Madison Jane Mileur AKA "Mady Jane"

Here are the pictures of our baby girl! We are so excited to know for sure that a little girl will be joining our family. I am so glad my instinct was right and I didn't have to apologize to my son for thinking he was a girl! I have had the name Madison Jane picked out since I was pregnant with Cannon. I thought about changing the name but I just couldn't. I love the name Madison Jane. It has been the name I have pictured our little girl with from the beginning. I don't know why I picked Madison, but I just think it is a beautiful name. Jane however has special meaning. Jane is my grandmother's name as well as part of my first name. My Jane-Jane (which is what we call her) has been sick with cancer for a while now. We are so blessed to have her with us still but I know time is precious and we never know when God will decided to bring her home. I am so glad that she now knows she will have a great granddaughter named after her. She was thrilled when I told her I was having a Mady Jane! I hope my Jane-Jane knows how much she means to me and that Jane is not just a cute middle name, it is because of her that our precious daughter will carry such special name. I am honored to be named after her and I hope my daughter will one day understand the special name she holds.

Cannon was really excited to find out he is having a sister as well! He loves to listen to her "harp beep" aka heart beat on our heart monitor. Every time she kicks he says "Mooom! she kicked me!" Great! I guess that is already starting! :) He tells me that he can't wait to hold the baby and rock the baby. Then he proceeds to jiggle my belly in a rocking motion and says "sweet baby. I love you." He still says he wants to punch the baby, so we haven't quite mastered the whole idea of you only do sweet things to the baby. Hopefully he will grasp that concept before she is out of the safety of my womb! I know he will be a great big brother. I have already trained him to say "Hey boys, stay away from my sister!"

ITS A GIRL!!!!

HOOORAYYY! My maternal instict is not wrong! We will be welcoming a baby girl in May!! I am so excited and can't wait to bring her into this world. Cannon is excited to have a sister too! Today anyway! We will see what he says the next time someone asks him. He changes his mind quite frequently! I have to load the pictures tomorrow so you can see her sweet little profile, but just a quick update tonight!

Tomorrow is the day!!!

Tomorrow we find out if we are welcoming a boy or a girl into our family! I am so excited!! I really can't wait to know. I want to know the first minute I am pregnant. I wish I could be one of those women who wait until the baby is born to find out, but that would be so hard! I like to take advantage of technology and use it to its full extent! So tomorrow when they peek between the legs I hope we get a definite answer! I hope the little one will cooperate so that we will know without a doubt what the baby's sex is.

I have started feeling the baby move some. It is usually at night when I am laying still that I will notice movement. I also noticed if I sit in a certain postion and my belly is squished too much they baby doesn't like it! I can't wait to just see that baby tomorrow too. It is neat to watch the baby moving around, kicking, sucking its thumb, etc. So I am so excited about tomorrow! Stay tuned for the big announcement!

A Possible Move in the Future

Well I have learned some very stressful news....Andrew may be transferred to Houston. Sad, but true. His company has been laying people off by the handful every month. It all started earlier this year when projects weren't coming in due to the economy. By the grace of God Andrew has made it through several rounds of layoffs. Now they are to the point where if he wants to keep his job his only option may be moving to the Houston office. Which means starting all over again for us. The good thing is we have an opportunity to get closer to family with this. Andrew decided to put out new job applications in Oklahoma and in Longview,TX (where his parents live). So I really hope that something comes from one of those places to avoid the move to Houston. I want to get closer to family, not further away!



In the past year we have bought our first home, joined a wonderful church, and made some great friends. We have lived in the area for about two years and it took us that long to get where we are now. I don't look forward to going through that process again. Now we have to worry about selling our house too! That does not sound like a fun process. I have a hard time keeping my house nice and tidy on a day to day basis. I don't even want to think about getting an unexpected call from the realtor saying hey I want to show your house in an hour! Yikes!



Another added stress is the fact that we are having a baby! I have no idea when the move would take place or where I will be in my pregnancy. Hopefully everything will work out and I won't have to worry about have a home birth or anything like that! :) I need my epidural! I think the thing I am most sad about is I won't be able to decorate the baby's nursery exactly the way I want. If our house is going to be on the market we need to keep the walls as neutral as possible. I have the cutest idea for a little girls room that I guess I won't get to do anytime soon. :(

I absolutely HATE not knowing what is going to happen. I like to plan and have details worked out. It is impossible to do when we have no idea where we will end up and when. I know that God is in control. He knows our needs and will provide for us. He loves us and doesn't want us to worry about these details He already has worked out. I just have to put my trust in Him and let Him lead us where HE wants us!

OH Baby!

Here is a new picture of our precious baby. This was taken at my 14 week appointment. Can I just say my doctor is awesome! She just randomly said "Hey do you want to run back and see if we can take a peek between the baby's legs?" I was like, "UMMM...YEAH!" Most of the time you only get two sonograms throughout your pregnancy unless you are high risk or have an awesome doctor. She said that at my next appointment we can take another look to get a better answer. We couldn't get a really clear look but she didn't see anything poking out down there! I sure hope it stays that way! I would love to have my big boy and little girl. How perfect would that be! I also don't think it would be too bad to have two little boys either. I just want to keep balance in the household you know! I can't wait for Dec. 11th to get here! Hopefully we will have a definite answer then!

Christmas Presents!

Hey Everyone! I have a friend of mine that just started making really cute signs. Check out her website. She is very reasonably priced and makes a bunch of really neat items. They would make great Christmas or birthday gifts! Who doesn't like things to decorate with! Enjoy!



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In other news....



Things have been getting a lot better! I actually feel good most of the time. I wish I could say my appetite was back to normal but it isn't there yet. I can't stand the sight or smell of anything beef related! Although I can eat spaghetti with meat, but I think it is because it is covered in sauce. I recently purchased a heart doppler to listen to the baby whenever I want. I love having it! I listen about twice a day. At night I let Cannon listen and he loves it too! He will sing to the baby and then hug my belly and says "I love you baby." It melts my heart! Hopefully he will feel that way in about 6 months when his mommy is holding that baby! I am getting so excited about finding out the sex of the baby. I have this feeling that it is a girl. I don't know if that is because I really want it to be a girl or if it is my maternal instinct but that is what I am feeling. I have also done numerous tests with the wives tales and they all point towards girl too. They baby has a high heart rate. I conceived on a girl month according to the Chinese birth calender and my hair has looked horrible lately. They say little girls still their mother's looks. Hmmm....yep I'll just pretend that is what is wrong with my appearance lately! So we will see in hopefully 4 weeks. I will feel just as happy if they say it is a boy though! I love my first little boy and I will absolutely love a second! I will just have to start planning all the boy stuff because I already have everything planned out for a girl! :) Silly me!

Halloween

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! Oops! I have just had a lot going on. But let me catch everyone up on what has been going on in our little world...

Our Halloween plans ended up being quite different than we planned. My mom was suppose to be coming to Dallas to spend halloween with us, but instead we made an emergency trip to Oklahoma. Thursday night I got a call from my step-dad telling me they thought my mom was having a heart attack. Talk about scared! I didn't know what to do! I didn't know if I needed to get in the car right then and drive or what. I waited it out to hear her condition and they said she was stable. So I decided to wait until the next morning to leave. Well of course everything that could go wrong did that morning. Not with my mom, but just with me getting ready for the trip. So I didn't end up leaving Dallas until about 1:00. By the time I got to Tulsa my mom had been released from the hospital, Praise the Lord! They said it was a result of really high blood pressure and stress. They found no damage to her heart which was amazing! Sp she of course had to take it easy the next few days. But on halloween we headed over to Aunt Stacey's house to let Cannon and Gage go trick or treating together. Cannon was a pirate and Gage was a dinosaur. They both looked so cute. Cannon would go up and ring the doorbell. He would great the person who answered with "ARRRGGG! I'm a pirate!" He is such a little ham! I don't know where he gets it! Talk about personality!

Cannon has been talking non-stop it seems. He says some of the most random things too. I hate to admit it, but I let Cannon watch a little too much tv at times. But hey, I am pregnant and tired so sometimes that is the easiest way to distract him while I get some rest! I feel somewhat justified in this decision because I only let him watch educational shows. He doesn't get to watch just random cartoons. He watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Dinosaur Train, Little Enstiens, etc. He is actually learning a lot from these. In the past few weeks I have heard him talk about hexagons, ovals, machines, he drew the number 6, and countless other things. I am shocked everytime he tells me something like that! Last night we were cutting up potatoes and he told me "Hey, Mommy those are ovals!" Wow! Smart kid! I can't wait to see when he starts school. He is going to be a fast learner I can already tell.

As far as baby news, as you can see by the ticker at the top I have reached the 12 week mark! Hooray!! Things have been good. I don't get nausea as often now. I still have a hard time eating somedays. Nothing sounds that great to me. I know this will pass soon though and I will be stuffing my face constantly! Next month we will find out what we are having! Can't wait!

Pumpkin Time!

This weekend we carved/painted pumpkins. Last year I did it at the beginning of October and the pumpkin didn't make it to Halloween. So I made myself hold off until now to do it this year. I got a pumpkin for each of us this year. Mommy, Daddy, Cannon and Baby. I let Cannon color his with marker and he had a blast doing that. Of course there was a big mess afterwards! Andrew was a party pooper. He didn't want to carve his pumpkin so I did both of the bigger ones! I really like doing it, but my hands hurt really bad after. I can't wait for next weekend. Cannon had a lot of fun last year trick or treating and I just threw a costume together at the last minute. This year he is going to be a pirate! He is the cutest little pirate there is too!

Lord Please Bear Me Strength!

*Please ignore the nastiness around the toilet but I just had to take these pics!*

My son is the master of messes I have decided! I can not leave him alone for 2 seconds without finding some disaster to clean up after. It is very tiring on a poor ol' pregnant mom too! Doesn't the boy have any R-E-S-P-E-C-T! I think not! Take a look for yourself:

If you have figured out what this lovely white mess is then, it is white out. Yep! Where he got it I have no idea. I was talking to my mom on the phone and she mentioned that Cannon was being awfully quite so he must be getting in trouble. I assured her than "Noooo, nooo, he is in his playroom watching Nemo. He is either passed out on the floor or just playing quietly." Almost my exact words. HAHAHA! What planet was I on! It MUST be the hormones. Cannon was nowhere to be found in his playroom. I ran to my bathroom and the door was locked. I started to panic because it was really quite in there as well. As a mother you have all of these horrific scenes play through your mind of what you will find behind the door. Mine was what if he has drowned himself in the toilet bowl or the sink! Yes, a weird thought, but again it must be the hormones! Well, I was "lucky" that my imagination was incorrect. No, he was alive and well, painting the bathroom tile with white out. Nothing major! Seriously! Where does this child get his ideas! I don't understand why he feels a need to do stuff like this constantly. What am I doing wrong. I think the problem is he need to be somewhere doing something all the time. He isn't one of those kids that likes to sit and watch tv or lay around. He has to be actively doing something every minute he is awake! Which is a good thing, but I am just going to have to find some activity to keep the boy busy! I use to think I would not send him to preschool or anything but I am quickly changing my mind. He is just one of those kids that needs to be entertained and learning all the time. He is a very smart boy. He knew he wasn't suppose to do that, which is why he locked the door. He knows that he is not suppose to get up out of bed once we put him down for the night, which is why he uses the excuse "But I need to pee pee mommy!" Yes, he is a very smart boy indeed!

Baby Bump

Here is a picture of our new little one. This ultrasound was taken at 7 weeks and 3 days. How this wee little baby, the size of an olive is making my belly look like this, I will never know!

I have always heard the second pregnancy you show a lot faster, but wow! At this rate I will be a hippo before it is all over with! But that is okay! I love having a baby belly. It is one thing I missed after Cannon was born. I loved feeling him move and get the hiccups. I can't wait for this baby to get big enough to feel. It is so wierd because last time I had an aversion to chicken. I wanted to throw up at the sight or thought of it. Now it is about the only thing I can eat. I love huge salads with chicken on top. This time around I am not too fond of beef. I don't have a total aversion to it but it doesn't sound as appietizing as it once did. I really have to be in the mood to eat beef.

Things have been a little rough lately. We have had two stomach bugs hit our family in a weeks time. I also have been EXHAUSTED! I find it hard to keep my eyes open so at times I wake up to messes beyond belief. I don't like to fall asleep while Cannon is awake but some days he will not take a nap no matter how long I fight with him. So I wake up to a little boy covered in sugar and a kitchen much the same. I also found toothpaste all over the couch arm ( thank goodness it is leather!) with cars tracks that have been driving through it. I really wonder how he comes up with these ideas! I wish I could get inside the brain of my three year old and know why he thinks these are great ideas. I am just waiting for that second trimester to get here. You know they say you get your energy back then. One can only hope...

I'm all alone, there's no one here beside me....

My sweet hubby is away on business this week. He got the pleasure of traveling to Brazil! It is very neat that he gets to have those experiences with his job, but I just wish I could go too! I hate being by myself. Sure, I leave him to go to my parents' houses but it is totally different! I hate that I don't have anything to look forward to at the end of the day. I usually count down the hours until he gets home, now I have to count days! BOOO! Fortunately, thanks to the invention of Skype were are able to have video conversations. That really helps a lot! They are only 2 hours ahead of us so it works out pretty nice. Cannon can't understand why Daddy's truck is here but he isn't. He also thinks his poor daddy is stuck at the airport all the time! It really cracks me up watching Cannon talk to Andrew on Skype. He likes to show Andrew stuff but he holds the stuff up to Andrew's face instead of the camera. I have to keep explaining that that is how Daddy sees us right now. He also tells Daddy to come home. Andrew tries to explain that he is really far away but Cannon says, "No, Daddy, you are right there!" It is pretty humorous.

Now like I said, I hate being by myself. I hate night time when I have to go to bed and face the darkness. I hate how the house is WAY too quiet and I can hear every little noise. To make matters worse, our front door and back door creak really bad when the wind blows and it sounds like someone is trying to open the door! YEAH, TALK ABOUT A RACING HEART! So before Andrew left, I had my sweet father-in-law set up our alarm system. I feel just a bit safer with that. But then it is like well, if my alarm goes off what next! I am not brave enough to open my bedroom door! So I have a plan of action! I will grab Cannon, who gets to sleep with me when Andrew is gone, and hide in a closet with a butcher knife! :) Think that will work?? Oh and I will have a cell phone in which I will immediately dial 911. I know truly, my ultimate protection is God! He knows my fears and I know that He is watching over us and protecting us. Without that comfort I would be a crazy lady right now!

Sick, Sick, Sick

This past week has been pretty tough. Starting this weekend I felt my allergies flare up. I have yucky sinus drainage which usually makes me nauseous. Well add on top of that pregnancy and it is not a great situation! I have felt HORRIBLE! Yesterday was the worst. I practically laid on the couch and dozed on and off all day. I called Andrew to see if he could come home but he was busy getting things ready for his trip to Brazil next week. Yes, I said BRAZIL! My husband is leaving me for a week. I am not too excited about it. So yesterday Cannon had free reign of the house. He was actually very good. He keep checking me to see if I felt better. It was so cute. He would lay next to me and give me a kiss and say "Feel better Mommy."

I have also been having some issues with my pregnancy as well. I noticed some spotting recently so I had to go in and have tests done. I got an ultrasound done at 6 weeks and we could see the babies heart beating. She said that was a really good sign. I also had my hormone levels checked. my hCG levels doubled but my progesterone levels need to be higher so I am taking pills to keep it up. I go back on the 28th to have another ultrasound done. I just hope and pray that everything is okay! I can't imagine something happening to my baby. I have seen the heart beat I know the baby is there and growing. It is my child. I know God is in control! This pregnancy is totally different then mine with Cannon. I had very little symptoms with Cannon and it was a very easy pregnancy. This one is proving a little more challenging. With my first pregnancy I also had the luxury of lying down whenever I needed to. Now I can't do that. Cannon gets a little upset with me if I try to take too many breaks. He is a busy little boy!

Rain, Rain, Go AWAY!

I am so tired of the rain. I can't remember the last sunny day we have had. It makes me so sleepy all day to have the no sunlight coming through the windows. Cannon is so tired of being inside. Yesterday he had a break down. He decided he wanted to go to the splash park. I told him that we couldn't because it was raining. He didn't like that. He still insisted we go to the splash park. So I opened the back door and told him to see that it was raining and cold outside so we can't go to the park. Still he didn't think that was a good enough reason. So he screamed and cried. I put him in bed and told him to come out when he calmed down. Well he came out crying. I was in the kitchen making a sandwich. He got the idea that I was making sandwiches for the splash park, like I had done a few times this summer. He got in the pantry and grabbed the lunchbox. I told him no, we aren't going to pack a lunch. We are eating here. Another temper tantrum! The poor boy just wanted to go to the splash park! So he was sent to bed again. This time he was better when he came out. We ate lunch and about 30 minutes later he was passed out on the couch. I have a very stubborn child. I am told he gets that from me. :)

On another note, I ask for prayer for my step-dad's nephew and his wife. They had their first child last night. Unfortunately, their baby boy decided to come a few months early. He was born at 27 weeks. He only weighs 2 lbs. So if everyone could please lift Luke and Hollie up in your prayers. This is an exciting time but also a very scary and trying time. Pray for their baby boy to go strong and fight with all he has. I know with the help of God he will be a happy, healthy baby boy soon! Thanks for your prayers. I know they will appreciate all the prayers they can get!

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

September 11, 2006

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Septemeber 2009

Today Cannon turns 3! I can't believe I have been a mommy for 3 years now! Cannon has brought so much joy to our lives that I can't imagine how boring and uneventful life would be without him! I am also so grateful that God has blessed me by allowing me to stay home with Cannon. I have always dreamt of staying home raising my children and God made that possible for us. I have loved watching Cannon change and grow. Each stage he goes through is so much fun to watch. But I have to admit there are times that are not so fun as well!

Some of my favorite things about my sweet boy:

I love how he thinks there is a song for everything. I sing a song for when I pour his Chocolate milk. Now he think there is a song for every action, such as going to the car, or putting in a dvd, or so on and so on. It isn't very easy to think up songs on the spot!

I love how he is using so many words now. He will repeat practically anything now! It is so fun hearing him mimic us or throw out a word we didn't even know was in his vocabulary.

I love when I am getting ready in the morning how Cannon will come in and talk to me. Then when I least expect it he says, "You're pretty Mommy!" It makes my day!

I love how he gets mad at me if I spend too much time on the computer. He reminds me that he needs attention too and I feel quite guilty. He lets me know this by yelling "NOOOOOOOO, Mommy close the puter! Close it!"

I love that I know exactly where his tickle spot is! I love holding him down and making his laugh till he cries! I love hearing his laugh! It brings so much joy to my heart!

I love how he takes after me in the sweets area. Andrew, not so much! When we let Cannon have a donut the first thing he does is eat all the icing off the top and then he is done! I will eat cakes, candy, and chips all day if we would let him, but try to get him to eat dinner and he is not hungry!

I love that he loves steaks! He is my kind of boy! Which may be why I ate only beef while pregnant with him. The sight of chicken made me want to vomit!

I love how when he hears Andrew pull in from work he wants me to open the door so he can run out and see his daddy! He loves when Daddy is home from work to play with him! Lately in the mornings he begs Daddy to stay home and not go to work!

I love how I know I will now be up before 7:00 a.m. everyday because we usually have a visitor between 5:30 and 6:30 every morning. It is actually a sweet way to wake up. I am rarely grumpy in the mornings anymore.

I love when he gets in trouble by me or Andrew he will run to the other and let us know he is in trouble. If he gets a spanking he will come to me and say, "Mommy, daddy spanked me right here! Kiss it!" Or "Mommy, Daddy told me no, not to touch it!" He is so cute when he says it.

And finally I love how anytime we sing Happy Birthday now he think it is always for him! He likes to insert his name every time! But hey at least he is singing the song now instead of screaming and crying when we sing it to him!

God has truly blessed us with this precious boy. He is beautiful inside and out. He is full of life and energy, but has a tender heart. He can not stand for anyone to be upset at him so he will do everything he can to make you smile. He really is my pride and joy. He is going to be such a great big brother!

Surprise!!!!

We had a great surprise for our family this weekend at Cannon's Birthday. We are PREGNANT!!! Yea! We bought Cannon a big brother shirt and put it in a sack along with my positive pregnancy test. When Cannon pulled out the shirt he didn't let everyone see what the shirt said so I told him to see what else was in there. When he pulled out the p-test everyone thought it was a marker! So I told Cannon to show Nana and she told everyone it says PREGNANT! It was a lot of fun!



I just found out a few days before that I actually was prego. I am horrible about keeping things like that quiet. I want people to share in the excitement with me because my hubby isn't the best at showing his excitement. He is happy though, which is an improvement from last time. Since Cannon was a surprise baby while we were still poor and in college, he was a little freaked out by the idea! Now that we were able to plan this baby he is more prepared.



Cannon likes the idea of a new baby brother or sister. He actually keeps saying sister. I hope he is right! I will be happy with a healthy baby though. I really like little boys too! Plus I already have a boys wardrobe. Last night I asked Cannon if he wanted to tell his little brother or sister night night. He leaned over and said "Night, Night baby." I thought awwww how sweet! Then he grabbed my stomach and said "I'm going to EAT your baby!" Where in the world did that come from! Sounds a little creepy to me. I think I will have to watch him around the baby for a while when it gets here!



Cannon's birthday went great! He had a veggie tales theme. The cake was blue like the ocean and had The Pirate's That Don't Do Anything on top. He couldn't keep his hands off of it! Here are a few pics of the party!

What a Weekend!

I got back from Oklahoma on Tuesday evening and I was completely worn out! I had a fun-filled busy, non-stop weekend. On Thursday I left Dallas and headed to OK. I got a text about mid-way in my travels from my BFF Candice saying her water broke! YEA! I was so excited! My plan had worked. I told her she needed to have that boy while I was in town and she got to it before I even got there! So I went in to Tulsa met up with my step-mom and we got together with some good friends of ours to see her new baby boy. He was so adorable! I also had my sweet niece Adi with me for the afternoon. So it was just like a triple dose of baby fever.




Thursday night I headed up to the hospital to see Candice and how she was progressing. She got to the hospital at around 9:30 am, I think, and so I figured she was still in the pre-pushing stage. Well I was wrong. she had been pushing since 6:30. When I got there it was 7:30. No news until 9:30 that baby Cooper had been born! He has a head full of dark hair and is absolutely beautiful! He is ALMOST as beautiful as Cannon was. (: On Friday I spend about 6 hours up at the hospital with them. I got to spend time talking to Candice and my favorite part, of course, was holding Cooper.

Cooper Kyle
BFFs and our boys!

Me and sweet Cooper

Then on Saturday we had the big 3rd Birthday party! Cannon and Gage had a blast at the park. We ate a yummy lunch and then opened about a million presents. Those two little boys are loved! I have discovered that Cannon is not a big fan of dinosaurs though! He is okay with dinosaurs that make no sound but add in the growling effect, and he wants NOTHING to do with it. Unfortunately, we were not fully aware of his dislike for dinosaurs until we had their dino themed party. Poor Cannon was deathly afraid of a few of his dinosaur presents. He received a very nice, BIG, T-Rex from Aunt Terry. When he saw it growl he said, "NO,NO, Mommy! Get it away!" We had fun watching his reaction for the next couple of days whenever we made it growl. Poor baby! What kind of sick people are we! Making a kid scared to death and laughing about it! But honestly, if you could have seen his reaction, you would laugh too!

Cannon excited about his new power tools!

The birthday boys!

Sunday we had a 50th Birthday celebration for my Mom. She will be 50 on September 10th. I wasn't going to be in town again so we decided to have her party that weekend as well. Mom, you are an amazing woman. Life has been hard at times but I have always admired your strength and hard work. You always did what you could to provide for us, even if it meant working 3 jobs! You will forever be one of the strongest women I know, and for that I look up to you! Here's to another 50 stress-free and fabulous years! Love you lots!

Momma and her girls!

And finally, if anyone is still reading to this point, on Monday I went to Pryor to spend more time with Candice and Cooper. I knew it was going to be a while before I saw them again so I wanted to make sure I got a good amount of time with them. I know he will look completely different when I see him again! Why do babies have to grow! Mine is going to be 3 in 8 days!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Back to Oklahoma We Go!

Well once again Cannon and I will be making that trip back up to Oklahoma. We have a lot of exciting things going on while we are there! We are having a combined birthday party for Cannon and Gage's 3rd birthday on Saturday. Then Saturday night I have to head to Pryor to celebrate my Papa's 70th birthday! Then on Sunday I will head back to Tulsa. I hope somewhere in that time Candice will have Cooper so that I will be able to be there for her like she was for me when Cannon was born. If she doesn't have him before Tuesday the doctor will induce her. So I will not come home until I see my new nephew! Well, he is not actually my nephew but Candice and I are as close as sisters so we just call our children each other's nephews! :) Once I make it home from Oklahoma I will then put Cannon's Texas party together because we will have everyone in town for that during Labor Day! And my Sunday School class decided to have a lake party that weekend so Saturday my day will be completely full!!! I am excited for everything though!

Lately we have been having an un-Godly amount of spiders around our house. I HATE SPIDERS! I have a major, MAJOR phobia of them. I find it hard to get in bed at night in fear that there is a spider waiting under the covers for me! So basically I am a big chicken when it comes to killing them. I don't want to get anywhere near them! Cannon has been catching on to the whole spiders thing and seeing them around the house and us killing them. Well the other day it was just Cannon and I, he came running in yelling "Fpider, Fpider Mommy!" Oh great I thought, I have to kill it. So I told him that I would take care of it, but he said "No Mommy! I do it!" and ran to the room. I started yelling "NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO! Get back, get away from the spider!" He told me he wanted to kill it! I told him that only mommy and daddy can do it right now because spiders like to bite! I find it so sad that my almost 3 year old son is braver than I am. Andrew told me the other day he had killed a spider and told Cannon to get him toilet paper to pick it up. Cannon ran and got the paper and then picked the spider up HIMSELF!!!! That is where I draw the line! I kill them and then leave them for Andrew to pick up when he gets home. I am so ashamed of myself!

Wall Decor...

I love decorating. I was so excited when I finally had a place of my own to decorate any way I wanted. I love looking through magazines and getting ideas. I am not exactly sure where I got this idea but I was looking for something to spice up my bedroom decor and saw a print I am in love with right now. For some reason I am drawn to black and white prints. I was on the scrapbooking aisle at Wal-mart and this paper caught my attention. It was brown and white zebra print and a lot of other black and white, black and brown combinations. I thought to myself "Hmmm...I could do something with this." Then I had it. I decided to frame the scrapbook pages. I got the scrapbook tablet, which has about 15 pages with different designs, for $5.00. Then I went to the picture frame section and found 3 frames. I wanted it to go above my bed so I chose 3- 8X10's and they were $3.00 each. Here are the steps to framing the paper.


1. Take out the paper that is package in the frame as a display.

2. Lay it on the pattern paper of your choice. Make sure you find a good spot when the design will look good and centered. You don't want it to look chopped off.

3. Take a pencil and trace around the display paper, then cut it out. By using it as a guide it should insure that it will be a perfect fit for the frame.

4.Place the pattern paper in the frame and put the back of the frame on.

5. Hang your pictures where ever your heart desires!



Here is what my finished product looked like:

The middle one is hard to make out on here but it is a

black and brown design.
I think it looks pretty good for only costing about $15 bucks!

The Pantless Wonders

Cannon and his friend Ella grabbed the guitars and started singing and playing the other day. It was so cute I just had to catch it on tape! Then I notice both of them were pantless, hints the name The Pantless Wonders! HAHA! Hope you enjoy their performances.

I once again have a few very busy weekends ahead. I will have the Mileur Family in this weekend. We wanted to get everyone together once this summer to enjoy some good family time. I think we may go tour the new Dallas Cowboys' Stadium. Then next weekend I will be headed to Oklahoma once again to celebrate Cannon's birthday with his cousin Gage. They are both turning 3! I am also hoping my best friend goes into labor that week or weekend too! I really want to be there when she has baby Coop! I can't wait to meet him! And then the third weekend will be Labor Day weekend and we are having family over and then once again celebrating Cannon's birthday with the other side of the fam. I tell you what, my child is spoiled having two parties each year! Unfortunately that is the only way to do it so that everyone is able to be there.

I think I will begin to add a new feature to my blog. I alway enjoy a good craft so I decided that I would share these fun, EASY, crafts that I find so some of you might partake in them too! I don't think it will be an everday or even an every week thing but just when I run across some I will share them. I have a few in mind that I will start with! Next post though! Enjoy the videos!

Lately...

July is over!!! Praise the Lord! Cannon's surgery went really good. He was running around and back to himself by Friday night. He was a little tipsy when we got home. We all had fun watching his as he tried to lean over and would fall over or if he tried to walk he was go sideways and fall over. But after a long nap he was back to normal. He never really showed any signs that he was in any pain or discomfort from the surgery either. I was so happy that he didn't because that is so hard to handle knowing your baby is in pain and you can't do much to help them.

Nana has been here with us this past week and we tried round 2 of potty training. It worked this time!!! Cannon is going to the potty by himself during the day and we make him go when he first gets up and right before bed. He hasn't wet the bed yet! Knock on wood!!! Tuesday was a rough day with potty training and he peed his pants every single time he went that day. So I decided that night we would put his underwear on him but put a pull up on time to avoid a wet bed in the morning. So Andrew went to put the pull up on him and I heard "No Daddy!! Cannon a big boy. I don't wear diapers, I wear underwear!" We all starting cracking up! He went to bed with just underwear and didn't wet the bed that night either. The only part we are still working on is pooping in the potty. He goes in the bathroom and either poops in his pant and then dumps it in the toilet or poops on the floor and puts it in the toilet. This is progress and moving in the right direction. He actually pooped in the potty for the first time today. Hopefully that will be repeated from here out.

Lately Cannon has been saying some pretty funny stuff. For instance, I was telling Cannon last Sunday night before bed that when he got up in the morning he would be a big boy because he was not going to wear diapers anymore. He would be big and only wear underwear. I repeated this over and over and then asked Cannon what he would be in the morning. He promptly reply... PATIENT! I said no that is what mommy is going to be! HAHA!

Then the other night Cannon was coughing and he said "There's a frog in there! Mommy, the frog is choking me!" Seriously where did he get this stuff! It is hilarious to hear him say!

Well my next big event is Cannon's 3rd birthday! Let the planning begin!

Yea Mommy!

Today I got a standing ovation. Not one I was expecting at all. I was simply going about my business when all of the sudden I heard, "Yea, Mommy!! You did it! You went pee-pee in the potty!" I kept hearing for the next few minutes, "Mommy I so proud of you. You peed in the potty!" At least he is learning something from all my hard potty training work! Well actually, I give his Nana most of the credit. She worked with him for an entire week. All I get when I ask Cannon if he wants to use the potty is, "No! I wear diapers! Cannon wears diapers!"

The other day I heard Cannon say "Uh Oh, poo poo!" and run to the bathroom. I thought OMG! He is finally getting it! Then I heard the toilet flush. I was scared to go in there. What I found was semi-good and semi-bad. I saw Cannon, diaperless, standing by the toilet saying "Mommy, I poopied in the potty!" I flush it!" Hmmm... I thought. There is no possible way he could have done it that fast. So I did what any mother would do. A butt check. Sure enough there was poop all over his bottom. I asked Cannon where he put his diaper. "It right there Mommy!" He had placed it in the trash can. I checked the diaper and it had markings in if, if you know what I mean. So I concluded that he pooped in his diaper, then took it off and flushed the poop down the toilet. He has seen me and Nana do this before. The problem is he thinks he deserves a treat for this. Because his poop was in the toilet. I want him to understand that this is where poop goes, but the process of it getting there was not right. I explained to him this was good for him to do but he only gets treat when he actually sits on the potty to go. He wasn't too happy with that.

Well, tomorrow morning is the big day. My little boy is going under the knife!! :) I just ask for your prayers. That he will respond fine to the anesthetic and that he will not be in a lot of pain. I will let everyone know how he is going as soon as I can! Thanks for the prayers!

The Wedding Week

I have survived the dreaded wedding week! Hooray! I actually had a lot of fun and the only stressful day was Friday itself getting everything set up and then taken down. I have decided that I love planning weddings and seeing my ideas created but I hate the part of having to take them back apart. Dana and I worked together to create a beautiful wedding! She was a stunning bride. I couldn't get over how amazing she looked. But to get to the grand finale of the week there were a few set back that happened.

The first was on Wednesday I went out to my car to find that someone had hit my car! The only damage was that they completely knocked my driver side mirror off. They, of course, did NOT leave a note. Thankfully my dad found one online and it will only cost about $30 bucks to replace, but still!!

The next adventure occurred on the wedding day itself. We were using live goldfish for the centerpieces. So we went to Pets Mart and bought 14 and they threw in 2 extra. Well once we got to the vineyard only half of them made it! Did I mention the vineyard is out in the middle of NOWHERE! We couldn't just pop back into town and get some more. We also discovered that we had left the isle runner at Dana's house. So my wonderful hubby volunteered to run back and get the new fish and runner. He was my hero that day, well I suppose he is everyday really!

And finally after a long, hard, day when we were all exhausted and ready to hit the sack. We were going to leave the vineyard at 10:30 pm only to find that my dad, who was the designated driver for Dana and Michael, left with the keys to their car leaving Lori stranded. Since the vineyard is in the middle of nowhere hardly anybody had good reception on their cellphone. I managed to find a spot were I got a couple of bars and called. Dad didn't answer. I called Dana. Voicemail. I called Michael. I got an answer! He said I'll call you back. He didn't. We had no idea what to do. So we all decided to head back to Edmond and get the keys from my dad. Finally I get a call from Michael as we are heading back saying my dad dropped them off with someone else and he had turned around to head back to the vineyard. GREAT!!! Thanks for telling us now!! Luckily we weren't to far down the road when we saw my dad pass us. We got the keys and all was well. Besides the fact that Dad and Lori didn't get back to Pryor until 2:30 am!

But the wedding was beautiful as well as the bride, and Cannon looked very handsome in his vest and tie. Oh yeah, and ignore the barefoot child, his mother forgot to bring his shoes to the wedding as well. Oops!

The Happy Family.

Beautiful Bride

The Wedding Party

The Matron of Honor and Ring Barrier

Down for the Count!

Wow! The week is finally here! My little sis is getting married on Friday! AHHH! I thought I had so long to plan and get everything ready and here I am with 2 days left and I am STRESSED! Why did I say that I LOVED planning weddings and that I was do whatever she wanted me to do! I wasn't really thinking on that one! I actually have had a lot of fun but now I am stressing because it is time to put the creations in my head to the test and hope and pray they turn out good. I hope that I don't let her down. I just have to have faith in myself to get through Friday then I can relax!!

Cannon is staying with his Grammy and Granddaddy the next few days while I am slaving away for Bridezilla! (she really isn't that bad) I am a little nervous about him being there because they have a pool in their backyard. He has been good so far about not going out there by himself but I just hope it stays that way! I get horrific images in my head of things that could happen. I just put him in God's hands while I am away and really even when he is in my care. I have been known to lose him before! :) He called me tonight to let me know he pee-peed twice on the potty! He was so proud of himself and the treat he received for doing so! I started feeling that I am treating my son like a dog. As I recall dogs get treats for doing their business not people. Hmmm...there is something wrong with our thinking sometimes.

Another thing I am looking forward to (kind of) is Cannon getting his nose fixed. (Refer to the surgery post). He has a constant stream of snot coming from his nose at all times. If for some reason it is not streams it is because it is clogged with a boogie the size of his nostril! No joke! For such a little guy, he can make some pretty mean boogies! That is his choice of wording of course. He comes to me and says "Look mommy, I gots a boogie on me finger!" or "Yucky mommy, get this boogie off of me!" He is also very good at letting me know that he needs a Kleenex too. For that I am glad because I dread the day were I never see or hear about a boogie needing to be wiped away because he took matters into his own hands!!!

LOST!!!

I had a first today. I lost my child. It was the scariest few minutes of my life! I was out at JcPenny today and I allowed Cannon to walk next to me without having his monkey backpack on, which is a leash. He was doing great until I found a shirt I liked. He saw that my attention was otherwise occupied and made a run for it! I saw him run off but he disappeared in the racks of clothing. I lost sight of him. Usually he likes to hide in the clothes so I started calling out his name and looking under the racks. Well after a few minutes of searching and not getting a response from him I realized he may be really lost. I started to panic. I ran to the service desk to see if they had seen a little boy. The lady informed me that she just heard over her radio that a little boy had been found. Then she was no help after that. She didn't know where they had him or who I should contact. So I gave up on her and found someone else. The next lady told me he was in women's casuals at the front of the store, so I ran as fast as I could up there. I am thinking how mad I am at him, and how much trouble he is going to be in. But I find him standing up on the check out counter surrounded by women who are smiling and laughing at him. Of course he would have to do that. When he sees me he gives me the biggest smile and says "HI, MOOMMY!!!" I smile, roll my eyes and take him in my arms. I am such a softy. I hate it sometimes. The ladies told me they asked him what his Mommy's name was and he said Megan. So I was very happy that he had learned that much. When they asked his last name, he replied, "Mommy." At least he got the M right!

How do you teach a 2 almost 3 year old that it is not safe to run away from Mommy. That you get lost and it may not always be a nice person that finds you. I told him as we walked out to the car that he was very naughty for running away, and it made mommy very sad and scared. He seemed to feel sorry because he didn't like that mommy was sad. I also told him that if he runs away from mommy that I may not get him back. He may not see mommy again and someone else will take him home. Maybe I can scare it out of him!!! :) I wish children came with instruction manuals. I wish I knew how to handle these situations. I think I will no longer take Cannon shopping by myself until he learns he has to listen to me. I can't imagine what I would be doing right now if I hadn't found him. Thank you God for watching over us!

Surgery

I have known for a while that this was coming, but I have tried to put it off as long as possible. Cannon is going to have his adenoids removed on July 31st. The procedure is not a difficult or long one, but it requires Cannon to be put under anesthesia. I know I shouldn't worry and that God is in control, but I am a mom and worrying is what I do best! Cannon usually has really bad runny noses and sleep problems. He is very restless when he sleeps and snores as loud or louder than his daddy sometimes! The doctor assures me that this will help him sleep much better and not have as many snotty nose problems. They will also be taking blood to check for allergies he may have. I ask that everyone keep Cannon in their prayers and especially remember to say a prayer for him on July 31st when he goes in for surgery. I have heard from my sister-in-law that when the babies wake up from the anesthesia they are very disoriented and upset. That is what I am most worried about. I want to be able to console him and also for him to not be in any pain. So now with this surgery scheduled I officially that every single weekend of July booked! We are very busy people this month!

Visitors

We have had lots of visitors this past week. When Nana brought Cannon back last Tuesday, she stayed the night and hung out with us the next day. Then on Saturday Mimi came to visit! Cannon was so excited to pick his Mimi up from the airport. Once we picked her up we headed to the Allen Outlet mall. Our day of fun shopping was quickly interrupted by Cannon throwing up all over the backseat of the car! YUCK! To make matters worse it was 103 degrees and we had nothing to clean it up with! Mom graciously gave two of her t-shirts from her suitcase to clean up the mess. But Cannon was perfectly fine after that, no fever or anything. He has been having a lot of drainage and he was coughing so I think he just gagged himself a little which caused him to throw up. So our mission was to find my mom a dress for Dana's wedding, and we did! So we left the mall and picked up Andrew to head to our favorite restaurant, Gloria's. We decided to try the one in Rockwall instead of in Garland where we usually go. Come to find out, the restaurant was right on Lake Ray Hubbard. It was gorgeous! We sat where we could see all the boats out on the lake. We decided after lunch to take a little walk down by the lake. The following pictures show how great of an idea that was! Plus there are some others of my mom's visit.

So Mimi had to leave Sunday night, but Monday morning Nana was coming back! And this time she brought cousin Caeden with her! The boys got to play a little bit and we had lunch with Andrew. So we have had a fun week! We are heading to Oklahoma this Thursday to see Grammy and Granddaddy!