some recent pictures

clarke asleep in his jumparoo...he wears himself out bouncing

word to your mother...clarke and i had a photo shoot on our way to little rock a couple of weeks ago...is he not the cutest gangsta you've ever seen???

our house...we came back from little rock and all of this had been done...they say we'll get to move in next month...i sure hope so!

Bored Yet???

"don't you think you'll get bored?" i think that was one of the most asked questions when we decided that i would stay home with clarke. the answer....a resounding NO. there is always something to do. whether it is cleaning, making dinner, running errands or playing with clarke, i'm not bored. you can probably tell by my lack of blogging that we stay pretty busy.

clarke had his 4 month shots and check up last week. he is on the upper end of average in all of his measurements. he weighed 16.1 lbs and was 25 3/4 inches long. he did ok with his shots. he did cry, but was asleep by the time we got to the car.

while we were in little rock, clarke had a couple of days where he cried for an hour or so for reasons that we could not figure out. we think he might be cutting a few teeth. since we got home, he has been back to his super sweet self. very content. smiling and 'talking' to us all day long.

clarke's new favorite toy is his jumperoo. while i was at my moms' group last week, i mentioned that we had a jumperoo that clarke was not long enough for. (his feet would just dangle.) one the other girls suggested that we put a pillow under his feet. brilliant. why can't i think of things like that??? well. it was perfect. he loves his jumperoo. he jumps around and wears himself out. he's fallen asleep in the jumperoo several times...that is just about the cutest thing i've ever seen. i'll post a picture soon. --thanks aunt cat and uncle adam, for the the jumperoo.

he does have a couple of new tricks. clarke can now roll over both directions. he is not very good at either direction and he really doesn't realize what he's doing. but as soon as he does, i'm sure that will be the end of our stationary baby.

we leave tomorrow for a vacation. we are excited. we're going to destin, fl. we are making a quick pit stop in MS to visit with daniel's family. say a prayer that gustav doesn't ruin our plan of laying out on the beach all day.

we are off to run some errands and do some laundry! pics to come.

4 Months & Little Rock

we've been blessed to be able to spend two whole weeks in little rock with daniel's family. daniel's job requires him to do some training on a particular jet. they happened to be having the training in little rock so he jumped at that chance. it's been so fun to get to unwind and see some great friends. we have not gotten to see everyone yet, but we still have over a week left here.

clarke turns 4 months old today. it really does go by quickly. he is still so sweet and so good. he is starting to show lots of his personality. he doesn't jump at the chance to play with all of his toys. he likes to sit back and look at them a minute before he decides to try to grab them. i guess he's trying to figure them out. he does put anything that he can in his mouth. we think he may be cutting a couple of teeth??? he's been extra drooly and he's even had a couple of non-characteristic crying spells. we've been told by several people to try some homeopathic teething drops or tablets. we got some of those yesterday and they seem to work pretty well.

we have some pretty recent pictures of clarke that i need to download and get posted. maybe we'll have a 4 month old photo shoot.