dr Martin Walker and a wonderful Dr. John Paul Isbell, who later sadly stopped OB and I was transferred to Dr. Patrick Morell. Funny side note on this, Dr. Morell's nurse is the lady we bought our house from in December, talk about a small world!!
I was put on 2 times a day shots along with 7 other med's that I continued until I had Jason, then I had to stay on the shots of Lovenox for 6 weeks after I had him! Talk about fun???!
I started the routine of weekly Dr visits and Ultra sounds. I did have the chance to go back to Houston one time during my pregnancy to pack our house as it was sold and had the opportunity to see Dr. Robert Friedman aka Dr. F for a ultra sound.
Things progressed along and looked great! The sad note was I was not allowed to go to Colorado for Christmas, however to make up for it Mimi and Papa O came to the PNW after the new year for a week to see the new house and have a late Christmas! While they were here we had a ultrasound on Jan. 8th and low and behold at 15 weeks we found out that our little bean growing in my tummy was A BOY!
We went to lunch after and while there we picked the name Jason Logan, even though it took Daddy a while to agree on the name, he soon fell in love with it and so it began the journey of Jason Logan Dawes! Things clicked along for us, me having morning sickness and being tired all the time, Sacha enjoying his new job and loving feeling my tummy as the baby grew and he could feel him kick me!!! My tummy popped out right before Sacha's birthday and I started to show more and more, faster and faster!
In April Mimi and my brother Jon now Uncle U-U came to the PNW to visit and for my 36th!! birthday, we again went to Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic for another ultra sound which Jon had never seen. I can tell you there was not a dry eye in the room when the baby came on the screen! Then we got to see Jason in 4-d and that was amazing! We enjoyed a nice visit and when it was time for them to go home I was very very sad but thrilled knowing the next time I would see them would be at the birth of my son!
On April 8th I had my gestational diabetes test which I failed! I was sent off for another test the next week when I was 29 weeks and again I failed that test and was told to start watching my food and taking my blood sugar 3-4 times a day!
In May things started to get more and more interesting! We found and ordered our furniture, had it come in and finished the nursery! I love the theme, Noah's Arc, lots of animals, and thanks to Nanna and Granddad beautiful furniture that they bought for us as a present for Jason!
I started my 2-3 time weekly Dr appointment's. I started what they call NST tests, Non-Stress Tests, where they have me on a bed for 20-3- minutes monitoring Jason's heart-rate and movements, it was fun to do this as I got to listen to his heart beat and feel him kick me more and more! I would every Friday follow up my NST with a ultra sound so I could see the baby too! It was great!
Then on May 18th our first scare came along. I was walking around Belleview Mall with Sacha and realized I was having contractions. I had been feeling the tensing and relaxing for hours and the pain but did not put it all together that it was Braxton Hicks. Sacha got worried and called the hospital and off we went to be hooked up to machines to see what was going on. You know it would be a holiday weekend and 10 pm on a Friday night! You guessed it false alarm! We were sent home with orders to rest and drink more water or fluids! Two days later we were at our friend house David and Tonya for their daughters 1st birthday party, I was chatting to everyone and I actually said (BIG MISTAKE!) I am ready for the pregnancy to be over, I had just 33 days or so left and was ready!!! Well you know you get what you ask for and I got it!
The following day I noticed I was swelling badly and my blood pressure was going up and up, after another Dr appointment I was told to buy a blood pressure cuff and stay off my feet as my BP was 140/104 and my feet and hands looked like blocks! And as I look back I realize this is where the real issues began!
Later that week on Friday May 30th, I met Sacha for lunch at Micro-Soft and after I was to go to MFMC (maternal Fetal Med Clinic) for a NST and growth scan, I just happened to tell Sacha the only reason I will call after the appointment is if they decide to take the baby.................... you guessed it I called.
I was having a Growth ultra sound and I knew something was not good when the Tech stopped talking to me and looked very stern!
I noticed on the screen that the size of the baby was still showing 33 weeks gestational age and I was 35 weeks 6 days........ something was not right! She left the room and 2 minutes my wonder Dr Martin Walker came in to do another Ultra sound, I asked him what was going on and by this point my voice was shaking! In his best Dr who explains everything clearly voice Dr Walker explained that I was having a baby in the next 2 days or so, that Jason had stopped growing about 3 weeks before that is why he was showing 33 weeks gestational age by his size, by best guesstimate, he was about 4 lbs 12 oz. He had been in the 50th percentile in the last growth scan and had from there starting the day after it stopped growing and went down to the 5th percentile. It is a condition called In-Utero growth retardation or IGR. I fell apart to say the least and started to cry I can not have him it is to early and he is to small! I tried to call Sacha and his cell phone was off and mine would not work in the hospital, I finally walked out of the Dr office and got my mother on the phone, in tears, I explained that I was being admitted and they were taking the baby via c-section in 2-3 days!!! Poor Mother had her very close friend with her who was visiting from Fort Worth and it was all very confusing. I finally got hold of Sacha as well and explained what was going on and how fast could he get to Evergreen Hospital? Poor Sacha had taken the bus to work that day and was having a issue finding someone who could bring him to me but as luck would have it Jeff who was a new father brought him to me, at which point I was already in the hospital and professed my love for Jeff. But I get ahead of myself!
While I was out-side and on the phone, Dr Walker was looking for me! I came back into his office and he had a wild look in his eye as he had been looking for me and thought I had left to go home as I was asking to do! All I could think of was my house was a mess and I had no bag packed, I wanted to be able to go home for 24 hours and then go to the hospital, no such luck! I was taken by the arm and escorted across the street to the hospital, the nurse was told not to leave my side until I was in a bed! Thanks Dr Walker! lol
I was taken to triage and it began! I changed into the beautiful hospital gown had a IV started (not really needed at that point but I think when you are admitted you get one regardless!) My admitting nurse was Rosia who was very sweet and took great care of me. This is where Sacha found me, on a bed getting ready for the IV, which I am proud of him about, he gets very queasy yet he stayed there and held my hand as I was stuck 2 or 3 times to get a vein! Then I was taken to my room, Room 2146 at Evergreen labor and Delivery unit. I was able to talk to my mother and found out that she was able to change her airline ticket and was going to be there the very next day!!! I was brought dinner, and settled down a bit, understanding that my condition was serious enough, my blood pressure was high and I was having Jason if I was ready or not!
There were these horrible things put on my legs to make sure my blood kept moving since I had been on blood thinner. That was the ONLY reason that they did not go in and do an emergency c-section, they had to get the medicine out of my system!
Sacha sat with me then I sent him home about 8:30 to let the dogs out and get a few things for me like Pj's, undies and toiletries. Sacha returned a few hours later, and I finally sent him home about 12 am.
The next day poor Sacha ran around getting the house ready for visitors, getting things for me and things for the baby, poor little guy, we had been ready for a bigger child and had nothing for a preemie but our friends Leslie and Lindsay took care of that for us!!! Lots of clothes and things we would need along with some goodies for me! Friday night I was told that Jason's lungs MAY not be developed enough so I was given a shot in the bottom of a steroid to make sure his lungs were ready. It was also repeated in Saturday evening! OUCH!!!
Saturday May 31st, Sacha went to Sea-Tac to pick up Mother ( and they stopped at Famous Dave’s BBQ and brought it back to the hospital, only thing was with the diabetes I was not able to eat it had to smell it though!) I had been well taken care of by my nurses and I was allowed out of bed for 30 minutes to shower and do my hair and make-up! I can tell you it is hard to sleep with leg compressions going off and my stomach strapped with a heart rate monitor and a contraction monitor, if I moved they turned off, so I was looking ragged and the shower did me a world of good! I was allowed by my nurse Jennie Turner and the on call Dr Dawn Russell to be rolled outside after my shower to get some air, it was wonderful! I was all "dolled up" when Mother arrived at the hospital and my house was "cleaned" by Sacha with love!
Sunday June 1st was just a long day, I was tested for my blood sugar, again allowed up for 30 minutes, and they were STRICT on this.
We did a lot of sitting and chatting and Mother and Sacha found out the hospital had a great grilled cheese sandwich from the hospital cafeteria and a Starbucks ( go figure) stand in the lobby, which they went to a few times! I received lots of calls to the hospital room from concerned friends and family to reassure me that all was ok and I was checked on by Dr's all day! The nurses and Dr's at the hospital were wonderful. This would be a great time to thank them all:
Karen Wells was a on call Ped Dr, Dawn Russell was the on call OB, the nurses were: Jennie Turner, Cathy Lewis ( the nurse who attended my delivery and got me prepped for surgery and also discharged us and gave Jason his first bath), Katherine was my over night nurse who was here as a visiting nurse from Georgia and left the day we were discharged, Karen Smith was a day nurse as was Amy Smith, Jessie Chacko was a RN and my favorite nurse was Amber Weisete Lilybeth Tosi was the Nurse who gave Jason his oxygen test which I will get to, and Deborah Slaman was my breast-feeding consultant who was very understanding and patient with me!
We had a "plan" for Monday morning, June 2nd to eat my rice crispies early since I was not allowed to eat after 8 am due to a 4 pm c-section, but that went out the window when Dr Morell came in at 7 am and told me I was not allowed to eat or drink anything the rest of the day. To add insult to injury, they brought me a tray of food about 30 minutes later and told me I could not eat it until they ran it past the Dr's, I could smell it and not eat it!
About 2 pm Monday I got ready for my c-section, showered, did my hair and make-up and got back into my beautiful hospital gown. I was visited by the team of Dr's and told that if Jason was under 5 lbs he would be sent to the NICU and there was a team to be in the delivery room in case they were needed, in all there were about 12 people in there for this delivery including the Anastasias Dr and Dr Wahl who assisted Dr Morell in the delivery!
At 4 pm I was ready to go, but nurse Karen came in and told me that an emergency had just gone in and I was pushed back about 15 minutes, then Dr Morell also came in and informed me the same thing!
About 4:15 they came to get me and wheel me to the OR, where I started to cry. I swear they put something in my IV to get me calm, I felt like I was having an out of body experience!!!
I was in the OR, sat on the table, hunched over and started the ordeal of the spinal, it did not go well and in all I had to be stuck 4-5 times, I was feeling EVERYTHING and kept flinching!!! When they got me numb, they laid me down fast and all I remember was hearing my CD play (Josh Groban!!!) I asked the Dr when they were going to start and they told me they had already started!! Well the flood of tears began, Mother and Sacha were in there with me, and I was feeling far more then I thought I would, not the cutting part but the pulling and pushing! Jason was wedged up in my ribs and it took both large Dr's pushing on my tummy to get him down, then they STILL had to vacuum him out. I did tell the Dr I was feeling things and they said I could have more drugs in my IV if I wanted, I declined since I wanted to remember as much as I could.

I do remember them dropping the drape and showing me Jason, I was crying and saying he is to small, he is not ready!! Thankfully Sacha and Mother were there taking pictures and Sacha took a short video of Jason when he was born, and his first cry! I remember them saying clear fluid! I was thrilled when I asked how much he weighed and they said 5 lbs 3 oz!!! My mother said (I heard it on the video) Meredith he is not that small!!! and she congratulated Sacha, he said thank you and congratulations to you too! Jason Logan was born at 4:49 pm June 2nd and was 5 lbs 3 oz 18.5 inch's long! He was perfect!!! While in there I opted to also have my tubes tied so an additional surgery, I was all sown up and the next thing I remember ( about 45 minutes after it started) I was being rolled back to my room WITH MY BABY!!! Dr Morell was weaving the bed around and I asked him what he was doing and he told me he was aiming for nurses! I told him 20 points each hit! It is funny the things you remember!
Jason scored an 8 on his first apgar test and a 9 on his next one! I was thrilled!!!
We got back to our room about 5:30 and the phone calls started! They had been calling the whole time I was in the OR! My father was the first one we called, he had been worried since it took longer then he thought it would but did not know we had been delayed! We then called Sacha's parents, my brothers Jon and Scott! The rest of our friends and family got calls the rest of the night! Jason was given his first bath as Mother Sacha and I looked on.

His blood sugar was tested and it was perfect! I was able to breast feed him for the first time!! I was a MOTHER!!! Jason was tiny, you could feel every bone in his back and the diapers were huge on him but he was healthy and never left my room! I was so so relieved!! We were all in love and I finally about an hour after he was born was able to hold my son! Tears were flowing! Sacha was the proud father, who had a smile from ear to ear! I think by the time Jason was an hour old there had been over 100 pictures taken of him!
Sacha stayed at the hospital until about 9:30 then we sent him home to take care of the dogs and Mother stayed with me. She had taken my car to the hospital and the next morning, she was able to go home when Sacha got to the hospital to shower and change. Jason was wonderful the first night, I do not think I slept much as I was awake watching him and wondering what all his little noises and squeaks meant! Mother helped me feed him and change him as I was starting to feel my c-section cut and the nurses were in the room every 2 hours to check on all of us!! Poor Mother slept on the couch bed and froze to death as we had a cold spell and it was in the 40's and she was sleeping next to the window, lucky I had a heavy blanket and the nurses brought her a warm blanket! We were treated so wonderful!
Tuesday morning the Nurses told me the wonderful news that I had to start my shots back up again! YUCK! BUT I was able to eat regular food again and loved it! No more gestational diabetes diet and real coffee! BUT THEN I stared to get a cramping feeling in my chest and arm! The trapped gas had hit! PAIN!!! There was nothing they could give me other then telling me to walk! So with a 1 day old premature baby I was wondering the halls! Sacha came back to the hospital to find me walking VERY slowly around the halls! Nothing helped! Sacha stayed with me that night! But I am getting ahead of myself. On Tuesday afternoon we had visitors Lindsay, Leslie and Tonya with her child Carly and my NST nurse Tiffany from MFMC. Dr Morell also came in to check on us! Also Jason's Ped Dr., Dr Buckley Eckert came to the hospital to meet his newest patient and give him the once over! Then I learned about the car seat test! It is HORRIBLE!

They put Jason in his car seat, and had to prop him up with blankets and he had to sit there for one hour and keep his oxygen up over 90% without dropping before he could go home! FAILED!!! They were going to try again the next day. I was not ready to go home on Tuesday but I was ready early Wednesday but had to wait until after the test! He did pass it Wednesday and at 4:30 we got ready to go home! We took some pictures and packed him up!!! I was wheeled out of the hospital and Jason was in Sacha's car, Mother and I were in my car and we were sent home!

Tears flowed, when we got home, the video was going as the new mommy carried her son into the house! It took a minute or two but I got him up the stairs to his room and just cried and cried! I showed my son his new home! Then we let the dogs sniff the baby through the dog/baby gate and they were very happy, to see me I think but they were so gentle with him though not allowed to touch him! We had a quick light dinner and off to bed we all went as I had to have Jason back at the hospital at 8 am for his first follow up appointment at the post partum office!
That is the story of Jason Logan's birth!
Next blog will be the next step and the drama that in sued!

Starting a blog for Jason Logan

2008-08-07T10:51:00.001-07:00

Hello friends and family, this is my first attempt at a "blog". I decided it was high time to start one so everyone can keep up with Jason and his growth and how "the Dawes" are doing in the pacific north west!

Jason and mommy are getting out more and more. We have joined other mommies in the area in play dates and walking group so Mommy can loose the "extra" weight she has. We also had a one on one play date with Katy and Evan who are also from Texas via North Carolina. Evan is 2 weeks younger then Jason and they both look so much alike! I will have to attach a picture of our first play date!

Jason is starting to smile a lot now! One sure way to make him smile is give him a bath! He loves the water and giggles and coo's the whole time until we take him out, he wants to stay in there! But we are learning to make him smile other ways, believe it or not he smiles a lot when you wipe his face if he has spit up a little or just to make him giggle! It is a riot and will melt your heart!
I will work on attaching pictures of Jason and Mommy and Daddy! We are all changing day by day and growing as a family! I can not imagine my life without Jason, it feels like he really complete's our life!
On Sunday August 3rd we had Jason's 2 month ( and one day) pictures taken. Some of them turned out great and we bought a lot! This little guy is one photogenigic little guy! He was great for part of the time while we were there, then he decided it was time to eat and NOTHING we could do would calm him down. The location was great about it and gave us 30 minutes to feed him and burp him and change him then came in and took more photo's. It made all the difference in the world!

I can not believe that Jason is 2 months old already, I look back on it and think where did the time already go?? Jason is sleeping a little longer these days at night, anywhere from 4 and a half hours to 5 and a half hours which both Sacha and I are loving!!! Jason is teaching us HIS routine! and it still includes a 2:30-3 am feeding and a 7 am feeding, but he can take a bottle at 9:30 pm and sleep through to 2:30 am and that is WONDERFUL!

I feel so bad for poor Sacha, he is tired a lot but he is a trooper! I know it is time to transition Jason to his own room but I am having a hard time moving him, I am sure Jason does not care where he sleeps but Mommy does! I promise this weekend I am going to start him in his room!!!

This Saturday we are going to our baby CPR class and that should be interesting! But it will make me feel better to know what to do JUST IN CASE!!!
Then we are planning and getting excited about our upcoming trip to Houston. Jason's first flight, I will have to update this blog when it gets closer and on how he does!
Well more later!