3 months

New:
Rolling from back to belly
Wanting to sit up
Standing and pushing his legs to stand

Loves:
Brother
Laughing
Smiling
Eating
Sleeping
Being held
Being talked to

Hates:
Being left alone
Binki
Taking a bottle from anyone but me.

He sleeps 3 naps. Morning: 2 hr nap, Afternoon: 3 hr nap, and Evening: 30-45 min. At night he sleeps from 9 pm-5 am, falls back to sleep and wakes at 8 for the day.

Wears:
Size 2 diapers
Some 3 month clothes, some 3-6 month clothes
Size 2 shoes

Its hard that C doesn't take a bottle. It means that I can't leave him for a long period of time. Its hard to get me and Ben time because he is so dependent on me to feed him. I hope he will get better at taking a bottle.

C had an ultrasound on Wednesday. It looks like there is still water in his kidneys. There is more water in the left than the right. I wasn't able to compare with his last ultrasound so I am not sure if there is more, less, or the same amount of water as before. Please pray that the dr will have wisdom and know what to do about the water. What is causing it, if it needs to be fixed, and what we need to do. Its hard to see my baby go through this but I know he is in our Father's hands. This is all happening for a reason and to give glory to our Creator!

C is getting so big too fast. He is the happiest most laid back baby. He loves to laugh and smile when he sees Ben, Brother or me. B loves to talk to C and make him laugh and smile. B says hi to C in the morning, when C is sleeping and every time B walks in the same room as C. His smile melts my heart. I am so in love with him.

I have been thinking. I heard that with the first kid you are getting to know how to take care of a baby as well as getting to know your baby. With the second, you already know how to take care of a baby and all you have to know is get to know your baby. Although it is hard having two, its easier cause the second child learns how to fit in with the family. With the first child, your whole life changes as you try to adjust to a whole schedule change. I don't sit around, like I did with Brandon freaking out cause he is crying, didn't eat enough, or he isn't sleeping enough. I defiantly don't worry as much. I love having two boys! I was also thinking it is a lot to have nephews who are close in age with my boys. My sister has two boys, ages 2(almost 3) and 1, and my sister-in-law has a boy, 4 months, as well. Its fun to see them grow, play, and develop together. It will be so nice that they will all have someone to play with growing up.

Happy Birthday!

Happy 2nd Birthday my sweet boy! Pretty sure it was just yesterday that I was giving birth to this boy. It has been an awesome 2 years to watch him grow, learn, smile, laugh, and play!

Whats new:

Testing boundaries

Better at:

Communicating

Talking

Understanding

Loves:

Curious George

Mater and cars period

Balls

Kisses

Running

Dirt

Water

Size:

2T and some 3T clothes

Size 8 shoes

Size 5 diapers

Love my little 2 year old. This last month has been challenging! I just have to remember that I have to stay consistent and this stage will pass! Bring on the next year! So ready to spend it with my two amazing boys!

Dr appointments

Went to the Dr. today for both boys today.

Brandon:

Weight: 31.4 lbs (80th percentile)

Height: 35.75 in (90th percentile)

He got 1 shot and hated it. Poor baby!

I love having a Dr. that is a Christian cause it is nice talking to him with disciplining God's way. He told me to pray about how we need to discipline and gave me a couple books that I should read to help.

Cannon:

Weight: 12.8 lbs (75th percentile)

Height: 24 in (60th percentile)

He got 3 shots and 1 oral. Poor kid hated it and screamed his head off.

2 Months

Aunt Deb with Cannon and Henry(boy's cousin, 6 weeks older than Cannon)

Aunt Steph and Cannon

Loves my finger







These 2 months have gone so fast.

What he has been up to:

Smiling at everyone
Laughing
Pushing off with his legs to stand
Trying to turn
Sleeping
He sleeps 8 hrs a night and takes 2 3 hr naps and 1 1 hr nap.
Eating
Pooping...lol

he loves to talk
He is following people across the room
He cries when I leave the room
Doesn't like the binki but loves to suck on my finger
Loves to be rocked to sleep but can put himself to sleep as well
Loves his brother
Loves to talk to Brandon

Wears size 1 diapers
Size 3 month clothes

I give a bath to Cannon before bed and he loves his bath time.

I have a Dr appointment on the 28th so we will find out stats on both boys then. I would say he is about 13-14 lbs. He is super long as well.

Love my growing boy!
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23 months

Haven't taken a lot of pictures this month. Most of them are with both boys. Brandon doesnt like his picture being taken.

I cant believe in a month my little boy will be 2!

Getting better:
Talking
Playing
Sinning
Loving
Temper tantrums
Getting into things

Loves:
Curious George
Brother
Running
Dirt
Playing outside
SaSa(my mom)
Watching T.V.
Smiling
Playing
Laughing
Water

New:
Really Pushing limits
Can count by himself 1,2,3 and 6,7,8,9 and 8,9,10.
Singing songs

Size:
24 month and 2T clothes
size 7 shoes
Size 5 diapers (although we are trying to do potty training soon)

I love seeing this little boy interact with his brother. I love watching him learn and develop. I'm excited to celebrate his birthday with him in a month.

Update on kidneys

My sweet boy has something called Hydronephrosis. It means water in the kidneys. Brandon had this as well but it went away when he was born. Cannon's however has not gone away. We went to a kidney doctor and he explained what Cannon has very well. Lets see if I can do the same for all of you.

Here is a picture of a normal kidney.




Here is a picture of Cannon's kidney:



I am not a good at drawing but if you can tell the area that the tube connects to is much bigger than it should be.

Cannon had an ultrasound after he was born and also a procedure called VCUG. It is where they stick a catheter with dye into the bladder and see if the dye comes out or goes up to the kidneys.

The ultrasound showed that the water was still there. So I took Cannon in for another ultrasound on the 13th. Yesterday we had the Dr appointment, with Dr. Miller, to see what is exactly is wrong and what needs to be done. Here is what he said. The second ultrasound showed that there is more water in his kidneys then the first ultrasound.

There are three reasons that could cause what Cannon has.
1. An abstraction blocking some of the urine from draining out.
2. The urine is going back up the ureters to the kidneys.
3. Something wrong with his penis or something abstracting the urine through his penis.

The VCUG showed that the urine isn't going back up t the kidneys and everything in his penis is working correctly. That is good news but could also mean that there is still an abstraction in his ureters.

Dr Miller made it clear that this is a common occurrence and that they can fix it if it doesn't clear up on its own. I am completely trusting in God and that this is happening for a reason. There is still a little part that is heartbroken that this is happening to my son. I am just thankful that it isn't worse and that I have my Father on my side.

The plan is that in 3 months they will do another ultrasound and see if the water is still there. If it is they will do a procedure where they will give Cannon medicine and will graph if the medicine stays in the kidneys or comes out. After that they will let us know what will happen next. If he isn't peeing normally then we will go back in right away.

Keep Cannon in your prayers and I will keep you updated on what happens.

Newborn Session

My sister did an amazing job at taking pictures of Cannon. I didn't ever get newborn pictures of Brandon so I was set on getting them with Cannon. Kelsey did an amazing job!