Grace updates: Great 24 hours!!!

It's been a GREAT 24 hours at our house and I would like to thank you for your prayers for our family! Yesterday was Cannon's 13th birthday and we have been celebrating for the past 24 hours. Since Grace was born 9 years ago, half of Cannon's birthdays have been spent with Grace in the hospital, so we were all very thankful that this one was celebrated with Grace only having to make a short trip down to Children's for an appointment! Cannon slept in and didn't even notice we were gone!

It has been really great to have both Grace and Cannon feeling so good too! Cannon had a wonderful day getting ready for his performance and we all truly enjoyed the musical last night. It was great and Cannon did a fantastic job. Afterwards, we celebrated at one of Cannon and Grace's favorite restaurants and were even treated to the regular event of the raccoons coming out to beg for food...I know it is bizarre but something they love to watch. I had to pull Cannon away from them when I noticed that he was hand feeding them...we have spent enough time down at Children's lately, no need for a rabies scare right now! The night ended with Cannon enjoying a few presents from family and a special treat from his small group leader's (Amit) mom. She baked Cannon a chocolate chip cake and sent it to him. So sweet and Cannon loved it.

Since Cannon had to have his birthday party postponed due to his injury, we planned to take him to Dave and Busters today for some games. This is another spot that Grace and Cannon love and we always take them there sometime during the summer to get out of the heat. It was great to just watch them have fun and forget about everything that has happened over the past few months. I loved watching them count their tickets and decide what was the biggest stuffed animal they could come home with!

I think the best part of Cannon's bday showed up at around 5:30 today....My brother and nephew drove up from Houston and surprised Cannon. It was so fun to see his expression when they showed up! He said it was the best present he could ever receive! Cannon, Grace, and Brett Jr. had a ball at dinner at Magic Time Machine joking with all of the characters and just plain laughing. I don't think any of us have had so much fun in months. It was so good to get out, laugh, forget about health issues, and be normal!!!

Thank you for all of your prayers. We feel so blessed that our family has had such a great Friday and Saturday and that everyone has felt so good!

Carrie

Cannon as The Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland, The Musical

Cannon feeding a raccoon at one of his favorite restaurants in Dallas

Cannon's cake from Amit's mom flown in from New York!

Happy Birthday Cannon from Grace and bunny!

Cannon and Grace with their prizes at Dave and Busters

Having fun at Magic Time Machine....Grace is hiding in my lap...my brother (Brett) is the one on the far left, my nephew (Brett Jr) is next to Cannon...my dad took the picture.