Having 4 children is a cinch..........(If I can have my sister's helpful hands and a live-in best friend for Miss Emma that is.)

"Home Grown"
in Vernal!



























Please view
Maddie's hair. :)













Shy little twin-ers.













Regression?
Anyone?
Anyone?









This is why my siblings and parents are my best friends.
Love ya Rachel and Maddie.

I really didn't mean to be depressing with the
last set of photos. Here's a more uplifting day.
Yea for Easter!
Everyone is doing great. :)







Pretty darn cute.














There must always be an
"ugly face" picture, right?










Lo and Behold the Easter bunny
was at Wal-mart and I didn't
even know. Emma even had
her princess dress on for the
"photo shoot."








Mason's 1st Easter! 3 weeks old.














Hailey loves curlers in her hair.












Bubba boy asked Nate if the
Easter bunny was real and
Nate said, "Do you really
want to know?". Tyler said,
"Maybe when I am sixteen."
He has learned from friends
that it isn't real, but I love
that he WANTS to keep
believing.




Feet.

Our first and only family portrait so far. Brian, we need your photography skills and get a non-hospital picture.











Seriously I wouldn't have put this picture up if it was sad. Mason slept like a baby (hee hee) through the entire flight over to Salt Lake in his "bubble". He was loving it.














The Life Flight people usually have a man take pictures of the experience (wierd I know) but for some reason didn't have it. Thank goodness I had my trusty camera in my purse. Mason will like seeing these one day.













Mason's private jet.












Mason's personal oxygen bar. (It is wrapped around my neck....kind of hard to see.)













The two SO VERY HANDSOME Dale's.

Mason Update 5

Wow. I think I have aged 10 years in 2 weeks. Anyway, we are THANKFULLY home. We got here 2 days ago. Mason is doing great and is having antibiotics through his picc line daily by me and is checked for progress Monday by his doctor.We also have home health care weekly come and change the dressing. His labs today at the hospital reported the "bad numbers" dropping although he is a little anemic which the doctor is addressing. He is the most cuddly bug boy ever with a great temperament despite all this mess. :) I will admit I am turning into a germ-phobic person and yesterday I bought a booty-load of cleaning products. I want every germ in my house killed immediately. Thank you.

Mason update 4

Still here...test after test after test....

Mason update 3

We talked to the neurosurgeon today who said the abscesses in his brain are too small to take out and so we will simply let the antibiotics run their course. The doctor doing the spinal this morning was able to get fluid out finally. (This will be the 7th time trying. For those who don't know, this procedure is like an epidural. ) We should get some results today, others in a few days. We will come back to Primary in 1-2 weeks for another MRI.

Mason update 2

It is 3:40 on Saturday and Nate, Mason and I are now in Salt Lake at Primary Children's Hospital. Last night our doctor said Mason does have meningitis and that we were going to be Life Flighted out of Vernal on a plane . I was able to ride with Mason and it was a terribly cool ride. (They usually take pictures but didn't have their camera for some reason. I have taken a lot and will post sometime????) They put Mason in a big "bubble" and then into the ambulance to the airport and it took about 35 minutes to arrive here. They checked his i.v. and it had "clogged" up, (I am not sure of the right word) in the transport and so they had to put in another i.v. last night. (This is where I will declare....) ***NO WONDER PRIMARY CHILDREN'S IS ONE OF THE BEST HOSPITALS IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*** I cannot express enough how efficient, organized, genius-y and talented this place is. No expense is spared. The "i.v. team" had the i.v. in in about 10 seconds. They replaced it this morning with a PICC line and it worked! (This is great news as now we won't have to worry about an i.v. anymore.) He then had to be sedated yet again today for an MRI and they found that he did have a few pockets of infection in his brain. (Abscess??) We are now in his room and he is slowly coming out of sedation and has needed oxygen a few times. We have another lumbar scheduled for tomorrow and we will then hear from the infection specialists on where we go from there. If everything goes well then we will travel by ambulance home and he will have home health care for another 2 weeks or so with lots of check-ups and tests for some time.

I have read through the comments left here and in my email account and I have been brought to tears (again.....lots of tears this last week dang it). I especially like to hear that you all are praying and fasting for him and having his name put into the temples. It is really really really comforting. I also have to give ANOTHER thank you to those who have taken over at my house. We can't forget that there are three other little munchkins at home plus a gato, (by the way, who wants Gato? I am done with animals. I have my hands full you know? I ship for free overnight.) Dad and Jamie were there this weekend, Kris and her girls helped the day before, Valoy and Ellie drove up with a moments notice last night, and Mom and Rachel have offered tons. But I am spacing the help out since it is unknown how long this process may take.

Anyway, Nate is chilling at the Ronald McDonald House, I am sleeping on a comfy 1.5 foot wide chair + ottoman, and Ma$e is kicking it in his crib. (Yes that is his name now. This baby thinks we have deep pockets.)

I will update again soon.


Check out Jamie's video skills. She came and watched Mason while I went home a few days ago for a couple of hours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKvprLUF3n4

Mason update 1

It's Stacey here. I am home for a few hours from the hospital since Jamie is there with Mason. I have no internet service there so I can't get on often and when I am home I try and spend every second with the other kids, but I did want to say the support I feel from my family, Nate's family, the ward, and our friends is so unbelievably comforting and a true strength for us.
Mason is reacting well to the antibiotics, and we will be there finishing the cycle of antibiotics at the hospital until March 28th. Mason will have a CT scan on his brain on Friday to figure out if he has E-coli Meningitis which is when there is an infection in the brain. He is being treated for it until we know just to take the precaution. It was spread by his blood which has the infection, but we do know through tests that his kidneys and bladder are working great. If I can ask for a specific thing for any prayers on his behalf it is that:
*The 3 usable veins Mason has left will be able to last until the 28th with 3 more i.v's. If any collapse then there is a chance that we will have to take him to Primary Hospital in Salt Lake and have a pediatric surgeon insert the i.v. since we can't take the chance of running out of veins or having them collapse. (For those of you who know picc lines, we tried one yesterday and Mason had to be sedated to do it. It is a very delicate procedure and frustratingly enough the vein did collapse and it didn't work.)
Our doctors say we are preparing for the worse but we have to stay optimistic. Nathan and I are taking it day by day. I will give another update when I can.

Please join our fasting and prayers.....

Hello everyone. This is Stacey's sister, Rachel. I am posting on Stacey's blog to let all of her friends know what is happening.

Stacey brought Mason to the hospital a few days ago, and the doctors found that he has pneumonia and ecoli, and are testing him for other infections, including meningitis. He will be in the hospital for the next 21 days (at least) and is receiving antibiotics every 6-8 hours. These are very serious in a newborn.

I don't have all the details, but I will keeps Stacey's blog updated as I learn more.

Until then, please remember little Mason, Stacey, and her family in your prayers and fasting.

A Night in the Life of Me:

10:30- Bedtime
12:30-Mason Feeding
2:30-Emma nightmare about a wet rag
2:45-Tyler has itchy ankles
3:30-Mason Feeding
5:00-Mason coughs and so up I jump
7:30-Mason Feeding

Loving it!

Mason Dale Eaton

7 pounds 6 ounces


really blond hair


21 inches



(We chose Dale in honor of my Dad, Dale)

It is unbelievable how great it feels to have him here. We are LOVING it.