tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159733982012-01-13T11:07:36.956-05:00Pictures and posts on the adventures of raising two boys.Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990041059524269079noreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973398.post-69672967135610637302008-02-12T10:24:00.000-05:002008-02-12T10:29:17.482-05:00

Ethan created a new word last night - commerate. While looking for a box he could make his 'treasure chest', he asked if I could 'commerate' some of my stuff so that he could have an empty box. When I asked him what that meant he had the most assured look on his face and explained to me that it basically meant reorganizing things from one place to another. But of course!

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We had a terrifying experience this past Friday night. Our youngest son, Connor, had an allergic reaction and went into anaphlatic (sp?) shock. Connor is allergic to eggs, milk and peanuts, so we are constantly reading labels and keeping track of food that is around him. We have a fairly good idea what set it off this time. He has had severe reactions before but never like this. Thankfully Lisa

Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990041059524269079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973398.post-69543606492336312672007-08-27T14:33:00.001-04:002007-08-27T14:33:16.865-04:00

This was from July 2007

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Connor got his first haircut on Thursday, so he looks like a totally different little boy now. Hopefully people won't mistake him for a girl anymore. On Friday, Lisa took the boys to get their picture taken together. As you can see they are really growing up fast.

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Hey Everyone....Well now that Christmas is over we are back into the swing on things. Ethan will be 5 years old this year! We sometimes can't believe that he will be that old and going to school in the Fall! Connor is now 15 months old. He had his Doctor's appt. at The Shriner's Hospital for Children about 1 1/2 weeks ago. We went because his feet/ankles might have had something wrong going on

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My four year old son, Ethan, gave me quite the Christmas present over the holidays. I had an issue of Wizard sitting around one day while Ethan was drawing and to my surprise he started flipping through it. He apparently found the inspiration he was looking for and drew these:SupermanSpider-ManHuman TorchGreen LanternNeedless to say, I'm one proud poppa!

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Well, here is a Christmas present for you. Ethan's artistic skills have just been improving by leaps and bounds lately (at least in this proud Dad's eyes). Here are a few things he has drawn recently.Maybe I have a future comic book artist on my hands.

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I originally posted this over on my other blog but thought that some of the things might be of interest to those that check out this one.Lately my life just seems to be going full speed ahead. Between work, family and just everything else that almost everyone has to deal with on a regular basis, I feel like I never stop. I just thought that I would mention a few things that have been going on

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The video got turned sideways, but it is still pretty funny. Connor dressed up as a lion for Halloween, and he even roared like one too.

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Lisa has been playing around with the video on her digital camera lately, so here is a short clip of Ethan and Connor in action.

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This is Emma Leigh Lanham. Our Niece born yesterday on Friday the 13th! She was 8lbs. 10oz. and 21 in. She was born at 12:44pm. Look at how sweet she is!

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Here is Connor enjoying his first tray of spaghetti and loving it.

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Ethan and I made a trip up to southwest Virginia this past weekend to visit with my family. My sister and her husband and kids were also there, so needless to say it was a full house. Ethan had a great time seeing his cousins, Gabby and Caleb, again after not seeing them for about a year and a half.It looks like Connor enjoyed hanging out with his stuffed animals while were were away.

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Lisa and the boys made it back from their family reunion in Fairmont, WV safely, and Lisa took some pictures that I thought I'd share. Ethan got a cool new sleeping bag for his trip.Connor gets his first bath in a kitchen sink, and it looks like he enjoyed it.Since they've been back, Connor has finally started sleeping through the night. For the past three nights and much to Lisa's relief, he

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It is hard to believe that it is already the middle of June. We have been pretty busy lately with things around the house. At the end of the month Lisa, Ethan and Connor will be heading to Fairmont, WV for the Lanham family reunion. I won't be going this year because I was already planning on attending Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC which is the same weekend. In August, Ethan and I are hoping to

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Ethan celebrated his fourth birthday this past Memorial Day weekend. My parents came down for the weekend, so we had a full house for the party. Ethan got a bunch of nice presents and seemed to really enjoy his birthday party.Here is a picture of the cake Lisa made, which Ethan picked out himself.Here is the birthday boy blowing out his candles as his cousin, Logan, looks on.Ethan, Logan and

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It has been over two months since I posted any pictures of the boys, so here is a recent one.Connor is just over six months old now, and Ethan will be turning four years old in a few days. As far as benchmarks go, Connor rolled over from his back to his belly for the first time on Sunday. He has been going the other way for a while now. At his six month check up, he was doing great although

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Connor is getting bigger everyday. He now weighs 14lbs. and 7oz. and was just about 26 inches long at his last Doctor's appointment on March 2nd. We noticed about the middle of February that Connor's two bottom teeth were already coming in!! We are now introducing solid food. So far he's had the baby Rice cereal, applesauce, and bananas. We're going to try out pears tomorrow! Overall he is

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It has been a busy couple of weeks around the Cantrell household. It all started when I took Ethan to Chick-Fil-A one day and let him play on the indoor playground. While he had a great time, a couple of days later Ethan was sick with a cold. Said cold then passed on to me, Connor and then Lisa. Unfortunately Connor's turned into something worse. After multiple trips to the doctor and a round of

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I guess it has been a couple of weeks since I posted recent pictures of Connor. He seems to be changing and becoming more expressive every day. And as you can see he is a happy baby. Lisa took him to get his first 'official' pictures taken last week. And there is even one of Connor and his beautiful mommy.

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Connor had his 2 month check-up this past week. He is growing bigger already. He was 12 1/2 pounds and was 24 inches long. He looked great and healthy; He got 3 shots and did really well. Here are some updated pictures.

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Here are a few new pictures of Connor.He is already getting bigger. I think he is going to be a chubby baby like his brother Ethan was.

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Here are a few more pictures of Connor - in the baby bath tub - he really likes having a bath, and Ethan chowing down on some spaghetti!!

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I thought that I would post a few more pictures for everyone to enjoy. As you can see, Connor is going great, and Ethan loves having a baby brother.I got to spend some quality time with Ethan this past weekend. After work on Friday I took him out for a much needed haircut. I didn't know how he would react without Lisa being there, but he wasn't phased one bit. Then on Saturday we went to the

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I know that it has taken me a while, but I finally have some new pictures to share. Connor is a little over a week old now, and Ethan is really enjoying his new baby brother (most of the time). The other night he said, "I like him when he's not crying, but I don't like him when he's crying."

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Connor Owen arrived today at 2:58 PM. He is 8 lbs 2 ozs and 20 1/2 inches long. Both Connor and Lisa are doing great!

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Well, I guess we can wait one more day.The hospital just called to inform us that they have too many inductions scheduled for tomorrow, so we have been pushed back to Wednesday. It sure would have been nice if they had taken this into consideration before they scheduled us last week!

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After a rough couple of days, Lisa had another visit to the doctor this morning. Barring any surprises, we go into the hospital next Tuesday (Nov. 1st) to be induced. It is kind of hard to believe that by this time next week we will have another baby boy.It is kind of strange. Ethan seems so big and mature that it is hard to believe that he too was once a newborn baby, and the days and months

Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990041059524269079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973398.post-1129427507786694572005-10-15T21:48:00.000-04:002005-10-15T21:55:40.716-04:00

An Angel In The Book Of Life Wrote Down My Baby's Birth And Whispered As She Closed The Book "Too Beautiful For Earth" In Loving Memory of: Riley Oran Cantrell May 15, 2004 -

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Ethan is finally getting to go to Awana Cubbies on Wednesdays.. Awana’s is a club they have for children on Wednesday night’s at our church starting at age 3...So this is Ethan’s first year. He looked like such a big boy when we took him to his class for the first time and he found his seat. The teacher bopped him in the head with a chair leg...first thing, but luckily he has a hard head and

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Well, we finally have the nursery completed. There are still a few decorations and things that Lisa wants or is hoping to get at her baby shower, but other than that I think the room is ready for Connor. We are pretty happy with the way the room turned out, so we thought we would share.When we first decorated the room for Ethan, we went with the John Lennon animal stuff. It looked nice, but

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Ethan and I got to spend a good bit of quality time together this weekend. We both have colds, so that meant a lot of laying around and TV watching on our parts. Unfortunately for me the TV watching consisted of The Tigger Movie, Go Diego Go and Charlie And Lola, but Ethan was happy.The day started early on Saturday as Lisa's mom picked her up to go over to her brother's house for a yard sale.

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As you can see, Lisa is about to pop, and Ethan is really anxious for Connor to get here.At Lisa's last visit to the doctor they said that she was measuring about two weeks ahead of her due date. Maybe Connor will make his debut around my dad's birthday which is October 25th.

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Welcome to Snips, Snails & Puppy Dog Tails. I have had a blog where I talk about comic books, movies, television and other things that interest me, but my wife, Lisa, and I wanted to create this blog as a place to post pictures and tell stories about our wonderful sons for family and anyone else who might be interested.As a bit of introduction, my name is Evan Cantrell. I’m originally from

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This is a first post here. I was trying the blog out, and wanted to share this picture of Ethan with his Great-Grandparents in Fairmont, WV this past weekend.

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