1st stiches

A few weeks ago, I am getting ready for Wednesday night church & I hear Kirkland scream, "MOMMY-PHILIP IS BLEEDING!".  I was sure it was going to be just a scratch or something like that, but when I came into the hallway, Philip's whole face was covered in blood & it is dripping all over the place.  He had a hemangioma over his right eyebrow that we were watching. The doctor said they usually go away on their own, so we were just waiting. Well, Philip either scratched it, or bumped it somehow & it came off. I can't even describe the amount of blood. I tried to hold pressure on it, but the blood was just pouring in his eyes & down my hand. I have never seen anything like it.  Our house looked like a war zone!

The FedEx guy rings the doorbell during all this & panics when he sees Philip. He practically threw the package on the front porch.  He wanted out of there.(In his defense, he did come by a few days later to check on him) Our friend Lisa, who is a doctor, came over to help.  She opened the door & said "Oh my-that's frightening". She brought dry-sol, but it wasn't even slowing it down. Every few seconds, his whole face was covered in blood again.  I couldn't rinse out the washcloth fast enough to keep his face clean.  She said he definitely needed stitches.  She said she could do them, or we could go to the ER.  I chose her.  So, on our kitchen table, she stitched up his eyebrow with all she had on hand, which was expired lidocaine & a c-section hook needle & thread. I almost passed out when I saw the needle & knowing she was going towards my babies face with that. 

I held him down for the 1st stitch, but it still wouldn't stop bleeding, so she said we needed to do another one.  I didn't think the poor little guy was going to let us do it again. Praise the Lord, Geoff got home from work then, so he was able to hold him down for the 2nd stitch.

I didn't get any good pictures during the blood bath, but here is a picture of him the day we went to have his stitches removed 2 weeks later.

Never a dull moment with the Cannons! :)

Poor thing

Poor Philip has had an ear infection a month since May. It's been crazy, we just can't seem to shake em. Eventually, our pediatrician told us it was time to see an ENT. The ENT told us what we expected: Philip needed tubes put in both ears, and he needed his adenoids removed. (Didn't see the adenoid part coming, but maybe that's because I still couldn't tell you where adenoids are located!)

We had to be at the hospital at 6 o'clock in the morning. Hardest part to me was handing my sweet baby off to a complete stranger & not being able to hold his sweet hand during the surgery. After the surgery, the nurses brought him out, and they were all talking about what a snuggly baby he is & how they all got to cuddle with him. He got sick when we first got home, but the doctor seemed to think it was just his body reacting to the anesthesia. The next morning he was totally back to normal! And, it's been a month & a half since then, and we haven't had a single ear infection since! Praise the Lord!!

Baby Philip is 1!

My parents, who are saints, offered to host Philip's 1st birthday party at their house, and we gladly accepted their offer! Our house still hasn't been cleaned up from Charlie's party last weekend!

It took him a few minutes to get into the whole cake thing, but once he tasted it, he loved it! A boy after my own heart! Kirkland & Charlie thought it was hysterical that he was eating it with his hands! I love the picture of Kirkland pretending he's going to lick Philip's fingers!Philip got a lot of help opening his presents from 2 very eager older brothers! Philip is such a delight. He is very laid back, and is all smiles, all the time! He always gets complimented on his big brown eyes. He has a deep belly laugh that melts my heart every time. He can say "mama", "dada" & every once in a while we swear we hear him say "Kirklan". He isn't walking yet, and that is more than fine with me! I need my baby to stay a baby! What a fun first year it has been!

Sweetest.Boys.EVER!

Life doesn't get much sweeter than this!

Baby Philip

So my little-est man is 8.5 months old! Until about 2 weeks ago, I had no idea he could sit up on his own. We were playing outside one day & my cousin took Philip inside. When I came inside later he was sitting up all on his own in the middle of the room. She asked me how long he could sit without falling over. I was like, "He can sit?!?!?" I had no idea. I never put him down. Don't need to! He's such an easy baby that I just carry him with me all the time! He doesn't fuss to get down, so I carry him everywhere I go. Now, that he can sit, he's trying to get all sorts of crazy & is attempting to crawl. Whenever I see him starting to make forward progress, I scoop him up! No need to crawl sweet boy, mama still needs you to be a baby! I'll be happy to take you anywhere you want to go!

Oh, & he got his first tooth! He was giving me kisses all over my cheeks & I realized that I felt something. Sure enough, his first tooth is on the bottom left. My baby is growing up way too fast. But, he looks so cute with it!

And, apparantly, he's old enough to eat Cheerios now. I dropped him off in the church nursery last week, but I forgot something so I had to come back by his room. I noticed he's in the highchair table thing with another little boy & the teacher is pouring cheerios out for both of them. I say to her that he is really not ready for cheerios yet, that he's only capable of eating puffs right now, he might choke, etc. She looks at me & says, "Oh, sorry...he's been having cheerios in here for a couple of weeks. He seems to really like them!" Who knew?!?! I guess I really do want him to stay a baby forever.

This is his first bath with the big boys! I don't know who had more fun: him or his brothers! He splashed & laughed & they just loved it! He tries to eat the bubbles when they get on his hands, much to the delight of Kirkland & Charlie. So great to see them all having fun together! My prayer is that they will always love each other as much or more so than they do now! Sweet, sweet boys!

1st week home!

They want to be wherever the baby is! Not sure if you can tell from this picture, but Charlie is kissing his toes.

Sweet thing kind of just sleeps a lot right now! I'm not sure how, because our house is Crazy loud!
Drying off after our first bath!

The boys love to go in his room when it's time for him to wake up. They peek over his crib and they talk to him & they love to touch him. It's just so sweet how much they like spending time with him. He will be well taken care of!

Baby Philip is here!

Geoff put all of my favorite pictures on facebook, so we'll put our 2nd favorites here, so you can see what September 13th was like for the Cannons! So many people told us they were praying for us, and we felt so loved & protected when we went to the hospital. God was truly in every detail & we saw how He answered prayers!

This picture was taken right before the boys left for the hospital. They are trying to show that they will love their baby brother "thiiiiiiiisssss much"!

When we first got to the hospital. Before they made me put on that hideous gown! Seriously, couldn't they make those gowns in some cute fabric or something?
I had been wondering if delivery would "feel" different since I knew what I was having this time. I worried that it might be anti-climatic. That wasn't the case at all. I heard his sweet cry for the first time, and I knew that I could never live without him. My life would never & could never be the same! It's amazing that the heart has the capacity to love this much. God is so good & I am so blessed!

The first time all the boys met! Charlie & Kirkland were SO excited! Both jumping up & down, it was just a perfect moment! There was such joy in the room. Philip perked up as soon as he heard them, and this is a picture of the first time he saw his big brothers!
Philip Harold is named after my dad & Geoff's dad. Everyone was very surprised when Geoff came out of the delivery room to tell them the name! It is such fun to keep it a surprise!

Keeping Charlie from "loving Philip to death" is turning out to be a full time job!

Oh, how I love to watch Geoff love on our boys.

We have loved all of our nurses & it's been a great stay, but we are ready to take our sweet baby home!