Friday, October 28, 2011

Easton Gary Wilcox

It's a boy!!! Our new little addition arrived on October 25th at 1:38pm. He was a big boy weighing in at 9 lbs. 8 oz. and 20 inches long! Thank goodness for c-sections! We think he is a mix between Cayson and Daddy. Cayson was so happy it was a boy and said "my wish came true" when he found out the news. We are so crazy about him and have enjoyed the last few days at the hospital, but now we are excited to get him home and start our life as a family of 5. We are so grateful for my mom and sister who have been home for the last few days taking care of Cayson and Kinsley so we could spend some time with our baby #3. The last several months have flown by! Gary was on the trauma rotation for July and August which is one of the busiest rotations he will have over his 4 year residency. We were glad to get those months out of the way before Easton got here.

The weekend of August 19-21 we went to St. Joseph, MI and enjoyed a couple of days at the beach with the kids. Lake Michigan is beautiful and the beaches are like ocean beaches. Cayson loved going into the water and playing in the waves with his dad. He also liked getting buried in the sand and building a sand castle. Kinsley was afraid to put her feet in the sand and hung on to her dad for dear life every time he tried to set her down.
Gary's dad drew an antelope tag this year, so on August 30th Gary and Kinsley flew out to Reno for a week. Kinsley hung out with her Nana, Rammy, Aunties, Uncles, and Cousins while Gary went out hunting with his dad and buddies. Big Gary killed a nice antelope towards the beginning of their hunt which gave Gary time to visit with family and friends the rest of the week. Cayson and I stayed behind and had a great Mommy/Son week. We went to the movies, Chuck E. Cheese, bowling, shopping, dinners, out for ice cream every day, and then Uncle Cole drove up from Atlanta for the weekend and went with us to the museum and down to Newport on the Levee to Ride the Ducks which is a fun tour around the city. Cayson had a lot of fun with his Uncle Cole jumping on the trampoline and renting movies. Our last outing with only two kids was on October 15th when we drove down to Lexington, KY to visit old friends from dental school and go to the horse races! Fun times!
Here are the kids dressed up and ready to go trick or treating! They don't look too excited, but when they came back to the house with two bags full of candy there were smiles on their faces!