A Few Prayer Requests

There is a lot of sad things going on right now and it's really hard to keep trucking along. Though it could always be worse, nothing is sadder than finding out someone you love is very sick.

There are several things I could use some back up prayers on:-)

For starters my Aunt Mary, the greatest aunt ever. I love all my aunts, but Aunt Mary has always, always taking care of us and been there through everything. I used to get sooo excited when she came to visit from Arkansas when I was little. It was the greatest thing in my little world. She was even one of the main reasons we all moved to Arkansas. My Mama informed me last night that Aunt Mary could have cervical cancer. She is going in this Friday for surgery to take out some more cells for further testing. This will be the 3 time they are testing these cells this month. Please pray for my Aunt Mary.

Cancer is the scariest word in the medical dictionary, in my opinion. My Mama also found out this weekend that her Dad, my Pawpaw Ray, has stomach cancer. Please pray for my Pawpaw.

Brandon has been sick for a couple of months now and refuses to go to the doctor. He has this horrible cough that will not go away. We literally cannot get a good nights sleep because of it. I'm so worried about him. Please pray that he will get better soon and whatever it is it isn't serious or just that he will go to the doctor for that matter.

My baby sister, Katie, is still having trouble breathing after doing even little things. She's always had anxiety type symptoms but the breathing thing has never been figured out. They've ruled out asthma and think she may have something called Athletes Lungs (I think that's what my Mama said). It basically means her lungs are enlarged for some reason. Please pray that they figure it out and can treat whatever it is.

Also, I hate to post this on here, but I really need some reinforcement, sorry Mama. Anyone that is around us daily knows that my Dad is an alcoholic. Growing up I never saw it, that's how good my parents were at keeping secrets. Maybe I was just to blind to see it, I don't know. The past few years he has gotten progressively worse. I miss my Daddy and wish that he could find the will for life again. It has been so hard not talking about this and I probably shouldn't on here, but he needs help. I hate to say it but we've all kind of given up hope. My parents 25 year marriage is literally at its breaking point. Please for my Daddy.

And last but not least, my Mama can really use some prayers right now. Between my Aunt Mary, my Pawpaw, and dealing with my Dad she is struggling to keep her head up. I love you Mama.

I know this is alot to pray about and everyone has their problems, so I appreciate any prayers more than you will ever know.

Thanks for listening to me unload. After this depressing post, I just want to express to everyone that each moment in life is precious and should be treasured as such. There are so many joys in everyday life and they sometimes are overshadowed by the bad stuff that pops up. Celebrate life!

A Quarter of a Century

Yes, today is my 25th birthday and I am a quarter of a century old. Do I feel older? You BET! For some reason I see 25 as the last step into adulthood, lol. I am now officially in my mid-twenties. Thanks to my co-workers I had a great day at work. It didn't hurt that we got done early because we had only 1 student for 2nd session tutoring...we should have had at least 10 more. So after enjoying some good chocolate cake and taking pictures with my flowers my director got me (I plan to take pics Monday when I go back to work...they're on my desk), I got off 2 hours early. Then thanks to my wonderful husband I spent the extra time shopping for a few maternity items and seeing my Mama and a few old friends.

When I got home I was totally spoiled! I had some time outside with my boys, a nice short nap with my baby boy, an awesome homemade steak dinner and cake from Brandon. Now for some good ole relaxation

This pic was from a few weeks ago, but I just cleaned off the SD card and couldn't resist posting it. I love love that smile.

Here's another pic from a couple of weeks ago...again, I love that smile.

And another few week old pic. This little boy makes everyday feel like Christmas for me.

Brandon did a great job on my cake! It was super yummy and not to bad for his first decorating experience.

Yes, I took a pic of them singing happy birthday to me! I love them!

This boy has a major sweet tooth.

My babies' daddy. :-)

He takes really good pics now that he knows how to smile on cue! Me...I'm still struggling.

He is precious, precious. He's been so sweet and affectionate the past couple of days I could just eat him up. Now the other Kennon baby is zapping the life out of me...hence how rough I look. I will do another short post on that soon.

Thanks Brandon for making my birthday fantastic and sweet. I love you! The fact that you've washed the dishes for an entire week, and I haven't touched a single dirty dish has absolutely nothing to do with it either ;-).

Another Round

This past weekend was a little rough at our house. Friday, around 1:45, I get a call at work from the daycare telling me Cameron had 103 fever. I immediately drop what I am doing and take off to Bay to get him. On the drive I decided to schedule him a dr.'s appointment for Saturday just in case things got worse by then. Can't take any chances with the stinking Swine Flu going around! I got to the daycare fully expecting him to be isolated from the rest of the kids and where did I find him?! Sitting at the lunch table with all the "healthy" kids...eating cheetos. Maybe I'm an overprotective paranoid mother but if my child were sitting next to another child with 103 fever and my child was not sick, I would be LIVID!!! Where is the common sense people?! As I was picking him up from the table he grabs his cup and gives it to the little girl beside him. Thankfully I grabbed it before she got it in her mouth. I was so ticked that the flu had been circulating in the school just a few short weeks ago and they are letting sick kids EAT with nonsick kids. I just knew at that point he had to have the flu for sure. What else could it be?

After a very restless and long Friday night, we got up Saturday to go to the doctor. During the night Cam kept telling me "I hurt" so there was no doubt in my mind he was making his appointment. I thought at least if he has the flu we can start him on Tamiflu just to be safe. So at the doctor, we wait in the exam room forever, despite the fact that we were suppose to be the first appointment. I ended up having to pack Cam up and take off to the bathroom, yes morning sickness has kicked in. When we finally were seen by the doctor that I absolutely despise, on Saturdays the doctors rotate, he tells me a few key things that I would like to share with you. 

#1--He tells me that toddlers don't get Strep Throat. What!!! Anybody can get Strep! Cam's Dr. R. always checks his throat for Strep on sick visits...always has. #2--He tells me if Cameron had the flu there's is absolutely nothing you can do for it but PRAY! Yeah, Ok I prayed, but isn't there is something called Tamiflu!? Hello he's 2 years old and I'm 6 weeks pregnant and have asthma, shouldn't we be the first to get Tamiflu in a flu situation. #3--He tells me Cameron has Coxsackie again! Are you serious, again! Didn't we just have this 7 months ago? He explains to me his throat is red and has sores on it, but in no way is it Strep. We leave with instructions to treat the fever and keep fluids in him.

I promised myself if he got worse over the rest of the weekend, I was making an appointment with Dr. R on Monday just for reassurance. Dr. A totally ticked me off. Yes, he has the M.D. behind his name and I "should" trust his judgment, but ultimately he is a MAN as in HUMAN, not just a male. Humans, especially arrogant humans, aren't always the most reliable in my opinion and Dr. A is the definition of arrogant. Ok, rant is over.

Thankfully, Cameron seems to be better. He hasn't had fever since early Monday morning, and he's been eating and drinking pretty normally. Monday I started feeling horrible and had several sores in my mouth. Tuesday was pretty much the same, except Cam was whiney. Today, I feel ok. My mouth is healing up and Cam seems to be fine except for the lingering crankiness. I am thankful that if it was Coxsackie it was a mild case and we survived yet again! But, I can guarantee you if I think my son has the flu he will right back at the doctor for his prescription of Tamiflu.

As for the H1N1 vaccine, how do you all feel about it? One day I'm all for getting it for Cam and I and the next I'm back to being paranoid. I've researched and researched but there are so many conflicting things when you google, it gives me a headache.

**Please forgive any typos or rambling! It took alot of energy to just to type what I did.

Yes, It's True, and It's Early, But What Can I Say?!

We found out last Thursday that we are officially expecting again. Baby #3, technically. We weren't completely caught off guard. We knew we wanted to try again, we just weren't sure when it would happen. I am a couple of days shy of 5 weeks, so yes it's early and yes I vowed not to tell a soul until at least the 10th week, but excitement won over and before I knew it everyone knew. We definitely got a few "Alreadys" and "agains" but to tell you the truth we are ecstatic! Cameron could care less. He's pretty adamant that he is the "baby." Maybe he will come around in the next 8 months.

Most of the pregnancy updates will be posted on the pregnancy blog. I did one for Cam, so it's only fitting. Kennon Baby #3

I will post some new pics of Cam on here soon, I HOPE!!! Life has gotten hectic since I started taking classes again. A good hectic, I should day.

Memphis Zoo

The Kennon Family spent a good part of Saturday at the Memphis Zoo! The hour drive was pretty relaxing both to and from. The weather was AMAZING! Who could have asked for a better Saturday to go to the zoo with temps in the low 80s and a cool breeze blowing? It was awesome!!!

Cameron wasn't too impressed with the animals. He enjoyed running around and being pushed in his "cart" more than anything. He did leave with a favorite animal...he now loves monkeys. We had a great family day and look forward to doing it again soon! 

Rugrats

Gotta love our rugrats! These are just a few random pics from July.

July 2009 was not a good month, but thankfully I'm blessed with a beautiful little boy and 2 beyond precious nieces. 

I Love Yous

I hope everyone's week started out great! Happy Tuesday! Yes, I said HAPPY. I actually found myself singing in the car on the way to work. Of course I still have my moody moments, but as Carlisa says, 'That's just being a woman.' So true, so true. I had an appt. with Dr. L yesterday for my post-op check-up and everything seems to be in great shape. She gave us the go ahead for Baby #3. I'm not sure if we'll take her up on that just yet. Things are starting to fall back in place and I'm scared to put ourselves out on a limb like that so soon.

As for the beautiful little boy I have in my life right now, he is doing great! Growing like a weed. That is such a worn out metaphor, but very comparable to Cameron's growth. We've had some disciplinary problems the past few weeks, but we're working on it. He's been getting in trouble at school for hitting and pushing. I don't take that lightly. Hopefully we will stomp out that nasty behavior SOON! Other than that, the past few days he has been a complete joy and tons of fun while we're at home. He helps me clean and cook, AND he feeds the dogs for me. I love how he says "K, K" as he completes a task. Like "Ok, check that off the list." It makes me laugh everytime. Last night I was putting him to bed and he beat me to my lines. I usually try to read some out of his Twinkle Twinkle Star book, as he calls it, after tucking him in, and then as I'm closing his door I'll say "Night, night, love you." Well this night he decided to take that task on for himself. Before I could open my mouth he said "Night, night, Mama, love you." I was rooted to the spot for like 30 seconds trying to figure out when my little baby got so big and grown-up. After that I had to sneak back over and cover his little face with kisses! I actually had tears in my eyes as I was walking back out. Ahhh, life's little pleasures. That ranked right up there with the day I had the D&C, I was laying on the couch and he came over and kissed me on the forehead. That was a FIRST! I wasn't the only special one that day. He also gave plenty of kisses to his Meme and his Daddy, lol. It was soooo sweet!

Here's to a great day for everyone!!!!