19 Months

Clarke is 19 months now. I can't believe it. He is a really good kid. Kind of crazy, but a really good kid. He's starting to talk a lot more now. He has lots of words and can repeat most of what we say. We still have to remind him that he knows words though. "Use your words." is a very common phrase around here. Some of his favorites are: I want milk (or juice, mommy, daddy, ect.) He also calls most motorcycles and bicycles a gycle. Then, he'll make the motorcycle sound. He's starting to associate motorcycles with Daniel. Sometimes, he says "Daddy gycle.".

He has discovered dipping his food in ketchup or ranch dressing. He really likes it, but he's a bit messy...


and in the hair...


This is a good pirate picture I found that I wanted to add.


This past week, I changed Clarke's diaper and put him down for a nap. Well, I did not put shorts on him. I could hear him for a little while playing before he finally fell asleep. Then a couple of hours later, when I went to get him up, he was standing in his crib, naked as a jay-bird, and smiling so proudly. He had taken his diaper off. I'm pretty sure that he took it off before he fell asleep, because where he normally sleeps was soaking wet. It was cute this time, but I'm guessing it won't always be cute. We will always put pants on him before bed time now.

Clarke does not sit still, not even for one minute. He's a very busy kid. Except when he naps and sleeps. He does those two things very well...I think it's because he is so worn out from going all of the time!

Lately, he likes to color, throw, catch, tackle, play on his motorcycle (tricycle), play outside, drink out of straws, dip his food, lick it off and dip again, undo everything that I do and make big 'ol messes. The comment that I get the most about him (other than how stinking cute he is) is that he is all boy. And that is very true. He does everything in a boy-ish manner...no dolls, no hugs and kisses...just mud, tackles, motorcycles, balls, jumping, running....you get the picture. I love every minute of it!

Halloween 2009

Clarke was a pirate for Halloween this year. He had a hat and a sword. This kid was so happy to wear a had and carry a sword. We could not get him to be still long enough to take a decent picture, so you'll just have to know that he was the cutest pirate you've ever seen. We didn't go trick-or-treating since he doesn't eat candy yet. We did, however, sit outside of the house and hand out candy to all the kids. A couple of times, Clarke thought that he was supposed to go with the kids when they left. He would just follow them like he knew where he was going.



Have you ever seen a pirate on a motorcycle? Well, now you have.


A few houses down from us, there was a little carnival for the kids. Clarke saw it and walked down there like he knew the people...which we didn't. It was a cute carnival though.


Playing with his sword.


This is about as still as he got the whole night...he's not really one to sit and take pictures.

Pumpkin Patch

Sugar and Poppy took us to a pumpkin patch while we were in Arkansas last month. Clarke had a great time.

He got to jump in a jumpy house...one of his favorite things!


He got to play in a tire swing for the first time.


We couldn't get Clarke to look and smile at the same time. This was as close as we got.


Of course he did with Sugar and Poppy.

He even got to ride a horse. That picture is on another camera that I'll have to upload later!

Grace Elizabeth

My sister-in-law, Laura Catherine, and her husband Adam, introduced Grace Elizabeth to the wold on Oct. 14, 2009. She's been a long time coming. We are so glad she is finally here!



We have a picture of Clarke sleeping just like this.





Grace does not move much or light up, so he really was not that interested in her. I'm sure he will be very soon! Sugar did a good job of coaxing him over to her so that we could get this picture.