Thursday, March 24, 2011

Developing quite a personality

It's so neat to watch our little guy develop personality!

Our handsome boy loves sitting up like a big boy

with Daddy's uniform hat on

Hey buddy!

Clark says "touch down!"

...now the touch down dance. Hahaha!

Happy Clark is attempting his first big smiles :-)

curious Clark loves new sights and sounds

But he really, really hates baths. Funny how most boys hate them from birth!

Our first Family Pictures

April's awesome cousin Carrie from Florida flew out for a visit, and while she was here she took our first set of pictures as a family. Great job Carrie, they turned out fantastic!








Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Just hanging out....

Another week come and gone. And we're already seeing so many changes in our little Clark.


Holding his head up for mommy. Very sweet moment.

In his Rockstar Jammies, he's getting a little fussy because I'm taking so many pictures :-)

Pre-fussiness in his Rockstar Jammies

I love when he lay's on pillows. He's so little he makes it look like a mattress!

Hanging with Daddy, Clark says "Peace"

New Windows!

Got our new windows installed last week, and what a difference! It's very exciting to see progress in making this old house feel more updated! Here's a few before and after's:

Dining room before

Dining room after

Clark's room before

Clark's room after

Friday, March 4, 2011

1 month already!

1 month already? Time is flying by! We learn new things about our little Clark almost every day, it's so awesome to watch his little personality develop. It's been a great first month. He'll sleep about 4-5 hours at night (yay for momma). But we are having a little bit of a struggle keeping weight on him (Can't say we're too surprised, look at his daddy!), but I've resigned myself to the fact that he needs formula supplement for a little while, and that's okay. We just want him to grow at this point. And he is! This week he gained 8 oz in 3 days with formula supplement! He's up to 7 lbs 9 oz. Go Clark!
Our happy boy with his "1-month tie" on

He's already enjoying the bumbo seat Grandma got him!

Hanging out with "Uncle Micah"

One of my favorite pictures! He already adores his daddy! And it's amazing how well he can hold his head up!

His tiny foot! Yeah, that's a quarter!

Enjoying his play mat from Gramptee!

We had a great visit from Grandma! We had a couple of warm days and we even got Clark out for his first walk!

Looking very handsome in his tie shirt on Sunday

Clark was very fussy one night and we discovered that Caleb's signing really soothes him.

Joining us for dinner one night :-)

Here he's "the thinker"

Thinking some more in his moose jammies

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Our first day alone

So after having Caleb home for 6 weeks (yes that's right he didn't work for 6 weeks.... how, you ask? 2 weeks of R & R after returning from deployment, 2 weeks of "baby watch" as we approached my due date and then 2 weeks of paternity leave after Clark was born. The Air Force has it's advantages) Anyway, after having Caleb home for 6 weeks, which was amazing.... he had to return to work today and Clark and I were alone for the first time. Day didn't go so great. Due to a battle to get Clark to gain weight we were giving him formula after each breast-feeding. Well, since he's been slowly gaining weight (up to 7 lbs now) the Dr. says we can give him formula after every other feeding now. Well, while it's still frustrating to me to give him any formula at all..... I thought it was fair to just do every other feeding for a while. Clark evidently hates that idea. He got used to the full feeding and then a bottle for dessert. So our first day alone he's been expecting that bottle after each feeding and then gets frustrated & screams when he doesn't get it. Needless to say Mommy will be very happy when we can get this little formula addict off that stuff for good.
A perfectly content Clark after a full nursing & 2 oz of formula

Our little formula addict wants bottles after each feeding! Lets hope he can keep this weight on so we can ditch the bottle for good!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Getting to know you....


Clark's first 2 weeks at home have been so great! We've had family visiting and Clark's enjoying getting to know us, and we're loving getting to know him!
Here we are with Grami! It was so nice to have her stay with us for a while!

Hanging out with Tigger!

Getting to know the dogs with Daddy!

Sleeping late with Daddy!

Snuggling with Momma

He loves his "ocean wonders" swing!

Hanging with Grami

Now he's hanging with Sugar!

Clark's first bath's at home!
Clark really hates baths

We even got a visit from Judd & Anna!

Matching camo outfit with Daddy!

Making Grandpa laugh already! Fun!