Well, it wasn't until the baby was born and the Dr. and all of the nurses got silent that we found out the truth. The Dr. looked at Daniel and said, "I though you said you were having a girl." (Since we had moved to Austin when I was 36 weeks along with a textbook pregnancy, there was no need for additional ultrasounds.) And from then on, we had a Justin 'Clarke' Edwards. I can't find the video of our family coming into the room and noticing that Jaci was not a girl. It is classic. My favorite part is when Laura Catherine starts to cry (she really wanted a niece bad) and said, "We were going to paint pottery together." Clarke's grown on her since then.
Clarke has been such a blessing to us. He is such a good baby and is becoming a great toddler. Don't get me wrong, he has his moments, but I really don't think we could have asked for an easier 1st year.
Here is a list of his latest accomplishments:
- has 7 teeth
- runs all over the place - and loves to be chased
- is learning to sign. he does 'more' and 'all done'
- claps for himself and all his accomplishments (sometimes we'll ask him to do tricks and he skips right to the clapping part...he's so proud)
- bounces his head to the beat of music
- he can't say any words, but he is very vocal about what he wants
- talks on the phone (puts his hand on his ear and starts to say words in his own language)
- he fetches better than our lab
- he's 50% percentile in his size. (I like to call that perfect)
- He needs his first hair cut. he doesn't have a ton of hair, but what he does have is getting long in the back and over his ears.
- he knows the word "no" and shakes his head. We have a cord that sticks out a little bit from our entertainment center. He knows he cannot touch it, but wants to so badly. At least once a day, he walks up to it shaking his head "no". It's pretty cute.
- He's a really good eater and sleeper (Praise the Lord)
enjoying his birthday cake
loves bath time
pictures in the wild flowers
the traditional 'side of the road bluebonnet' picture
he really is the cutest kid i have ever seen.
i am going to try and be a better blogger. i hope i succeed.
