The Bullocks: 6 Weeks- and Mason's first Thanksgiving!

5 Weeks

A couple weeks ago Mason had his first Spina Bifida clinic down at Primary's! Clinic is when you stay in one room while all the doctors he needs to see file in and check him out. Mason saw his neurosurgeon, a urologist, occupational therapist, and a dietician. His neurosurgeon is very pleased with how Mason's head and back are doing. So far the ETV is holding up and his hydro is under control, which is fantastic! His back is healing up really well too. The urologist wants to do a test next time we are down there to see what we are dealing with as far as what his bladder issues will be. For now he's doing great. The occupational therapist gave us some pointers as to things we can do to help strengthen Mason's neck. The dietician thinks Mason is doing good and he has no issues with eating at this point, which is good. SO all good news this time! They told us to come back in two months! Malone and I were so relieved to not have to go back to Utah so soon. We've had to go down so often the last 6 weeks, I'm not sure how much more we could take! At home we have Early Intervention coming to our house. Early Intervention is a free program that comes out to your house to give your child the care he needs if they are going to have delays. In Mason's case we will be having a Physical Therapist come out to the house to work with him and help him meet his milestones. Our goal for him is to just help him meet the milestones kids his age are hitting. At this point he is actually on track, which is fantastic!

6 Weeks Old

6 Weeks

We have been enjoying watching Mason grow. He amazes us everyday. He is cooing, starting to smile more, and he does these happy sighs that I love! He likes to lay on his back and just kick his legs and look around the room. He is sleeping pretty well at night. He sleeps 4-5 hours at a time usually. I only wake up with him around 2-3am to feed him and he goes right back to sleep and doesn't wake up again till 6 or 7 in the morning. The other day I had Mason laying down on the bed, and Malone was on the other side of the room. Malone started talking and Mason started looking around for him! It was so cute! Everyone loves his crazy long blonde hair, which is by far his best feature. He still has very blue eyes and I am starting to wonder if they will stay that way. Mason is a very happy baby and we feel blessed to have him in our home.

6 weeks and handsome!

Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving! Malone and I went to my parent's for the holiday. Mason wore an outfit his aunt Heidi bought him, it says "My First Thanksgiving" on it with a little turkey on the bum. We have been looking forward to having him wear it for this special occasion! Malone and I were the only ones to come for Thanksgiving this year. It was a lot more quiet and low key than usual, but we had a good time hanging out and playing nertz. The next day we went to Malone's parent's place in West Yellowstone and had dinner there with his parents and sister's family. We played hand and foot, ate lots of food, and enjoyed the great company. At the end of the night, Malone's mom felt inspired to give all the grandkids a little ornament, something that represented them and their spirit of Christmas. Mason received a little beaded candy cane and a stuffed reindeer. I think it will be a new tradition for our family to give our kids an ornament every year to put on the tree.