Peter Arrives {Flashback Friday}

My final "before" photo on Peter's birth day: January 11, 2000

Tim holds brand new baby Peter Timothy, as Joseph and Zachary meet him for the first time.

The joy!
Another boy!

The day before Peter's birth (a scheduled c-section) Tim insisted that we at least come up with a boy's name just in case... and it's obviously a good thing we did!  We weren't hoping for a girl, we just figured the chance of us having another boy was fairly slim.  Wrong-o!

11th Report {Peter's Birthday}

on the

11th day 

of 2011

Pete's 11th birthday!

A Golden Moment in time...

Let the festivities begin with rough-housing in the (kiddie) pool...

Boaz, Cameron and Connor fight for the ball.

Tim and I spent the day with Peter and all the friends who came to celebrate his birthday...

Tim even got wet, led the gang in lap swimming, and raced Joseph in a 25.

Shall we call it a tie?

Judah, Boaz, Cameron, Joseph, Peter, Tim, Enoch and Connor

...and it's on to the synchronized cannonball act (or not-so-synchronized as the case may be)!

Let's try this all together now... Yes, Cameron, you can do it!

Ready, set, go!

C'mon Cameron!

Maybe next time!

Zachary instigated a high school swim team game:  snowball fights in swimming suits!

"I said a brr chicka brr!"  This is painful!

Game time followed...

Snow play continued...

...with only one ice ball to the face (Peter's face; brother's throw)

And the grand finale:

Dessert at Webelos with the whole den and leaders to sing and celebrate!

Favorite birthday moments:

Phone call from Grandpa Pete (because we share the same birthday)

Running out into the snow in our swimming suits

Least favorite moment:

Ice ball in the face

Biggest surprise:

Ice ball in the face

Gifts

Peter's top 5 gifts received:

flint & steel

hobo tool (fork/knife/spoon)

2009 World Cup Soccer Wii game

bouncy ball

Nerf battle axe

Hope for this year:

Meet Pope Benedict XVI

11 on 1-11-11

Peter's 11 today!

Little Peter, crawling into mischief

Tim holds sleeping Peter

Zac, Ryan, Canon, AJ, Shannon, Joseph and Peter celebrate Peter's 3rd birthday at the pool

Great Grandma reads to Joseph and Peter (both were blankie boys) on Peter's 3rd birthday

Peter and Grandpa Pete share a birthday, and often a party, too!

Look carefully at Joseph....

Today we're celebrating Peter's 11th birthday with friends at the pool, and in the snow...

and at Webelos in the evening.

Tim took today off, so he'll get to be a part of all the fun.

Peter's dog, Rocky, is recovering from emergency exploratory surgery, so he won't be participating in the snow play.  Rather, he's relegated to the kennel wearing the cone of shame.  Poor guy.

The results of his lab tests won't be available until later this week, but he's eating and holding down food now, which is better than he was able to do most of last week.  

Thanks again to our family vets, Uncle Craig and Aunt Bethany, for their outstanding care and overtime hours to help Rocky.