Shockey Stables

A couple of weeks ago Cecil's aunt and uncle kept Keagan and Karter for us. While they were there, Keagan rode Uncle Rusty's horse Boo. He had a lot of fun. Over the 4th of July weekend he also got to go to the Mesquite Rodeo when he went to visit my sister. Since then, at home he gets on his bouncing horse and says he is roping a cow. He throws a rope at Karter's bouncy seat! This past week he has been in Abilene for one last time before school starts. On Friday my mom and dad took him to ride horses at a place called Shockey Stables. He got to ride a horse all by himself. The horse was older and very tame. He had a lot of fun.

getting ready to ride Sandy

ready to go

going down the trail

stoppped for a picture

going through "the jungle"

ducking for a tree

riding through the water

Sandy didn't like going in the water

the cat went for a ride too!

he couldn't remember the cat's name

feeding Sandy a cookie after the ride

Pictures

Finally got some new pictures.

"Black-eyed pea" as Cecil has been calling him.

Last Tuesday night, Keagan and Cecil were racing to get in the shower. I am not exactly sure how it happened other than Cecil's crutch was involved. I didn't take this picture until Friday so the swelling had already gone down. His eye is looking better, it is turning more purple now.

Karter doing what he LOVES to do-standing up.

practicing tummy time ....

and rolling over. I forgot to put that in his 3 month post. He can roll from his tummy to his back. He doesn't do it consistently, but he can do it.

one of my favorite pictures

thumb and finger in his mouth. I am trying really hard for this not to become a habit. A couple of times I have pulled his fingers out of his mouth and put his pacifier in and then he somehow gets his fingers back in his mouth with his pacifier.

The other day I was trying to get Karter to sleep but had to use the restroom. I put him in his bouncy seat for just a minute and didn't buckle him in. When I came back from the bathroom this is how I found him. He is one strong little baby. I am glad he wasn't any longer or who knows where he might have ended up.

3 months

WARNING-If you only like to look at pictures, there are none in this post! The battery on my camera is dead and I can't get it to come out to charge it. I am already a week late with the post, so I will have to add the pictures later.

Karter turned 3 months last Thursday. Here are some things about my sweet baby boy:
-not sure how much he weighs but I am guessing almost 15 pounds, he doesn't go back to the
doctor until his 4 month check-up next month
-continues to eat about every 3 hours during the day
-still hates to burp
-is sleeping through the night!, usually goes to bed around 10:00 and has been sleeping until
about 6:00 most mornings
-he is napping good most days now that I am letting him sleep on his stomach
-still wearing Size 1 diapers although we only have 1 1/2 packages left from all the diapers we
got, so he will be moving up to Size 2 soon
-still wears 0-3 months clothes
-enjoys being in his swing, bouncy seat, and bumbo as long as he can see someone, he doesn't like
to be by himself
-LOVES to be talked to and to talk back
-smiles all the time
-tolerates tummy time for a very short period of time
-likes to suck on his hand-usually his pointer finger and thumb if he doesn't have his pacifier, we
quickly pull the hand out of his mouth and stick the paci in because we can eventually take the
paci away easier than his hand
-has out grown colic!, there are some nights when he is fussy, but it is just a normal fussy baby, I
am so glad to be past that

Hopefully I can get the battery out of my camera and post some pictures soon.

Swimming Lessons

Last week Keagan took swim lessons. My main goal I wanted him to get out of the lessons was to get over his fear of water. Keagan likes to go swimming but doesn't like to get water in his face and go under the water. I have to admit, he gets it honestly from me. This summer he has done a lot better with the water. He took lessons from a guy named Ryan. He was really good with him. Cecil was very disappointed he didn't learn to swim, but he is definetly not as scared of the water as he was. On Friday I stayed so Keagan could show me what he had learned. He knows the technique of using his arms and kicking his legs but he still doesn't like to go under the water.

walking around in the water

he was suppose to be showing me how to kick his legs and use his arms, but it is hard to tell that in the picture

going down the slide.

He would go down the slide before but always wanted his swim ring on.

Sunday, Cecil and Keagan went swimming before we had Bible study. Keagan went down the slide several times with no floatie. When they were in the shallow end, Cecil would throw Keagan and make him go under the water and then Keagan would stand up. He was getting even better about having water in his face.

my sweet boys in thier red, white, and blue

Keagan is leaving today with my mom to go to Abilene and then tomorrow them and my dad are going to see my sister and Joey. They are also going to take Keagan to Six Flags. I hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July.