The tooth that wouldn't give up

I think we all had one of these baby teeth, at least I know I did. The one tooth that decides its not ready to come out yet and no matter how much you wiggle and waggle the stupid thing it just won't come out! This tooth of Kenson's has been really loose for about two months now. The adult tooth just keeps pushing it forward instead of down and out. It looks pretty hilarious as you can see. For some reason it has a tenacious hold on one corner, but the other corner is not even attached to the gum. Of course, if Kenson would let us get a hold of it, Mom or Dad could probably encourage the nasty thing to come out. I say nasty because, Mr. Kenson doesn't really like to brush it since it's half way out. According to him it hurts when he brushes it. After a few days of neglect it starts to take on a Dorito like appearance. Mom then has to assist him in brushing in that area.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving! Here are some pics of our day. The picture of the boys and Chloe was taken at the annual Thanksgiving dinner at Bethel.

Kohen update

Baby Kohen is doing great. He was a little fussy the first week. I got the impression that he was really enjoying being a fetus and being expelled into the outside world was not his idea of a good time. He has finally stopped screaming during every diaper change and is sleeping for longer periods of time. Best of all, he isn't wanting to nurse all day. The first night in the hospital was roughbecause no matter how much he ate he never acted satisfied. I kept having the recurring thought "a little Similac never hurt anybody". I toughed it out though and everything is better now.

His big brothers are totally in love with him, so much that they gave him an eye infection last week. I have no proof it was them. It actually could have been anyone,but I'm highly suspicious of the boys since they always have their hands on him. The doctor gave us some ointment then checked him again today he got a clean bill of health.

I wanted to share something funny that Kenson said at the hospital. Kohen was born with really long fingernails that needed a good trimming. Kenson was also overdue for a manicure and when he noticed the baby's fingernails, he said "Look Mom! He's got my fingernails!"

Kohen Lee, 7lbs 6oz, 21 1/2 inches.

It's a boy!

Kohen Lee Pettis arrived at 4:33 p.m. on October 22, 2009. I was shocked! I truly thought I was having a girl. On Wednesday night I was giving my predictions to Shawn and Misti and I said Girl, 7.8 , 19-20 inches long. So much for mother's intuition. I wasn't the only one surprised. Most everyone in the room thought Girl! when they saw all the hair he had. Both Kenson and Karter were almost bald when they were born, so surely this hairy beastie had to be a girl. Well, surely not. God decided to save the Pettis's a lot of money (I've been window shopping online ever since I started feeling girly). I'm not disappointed in the least, I thought I might be, but look at him! He is gorgeous! He is precious! He is the bomb diggity! I think he looks just like his daddy did when he was born. The boys think he's the greatest. I'm surprised how interested they are in the baby. They act like they really enjoy holding him and so far are trying to be helpful. Kenson said last night "My baby brother is the sweetest gift." Kohen was pretty fussy his first night and kept Shawn and I awake ALL NIGHT long, but he has been sleeping and eating great since then.

Kohen Lee or Klaire Ashton?

As most of you know we decided to be surprised with the sex of our third and final child. OK, I decided that we would be surprised, Shawn really had no choice. (I know. I really need to work on the whole submissive thing. Pray for me.) We have 17 days left until due date October 23rd. It really is exciting not knowing if the baby (fondly referred to as Pat) is a boy or a girl. We will post pictures asap whenever he or she arrives.

Some Pics of Karter's birthday

Karter on the Power Jump

Two Bad Dudes

Karter and his school homies

Happy Birthday Karter Mack!

Karter turned 6 on September 25th. WOW! I'm getting old and time is flying by. He wanted to take smiley face cookies to school for all his friends to enjoy so we obliged. Both of the boys looove grilled shrimp, so their birthday lunch spot is Red Lobster. After lunch we took the boys to the Fair and we all had a great time. We let the boys get their faces painted and ate quite of bit of highly priced, sub-standard, fried food.

In honor of Karter's birthday, I'll share with you a funny comment he made the other day.

My mom, being the "mamie" of two boys, bought some gummy candies called "Boogers" (very creative). The flavors are snotermelon, lemon loogie and sour green boogie. The boys were, of course, loving this. As mom opened the packages and the green and yellow gummy candies fell out, she said, "Ewww, is this what your boogers look like?" Karter very seriously replied, "No, mine are way smaller."

Are you ready? Here we come!

"Who in the cornbread world wants to know what the Pettis family is doing?"

That's what I said to Shawn a few months ago when he suggested starting a blog. Since I'm suffering from insomnia due to late pregnancy hormones (they blame everything on hormones) why not? I'm certainly not sleeping at 3 a.m. any way.

My kids actually can be pretty amusing in spite of boring parents, so maybe they will provide me with some interesting blog entries. I also thought that with the new baby coming, this would be a good way for all of our out of town peeps to keep track of us.

Sooooo

Are you ready WWW? Here we come!