Sunday, January 30, 2011

14 months old

Clark is getting so big!




Height : approx 31 inches

*We have been wearing 18 month shirts now and a mix of 12month and 12-18 months pants.  Pants are just a battle all around.  18 month are wayyyyy too long but the 12 month are almost too short!

Weight: approx 22-24 lbs

*Wow....this weight is totally approximate until we go for his 15 month check up but I can for sure tell he is getting alot heavier (my back is starting to hurt!).

Hair: debated topic - to cut or not to cut?  I think we are going to wait it out a bit longer.  He could use a trim because sometimes he looks like he has wings but other times it just looks so thin.

Teeth: He has his bottom two and is working on the top four.  And the top four seem to be taking their sweet time.  We can see them all now but they just arent all the way through yet.

Sleeping:  Still a 12 hour night sleeper and 2 naps which seem to be wanting to fade but just havent yet.  Goes to bed at 6pm and gets up at 6am (likes to sleep in till 7ish on the weekends :) )

Eating:   Clark is a great eater.  He loves his fruit: bananas, mandarin oranges, pears, and peaches.  Carrots seem to be the only true vegetable staple but sometimes a bit of broccoli will sneak in there and he loves his mashed potatoes! And of course cheese - loves it just like Dada.   Tried to use a fork but doesnt seem super interested in it when he can just shovel everything in with his hands.

Movement:  Clark is full on walking and was ready to do it all on his own at about 13.5 months.  He still will crawl here and there but seems to prefer walking most of the time now.

Milestones/Words/Sounds:  Clark is working on signing (he loves his Signing Time DVD) and seems to be getting all done and milk.  He will respond if I ask him to drink by signing it to him.  He will wave bye bye with both hands and is working on clapping but seems to want to do that with both hands on his legs or kinda like splashing in the tub.  He will say Mama, Dada, Cat (at), Night Night, and Uh oh!

Likes:  Loves to play with his laugh/learning home and push any toys around the house that will move.  He LOVES sitting in the office chair while I spin him around it and will say weeeeeeeeeeeeee  while I spin him around (too cute!) He likes playing hide and seek with dada and singing songs with mama.  Clark loves almost everything!

Dislikes:  Doesnt like diaper changes - must be a boy thing!  He is good sometimes and other times it's NO NO NO constantly! He hates getting his face/hands wiped off after eating and he seems to not like wearing a bib much and will always try to ripe it off half way through dinner.

We cant wait to see what more is to come with our little man!  Love him!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Happy New Year........good bye 2010 and hello 2011

Wow.....did this year go fast or what??  I'm going to try to recap the best that I can!

January

Clark is about 2 months old in this picture and we are beginning to see his first smiles!  Wow was it cold this time last year.  We were living upstairs almost all winter in our new home and mommy was feeling exhausted!



February
3 months old in this picture.  Enjoying the day with mommy and daddy before friends and family come over to visit...new house and my return to work!  I was fast asleep when the party was going on in my lamb swing.

March


I found my tongue!  Happy St. Patrick's Day.....I'm wearing all green :) 

April

Happy 29th birthday Dada.  I'm 5 months old and just hanging out with mama....I have chubby cheeks.

May

I'm 6 months old!  We went for alot of walks outside ..I really like checking everything out.  My official 6 month pics - enjoying wearing hats!

June


What a  month!  My first taste of sweet potatoes, I'm learning to sit up and we went to the pool for Father's Day.  I'm turning into a little man!

July



As you can tell I had a busy summer.  July was a blast!  I got to take baths in my ducky tub, saw my first fireworks (during the day because I go to bed at 6pm), I'm starting to enjoy tummy time and I was in my first baby contest (arent I cute in my hat?).

August

I'm in a big boy carseat now and we went up to Valpo to celebrate my cousin Jake's 1st birthday.  Believe it or not I have a tooth in mouth as well now!

September


I'm standing - watch out world!  I went to my first apple orchard with Mama and Grandma Susie - it was cold but I had fun!

October

Happy Halloween!  Great Grandma June Hoard came up to visit us and I was a lion for Halloween because lions go ROAR!!

November

I made it a whole year...I'm 1 years old!!  Pics by Christie McLaughlin (thanks Christie!)

December


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  We cant wait to see what 2011 has in store for us. 

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

On our way to 13 mos old with our beautiful boy!



I'm still in denial (obviously) since I've taken this long to write about Clark's 1st bday.  I never thought we would reach this point.  It seemed so far away when we were up all night with a crying little baby and the only way to calm him was the sound of the bathroom fan, swing, or then the swaddle!  But all of those sleepless nights have paid off now that my beautiful boy is closing in on 13 months old and now says MAMAMAMA loud and clear.  Matt did tell me today that Clark is now whispering Dada (too cute!).  I could go on and on about Clark but if you know me at all you probably already know Clark's life story ;) Here are some beautiful pics that our friend Christie took at Clark's first birthday party!


These are all mine!



I'm awesome with this walker!






Success - 1st bday Cake Smash!

It feels good to be 1!

Friday, December 3, 2010

Christmas Cards and 1st year Birthday.....

New entries to come soon and I'll try to make it before the stinker is 13 months old.   Busy with work and bundling up Clark each morning to make the drive to daycare with Dada (Clark is still working on saying this but he has Mama down to a T :) )  Sneak Peek of Birthday pics....

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Christmas Card time

I keep going back and forth on what and when I want to send Christmas Cards but after I just received my Shutterfly photo album ...I think I may be getting Christmas cards from them as well. They have such cute designs and I can get one that covers all the holidays like ...

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/mod-snowflakes-christmas-card?sortType=1&storeNode=93476

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/starlight-star-bright-christmas-5x7-photo-card-5x7-photo?sortType=1&storeNode=93476

Cant wait to get my christmas pics taken so I can figure out what card I'm going to order!!

If you are like me any many other people that I know you are struggling to figure out what to get those people that have everything. I'm really thinking about doing a calendar for the grandpartents. Shutterfly.com also has calendars that you can use any of your pics to create. Check out this link for an example:

http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars

If you want to get on the deal for FREE Christmas cards check out - http://blog.shutterfly.com/5358/holiday2010-blog-submission-form/


*Clark's bday is coming so fast........November 27th!!! Birthday party is November 20th!! Cant believe it and he took his first steps with the walker yesterday!!!!