Precious Little Special Boy

This precious little baby of ours is one of the sweetest babies I've had the pleasure of knowing. He warms my heart with every coo and smile. Since he is in his fifth month now and not yet meeting his milestones, particularly lifting his head, we are growing more and more worried. He has very low muscle tone and tires easily. After an evaluation, qualifying him for occupational therapy, Cannon was also referred to Seattle Children's Hospital where they have begun the "testing phase" to find out what the underlying cause might be. The first round of testing was hard because they couldn't find a vein that would draw enough blood to complete the tests so they eventually had to draw from a vein in his head. It tore my heart out. I just kept thinking that this will be the beginning of many tests to come. Now that those initial tests have come back with some concern, Cannon had to give blood again. The second time they had success drawing blood from his arm. I had a rattle for Cannon to look at to distract him and he even smiled at us while the needle was still taking blood from his little body. He is such an angel and I am blessed to have him be my little "bubba." I am anxious/scared about the test results and even more so because they could take up to a month to come back. I feel like I am standing on the edge of a huge black hole that I can't see the bottom of. Until the results come back (and even after), I get to love on this little round butter ball and thank Heavenly Father every minute that this special little boy is all mine!