"I Stuck, Help Me"

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These are the words we heard last night. After calling for Landon to come here, Rich and I here him say "I Stuck, Help Me". We rushed upstairs to find this. He is sooooooo not going to like giving up his things for Bennett. We are back trying to transition him to the big boy bed. He does fine at bed time, but for nap he says "I want baby bed". Ugh.

This is what Landon thinks of Chuck E Cheese...

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Happy 7th Birthday Carter!

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I can still remember every detail of your BIRTH DAY 7 years ago. It seems like just yesterday! Although I can't wait to see what you become, you need to stop growing up so fast!! You are a wonderful son and a terrific big brother. You are into legos, star wars, gi joes, wii and your new toy Ipod touch. You love to wake up early and you hit the floor running. You make people laugh because you love to tell stories. You can't wait for hunting season so that you can spend time with your Daddy. Your best friend is Emma and your even better friend is your brother Landon. You can't wait for Bennett to be born and I can't wait to see you with him. We love you Carter Sterling Paddack!!

Carter's 1st day of 2nd grade!

Carter had a great 1st day of school. He is really excited because he has some friends in his class....VERY important at any age I guess.

Here is a picture from today. Carter 2nd grade...



Here is his first day last year. Carter 1st grade...



The difference is that last year he had no problem taking the picture for me. This year, I had to beg him to go stand in front of the school.

Sleeping Baby Boy and Bennett Update

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Went to the Dr. today and Bennett is up to 3.8 pounds....YAY!!! My first goal was to get him bigger than Landon and he is almost there (Landon was 4.5). My blood pressure is still doing good. We are hoping the medicine I am on will continue to do the trick.

Here is Landon from yesterday. He was late going down for nap (about 3:30). When I went to go get him up at 5:30, I carried him down and put him in our bed and he never woke up. I continued to go in there for 1 1/2 hours and try to wake him up. He wasn't budging!! He finally woke up at 7:00 and went back to bed at 9:00. I had to wake him up this morning at 9:30. I think all this Summer fun and Texas heat is wearing him out!

George Strait - The Breath You Take

Heard this song today. It literally took my breath away. Sometimes I need reminding on how true this song is. I love my boys and my family and don't ever want to take that for granted.

Fast Forward...

Okay, lets fast forward until present day. I really didn't take too many pictures this Summer. Lets just say we were BUSY!! I am so ready for school to start. I was ready for Carter to be home with us for the Summer, but now I am broke and tired of entertaining. We had a fun summer. Carter had several weeks of various camps. He spent a week with Gran and Papa. Landon played with Mommy all Summer and tried to sneak in brothers room, whenever he wasn't looking. Landon also got to go spend some time with Gran and Papa. We also took a family vacation to NASA and Galveston (I will try to post pictures of this later). Other than that, I just tried to stay cool. I could not have picked a worse Summer to be pregnant!! I am currently 30 weeks and so far my blood pressure has remained good. I just pray it stays that way...I really want Bennett to be born with rolls on his legs.
One thing we have done several times this Summer is go to Rangers games. Here are some pictures from Saturday night. The boys just LOVE to go and we are so grateful to be able to enjoy it with family and friends.

Introducing....

Bennett James Paddack




We are so excited that we are having our 3rd boy. Everyone kept asking if we wanted a girl, but (for me) truth be told I really wanted a boy. My boys are crazy and wild but I just love being the Mother of boys.

Easter Weekend

On April 1st, we lost our wonderful friend and neighbor Elinor. We could not have asked for a better neighbor. She was more than just a neighbor, we considered her family. Carter LOVED her dearly. One time he escaped our house at 7:00 in the morning. Elinor called to tell me he had ran down to her house for breakfast. We saw her almost daily, at least up until her last year (which is when she became sick).

This all happened right before Easter weekend. We still were able to enjoy our weekend, knowing that she was in a better place. We will always miss her, but we are so thankful that we had the chance to know her. Some people leave lasting impressions in your heart forever.

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

A Nice Surprise!!

So before I booked my cruise, I took a pregnancy test "just to make sure". After all, what is the fun of cruising if you can't have a pina colada. The test came back negative, so we booked the cruise. Two days later, we got a POSITIVE! We waited to tell everyone until after our cruise.

I had the boys shirts made that said "Big Brother" and "Bigger Brother". We gave Carter his shirt first and he put it on (still not getting it). We then showed him Landon's shirt. It took a few minutes, but he finally got it (as you see in the picture). We then framed the black and white picture and gave a copy to the Grandparents. That is how we broke the news.

We are super thrilled to be expecting a 3rd. It was something that we wanted but did not know if I should be pregnant again (with my past history). We finally decided to just put it in Gods hand.

Cruising with Friends

Okay, so I have been soooooooo behind (6 months to be exact) on blogging. I guess everyone just needs a break sometimes. My life has been so busy and crazy these last few months. I am going to do my best to catch you up on what has been going on in my life. Lets start back in February....

So one night Laura and I were talking about how nice a vacation would be. Well, wouldn't you know with us, 2 weeks later we were on a boat. Kids were off to the Grandparents and we were off to Cozumel. It was a quick but fun trip.

Oh and Jeff hit the jackpot on the dollar slot. I was a tad bit jealous but he did buy me a purse. That helped ease the pain!

Take note of "Galveston" water vs the turquoise blue "Cozumel" water.