Never before Craniosynostosis...
Did I ever miss the touch of sweet soft baby hair that I now miss and is sometimes unbearable
Did I miss sweet snuggles without a bowling ball/helmet in between my sweet boy and me
Did I miss pouring kisses all over his sweet baby head
Did I realize that the baby stage goes so quick, and in the blink of an eye it will be gone but a big part will have been spent wearing a helmet for my sweet babe
Did I get enough time just enjoying my sweet Cannon without every split second spent worrying about craniosynostosis
Did I look at other babies and feel jealous of their head shapes
Did I see a baby and worry about whether they have craniosynostosis, as now I see it everywhere
Did I notice people's head shapes like I do now and wonder what Cannon's will look like someday
Did I wonder and stress about scars or red spots or how to treat either for someone so young
Did I think that my heart could break when a doctor delivers such unbelievable news
Did I know how a diagnosis change so much in our little world
Did I know how such a big word could cause so much heartache
Did I worry about being strong enough
Did I doubt my God
Did I feel so much fear, grief, hurt or heartache
Did I know how absolutely amazing the human body is
Did I know how tough someone so small could be
Never before.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Never Before...(Part One)
Never before I was a mom...
Did I think that I would be used as a human jungle gym! Oh WHAT fun!
Or that my hair would make such a great chew toy!
Did I think that a princess, (as Chandler phrased me today) would have to clean SO much
Did I think that 8:00am would be "sleeping in" (granted most days I cannot complain as my boys are amazing sleepers!!!)
Did I think that I could love somebody so much
Did I know how adorable it is to listen to little laughter
Did I think that it is okay (okay, well not okay, but tolerable without a reaction) to be spit up on, drooled on, pooped on or have snot rubbed on your freshly put on shirt
Did I picture my life as perfect as it is
Did I imagine the worry or stress that is all consuming once you have little ones to worry and stress about
Did I ever realize how much love one's heart can possess for someone before you even meet!
Or how it quadruples once you do meet!
Did I think my house would be this messy
Did I think that I was strong enough to endure it all
Did I think that we would have had the experiences we have
Did I know how sweet the precious words of momma would sound when in reference to me
Oh, how I never could have, would have or did I picture it to be like this but I would never ever change it or trade it, as to me it is my perfect!!!
Did I think that I would be used as a human jungle gym! Oh WHAT fun!
Or that my hair would make such a great chew toy!
Did I think that a princess, (as Chandler phrased me today) would have to clean SO much
Did I think that 8:00am would be "sleeping in" (granted most days I cannot complain as my boys are amazing sleepers!!!)
Did I think that I could love somebody so much
Did I know how adorable it is to listen to little laughter
Did I think that it is okay (okay, well not okay, but tolerable without a reaction) to be spit up on, drooled on, pooped on or have snot rubbed on your freshly put on shirt
Did I picture my life as perfect as it is
Did I imagine the worry or stress that is all consuming once you have little ones to worry and stress about
Did I ever realize how much love one's heart can possess for someone before you even meet!
Or how it quadruples once you do meet!
Did I think my house would be this messy
Did I think that I was strong enough to endure it all
Did I think that we would have had the experiences we have
Did I know how sweet the precious words of momma would sound when in reference to me
Oh, how I never could have, would have or did I picture it to be like this but I would never ever change it or trade it, as to me it is my perfect!!!
Friday, November 9, 2012
From the mouth of Chandler
So Chandler lately has been full of cute little sayings and ideas. I wanted to share some of them!
~A few nights ago I was helping Chandler get dried off after taking his bath and Chandler ever so sweetly turned to me and said "Thanks Angel." I looked at him and said "Ahh, Chandler that is so sweet." He then informed me that Jesus sent angels to earth to protect us from the bad guys. Oh how precious! He then asked "Momma, are you an Angel?" How was I to answer?
~While cleaning Chandler's face I told him in my sing songy voice what a handsome face he had. He so earnestly looked back at me and said "It is because my eyes were painted by God. See (opening his eyes so very wide) he painted them blue because that is my favorite."
~As momma was driving the boys to daycare one morning (running a little too close to being late) I was grumbling about the traffic and drivers going well below the speed limit. Chandler then asked "What is wrong momma?" I answered as best I could. Chandler, the well experienced driver that he is, told me "Momma you should just speed up and pass him. That's what daddy does." HA! "Really, Chandler, that is what daddy does?" "Yes, momma, he just speeds up real fast, like this (zooms his hands together) and then we go around them!" UH-OH!
~Chandler's birthday is so fast approaching. It is hard to believe how fast your little one's grow! Anyway, we have been discussing Chandler's birthday and as we were discussing his "theme". Chase and I were throwing out a multitude of ideas. After LOTS of no's Chandler finally said "I should have a goose party!" A what? "A goose party! You know, because I am a silly goose!" HAHA!
~Recently, Chandler was zooming around the house pretending to be Batman. When flying by Cannon and I, he told me that he was Batman and Cannon was Pete. Pete? Yeah, like Batman and Robin, but only it is Batman and Pete! I think he might be onto something! Maybe?
~Chase was feeding Cannon on the couch as I was finishing dinner and Chandler was setting the table. Chandler announced that dinner was ready and Chase responded by saying that he was busy feeding Cannon and that he would be there when Cannon was finished. Chandler then replied by saying that, "You mean that you are busy feeding our little Angel?"
~Whenever, Chandler likes something he will always ask "Momma don't you just love this?" or "Daddy isn't this just your favorite?" Of course, we always reply yes! Especially, when he sings one of his made up songs.
~Upon leaving Target one evening we left and it was dark out already and we had not even eaten dinner yet. Chandler then informed me that we had not "hustled our bustle" because it was now dark and when we had gotten there it was still light out. Wow! I need to watch what I say because "hustle our bustle" is a term that I always use to speed up my kiddos at school. I thought I only used it at school, but apparently I must use it at home too because he has often has reminded us that we need to "hustle our bustle"
~Chandler always announces when he is hungry that he is a "Starvin' Marvin'". One day after he was full he asked "Momma what do we say when I am full?" "Well I don't know buddy." "How about I am a full bull, momma?" "Yes, I think that works Chandler." Now whenever he is done eating he always informs whoever "I am a full bull!" I don't know if bulls really ever get full, but at least it rhymes?
~One recent evening at bedtime prayers this was what was said "Dear Father, thank You for our food tonight, thank You for all You've done for us Father God, thank You for daddy's back feels better, that we can tackle, thank You for Cannon's bone will grow, thank You for Poppy's eyes to get better that way he can see me and daddy and momma, thank You for G-G's head to feel better, thank You for daddy's legs to feel better that way we can tackle more, (pause...pause...pause) thank You for everything Father God!"
Thank You, Father God for our sweet Chandler! I am sure there are so many little sayings that I am forgetting, but these were some of the ones that just stood out from this week. Our little buddy is growing so fast, too fast sometimes, but thank goodness I can treasure so many of his little sayings!
~A few nights ago I was helping Chandler get dried off after taking his bath and Chandler ever so sweetly turned to me and said "Thanks Angel." I looked at him and said "Ahh, Chandler that is so sweet." He then informed me that Jesus sent angels to earth to protect us from the bad guys. Oh how precious! He then asked "Momma, are you an Angel?" How was I to answer?
~While cleaning Chandler's face I told him in my sing songy voice what a handsome face he had. He so earnestly looked back at me and said "It is because my eyes were painted by God. See (opening his eyes so very wide) he painted them blue because that is my favorite."
~As momma was driving the boys to daycare one morning (running a little too close to being late) I was grumbling about the traffic and drivers going well below the speed limit. Chandler then asked "What is wrong momma?" I answered as best I could. Chandler, the well experienced driver that he is, told me "Momma you should just speed up and pass him. That's what daddy does." HA! "Really, Chandler, that is what daddy does?" "Yes, momma, he just speeds up real fast, like this (zooms his hands together) and then we go around them!" UH-OH!
~Chandler's birthday is so fast approaching. It is hard to believe how fast your little one's grow! Anyway, we have been discussing Chandler's birthday and as we were discussing his "theme". Chase and I were throwing out a multitude of ideas. After LOTS of no's Chandler finally said "I should have a goose party!" A what? "A goose party! You know, because I am a silly goose!" HAHA!
~Recently, Chandler was zooming around the house pretending to be Batman. When flying by Cannon and I, he told me that he was Batman and Cannon was Pete. Pete? Yeah, like Batman and Robin, but only it is Batman and Pete! I think he might be onto something! Maybe?
~Chase was feeding Cannon on the couch as I was finishing dinner and Chandler was setting the table. Chandler announced that dinner was ready and Chase responded by saying that he was busy feeding Cannon and that he would be there when Cannon was finished. Chandler then replied by saying that, "You mean that you are busy feeding our little Angel?"
~Whenever, Chandler likes something he will always ask "Momma don't you just love this?" or "Daddy isn't this just your favorite?" Of course, we always reply yes! Especially, when he sings one of his made up songs.
~Upon leaving Target one evening we left and it was dark out already and we had not even eaten dinner yet. Chandler then informed me that we had not "hustled our bustle" because it was now dark and when we had gotten there it was still light out. Wow! I need to watch what I say because "hustle our bustle" is a term that I always use to speed up my kiddos at school. I thought I only used it at school, but apparently I must use it at home too because he has often has reminded us that we need to "hustle our bustle"
~Chandler always announces when he is hungry that he is a "Starvin' Marvin'". One day after he was full he asked "Momma what do we say when I am full?" "Well I don't know buddy." "How about I am a full bull, momma?" "Yes, I think that works Chandler." Now whenever he is done eating he always informs whoever "I am a full bull!" I don't know if bulls really ever get full, but at least it rhymes?
~One recent evening at bedtime prayers this was what was said "Dear Father, thank You for our food tonight, thank You for all You've done for us Father God, thank You for daddy's back feels better, that we can tackle, thank You for Cannon's bone will grow, thank You for Poppy's eyes to get better that way he can see me and daddy and momma, thank You for G-G's head to feel better, thank You for daddy's legs to feel better that way we can tackle more, (pause...pause...pause) thank You for everything Father God!"
Thank You, Father God for our sweet Chandler! I am sure there are so many little sayings that I am forgetting, but these were some of the ones that just stood out from this week. Our little buddy is growing so fast, too fast sometimes, but thank goodness I can treasure so many of his little sayings!
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Halloween!
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| Momma and Daddy wore their costumes all day so I wanted to make sure to get a picture before the day started. Can you guess what I was? Yes, I was pink--no not like the singer, like the crayon color! At school, another teacher had made all of us Kindergarten gals Crayola Crayon costumes, complete with a hat and all. We made an adorable set of crayons! I, of course, HAD to be PINK-my favorite! |
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| Daddy was BATMAN! |
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| Chandler was BATMAN *mini-batman*! |
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| Cannon was an astronaut! Or as Chandler kept referring to him as a "spaceman"! |
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| Eyes closed-yes I know! But I wanted a close up of his "space" themed helmet. |
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| The Boys! Ready to go trick-or-treating! |
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| Momma and her boys! Chandler about ready to come unglued because "IT IS TIME TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING!!!" Momma promising just one more picture! |
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| YEAH!!! Our happy astronaut has eyes!!! |
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| So much for a second try! |
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| TRICK-OR-TREAT! |
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| The whole crew! Trick-or-treating! |
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| How Cannon spent most of Halloween and possibly how he felt about the whole thing anyway! Look at those cheeks!!! |
Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin Painting
So instead of attempting to carve our delightful little pumpkin patch pumpkins I thought it would be fun to paint them. So away we set the night before Halloween painting our pumpkins. Each family member that was able, momma, daddy and Chandler (sorry Cannon, maybe next year) were given two pumpkins to paint whatever they would like. Below I posted the final products. I will let you guess whose is whose but it was A LOT of fun. I personally have a winner in mind but so does my hubby!
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| Well..I guess this picture gives away who this pumpkin belongs to. This pumpkin according to Chandler was a scary blue monster. |
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| Working SO hard! |
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| Our pumpkin family! |
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| Can you guess who did these? |
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| Okay, well I think that these are so cute. Yes, Chandler was inspired by a carved pumpkin that his Yaya did last year for him, and I did help a bit to help turn his pumpkin into Elmo, but the second pumpkin is an original, all by himself completed scary blue monster! |
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| Take a wild guess who did these? |
And the winner is?
Pumpkin Patch
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| ANIMALS!!! Chandler ever so cutely would go from animal to animal trying to communicate by shouting at them animal their animal sound. As well as the ALL of the pumpkin patch visitors!!! |
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| Tunnel FUN! |
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| So in order to pick the "perfect" pumpkins. I seriously walked the entire field of pumpkins. However, among the potential ten that all of us found, did Chandler like any of our picks? OF COURSE, not! He was adamant on picking his very own pumpkin, which we were good with as long as it would make it back home in one piece. He went through the remaining twenty left in the field and among them all he picked a solid green one, a rotten half green half orange one, one that was covered in bumps and and yuck, an orange one that was broken open, a green one that was the size of a tomato, one that was majorly deformed and so as we tried to convince him to pick one of the many pumpkins that we had found he finally settled on a cute round one that yes was partially still green but at least it wasn't rotten and it was one he found ALL BY HIMSELF! |
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| DUCKS, RABBITS, GOATS and PIGS...OH MY! |
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| Pig races...how cute this was! The pigs all had names like Britney Spear, Lindsay Loham, Kevin Bacon, Buzz Lightspear, Woody Would-be, and apparently, pigs LOVE milk. That is what they race for, the prize for the winning pig is a big bucket of cow's milk! The cutest part of all, is that the farmer let Chandler say "Get ready, set, GO!" into the microphone and ring the cow bell to get the pigs going!
Cutest of it all, is that as we were going back home we asked Chandler what his favorite part was and of it...all the animals, the tractor ride, the pumpkin patch, picture posing, pig races, popcorn, he chose the airplane ride? The what??? Yes, half of us missed it, but up above there are two pictures where Chandler is on a teeter-totor type thing that is in the shape of an airplane. Apparently, it was the best part of the day because he seriously has mentioned it daily, since our afternoon adventure to the pumpkin patch. He has also asked several times about the next time when we go, can everyone promise to get on it and let him be the driver? So fun!
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