Bleeding Love

I am posting this video for Brian because he misses Cannon a ton! He is on a "business trip" to Florida while we are home in Utah. I say its a "business trip" loosely because they are having a total blast back there. They have nice rooms in a nice hotel, they have been eating at the Cheesecake Factory, hanging at the beach, and going to movies in their down time. I wish I could go on a business trip like that.

So here is a video of Cannon watching TV, but not just any old show. Cannon really doesn't care for TV. He will watch 10-15 minutes of a Baby Einstein and then get bored. I sometimes have Nick Jr, Disney and VH1 on for background noise. We like the music and Cannon will occasionally glance up at the Backyardigans (when they are singing), Diego (when there is singing) and the Wonder Pets (when they are singing). However, their is one thing that will draw him to the TV and make him go crazy. He is OBSESSED with the music video and song for "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. Face it, the kid has great taste in music. I think he is in love with Leona. We will be playing in his bedroom, and he will make a mad dash to the living room if he hears her song come on. He just stares at the TV and makes himself comfortable. If he is throwing a fit and that song comes on, he becomes dazed. I have thought about writing Leona Lewis to tell her that her #1 fan is still in diapers.

Brian and I have also noticed that Cannon plays differently with girls than boys. He is more gentle and flirty. He shares. He likes to stare and gets shy. He is the complete opposite with boys. I think we have a future Casanova on our hands. Don't worry mommies of girls...I have already started to train him to be a gentleman : )

ps- the video is one of his more tame times watching the song. I just had to capture some evidence on video. My friend Neta slept over this weekend (because Brian was gone) and she saw it first hand-

My Little Monster

Here is a perfect example on what it is like to have a little boy. He is sweet and innocent on the outside, but he is a little monster at heart. He basically runs our house and tells us what to do. You don't really realize that you are being controlled by him, but you always end up giving him what he wants. I am just amazed at how smart and silly he is. Here is a little video where I caught him at one of his goofy moments. I was doing the dishes and I looked over at him STANDING on the coffee table! I walked and got the camera and he got on all 4's and started to do this-

I think he succeeded in distracting me from the dishes, because I ended up leaving my chores and playing with him until his nap....he is a little sneaky boy.

Busy week!

So my parents came up to help watch Cannon while Brian and I took a little breather at the Zermatt in Midway. I am so thankful to have parents who constantly put their life on hold to come and play with their grandson.

Brian and I were able to catch a movie this week. (oh, do not waste your time seeing the new Adam Sandler movie- it's lame). It was still nice to get out and have a date, even though I missed Cannon the whole time we were gone. We also took my parents to Lagoon on Friday for Brian's work BBQ. Cannon hadn't been feeling well, so my parents took him home right after the BBQ. Brian and I won a gift card to the Gateway Mall during a raffle (we were 2 tickets off from winning ipods)- but a gift card is great as well. We enjoyed ourselves and had a nice time chatting with his co-workers and their families. We left right from Lagoon and headed to Midway to stay at the Zermatt. We love this little resort. We played tennis, watched movies, caught up on our sleep, ate at the wonderful restaurants there, and went for some walks. Our room was amazing. They upgraded us because we had stayed there before. The room had a kitchen, jacuzzi tub, 2 plasma TV's, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances....the works. It was just gorgeous. (http://zermatt.dolce.com/) The food was also amazing. If you are ever in Heber, Midway or Park City, I recommend at least eating at the resort.

The only bad thing about the week is that Cannon continued to feel horrible. This made me feel bad to dump him on my parents. He had fevers, was hardly sleeping, refused to eat, and would whine all day. He also had all of these blisters form on his tongue and on his gums. His gums were so swollen, you could hardly see any of his teeth. It seriously broke my heart. I called the Dr's almost everyday and they concluded that it must be hand foot and mouth disease. My poor little buddy had been so sick this week. He is doing much better now though (even though his mouth still looks so bad.) His spirits are up, he is eating a bit better, and his fever is finally gone. He also slept pretty good last night. Hopefully the worst of this is over. I just feel bad that my parents had to drive all of the way up to deal with a sick baby. I would have cancelled my reservations, but my dad had already taken off of work- and we had already paid for the room. (click to enlarge and see the blisters)

Did you poop?

For as long as I've known, I've been able to carry full conversations while in the deepest sleep. I never remember anything when I wake up. I tend to fall the second my head hits the pillow, so Brian is able to hear many of my interesting tid-bits (it can take him forever to fall asleep sometimes).

Here are 2 of my conversations this past week-

me "Ewww, did you poop?"
Brian "No....what the heck?" "Why?"
me "because YOU SMELL"
Brian "hahaha"

another night-
*I was snoring and Brian elbowed me*
me "What? What was that for"
Brian "Your snoring, so I elbowed you"
me "I wasn't snoring, I am wide awake"
Brian "if your awake then....did I poop?"
me "haha, what?" zzzzzzzzz

My millionth post this week

I know I have done a lot of posting lately, but we have had a super busy/fun week. Do you ever have your camera on you at just the PERFECT time and you manage to capture the PERFECT picture? I rarely get good pics of Cannon. He is sooo busy, I manage to snap about 30 pics before I get a decent one. Well, I managed to get 2 pics in a row that I adore. The first is a great pic of his sweet little face. You can really just get lost in those eyes : ) I looked at him today and realized he wasn't a little baby anymore (I know he is only 14 months- but still). Today he looked like a handsome boy. I almost got a glimpse of what he is going to look like as a teenager, and all I can say is "LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS!!"

The second pic that I am about to post is THE PERFECT pic of him. I was in the right place at the right time. He was playing with Brian's mouth guard and being sooo dang cute. He was growling and running and playing. He looked like a little football player. I called his name and he managed to give me the perfect face that only a mother could love...... here is the result.....

The Paci-Gate Continues..... and Sprinkler Fun!

So Cannon was an absolute terror at Jeanette's bridal shower today! He was whiny, clingy, and tired! He was an hour short on his nap, so I figured he was just exhausted. He took a brief nap in the car on the way home. He was only down for 30 minutes in the car, so I thought maybe I could sneak him into his crib. When I put him in his crib, I noticed 3 more binkies were missing. I am SICK AND TIRED of buying binkies and having them vanish. I came to the conclusion that Cannon was just eating them and they were in his chubby little tummy. Needless to say, he did not fall back asleep for a nap. I was going to solve this missing binkie problem once and for all, so I kept him in his crib and dug around. I searched in the mattress and all around the ground, under the dresser, in the air conditioning vent- you name it. I found nothing. Then I decided to pull the crib slightly away from the wall....and BAM- like 6 binkies hit the floor. The little stinker was storing them on the other side of his bumper between the bumper and the wall. He was switching them out and hiding them in that location (probably because he knew I would just go and buy more for his addiction) lol. So now he currently has 13 binkies in his crib, and he is in pure heaven. Does anyone know the number for binki-holics anonymous?


So when he decided not to nap, I put him in his chair and gave him dinner. It was so hot! I don't know if it was the heat getting to me or just boredom, but I had a stroke of pure genius. Even though it was 5:30 at night, it was still like 90 degrees. I decided to have Bonnie and her cute pup Jovi, and Jessica with her kiddo's over- to play in the sprinklers. I seriously love my neighbors, and its so fun having Trent and Jess a few houses down (Brynlee and Cannon are just now starting to play well together). As you can see from the pics below, the kiddos and pup had a blast! We have this really cool splash park a like 3 blocks down, but it was super crowded today. So we just made our own little splash park and it was a great way to cool off, have fun, and pass time (which is nice to do with a toddler). I actually had fun running through it. Maybe one of these days I will work up the courage to wear a swim suit and play in the water with the kids.

My daddy- by Cannon Perry

I love my daddy sooo very much! Sometimes I wake up SUPER EARLY just because I want to see him. Mommy brings me to bed with them and daddy lets me crawl all over him and tickle him. When daddy leaves for work, I get very sad and cry. But he always comes home and I run right to him for some loves. Daddy also likes to chase me around the house and wrestle. I might be small, but I have knocked daddy down to his knee's many of times. Daddy loves to lay down next to me when I am getting ready for bed. We love to snuggle. I also like when mommy and daddy take me on walks each night. When I am super happy, I will sing and say "dada" a million times. Daddy calls me his "little buddy" and his "chunk-a-chunk." I love that I can look at my daddy and see myself in his eyes. Mommy also says that I have my dad's temperament....whatever that means. I cannot wait until I am bigger and I can play sports and go camping with my daddy. I hope that he has a great fathers day, because he is the greatest father ever.

I love you daddy, you are my hero.

***Cannon also wanted to wish his wonderful grandfathers- Grandpa Dick and Grandpa Bill a Happy Fathers Day as well!***

LOVE- CANNON

The 1 year pics!!

Here are all of them, for those of you who havent seen them yet : ) This was Cannon's third session with Brittany. She did his newborn and 6 month ones as well. We just LOVE her! She is fantastic to work with and so so soooo talented!

I hope you enjoy : ) I sure did! My walls are basically Cannon wallpaper now! lol

ps- if the slide show isnt showing up for some reason, click on the button that says VIEW ALL IMAGES

Oh Cannon!

Its been a while since I've done a Cannon post (sorry mom)- and I know some people are dying to see pics (again, sorry to my parents), but he is just a little too overly active right now. I kid you not, I am just exhausted all day, every day. People ask when I will have kid #2, well- I still need to catch my breath from kid #1! With all of the chasing around that I do, I am honestly surprised that I am not back to my pre-wedding weight.

Cannon was going through this darling little phase where he had to open and slam every door, cupboard, drawer- you name it. Our way of getting over that was to baby proof the house. Well, lets just say that didn't last very long. 4 months later, and he is STILL slamming EVERYTHING that he can. He will even check the baby proof doors just to see if they are still baby proof. Then he finds drawers (like the one attached to my stove that holds cookie sheets, and the fridge, and all of our dressers) to open and slam. Not only that, but he now hides things in every corner of our house. I find shoes in the fridge, blankets in the oven drawer, remotes in the bathtub....you name it. I basically play chase and hide and seek all day. He is also Paci-aholic, and he has lost 6 of his favorite binkies in the past 2 weeks. I don't know if there is a Paci Gnome in our house, or if he is eating them, or if they simply just vanish into thin air- but they are completely GONE. I have had to buy 5 binkies in the past week to re-build his collection.

The moral of my post, it is so hard to take pics of a baby who is into everything, because he hardly stops and poses anymore. Here are some pics to show my day- Pic #1- Cannon chasing me Pic#2 Cannon going through the fridge Pic#3 Cannon hiding a binkie in the oven drawer (and pulling things out) Pic#5 Cannon being goofy on my bed and wanting the camera Pic# 6 and 7- being goofy while learning how to feed himself with a spoon

Gosh I LOVE this baby!!!

D-Day 64 Years Later

Yep you guessed it, this is a post from Brian...not Lauren! So rejoice while you can but, I' sorry friends, this probably won't be the usual bright and cheery blog. Actually I'm writing because I have nothing better to do at my office, and my mind at this time of year always seems to drift to thoughts of many of our grandfathers and what they endured during the 40's. So with it being D-Day plus 64 years, I thought that I would pay a tribute to the "Greatest Generation".

I just wanted to try to help everyone understand what it is that our Grandparents endured and why we should be grateful for the country we live in. There have been worse situations in war than that for the US soldiers that charged the shores of Normandy at Utah and Omaha beach, but it still was one of the worst, and one of the most celebrated battles in US history. For those that have seen Saving Private Ryan, it does it some justice, but not enough. There were some of those Higgins boats that had everyone killed before they ever set foot on dry land. Some companies, which is comprised of about 200 men, had 90% casualties. Most of those casualties being death. The ocean water was red with blood for days after the first wave of soldeirs hit the beach. When the soldiers got onto the beach there was no protection from the shower of bullets and mortars, and the men weren't stuck on the beach for a few minutes. they were there for 9-10 hours. There was nothing glorious about what happened on that day, other then the fact that those men died for their country. They died for their families, for your families and for each other. Most of them were 18 to 22. Most disturbing of all is that many died screaming for their mothers to come comfort them.

I just want to publicly, even though this is not very public on this blog, thank everyone that has ever served in the military. I have a few great friends, Darin and Bruce, as well as others that have recently been the middle east, one of them twice and coming home with purple hearts. I want to thank you for having the guts to lay it down on the line and show the world that you love your country. I have more admiration for them than I do most people.

And for those people that are against what we are doing, and what we have done with our military I have a couple of quotes for ya. One is from a bumper stick that states "If you can read, thank a teacher, if you can read in English, thank a soldier". The other which sums up my feelings about those that all day long criticize this country and complain about how "horrible" our country is. It comes from South Park and it states, "If you don't like America, then you can just git out!" That's how I feel. So in closing, I just wanted to tell everyone how grateful I am for those that stormed the beaches on D-Day and all those that have fought or served in the military! So to end this post, here are some pics of D-Day. (Sorry about how they are placed, its my first time posting pics.)

Have a great day!

I thought this would be a sweet little treat for those 80's lovers out there :)

SORRY GUYS!

So I spent a few hours uploading these darling digital scrap papers for blogs. I am debating on getting better at designing blogs- so Ive been having fun uploading these papers. So I was on my photobucket account, and I decided to make a scrap folder for all of my papers. Well, I was moving 200+ scrap papers to an organized folder in photobucket and BAM! It said that it was erasing all previous links to the papers. So if I have designed your blog in the past, chances are I need to fix it! I am so sorry for the inconvenience! Send me an email to laurennperry@gmail.com with your user id, password and I will fix your blog!

Sorry again!

For your enjoyment (mom)- here are some pics of Cannon- (ps- pic 2 he is stealing marshmellows from my bag- pic 1- he found them and is begging for some- lol)

(playing with his cousin Bryn in the blow up pool)