Hair Vote & This Little Piggy

As all of our blog buddies know, Kanyon has been sporting a pretty sweet spike since his shunt surgery last July. The incision from that surgery was massive and I remember thinking that Kanyon would probably have a bald spot where that scar was. Boy was I ever wrong. We got more than we could've ever imagined. Instead of zapping the hair growth, the scar proved to be fertilizer-like and has been growing hair at an insane rate ever since. Here we are almost a year later and a lot has changed. Kanyon now has fuzz like hair on the rest of his head instead of just being bald and the spike has evolved--it has lost its spiky-ness. It is TOO LONG!! That is where you come in. I have no idea what to do with it....(and no, cutting it is not an option). We have a few looks that we're working on with the spike, but I thought I'd give our blog friends a chance to cast a vote for the best style. It is kind of hard to get a good picture of them all, but I did the best I could. So, comment and cast your vote.

1. The Traditional Spike. It is hard to come by these days. We only get it if Kan has had a crazy night's sleep or something...but here's a picture just for kicks.

2. The Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cone. The swirl like shape gives it this name, and the natural curl makes it easy-just gather the spike and twirl it down.
3. The Blade. Kanyon just found this one on his own at Paul and Kaite's. He was eating his hands and they were all slobbery, then he started playing with his hair and ended up with a "sharp" look. Pardon the dirt on the face, it is left over sticky stuff from when we switched the tube to the other side.

4. Fluff. This one is what it usually looks like if nothing is done. I am afraid it's a little on the whispy, feathery, 80's bangs side.
5. The Comb-Over. This seems to be Kory's favorite because he always does it to him. We just lay it over and go for the neat, parted, headed to Sunday School look.
This is a better view of the actual comb-over part. I mean is he too young to have a comb over?

This Little Piggy

Kanyon has developed a love for pigs. It all started with this pig. The therapists had it at Our Children's House and it seemed like he really liked it more than any other toy. It sang a cute song and sneezed, it was fun.

Before we went inpatient, we went over to visit my friend Kelly and her little girl Anna Lee. Anna Lee had this barn that held all kids of different farm animals. I had not told Kelly about the pig at the hospital yet. Kelly was in there playing with Kanyon and she said, "Jaymie, he LOVES this pig!" Sure enough, he would pick it up every time and was SO very interested in it and the oinking sound it made. Here he is with pig #2 and Kelly.
I think this one is the most unbelievable. He is currently obsessed with this toy. It is a barn that has a chicken, horse, and pig hanging from it. It sings songs and makes the animal noises. Every single time I hand it to Kanyon, he moves and grabs until he's holding the pig. NO KIDDING! He will grab the horse or the chicken and then drop them and get the pig. Sometimes he just stares at it:
And he almost always ends up eating it. We'll be riding in the car and I'll look back and see his little hands holding the pig tight. Every single time.
Because he loved Anna Lee's animals so much, they got Kanyon a barn similar to hers. It is filled with animals and of course he ALWAYS chooses the pig. I'll put several in front of him and he reaches for the pig.

Very appropriate for the post..it was one of his eating camp tshirts.

The only thing I can come up with is that maybe he's going to really like bacon. Or maybe he likes pink...I'll keep it manly and go with the bacon thing.


My next post will either be from Montana or after we get back. We leave Sat. morning at 5:55 (yuck!) We are very excited to get there and see our Montana loves!!