Cool Wall...

Todd's Mom has an amazing eye for design and has multiple bright colored walls in their home. Doesn't Clark look great on blue?

Grandparent Time!

We spent the weekend in Southern Utah with Todd's parents, AKA "Mama B" and "Grandfather". We had fun going to Cafe Rio and the Entrada Clubhouse for lunch, going to the park, lounging around the house and spending time together. On Saturday Todd's mom generously set up a family photo shoot for us as our Christmas gift. We had a lot of fun and can't wait to see the results!

Guess What?

I am ten months!

On more than one occasion the last few weeks I have had a frog in my throat as Clark is doing more and more grown up things! It is all fun, and I am so excited for him to keep growing, walking and talking, but he is definitely transitioning out of the baby stage!

Milestones:
He always prefers to feed himself and he will eat almost anything
He is doing more imitation games
He doesn't seem to be that interested in taking steps, but he pulls himself up on everything and is starting to climb up and down furniture etc.
He has learned how to go down the stairs backwards
He is actually wearing shoes now
He has 6 teeth!!! (2 on bottom and 4 on top)
He now has a convertible car seat facing forward!
I weaned him from nursing this month--I LOVED nursing a baby--but for me a 23 lb manchild with 6 teeth was another story

Likes
Anything outside
Reading
Playing/outings with Daddy

Dislikes
Diaper changes/Getting dressed

Horsing Around.....continued...

Horsing Around

My fabulous cousin Candice and her husband KC own a ranch 30 minutes from our house. They have been in Canada for the summer racing horses (Candice is a veterinarian and KC is a trainer) and they finally returned to Austin last week. Clark and I went for a visit this afternoon and Candice took Clark on what started out as a short ride. Clark LOVED it, and so we saddled another horse and I went out too. We rode around for over an hour and Clark was just as happy as could be. We are so lucky to live near Candice and KC!

Many Faces of Clark

Many Faces of Clark

First Haircut!

Clark's hair was driving me crazy...it was super long in the middle and he had a little mullet. I took him to this great kid salon and he had his first haircut today! He looks adorable! I will post pictures of the new 'do' soon!

My Favorite Thing...

Clark is obsessed right now with being outside and I can't blame him. It is gorgeous right now in Austin with the high in the 70's and low in the 50's. Every morning when we let Bella out, Clark turns on his little turbo engine and tries to make it out the door with Bella. He loves to play around in the dirt and find little rocks to eat. We have also been spending a ton of time at the park.

It seems most of my blogging revolves around Clark...so here is a bit more about what is going on with Todd and me. I am still working 2 nights a week (7pm-7am). My home floor is the cardiac floor, but on almost every shift for the last few months I have been in ER or Postpartum. It has been fun to work in different areas although I still prefer cardiac/pulmonary patients. In addition to work, I have also been busy making these and these for a church activity tomorrow night.

Todd is taking off for Jamaica tomorrow. His good friend from college offered to take him along on an all expense paid business trip and he couldn't really say no. Todd is always so busy and I am glad he will have a few days to play golf and hang out.

We are both training to run a 1/2 marathon the first weekend in December. I am really tempted to run the Austin marathon in February...so we will just have to see how it goes.

Trick or Treat

This year for Halloween we decided to go all out and dress as....ourselves!

Peek a BOOOOOOOOOO

Visitors!!!!!!!!

Kat and I were born hours apart in the same small town hospital. We used to joke that we were switched at birth since we were probably in bassinets next to each other in the nursery. We had the same kindergarten teacher and my favorite interaction was me telling Kat I was pregnant and her falling for it. She was really worried about my well being since we were only 6 and I was expecting.

We went through middle school and most of high school together. We talked about boyfriends, college majors, fiances, religion and politics.

We were part of each others weddings and Todd and I were lucky enough to be in Oklahoma City when she and Tony gave birth to Graham.

This weekend was special because Kat, Tony and Graham got to meet Clark. We had a great time running together, going to the pumpkin patch and carving pumpkins, eating BBQ, watching Clark and Graham interact and laying around visiting.

Clark and Graham are destined to buddies and they were off to a great start this weekend!

My Spots are GOOONNEEE!!

Clark is finally back to his old self!

He is glad to be able to play with his friends and not be quarantined from the other kids!

It was hilarious when we were in the urgent care on Friday. He looked horrible (like this) and was coughing and fussing. There was a mother and her baby sitting 2 rows in front of us in the waiting area. She took one look at Clark and promptly packed her belongings and moved to the other side of the room.

Pumpkin Patch

Jungle Fever

Don't give Clark penicillin. Ever.

Little Trooper

Clark and I are enjoying a stay-cation this week. We were scheduled to fly to Utah on Sunday to spend a week with my family. Friday Clark started getting sick and so I took him to the Doctor and he had another ear infection. He has had a fever, congestion and a bad cough all weekend. After quite a lot of debate we decided to cancel our trip and stay close to home. Clark is a tough kid...I will look at him and think he is doing great because he isn't acting sick, take his temperature and he will be 101 degrees. Hopefully by the end of the week he will be feeling better so we can get out and do some fun fall activities.

Clark 9 months (or....8 1/2)

This is a week early...but Clark had his 9 month appointment last week. Here are the stats:

Height: 29 inches (85th percentile)
Weight 22 lbs (80th percentile)
Head 46 1/2 cm (85th percentile)

Clark seems to be learning something new every day! Sticking his tongue out, learning how to open/close cupboards and doors, turning a light switch on and off etc.

He LOVES chasing and being chased, peek-a-boo, and being tickled. He is such a great kid!

Clark and Bella's Relationship

It goes like this. Bella is resting peacefully. Clark sees Bella in her basket. Clark goes on a mission to evict her. Poor Bella.

Better late....

I just realized I never posted this picture from when Dan and Holly visited in September. I love how Shayney bug and Clark are mesmerized by Dan playing the guitar.

Mini Man

We had a great time this weekend hanging out with friends and as a family. This afternoon we walked down the street to the pond and fed the 'crazy ducks' and turtles. The biggest duck about ingested Todd's big toe. It was great to have a laid back and relaxing weekend!