Father's Day

Fathers Day: a date that occurs on the third Sunday in June, observed in the United States in honor of fathers. So we honor & we celebrate our fathers, our husbands who are dads, our brothers, uncles & cousins who too are dads on this very special day! 

I wish I could have spent this day with my own dad making him feel special & honored but unfortunately he lives 3 states away. I wasn't able to talk to him today as he was out when I called but am hoping he got the message I had left for him. 

After I left that message I almost asked my husband if he had called his dad to wish him a Happy Fathers Day - as I have reminded him of for the last 13 years - & then it hit me. This is the first Fathers Day that my husband has to spend without his own dad :( He didn't seem to be bothered by that fact but I am sure it was weighing heavily in the back of his mind.

I tried to make it a good day Fathers Day for him to keep his mind off of the sadness I am sure he was feeling. When we woke up Mason presented Daddy with this adorable picture that he had made at daycare on Friday:

That one is going into the "keeper" box for sure! Love his little hand as a fish :)

We then had breakfast, got ready for the day, went to church together, then I treated Shane to his favorite BBQ place - Fiorella's Jack Stack for lunch. We then made our way back home for the annual Fathers Day picture with Daddy:

The rest of the day was spent doing things around the house as the weather was being too unpredictable to do anything outside so we opted to stay inside. It was a fairly low-key kind of day but one that was spent together - all three of us :)

Hoping you all had a wonderful Fathers Day with your own families!!

Deanna Rose outing

Today our little family ventured out to Deanna Rose Farmstead for the afternoon & Mason had SO much fun. It was almost a year ago when we took Mase for the 1st time to Deanna Rose back when he was only 6 months old & this was the 1st time we have been back since then. Mason enjoyed it SO much more this time around now that he is mobile & so into farm animals.

We started out by checking out the roosters which he was fascinated by:

Then we made our way over to pet the calves & the baby goats:

Next stop was the horses & Mase got SO excited seeing them. Can't wait until he is a little bit older so he can actually ride one!

From there we moved on to ride the tractors:

After the tractor ride we stopped by to feed the baby goats. Mason wasn't too crazy about all the baby goats surrounding him & got kind of freaked out so feeding the goats was pretty short lived. 

Next we stopped to burn some energy by playing on the playground & slides while Daddy chased him all around: 

I just love this place & we had such a fun afternoon all together! I look forward to spending many more days here this summer & as Mase gets older!

Tubes

A couple of weeks ago we had an appointment to see the ENT after Mason got his sixth ear infection since January. The ENT was super nice, explained the procedure to us & I loved how he was not "pushing" us to get tubes but rather asked how we felt about it & how we wanted to proceed. After being on antibiotics every 3 weeks for 6 months we decided it was finally time for little man to have the procedure.

Yesterday was the big day. We walked into Children's Mercy around 6am & during the next hour we were checked in, obtained Mason's vital signs with the nurse - who was blowing him bubbles the entire time which he loved. We then got put into a room where I was asked to change him into a patient gown & await further instructions. While we were waiting, we read several books & even did some coloring to pass the time.

He looked so little & cute in his tiny patient gown:

We then had a visit by the nurse who was going to be in Mason's procedure & she verified his name with us & then put his ID band on his little ankle:

Next the anesthesiologist & the ENT performing the procedure came to talk to us & went over all kinds of questions. Then it was time to hand my son over to a complete stranger. I was doing just fine - up until this point.

I walked to the waiting room, went to the bathroom, got some coffee, ate a granola bar, sat down to browse Facebook & not 5 minutes later the ENT was talking to me letting me know the procedure went just fine & I would be seeing Mason soon. It had to have been less than 15 minutes since I handed him over - pretty quick.

I was reunited with him in the recovery unit & he was one pissed off little dude. Crying, thrashing around, dazed, confused - there was no consoling him. They had warned me he might be like this coming out of anesthesia & it hurt my heart seeing him like that. 

Finally after about 15 minutes I was able to console him & we were getting ready to be discharged. He fell asleep shortly after we got into the car & slept for another 2 hours once we got home. He was a MUCH happier boy when he awoke from his nap & chowed down his chicken nuggets & biscuit from Chick-Fil-A: 

Later that afternoon we got a surprise delivery from our friend Jen & Miss Ava:

Mase loved the balloons & kept dragging them all over the house! Definitely made him feel better! Thanks SO much Jen & Miss Ava!

Hoping this little guy has a speedy recovery & is feeling much better with his new tubes!

Lunch Surprise

Last week on Memorial Day, Mason & I had plans to meet my girlfriends at The Cheesecake Factory for some catching up & a yummy lunch. It was supposed to be just the 4 of us but shortly after we sat down a familiar face was serving us bread & butter :) Our friend Heather (aka: HK) had flown in from Florida for the week & had surprised all of us - except Jen (on the far left) who knew all about it - stinker!

Mason & Ava Jean hung out with the girls & did SO good for sitting there almost 3 hours!

Before we all left, we had to get a picture of the Heather's - HK & HT :) 

And of course one last pic with Mommies & babies - which you can see Mason is clearly ready to go!!

It was such a good time seeing all these girls & getting to visit & catch up with our surprise HK! Looking forward to celebrating HK's 40th birthday in a few weeks with these lovely ladies!

TBT Stories

TBT: 1993 - Glamour Shots photo shoot

So if any of you grew up in the 90's & lived near a mall then you might remember the whirlwind fad that was/is known as Glamour Shots.

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about or for those of you who have since developed selective memory loss to avoid thinking about your ridiculous pictures, Glamour Shots was basically an overpriced cheesy portrait studio located in a mall-setting where you paid somebody to cake clown makeup on your face, dress you up in denim, tube tops, feather boas & fake diamonds after they teased & sprayed the heck out of your huge hair with Aqua Net. 

They then take pictures of you in incredibly uncomfortable positions under really bad lighting while you "popped your collar", did the famous "head tilt & chin down" move while showing some shoulder & looking eerily like a porn star.

The pictures were supposed to end up "glamorous" but what you really ended up with was something a bit more hideous!

Had I known 21 years ago that the Glamour Shots studio was out to make us young girls look like up & coming porn stars I don't know that I would have had them done. Obviously as you can see below the result is a bit "hooker-ish" - especially the last one & I cannot believe that I am even sharing these ridiculous looking pics with you all?!? LOL

Enjoy these hidden "glamorous" gems...

You are welcome for the laughs :)

So do any of you have any Glamour Shots treasures of your own to share?? Please do...