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.

Is that the sun?

Finally we had a beautiful day around here!! Yesterday was sunny and 65 (although today it is cloudy and cold). Landon and I decided it would be nice to pick Carter up from school, go get ice cream and then head to the park. We picked Emma up along the way and Rich met us later with Oliver. It was so nice to FINALLY hang out outside!!
Rich and I booked a last minute cruise. We leave REALLY soon...I'm so excited. Warm weather here we come!!

Here are some pictures from the park. The one where Landon is ATTACKING Carter cracks me up. He went crazy on him because Carter stole his sand bucket! LOL