Looking Back - Carter's 6th Birthday

Well, I am a little late posting Carter's 6th birthday party pictures.  I was a tad busy around that time.  Knox was born just two weeks before his party.  

Carter and Brooke decided to have their third annual dual birthday celebration at the local gym.

There was bouncing...

Cake eating....

More bouncing....

More bouncing....

 And more bouncing....

Carter and his good friend River....

Pinata time!

Cannon gives it a whack!

Not Training Anymore

About 6 months ago, Carter was at a birthday party.  Some girl friends of his told him to ride a bike (without training wheels) down the driveway.  He had never done this before.  

Before I knew it, he was half way down the driveway. 

However, on his own bike (and without cute little girls present) he wasn't quite ready.  Until a few days ago.  

 Not much commentary to add here.  It was simple.

He got on the bike.  And pedaled away.

And pedaled....and pedaled.

Great job Carter!

Trip to Enchanted Rock

The wildflowers have been beautiful this spring.  We took advantage of the beautiful spring days while we can and have made several trips out and about to explore the hill country.  

A few weeks ago, we took all of the boys out to Enchanted Rock.

 Cannon showing us his Murphy impression.

3 sweet boys

One of which is very drooly at 3 months old. Will he get his first tooth at 4 months old like his big brother Carter?



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A mini vacation

The boys had a short spring break this year. Long story, short spring break. Basically the district broke it up into two 4 day weekends. We hadn't planned on doing much, but got the itch to leave town at the last minute.

We looked at many different places, and then realized we are fortunate enough to live in an area where many people vacation. So we took a 20 minute trip and stayed at the resort in Horseshoe Bay.

It was perfect!




Murphy had to stay behind :(





Cannon (posing as a dog) and Carter.





Knox relaxing poolside and serving as a drink caddy.








Cherry Sprites and swimming. Carter said, "this is the life!!"





They ordered PB&J, we ordered steak.




They didn't have the room we requested, so they upgraded us to a 2/2 condo for free! Cannon said, "this is the biggest bathtub ever!". The condo was bigger than our house. It was a treat.


On the looong drive home....

A milestone occurred.



The second nap Carter has taken in 3 years. The other one was the afternoon after his tonsillectomy.

We will certainly go back.

Soon.


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Sweet dimple & a smile

Plus



= heartbreaker!

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If Cannon met a leprechaun....

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3 boys

Last weekend we enjoyed a lot of soaking rain - an inch according to our indoor rain gage (bucket). Today the sun came out and the boys have played outside utilizing every last bit of sunshine.
The boys ended the day playing in Cannon's bed.

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Paging Dr. Knox

 As a birthday gift for Ryan, I decided to outfit his office with a fresh crop of pictures of the boys.  Now that he has two offices, I had even more pictures to come up with.  Luckily, I have over 7,000 pictures on my computer.  The challenge was narrowing them down.

When Carter was a little over two years old, he played dress up in his doctor outfit.  Of course, I had my camera ready, and posted this entry.  We received an adorable outfit for Knox from our friends and Ryan wanted to be sure that he had photos of him.  That left Cannon, I needed some of him too.  I don't want to  give him any reason to pull the middle child card when he is older.  Luckily, Cannon came through too.  He came in wearing a knight helment and a stethoscope (all his idea) ready to "examine" baby Knox.  Those pictures are here.

 But now on to Knox.  He was much more still than Carter or Cannon.

This will make his dad proud

Cannon shooting tinker toy targets.















He just asked me if I had my headphones on.




Now he is just showing off.




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This all happened in about three minutes

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A balmy winter afternoon

It's the end of February and the youngest boys and I are enjoying this 80 degree afternoon on the porch. I just love our front porch, but I love these guys even more.











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Not sleepy yet...

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4 weeks old today!

Baby Knox is four weeks old today! I'm not sure how much he weighs, but he feels a lot heavier than he did two weeks ago. He loves to sleep more during the daytime than he does at night. But, we are working on that. He's beginning to enjoy a bath more, and is staying awake for longer periods of time during the day. There's not much time to rest when you're the third child as we've been on the go for basketball games, Valentines parties, and trips to the park. Luckily, so far, he's a great traveler. His big brothers are doing well. They love to help. Knox came to Carter's Valentine's party yesterday. Carter was so proud to show off his little brother. It was also fun to see how excited his friends were that Carter had a new baby brother. Mom did fine too, she just told the kids not to touch the baby. :-). Carter also loves to hold Knox. Canon is very enthusiastic about his little brother. He cheers and claps when Knox is awake, and last to give him kisses when he's asleep. Canon always asks if he can pet Knox like a puppy dog.


Knox, 4 weeks old