Our family's journey through life

I am thankful for my strong witty husband Eric. He is so incredibly patient with me. I know  I am not the easiest person to live with. I can be a bit moody. Thanks babe for being so patient with me. I love you!
I am thankful for our little man Owain. He brings me so much joy in every day. Even on my most moody days. I am thankful for his health. Other than a little runny nose. He has been healthy. Knock on wood.I am thankful that he has made it one full year with out any surgeries HOLLAR!!!!! No recurrence,Notta. I am so thankful! I am blessed to be his momma! Love ya little man! I am thankful we were able to keep Owain on the same insurance plan. No need to change Doctors now.Thank you! I am thankful for Owain's surgeon Dr.Z. Owain wouldn't be the little boy he is today with out him. Thank you Dr.Z. You rock!
I am thankful that we were able to spend thanksgiving with my family in Sweethome.I am thankful to have such an amazing family. I love each and everyone of you.(((hugs)))
I am thankful for Lindsay at Suburban Turmoil for sharing her stuffing recipe. Once again it was a huge hit!

I am thankful for my husband's  uneployment. We wouldn't survive without.

I am thankful for my part time job.

I am thankful for this life I have!

While we were out Saturday night celebrating my thirty something birthday with good friends,amazing authentic Asian food,a non stop laughter comedy show. I had an amazing time but my heart was heavy. (and still is)

While we were celebrating another family is grieving over the lost of their sweet baby boy.Yes,CDH (Congital Diaphragmatic Hernia) is guilty for yet another innocent baby's life. I could only imagine the heart ache and pain his family is going through.

I feel very fortunate that our baby boy is now a healthy toddler. He beat the odds and is a CDH survivor.It just seems so unfair. Why can't this family bring home their baby boy too? 

Morning,noon and night I pray for every family that has,is or about to ride the turbulent CDH roller coaster.

Ever since I found out that we were expecting, I have been dreaming of the day that I can play with advance construction/building toys with our son.  So far he is a genius with his mega blocks.  He can build a wall 1 foot tall all by himself.  (These are are the 3+ block set)  At or after his 3rd birthday is what I am waiting for, because I will purchase a building set that is oh so awesome.  It is called the Space Warp which is made by BanDai, the makers of the ever popular PowerRangers.  In the late 80's, BanDai stopped production of this toy, and later revived it in 2005.  It is available over e-bay, and one of my favorite geek sites, ThinkGeek which sells it as an import.  If you are wondering what SpaceWarp is all about,  Check out this awesome video of the SpaceWarp 5000(i'm going to buy 2):

You may look at this picture and think "wow! this is a boy who loves to eat!"
If that is what you thought,well you've just been fooled.
The only thing he consumed is a whole lot of ketchup.
He loves his condiments honey-mustard,ranch,sweet n sour,syrup ect.
The tricky thing is trying to get him to eat some food with his condiment.We struggle with this every single day. Breakfast,lunch,dinner and all of the snacks in between.Their are some days I wish we could skip meals. I get so frustrated making a meal just so my little man can through it all over the floor and wall.He use to eat. What happened? Back when we first introduced solids he would happily eat most of what I fed him. Now we are having a good day if he takes a couple of bites of his peanut noodles or waffle.It seems like we are having more days were he rarely eats at all. Which is so frustrating!Some days I just want to SCREAM!!

On the up side he is some how managing to put on a few ounces here and there. Which is surprising since he rarely eats.I am pretty sure it is the work of  Pedi sure to thank for those last few ounces.Thank goodness for pedi sure! Don't know what our little man would do with out it.

In the next week or two we will be meeting with a dietitian and we have a  referral for the feeding clinic.Hoping and praying that we can get to the bottom of Owain's eating issues.I want him to love food and have the desire to EAT EAT EAT!

This is Owain last year when we made hand print ghost.As you can plainly see it was pure paint torture.
It's amazing how much a year can change a boy and his desire to paint his hand,head,ear,belly ect.