Canon is Here...

Our sweet boy made his arrival 1 month and 1 week early.  He is a chunk just as we thought, 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and 20 inches long.  I will post details soon.  Please keep him in your prayers.  He will be in the NICU until next Wednesday but is doing GREAT!

Merry Christmas!

   I want to wish everyone the merriest Christmas and a very happy New Year.  Alot has been going on for Trent and I but I will post about that later!  We are both so ready for Christmas and even more excited that Canon may make his arrival as early as January 16th.  We are more excited than we have ever been. 
  This week Easton and Parker's head stone came in and we are hoping for it to be set up at the cemetery before Christmas.  The rain is kind of holding us up at the moment.  It will be a bittersweet day but we are ready to have something more than a small name plate that simply has their names.  I'll post pictures of how beautiful it turned out once it is set up.  We miss our boys and find our selves wishing we could have all three of our boys together. Yes, it would be quite noisy and chaotic at our house, but we wouldn't have it any other way, if we had the choice.  We can't wait to see if Canon resembles Easton or Parker.  They were beautiful little boy's if I say so myself.
  We had Christmas with my mom's family this past weekend and it was lots of fun.  I'll try to post some pics from our day.  I hope everyone enjoys the rest of 2011 and has a very prosperous 2012.  Happy Holidays blog friends.



  

32 weeks, 2 days

   Can you guys believe that Christmas is almost here again?  It seems like it was just a few months ago.  The older I get the faster my life seems to pass me by.  The same has been for this pregnancy.  It blows me away that we have eight weeks at the most until Canon arrives.  If the specialist is right then we have more like five or six.  I am so excited but nervous at the same time.  I find myself wondering if I am really ready to be a mom and if I will be a good one at that.  When I say "ready" I don't mean, am I ready to have my sweet boy here with me.  I mean "Am I wise enough to care for another human being?"  It just makes me nervous, which I am guessing is normal. 
   I am having more and more contractions now, which I know is normal.  I still take Procardia every four hours to keep them under control but before long I don't know how it will keep them at bay.  When I quit taking it at thirty seven weeks, I feel like I will have them every few minutes.  I was already having fifteen or so an hour at twenty weeks without the meds so I can only imagine that my labor may kick in pretty quickly.  The specialist said that there is a fifty percent chance that I will have him within a week of stopping the medication.  My husband is so excited and it melts my heart.  He has gotten to where he tells me all the things that he and Canon are going to do together when he gets here.  It makes my heart smile.  We are both so in love. 
    I still haven't gotten any Christmas shopping done.  I don't think Trent and I are going to buy each other gifts this year.  We realized today that we haven't even talked about what to get each other.  We both decided that we didn't really need for anything and that we want to save our money for our boy and all the needs that we may have after he is born.  Giving is always so much more fun than receiving to me anyways, so that is what we will do this year.  I hope all of you have a great Christmas and New Year's.  We look forward to spending ours with our family and friends.
  Tomorrow we see the specialist for the last time and it is bittersweet.I love updates from him because we get the best ultrasounds (that is if Canon chooses to cooperate) and lots of updates.  We are anxious to see how big he is since He was one ounce from four pounds a little over two weeks ago.  Please keep Canon in your prayers.  We want him to be very healthy and happy.  I'll update again soon!  Happy Holidays!!!

Baby Shower- 31 weeks, 1 day...

My sister Madison and I

Mom and I

Love his little back pack



  Our baby shower was GREAT this weekend.  We are beyond blessed and received the greatest gifts for our little Canon.  I was so happy to have our friends and family in South La. for our shower.  Even though it was close to a four hour drive from where our family and friends are from, around twenty five of them made the long drive to spend the day with us.  They will never know how thankful we are to them, especially since we can't make the drive home until after Canon is born.  I never thought the day would come when I would get to have a baby shower for our next baby and the day has come and gone.  It seems like yesterday I was in the hospital having the twins and terrified that I would never have anymore children.  We are now nearing the end of our second pregnancy and patiently awaiting the arrival of our third precious boy.  God has been so good to us and we are forever in debt to him for his blessings upon our entire family.  Thanks for all of the continued prayers. 

Our big boy!

   At the specialist yesterday, we found out that sweet Canon weighs an estimated 3 pounds 15 ounces.  His body is in the 71st percentile and his big ole head is in the 90th percentile.  We saw the same specialist yesterday that we saw every time with the twins.  It was the first time that we saw Dr. S this time and it was a little sad for us but I was glad to see him again.  He was able to talk to us a little about what happened with the twins and also did an in depth ultrasound to check Canon's organs because he knew that would help us a little with our worrying.  We don't worry constantly and actually we haven't been given any reason to worry about his health throughout this pregnancy but when they told me that his head measured three weeks ahead yesterday that kind of worried me.  After voicing my concerns he scanned Canon's head again and showed us his brain and let us know that the amount of fluid was normal and that we shouldn't be concerned.  He says that someone in my family just has a big head and so does our sweet boy.  I can deal with a big head as long as he's healthy. 
  We also discussed at what point I would most likely go into labor.  Although Dr. S is only human and can't know for sure, he feels like when I quit the Procardia at 37 weeks that I will have him within days.  This only gives me around 7 more weeks with him in my belly if this is the case and so that's a little nerve racking.  He also said he thinks I will labor quickly because of the amount of contractions that I will have when I stop the meds.  This would be the best case scenario for me because I have read alot on inducing and I do not want to be given Pitocin.  I know many doctors use it but I have talked to many people who's babies have ended up in the NICU because of their heart rate dropping after the mother was given this drug.  Last week Trent's cousin had her first baby and even though he weighed 9 1/2 pounds he has been in the NICU over a week due to him getting in distress during birth.  Supposedly it was because of pitocin and his size and this scared me even more.  So hopefully things will work out and I can go into the hospital and be in labor and have this sweet boy.  I am terrified of how exactly things will go b/c I admit I am a bit of a control freak, but this is obviously not in my hands and I know that God will protect us.  I just DO NOT want my water to break at home or be anything like last time because it traumatized me to say the least.  Please keep us in your prayers as we go through the next few weeks, waiting to meet Canon.  I can hardly contain my excitement and I catch my self standing in his nursery door dreaming of the day he is laying in his crib.

Happy Thanksgiving and 30 weeks!

I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Trent and I have so very much to be thankful for this year and every year.  Our parents and Trent's brother and our sister in law came and stayed the night before Thanksgiving and my mom and her boyfriend came Thanksgiving morning for us all to have lunch together.  Did I mention that it is a 3 1/2 hour drive from our hometown to where we live now, so we so appreciate them all making the long drive. Our lunch was amazing and I have now eaten Thanksgiving leftovers twice.  I am kind of wondering what my weight gain will be Monday at the Dr.  Oh well I enjoyed my food and all the pie, peanut butter balls, and pumpkin bars (yummy).  My mom left to go back home this morning and Trent and I went to see Breaking Dawn when he got off work.  I thought it was pretty good but am pretty sure they could have combined it with the next movie.
  Tomorrow will mark 30 weeks that Canon has been in my tummy.  Where has the time gone?  Some days seem to fly and others seem to crawl. My baby shower is next weekend the 3rd and I can't wait.  I never had a shower with the twins since I had them so early and so I am extra ready for this day.  Oh, I forgot to mention that Canon's baby room is finished.  I am sooo happy and it takes my breathe when I walk by and think about my sweet boy laying in his bed in the next two months.  Here are a few pics!

My mom made Canon's wreath for us.  The bear was on Trent's baby wreath when he was a baby and the tin cup and rattle were mine when I was a baby.  The little shoes were the first thing I bought when I found out we were expecting baby number 3.  I wanted to surprise Trent with them.  This will definitely be something we will keep forever.

Sweet froggy lamp

His antique dresser.

Maternity pictures



My mother in law took my maternity pictures for me a few days ago and I think they turned out great!  I was so thankful and can't wait to have a few of these blown up for Canon's nursery....Hope you like them!