One Year

Wow! Twelve months ago today, Steph and I were sitting in the recovery room with Mason as he had just had his partial biliary diversion surgery. Amazing the things that we have went through over the course of just 12 months. Last night Stephanie and I reflected on what has transpired. We have had four different stays at Children's Hospital along with three trips to their ER and countless doctors visits. We remodeled both kid's rooms, the kitchen, the living room, and the dining room. We traveled to Disneyland in February, Bumpa and Tete's cabin in the North Woods twice (April and Oct - where it rained way too much both times), Kyle and Sharon's wedding in Grand Junction and Breckenridge for a family summer vacation. We have the plans and the people ready to remodel all three of our bathrooms starting next week. I started a new job. Isla started going to ECE classes with Stephanie, Mason has blossomed in the Rainbow Fish room and become a star on the soccer field. We celebrated Isla's first birthday, had Mason's superhero birthday and we were finally able to have family over to our house for the High Holidays. Stephanie was able to take a vacation to Las Vegas, while I had my college buddies in town for our annual hockey weekend. All in all, I'm not sure how we have done it all, its been exhausting, fun, crazy, and stressful. But at the end of our discussion - we sure feel fortunate. We have wonderful family along with supportive family and friends to continue forward on our journey.

For those that are wondering. Mason is doing great. Everything from the second surgery seems to have worked the way we wanted. We are looking forward to having Stephanie's family to our house for Thanksgiving and my family to our house to celebrate Christmas. We are looking at vacation options for us as family in January and a special weekend away for Stephanie and I.

With that said, I think I need a nap. Have a great day!