Vance Stephen AKA "Stevie Cinco"

Vance Stephen is our third son! When we found out we were having a third son, my first thought was "Of course! And, how fun!!!" Vance was born on April 6th, 2001. He was named after my Dad, who, at the time of his birth, was going through chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer in his foot.

Vance is now almost 6 years old (I can't believe my "baby" is that old already)! He started Kindergarten this year, and is already reading short books. He is a very smart boy. He had straight strawberry blonde hair up until he was about three years old, and then that head of hair turned curly! Which made it even more special that he is my Dad's namesake. He has the identical head of hair as him, but just blonde! And Vance sure does treasure his "cuh-rols" as he calls them. Whenever I ask him if he wants a haircut, he says, "No, don't cut my cuh-rols!"

Another point of interest about Vance is that he knocked out his two top front teeth when he was 2 years old. He fell off the ladder to Austin's loft bed, and ended up with two missing teeth and a handful of stitches. The poor guy, he had to be papoosed at the hospital and everything. It was so sad! But Auntie K bought him a little doggie costume to cheer him up, and I tell you ice cream is a wonderful thing. So needless to say, he has been toothless ever since. We are still waiting for the permanent ones to arrive. When they do, I fear I won't recognize my own child. And certainly he won't talk like Sylvester the Cat anymore!

Vance is very adventurous, and usually doesn't have much apprehension about things. He finally learned how to ride a bike last summer, and loves it! He is such a crack up, and a sort of comedian around here. He says the funniest things sometimes! He is afterall, Vancie Pants, the Bubs, and Bubba. He likes to do boy stuff like the brothers. He likes video games, building legos, sleeping with "Husky" his stuffed Chihuahua (go figure), and snuggling with me and Dave on the couch. He loves to ride as passenger in the dune buggy, mostly with Dave because he "goes faster" and is "crazy". He will laugh the entire time he is in that thing! He has recently enjoyed builing a car model with Daddy. He loves crafty things. He can often be found coloring, playing with "moonsand", etc. If it were up to him, we would have glitter, playdough, paint, and the like every day around here. Mommy just can't keep up with that! Another funny thing to know about Vance is that he will do pretty much anything if you pay him, even a quarter! Pretty funny! Cousin Drew has proved this theory!

Vance is overall just a sweet, happy, fun child to be around (most of the time)! I really love his personality. I am sad he is growing up so fast!