It has been a busy couple of weeks around here.
This week, Mason began going to Early Childhood Special Education in Blackwater. He goes Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 1-3:30 p.m. I took him Thursday afternoon and he had a rough time. He was just plum worn out from the entire week. He cried most of the day. (I stayed the entire time with him). He is expected to know and do a lot. I just hope we are not setting him up to fail. He is so timid and hates change. I just don't want to push him. Kevin and I plan on giving it another week to see how he does and then re-evaluate what we want to do for sure. Mason is doing GREAT at preschool at Immanual Lutheran. He goes Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8-11. He didn't cry at all when I dropped him off Thursday morning, in fact, he was smiling! This made me feel so good. He loves Ms. Gerhardt. She has been such a blessing! He loves the playground at school too! Mason continues to go to speech therapy at Boone Outpatient Rehab once a week. His ST is wonderful. Chesney has really made so much progress with Mason. We are very thankful for being able to work with her. So, as you can see, our schedule is full of taking Mason to two preschools and speech!
Mason will have outpatient dental surgery on October 22. This will be done on his cleft effected side. When his teeth came in, the enamal never developed over those teeth, leaving them proned to decay. He is going to have two baby teeth extracted, a couple of teeth capped and a nerve on one of the teeth worked on. He will be put under general anesthesia for this. We always knew he would have to have some type of surgery done at some point, but after his last appointment with Dr. Stine on September 8, it was found that it needs to be done sooner than later!
Reagan continues to grow by leaps and bounds. She is saying more and more every day. She says, Dexter, book, Da-da, juice. She has healed from her little trip off of the kitchen chair. Her bruise is gone, and lo and behold, she is back to climbing on furniture and the kitchen table, much to our dismay. She is standing by herself but is still not taking steps without holding on to something. She is much more content to crawl to where she needs to go, which is usually to me.
Lately, I have been sorting through items for our garage sale we will have next weekend. I have also been sick this week, with the flu/silent migrane. I am still working a couple of days a week and when time allows.
Kevin catered the meat for a wedding today. He smoked beef and pork for about 350 people. The house has smelled like smoke for the last two days. It isn't a bad thing though!
Here I am getting some love from Mason. 
Mason LOVED Santa! He just smiled the entire time Santa was there telling the story of Jesus and handing out Christmas presents. Mason even "Ho Ho Ho-ed" when Santa did!
Mason and Kevin
The Christmas program the kids put on. Mason kept his head down the entire time. He is still very shy. He did say his line, even though you could barely hear him. We were very proud of him.
Mason getting ready for the program.
Our 2009 Christmas Card!
Trying to get 2 kids to sit still for a photo shoot is darn near impossible!
Reagan showing Mason some love...even though Mason was sleeping at the time!
This is my Mom's favorite picture of Reagan. She says it is so innocent and so Christmassy!
It had to be done! Her hair was in her eyes and she looked so shaggy!! She screamed the entire time her hair was being cut. She was all smiles as I put her in the cart and left SmartStyles. Crazy kid!
This is the centerpieces I made for the dinner table. 
Jerry Meyer, Kevin's boss, talks to the guys about the Hoegemeyer line up of soybeans. 
Kevin's Hoegemeyer dealers look at the bean plot.
Kevin working his magic in he bean plot. 
Notice Mason in the middle and my Dad (bottom right) looking on. Mason wanted so badly to go running through the beans, like he does in the corn. 
Boone Hall Plantation - Charleston, SC - This is the plantation where Patrick Swayze's "North and South" was filmed. It was absolutely gorgeous.
Myrtle Beach, SC - A view from our hotel room. 
Myrtle Beach, SC - A thunderstorm that rolled through while we were there. We took this picture from our balcony. It was so beautiful and peaceful!
Mason and my cousin, Kim, blowing bubbles at Kenny Jr's graduation party. Mason loves to blow bubbles!
Kenny and Reagan at his graduation party. Reagan loved sitting on his lap! Don't they look like wonderful cousins?!?!
