Yes, we are still here!

I can't believe it has taken me this long to post, but we have had an unbelievably hectic week. I'll try to re-cap, I'll probably type too much, and I probably posted too many pictures, but oh well. As I mentioned in the last post, Kanyon had his first cold. I felt so sorry for him. He just felt so crummy. As if this week wasn't going to be hard enough, this came down on us. Luckily we had our 1 year well check already scheduled, so we were able to let Dr. Chris listen to him. His lungs sounded good and clear (THANK YOU!) so we just had to get through the cold. More about that later, but as you know, this was birthday week. Definitely an interesting range of emotions in our house. It seems kind of crazy to celebrate the worst day of my life, but we have a sweet little boy who is with us and that is what we celebrated...Kanyon!! We are so proud of him and how hard he has and is working to get stronger. I have to say that we have once again been floored by how generous and thoughtful our friends are. We received so many cards in the mail, flowers, emails, phone calls, etc. reminding us that there were people thinking about us and praying for us this week. I just can't believe the love we've felt. Thank you. Ok...on to pictures.

Here is Kanyon on his birthday talking to PawPaw (my dad). He called to tell him Happy Birthday. They chatted for a bit, but since Kanyon was puny, they kept it pretty quick.
The same people who were poking and prodding on Kanyon 1 year ago poked and prodded on him Wednesday. Dr. Chris and Amanda (who was a NICU nurse and is now in practitioner school) checked him out. That also means he got 4 shots and blood drawn...that in turn led to a sleepless night...well, I went to bed at 5:45 when mom came and relieved me. Sick + shots=fussy baby. He's never reacted to shots AT ALL, so this came out of nowhere. I think it was just too much. He was over it by the next afternoon. Here we are opening his first Birthday present from Cousin Sayler, Uncle Clint, and Aunt Sydni. He loved the shoes and took the time to read his basketball card!
My first birthday cake in the works. Thankfully my mom was here to help me and help with Kanyon. The poor baby had a rough week..I wish he would pick his times to be sick a little better. Like not during his birthday when I have a gajillion cupcakes to make and a party to have. It would've been IMPOSSIBLE without my mom. Not to mention she is the pro cake decorator who helped me know what to do.

Clay and Mo got there in time for Mo to help me put the finishing touches on the table. My future niece or nephew was there too as you can see in that beautiful round belly!
Here is the cake. I felt kind of lame just putting a bug on the top, but there was NO way I was going to try and draw one. And I whouldn't have done it green because every bug in the world is green and didn't show up...oh well.
Mom the birthday party sick baby helper of the YEAR!!!!!!!!!

I tried to keep the bugs manly...NO LADY BUGS!!!!!!!!!!! I did the cake, some dirt dessert, and lots of different cupcakes.

Here is the all too easy and non-creative Caterpillar. With our circumstances I ended up doing a few more caterpillars than I planned...green icing-one face-pretty easy.

Here is one of the beetles. I intended to have more of these, but they took FOREVER. I got them from Martha Stewart..that woman makes me mad. I think she is fake..her stuff doesn't even look real. Her beetles looked PERFECT and well...this was as good as mine got!
A bumble bee
Another beetle
A pic of the table..bugs bugs everywhere!!

Speaking of bugs...2 bugs showed up! Aubrey and LoLo came dressed for a bug party!! They have always been 2 of Kanyon's most thoughtful and talented friends. They made this awesome picture of Kanyon the tooth bug and came dressed with bug shirts and antennas! Thanks girls!

Here is the birthday boy himself. About 2 hours before the party he started to smile a little and act like he felt better. I wasn't sure how he would handle the party healthy, much less sick. He did great. That was BY FAR the most noise and stimulation he's had in his life. He did so great! We took his bouncy seat of course and he bounced away as happy as can be!
That is all the pics I have of the party..I got busy talking and didn't take any...OOPS!
We took this after the party..I was wiped out! And somehow I never cut the cake. Don't ask me how that happened. It wasn't like he was going to eat it anyways. We took care of it this weekend.

This was Kanyon voicing his opinion about the Happy Birthday hat that Aunt Nancye gave him.
Totally non-birthday related: I really think his eyes work better now! Since his surgery, he's discovered that he can look up and see things. He thinks the ceiling is HILARIOUS!!! Here he is laughing at the sky light in our living room. I just think it is so cute and we are so thankful and hopeful about his eyes.
I mean look at his sweet little face.
Since Kanyon was sick on Easter I never took a picture with his basket and him all dressed up. Well, he's not dressed up, but here is his basket. He could care less. I felt like I had to at least take a picture.


I'm sure I left something out, but that should give you something to look at for a while. We are headed to Dallas Wednesday for a feeding evaluation at a special feeding clinic. The feeding is going terrible and he's not gaining enough weight. We will probably be inpatient there at the clinic (we'll find out for sure after the eval) for a while and hopefully we can get some of his issues resolved or at least managed. We're going to EATING CAMP! This is kind of our last hope before we have to take more drastic measures. Please say an extra prayer for that this week. This has been a battle from the time we brought him home and has been the source of more stress than I thought I was capable of feeling. We are desperate for some help for all of us. We're hoping this is it! We'll keep you posted.

Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers last week. We are so very very blessed.