Just hangin' around the house

I can't believe my baby is almost 7 months!! Where has the time gone?

Look at that precious smile!

The start of a great friendship

Cannon meeting Haelyn~ so sweet!


Neither of them were happy about getting their picture made.

Best Friends!!




Update on Dr. visits from today:
I went to the rheumatologist this morning and he said that I'm okay! He says I don't have the clotting disorder. There was one more lab he wanted drawn today, and said if it was positive then I need to take a baby aspirin everday. If it's negative, then I don't need to do anything. I've been taking an aspirin since I first had my stroke/migraine episode over a year ago. So we started the morning with great news.
We then went over to meet our precious little Haelyn. She's adorable, and I look forward to her and Cannon having play dates.
And this afternoon we went back and had Cannon's ears rechecked. If you remember the last time he had this done it showed moderate hearing loss in the left ear, and that both ears were having auditory nerve problems. They had said they weren't firing right all the time. SOOOOO...
Today he passed with flying colors! The test showed no hearing problems at all. He could hear all the decibels, and they even all the different pitches and his nerves showed that he could hear it. Definitely GREAT news!!!! It's been a great week of appointments. Lots of good check ups.

Now for my requests from all you who may have some experience. We have been working on cereal and baby food for a little over 2 months now. And Cannon isn't doing that well. I don't know what else to do. I dont want to feed him in an infant feeder because I want him to learn to eat with a spoon. He just doesn't like it, and he cries. For some reason he does a lot better with my mom feeding him, but he still seems like he doesn't like it. So what's the trick? He just keeps pushing it out with his tongue. I've tried leaving the spoon in his mouth so he'll kind of suck it off. Not working, as soon as I take it out of his mouth he spits it out. So HELP! PLEASE!

Hope all is well with you all, God Bless!
Love,
Trey, Ali, & Cannon

Catching up...

Cannon's 1st time in his jumper, he seemed to like it.

1st time meeting Trey's cousin Vasha and her husband Matt



They brought C a Mickey Mouse hat...so cute!


Quick family pic

Memaw & Cannon

You would think this face says feed me...however he

isn't a big fan of anything besides his milkies

HAPPY 1/2 BIRTHDAY SWEET BOY!!

The after bath

Cannon's 1st swim in a pool...

At Uncle Don & Aunt Teri's

He likes swimmin'

Happy 1st 4th of July

We had multiple appointments today in FW. We started with C's first urodynamics study. This is a urinary test that tells whats going on with his bladder, and voiding. It went pretty well, he actually tolerated it well. I was worried, thanks so much for the uplifted prayers, he did GREAT! From there we went for a renal ultrasound and then to see Dr. Pinto, the urologist. So basically we had a full day of bladder check up. It shows that everything is doing good. Cannon's bladder and kidneys look good. As we already know he has weak muscles, causing leaking of urine. His bladder doesn't get the trigger feeling that says it's full and tells his brain to pee. So after a certain point of pressure it starts leaking out. This is pretty much stuff we already knew. But we found out that the organs themselves are doing good. So we will continue to cath him 3x a day. And we don't have to go back to see him until next July, YEA!

These are some pictures between appointments.

This is my all done face! YEA!


So sweet in his own bed, he's such a good sleeper.

Tomorrow we are going for his follow up hearing test. And I go to the rheumatologist, hopefully I will get some answers to the questionable diagnosis of APA, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. We have been waiting to find out since early in my pregnancy. Cannon goes to the neurologist (in FW) on the 23rd, this is just a baseline appointment, so it shouldn't be too bad. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we get through this month of Dr. visits...it's a busy one.

Love you all!

Oh yeah, and Cannon got his braces a few weeks ago, they are so little and cute. And of course the are camo! He wears them several hours while awake during the day. And they are already starting to straighten his feet. And he doesn't mind them at all. He's doing really well.

Garner pics

Last month we went on our annual camping trip to Garner State Park. This was Cannon, Jodie, and Sarah's first time. We were very excited to show them what Garner is all about. We all had a great time, and always look forward to next year. I had a hard time choosing pictures, which is why it has taken me sooo long to post them. This is very few of what I have, but I know it could have gotten boring really quick. Therefore I chose some of my favorites.


Chillin' in the AC while everyone else sets up camp

Lovin' the Frio River

Love my Daddy

On top of Old Baldy

Stayin' cool in my bathtub

Granmomma and Cannon

Cannon and Gradaddy

He crashed when we got home

What a BIG boy

Cannon has been sleeping in his crib in his room for the last 3 or 4 nights. It was so hard for me to be ready to move him. He has been in his cradle since we came home. Not even a foot away from our bed. And I had said several times I was going to move him. A couple of times I said I was going to when my parents were here visiting. That way someone would be close. But I never did it. Well, this past week my mom has been visiting. Cannon and I have loved having Granmomma here. It was hard to let her leave today. (But we will all be at Garner State Park in less than 24 hrs.)
So while Mom was here I put him in his bed. The first night was really hard, mostly because I had the video monitor on all night, and it was too bright and too loud. Trey and I got NO sleep. The next night was better, and the one after that even better. So we are surviving. I know it was a lot harder on me than Cannon. I don't think he even knows the deference. So glad!
We are heading to Garner very soon!
I am so excited for Cannon's 1st camping trip. This will be his start to our family's traditional summer vacation. We'll be out until at least Friday....but I'll get pictures ASAP when I get back.
With love,
Ali