Happy Mother's Day

Happy , Happy mother's day to all of the mommies out there.  Today has been so very special for me.  Last year, was so difficult for my family and I.  I was a mama but not to a baby that I could watch grow. Two weeks after mother's day last year, we found out we were expecting baby number three, what a wonderful day that was.  This mother's day has been amazing.  I am heart broken because I miss Easton and Parker so much but an also filled with so much joy to have my sweet Canon here with me.  Watching him grow I am able to picture what his brothers would have looked like. Canon looks so much like what Easton did when he was born and I know God allowed this so I could picture my precious twins, even though they're not here with me. I have been trying to do better about posting but my computer fell off the couch and broke so that put an end to posting every few days.
 Ive been trying to upload a few pictures but this computer will not cooperate so I will try again soon... I hope all of the mothers, soon to be mother's, and ladies who yearn to be mother's have a great day.

Long time no post...

Canon is doing well. We are so blessed to be this sweet boys parents. I have had trouble keeping up, obviously, due to so many Dr appointments. We are still going to the ENT, Pulmonologist, and the specialist in New Orleans about his apnea and hemangioma.  Canon is such a sweet boy and every day with him is better than the day before. He is our world and has our heart's completely.
  Our first Easter with our sweet boy was wonderful. He was such a cutie in his little bubble suit. I really am going to try to do better keeping up. I'll leave you with a few pictures of our little ham.

Canon and his daddy at Easter.

We love our boy.

Our best friends Sunny and Drew and Our sister in law Melissa and Trent's brother Jake.

This isn't from Easter but I couldn't resist showing you.

Blue eyed beauty.

Were still here...

We have had a jam packed few weeks.  I have been trying to find time to post but I am doing well to get every thing else accomplished that I need to in a day.  Canon is doing well.  We spent a week in Children's Hospital in New Orleans a week and a half ago due to him getting treatment for his hemangioma. He is taking a medication that is used to treat high blood pressure in adults, therefore it had to be monitored. We saw a total of probably fifteen different doctor's while there and were very impressed with there knowledge. 
  As of March 1st Canon stopped taking caffeine and praise the Lord the apnea machine hasn't gone off once.  We will have another sleep study when he is six months old as well as follow up with the ENT and Pulmonologist on a regular basis to keep everything with the apnea and hemangioma in check.
  Canon is such a sweet boy and he has us completely wrapped around his little finger.  Our hearts are definitely over flowing.  Let me leave you with a few pictures of our sweet one. 

Sweet boy in the big hospital baby bed.

Long Overdue Update...

It's been a while since I have sat down and taken the time to update you guys.  We've been pretty busy lately, if you can imagine ( a little more busy than we would like to be).  We are going to the doctor on average twice a week.  I am not sure if I mentioned before but Canon has a hemangioma on the front of his neck.  Usually they are a small red birth mark that can double and even triple in size by the time the baby is nine months old.  Canon's began as two tiny, red, flat dots and has more than quadrupled in size and is now raised and growing bigger every few days. His is called a compound hemangioma due to the fact that it is not only growing on the outside but the inside also.  This is cause for concern since it is right in front of his airway. Most hemangioma's go away by the time the child is two and for sure by the time they are ten, therefore doctor's usually elect to let them grow larger then shrink again on there own.  We thought this was exactly what we would do until we were faced with the fact that it could possibly begin pushing on his airway.  With him having apnea already this could be a HUGE ordeal. We were told that an ENT in the Monroe area would check on it for us and maybe do an MRI and then we would see a specialist in the next weeks or months...This was last  Thursday.  I got a call Friday telling me that no doctor's in the area would look at him or even begin to treat him due to his age and their lack of expertise dealing with hemangioma's.  We are now being sent to New Orleans with hopes that the ENT there can figure out some sort of treatment to shrink it or at least tell us that we shouldn't be worried, if not we will be sent to Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. We were assured that Dr. Miller, in New Orleans has dealt with this sort of thing numerous times and should be able to again. 
  On a different note, Canon had his last dose of caffeine on March 1st. It has been nerve racking to say the least. We keep him on his monitor all the times to be sure he is still breathing.  He should have another sleep study within the next two weeks or so when we get back from New Orleans.  Other than these two issue's and a few tummy troubles he is doing GREAT and growing to be a big boy. At our last doctor's appt. he was 10 lbs. 10 oz. and 22 1/2 inches long. At birth he was 6 lbs. 4 oz. and 20 inches long. He is quite the chunk and so sweet.  I want to eventually tell you about the night he was born but that's a long story in itself.  It was a pretty big surprise to have him arrive so quickly when we thought we had 6 weeks left.  Please keep praying for our little man and I will let you know how his appt. goes in New Orleans next week.



Great grandpa Delton

papaw Craig

My dad and Canon

Valentine's Love!

 Valentine's Day was great for Canon, Trent, and I.  Canon and I had lunch at Trent's grandmother's with my mother in law and then for supper, we went with my mom to her friend's house for steak.  Trent got me the "C" pendent for my necklace and it brought back lots of memories.  He did a great job picking out my gift and knew just what I needed to make my Valentine's Day special. 
  Right after Trent and I lost the twins my best friend Lindsay S. got me the most special necklace. I am not sure if I have mentioned it on here before but ever since I got it, I have rarely taken if off.  Even when I think I should wear different jewelery to match my earrings etc. I just can't change the necklace.  Anyway back to what it looks like; there are two circular pendant's with two very little special initials on them. The is the "E" for Easton and the "P" for Parker.  Between the boy's initials is a tiny piece hanging down that says believe.  This necklace has meant so much to me over the past year and I always would tell myself, if I just believed, that I knew I would one day have another baby...A healthy baby this time.  I never knew how soon it would be. My necklace is complete for now because Trent got me the "C" charm, for our sweet, sweet Canon. I can't quit looking in the mirror at it.  I have three boy's...Three very special boy's, four very special boy's counting their daddy

This is how picture time started out...

Ok, Mom, I've had enough

well...Maybe just one more!


I hope you all had a great Valentine's day with your families.  I've been working on Canon's birth story. I'll try to get that posted soon.  It was pretty eventful!

 

Quick update on baby Canon!

    Canon is doing much better.  His apnea is getting better each day.  He is now tolerating his feedings and has not stopped breathing or turned blue in days.  The apnea monitor did go off the night before last but I am pretty sure it was a false alarm.  The only thing we are having trouble with now is his little tummy.  It seems to hurt all the time and I am not really sure what to do. Hopefully his Dr. will be able to help me figure out some options.  He still takes caffeine each day and will be on it and the apnea monitor for at least another month or two.  Canon is a great baby and doesn't give me any trouble until 9:00 each night.  He thinks it is time to be awake from then until at least 2:00 a.m. We have tried our best to keep him up during the day but nothing seems to work ( not even rubbing his little head or arms with a cold wash cloth will wake him up).  He is such a blessing to us and we are growing to love him more and more each day.  Thanks for all of the continued prayers.  I'll try to do better at keeping the updates coming but the time seems to pass so quickly each day that I don't want to miss a minute with Canon.