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.