And then there were 4.

Carson Lane Hickenbottom was born July 10, 2009 at 12:52 pm CDT, 81 years after the birthday of his great grandfather, Leslie Alfred "Bud" Hickenbottom.

Carson comes into this world weighing a whopping 10lb, 2oz. He measures 22 inches long and appears to be happy and healthy.

Other than being sore, Sarah is also doing great.

Carson treated mommy and daddy to a good night of sleep his first night. He slept most of the late evening, had a little midnight snack, then proceeded to sleep another 5 1/2 hours straight before being woken up by nurses.

Welcome to our family, little (big!) boy. We are delighted to finally get to meet you!

Just the three of us...for now!

The baby will be here very soon and we are all getting VERY excited!!

Can't wait for the 4th of July!!

Owen loves seeing all of the giant, inflatable dinosaurs, monsters, jumping castles, and so forth at all of the fireworks stands around town. So, yesterday we went to pick up some simple firecrackers and do a little jumping. It made for a nice evening!

Water Gun Fun

Helping on the farm

Owen loves to go out with Papa Frank in the morning and help on the farm.

Papa Frank was having to feed Heinz (the calf's ear tag was #57, hence the name) milk every day. Owen enjoyed watching him drink, but he made sure to stay away from his tongue.

Filling up Heinz's water trough for him.

Owen decided to climb into the tractor himself...

...and then get Papa Frank to climb in after him and give him a ride.

The Shiner

Owen fell off of the couch and hit the corner of the coffee table this weekend.
He immediately got a huge goose egg on the side of his head right by his eye.
The swelling has gone down, but the next day it looked like this.

He is quite the bruiser!

Ridin' The Rails

A couple of weeks ago Owen and I went with a bunch of friends to ride an old passenger train.
Owen absolutely loved it! He not only got to ride on a train and hang with friends, but he got to eat popcorn as well!!

Zack, Anthony, and Owen sitting at the station just waiting patiently to ride the rails.
Zack and Owen may need to work on their "say cheese" poses.

All aboard!
Owen, Caleb, and Connor

Happy as a clam with his popcorn, friend, and a train ride

Kyla, Owen, and Zack