HUGE POST- Thanksgiving to January

OKAY...here is a big catch up. Most of you know that blogger can be very hard to work with sometimes. I have finally gotten all the pics up, and captioned some. There is weird spacing and I appogize. Hope you all enjoy!


Here is our family picture at the big rocks in Madill. Where we spend Thanksgiving every year. It was so great to have Cannon there this year.




Granmomma, Cannon, & Grandaddy

Uncle Andrew and Cannon

My brother and I with Cannon.

Mommy and Cannon, so sweet!


The kids, and grands.

Grandaddy and Cannon.

He did really well for this LONG photo shoot.

My two boys.

We have been taking this picture for several years...it's gets harder each

year for me to get up there.

Cousin Sarah and Cannon.

Playing at the playground.

Cannon playing in this box.

Cannon's first snow. It had started on my way home from work, and I wanted to get a picture with Cannon. I didn't want to take him out in the cold, as you can see he was already ready for bed. So we tried to get it from inside. Then we tried on the porch.

Neither worked so I ran out, squated down and got this awful picture of both of us. It's bad, but we got a picture of Cannon in his first snow ever.

At least he was happy when we came back in. See the snow in his hair?

So Trey got a better one the next day. You can see that he has the camera screen flipped and forgot to look at the lens intstead of the screen. :)

Cannon in his stander. He LOVES it!

This one is a loaner, and they are supposed to be ordering his own, with a tray.

One cold day, trying out one of the hats Memaw made C.

playing ball with Pawpaw

Cannon had 2 birthday parties this is the first one in Kingwood.

Cannon and Aunt Marilyn.

Here's the cake my cousin Karen and I made.

And him with his smash cake.

He didn't like this.

He wanted nothing to do with that cake, especially eating it. Or feeding it to himself.

Much less touching it.


Presents were a totally different story. He has gotten quite good at unwrapping gifts.

And LOVES money...we are in big trouble!!

Yea! Such a big boy!

Cannon and Paisley

Our Christmas morning at Granmomma and Grandaddy's.

Wow! Drums!

One of his favorite toys, he got from Uncle Andrew and Aunt Jodie.

And my learning table from Granmomma and Grandaddy

We were so excited because he put a wrapped reeses peanut butter cup in his mouth. I was so proud that I unwrapped it and gave it to him. first time he put anything in his own mouth.

Then we went to see Santa, he should really learn how to hold babies better.

At the McCorquodale Christmas

COUSINS

Gee and Jax, Ali and Cannon

Kaden and Cannon

We had wanted to stop and get Cannon's picture with these BIG presents, and since we left him with Mom and Dad for the remainder of the week, they stopped for us.

I love the way he was looking at my mom in this picture.

Grandaddy, Granmomma, and Cannon made the long trip from Houston on Christmas Eve in the snow and ice. It took them like 14 hours. It was awful, and the almost got stuck in a town about 15 minutes from our house for the night. I was so upset for them to be away from me on Cannon's first Christmas morning. Although with some help from Trey's friend Donald, they finally made it to our house.

It was so pretty to wake up Christmas morning with snow on the ground. Then Trey, Cannon and I went to Grammie and Pawpaw's for Christmas and snow play.

Cannon opening up his new chair he got from Grammie and Pawpaw.

So Cute!

More presents!

Cannon and Uncle Travis

Pawpaw had to leave to go back to work, so we took some quick pics in the show before he left.

Having a taste!

KDJ & CMB

Cannon and Grammie

Cannon and cousin Samantha

SBR & KDJ & CMB

I am not sure how this pic got here, but it is way too hard

to move it once it's there, so I left it there.

Presents from KDJ and SBR

Out playing with Grammie and Aunt Laura

On the knee board, behind the 4 wheeler -so FUN!

Grandaddy and Granmomma made a snowman in our backyard

while we are at Pawpaw and Grammie's.

Being silly with Grandaddy!

Cannon and Chika

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BOY! 12-30-09

So excited to sit in my BIG boy carseat!!

Cannon's 1st birthday party in Clyde

All the loot, I really made out well!

Sunday lunch at Fazzoli's

Ready for the big game...HOOK'EM HORNS!!!

We were soooo disappointed. This is Cannon before we left for Ft. Worth for and appointment.

Uncle B let me eat his pizza, it was GREAT!!!!!

Then I crashed

Here we are at Cook Children's waiting for the MRI. It was a long hard day.


Cannon woke up from his anesthesia in a horrible mood, I however didn't blame him at all.

He was in a purple gown all day, woke up after being poked 3 times, hadn't had anything to eat since the night before. It was so sad seeing him this way again. Especially after seeing him so happy for a year now.

He we are, much happier the next day...playing baseball with Daddy.

This cute outfit came from some of Mommy's favorite patients at work.

Cannon playing with Wyatt's new toy. The boys birthdays are right around the corner from each other. Angie and I raced to the finish line when we were pregnant. Her due date was about a week before mine, but since Cannon was a scheduled C-section...we won!!! LOL!

Cannon and Wyatt will be best of friends!

We have been working really hard at drinking from a sippy cup. Here Cannon is doing a great job. We still haven't mastered it. However he has gotten pretty got at holding his bottle. We are continuing to make small steps, but the are progressive. And we'll take any steps, no matter the size!

Grammie and Pawpaw got C this wagon for his birthday. We added his carseat for extra support. I would hate for him to fall over in it, and not want to get back in. He sure enjoyed the ride from Keanna! He loves his Keanna!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!

At 13 months he finally got his first tooth. Jan 17th. We tried so hard to get a picture.

Wasn't happening. :(

Cannon did so well being fitted for his glasses. I had a picture from the fitting but blogger just deleted it as I was typing. IDK? He never once got mad or tried to pull them off. I was so proud. For those of you that don't know. We have been patching Cannon's stong eye to try and correct his lazy one. We went back to see Dr. Packwood Jan. 14th and he thought it was time to get glasses. She we did...and here he is. He looks like such a big boy!

Cannon has also made big progress with feeding. He will feed himself now. But only with the right hand. If you had him something in the left hand, or if he picks it up with the left he will switch hands before putting it in his mouth. It is so cute and funny...however we are working to get that left hand doing more.

The end! More to come soon! We have had lots of things happen since this last picture. Stay tuned.

Love,

Trey, Ali, & Cannon

Sorry for the absence.

Since we moved into our new house, our internet service does not pick up a signal. We are waiting for the new service to be connected. So when that happens I will post, and put lots of pictures. We have had a lot go on since the last post. Cannon is doing great! He has had his yearly check up with the neurosurgeon, along with a baseline MRI of the head. Everything looked great! And unless with have problems, praying we don't, we don't have to go back for another year. We have also been back to the eye doctor. Cannon's lazy eye has gotten better, but is still not fixed. The doctor is worried that his vision is hindering the correction. We already knew that he takes after the rest of his family...bad vision...and that he would need glasses probably before starting school. However he wants to go ahead and try them to see if they will help with the turning in of the right eye. So we will get him fitted probably on Thursday when I am off.

Cannon finally got his first tooth in on Sunday, Jan 17th! Wow! Yea!!! We are trying to transition to sippy cups, and whole milk, and off of baby food. All of which are showing to be a slow process. But we are gaining. He will finally feed himself some cheerios and lil cruchies. And I was informed a little bit ago that he played with play doh, and decided it would be good to eat some. I guess the days of not worrying that he'll put things in his mouth are gone. I can't complain though, he is doing soooo good!
Hopefully it won't be long before I can put some pictures up, I have birthday and Christmas to show. Love to you all!

Update

As many of you have seen on facebook we took Cannon to the ER last night. He had been sleeping a lot yesterday, and was also whiny and very clingy. We just didn't feel right. So we called the pediatrician on call and he told us to bring him in and have a CT scan done. By 1 am we were going home, after being told that everything looked good. The doctor wanted us to follow up with Cannon's pedi today, so we did so. Cannon continued to be groggy this morning and a little cranky. We went and saw Dr. Wiley and Cannon seemed to be okay while we were there. The CT scan report said that Cannon had hydrocephalus, which we already knew that. But Cannon has never had a scan done here, so there was nothing to compare it to. He wanted us to send a copy of it to Dr. Roberts (neurosurgeon at Cook). So we took it and overnighted it. Hopefully they will get it tomorrow morning and call us will news that his shunt truly is okay. While Cannon was sleeping in my lap a little bit ago I felt his head, and his soft spot felt really good. I don't think that he has any increased fluid, so I am pretty sure everything is okay.
Dr. Wiley also had us cath Cannon while we were there and he did an urinalysis. There were WBCs in it, meaning he has some infection. This is likely the reason he has been acting/feeling the way he has the last couple of days.
Please continue to pray that we do get a good report from Ft. Worth. And also that Cannon continues to do so well with his eye patch.
God Bless!

Here is my sweet laughing boy last weekend at my mom and dad's. He has been a lot more vocal lately. Laughing at himself for no apparent reason. It is so cute!

EYES

We went to see the eye doctor in Ft. Worth yesterday. He checked Cannon's eyes, and then dilated them and checked them some more. Dr. Packwood decided that he wanted to try patching first. He needs to wear a patch on his left eye (the good one) for an hour and a half a day. This morning was our first attempt. The doctor said if we needed to start out with a shorter time that was okay. We could also break it up however we need to, just get in the full 90 minutes a day. And typically kids try and try to get the patch off. Well we put it on this morning, I only had to tell him "no no" a few times in the beginning and then he didn't bother it again. HE WORE IT FOR A FULL 90 MINUTES!!!! He was such a big boy! Then he cried when I took it off. I have a few cute pictures, but I am way too tired to post them right now. I will put them up later. I just wanted to let you all know what the doctor said. Now we just pray that patching works and Cannon will not need surgery. He did also say that Cannon will most likely need glasses before he starts school, which we assumed...he doesn't exactly have the best genes when it comes to eyes.
Well, look for pics later! Love you!

Weekend Pics

Tuesday I worked half a day, then took of and headed to New Caney. On Sunday my great Granny died ad 93 years old. The services were this week, so Cannon and I came home for them. Here are some of the pictures from this weekend and Granmomma and Grandaddy's. I couldn't get them arranged the way I wanted to so they are in reverse order.
On Friday Cannon, Grandaddy, and I met our precious friends Jodi, Reagan, and Brooklyn at the Houston Zoo. Jodi and I met through a mutual friend back when we were pregnant. You may remember me talking about them in past posts. Brooklyn and Cannon are exactly 3 weeks apart. She was also born with Spina Bifida. Jodi has been one of my major life supports in the last 10 1/2 months. I am so thankful for her. We have talk a lot, but had never gotten the chance to meet up. They live in the Houston area, so this weekend was the perfect opportunity to meet up. We had a great time, and look forward to meeting up again soon. Love you Beaver girls!

Crashed out!!

Resting with Grandaddy

Playing the Aunt Gigi's piano.


Gettin' Uncle Russell


Cannon and Granmomma playing with Elmo

Ali and Brooklyn, what a sweet girl!!

Jodi and Cannon




Ali and Cannon, Reagan, Jodi, and Brooklyn

Sweet baby faces!!


First carousel ride.



Cannon and Brooklyn




Looking at the elephants with Grandaddy

Eating puff corn with Granmomma

Playing in my box...practicing sitting up!


Cannon and Uncle Andrew

Hope you enjoy! Love to you all!!
Oh yeah! We go to the eye doctor in Ft. Worth on Thursday. We'll have more information after that. And I'll post details later. :)