"Eventful" Sunday

Our Sunday has been to say the least, eventful. Clark woke up in a bit of a mood, meaning that he threw stuff at us because he either didn't want it any more, or just was mad that it was offered to him in the first place. Clint was moody also and therefore Clark and him were butting heads a little and I still have a darn headache that hasn't gone away since last Sunday.

Clint's mood didn't get better after a "gigantic gouge" Clint's words, or "small scrape" my words, was put into the passenger side door as I was getting in the car. Clint is a "little" over protective of his car. It's the first car he's been able to pick out and order from the dealership brand spanken new and so he wants it to stay perfect forever. So any imperfection in his car makes him go crazy. I was lectured yesterday about the crumbs in the back seat from just one day of driving it around with Clark. This is the second scratch/gouge I've put in the car. I scratched his tail light with the car seat and now I've punctured the side of the car with the brake handle of one of his bikes. We just need a bigger garage then house for him to be happy. :)

After church Clark and I took a nap while Clint got ready for his trip. After Clark's nap, he was a little grumpy still so we went for a walk around our complex. The thing about our complex is that there are lots of dogs that use the grass areas as their toilets, and it tends to freak Clint out a little. Today Clark really wanted to crawl around on the grass and put his hands on all the spots that a dog would find appealing to potty on. He was digging in the dirt, picking berries and leaves off of plants and putting them in his mouth, and tripping and falling. Finally to tip us all over the edge, Clark picked up a rock and was walking with it, tripped, and smashed his pinkie finger between the cement and the rock.


As you can see from the pictures, he did a number on his finger. Of course he wanted me to kiss it, dirt covered and everything. This has been by far the worse oowie he has gotten. He normally is a pretty tough kid and will brush off and keep going, but this one he screamed the entire way back to our house, then cried for another 10 or so minutes while we ran some cold water over his hand. I'm pretty sure he's going to lose the finger nail, and I'm sure it won't be the last one in his life.

Thankfully the rest of the evening went fairly smoothly. Clark's Grandma bought him a drum set.

It has a drum, tambourine, harmonica and another whistle thing, that I can't remember the name of right now. It is a great present because it will live at Grandma's house, but despite my throbbing headache, the drum really wasn't too horrible to listen to.

To end the evening, Clint is finishing up getting ready to go to New Orleans tomorrow. He will be there for a Junior Officer Concile Conference, which is going to be teaching him about career planning. This will come in handy if we decide to stick with the Army. We bought Clint a new bag because he wanted something with wheels, but that' was smaller then my bag that has wheels.

This last month Clint has been traveling a lot, but at least it's only for 5 days at a time, not 5 weeks. :)

Kitchen Helper

Last night I hosted my first book club and I made cookies for treats to share. Clark was a little cranky so I thought I would have him help me make the cookies. I had him sitting in his high chair and put the bowl in front of him and would help him scoop ingredients into the bowl. He did great, but started to want to put his hands into the mixture and throw it out. I let him down and gave him a plastic bowl and spoon and put some oats in for him to pretend to mix like mommy was doing, knowing full well that the bowl would end up on the floor and the oats all over the place.

I don't think making cookies has ever been more messy or more fun!


Clark wanted to climb on top of the table and get ingredients, which I was sure would end in a bigger disaster. So I let him eat a few of the chocolate chips. He cautiously put one in his mouth, realized what it was and gave me this look like, "Wow, this is AMAZING! Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" It was great and despite the extra clean up I had a lot of fun cooking with him and can't wait for Clark to get older so that he can really be a true helper.

Oh and my first book club meeting went great! We talked a lot despite not having a book to discuss. We are going to read The Memory Keeper's Daughter. I've read it before and liked it, and hope the other women will too.

Happy Birthday Grandma Wendy, aka Moogie

Today is Clark's Grandma Wendy's birthday. We got to celebrate her birthday last night at our weekly Sunday dinner. Clint made a red velvet cake with home made cream cheese frosting. It tasted wonderful and I was so happpy that we could celebrate together this year. Unfortunately, I had a massive migraine and so did the birthday girl, and my camera battery was dead, so no pictures. :( I'll have to take some pictures next week to make up for yesterday. :)

Happy Birthday Moogie!

15 Month Check Up

Today we had our 15 month check up for Clark. We had to delay the appointment a little because he's been fighting a cold for the last 3 weeks. YUCK!
Stats:
Weight: 26lbs 14oz which is the 75%
Height 33 1/4 in. which is the 85%
Head Circumference 20 1/4 in. which was WAY off the charts. The doctor thought it was incorrect, because it was so high, so she measured again, and confirmed that this number was correct.
I'm pretty sure he's gone down in weight just a smidge, but the doctor wasn't too concerned about that. It wasn't a significant enough amount.

Here are some more pictures from yesterday and today.

Clark and I playing with a Coke box.



Reading with Uncle Jack.



Our neighbor has this tent and tunnel. The tunnel she gave to us, but the tent we are borrowing. We trade off on toys and it's fun with with big objects like this so that you let your child play with it for a while, and when you're done with it taking up so much room, or just done playing with it, you give it back. She also let us borrow the water table. There are perks of having a neighbor with a son that is a few months older then your own. I think it's been working better for me then her because she has cooler toys that we don't have so I haven't been able to reciprocate the favor yet. I think I'll have to make her some bread and cookies or something like that.

Oh and for those of you that don't know or have forgotten, there is nothing wrong with the cat's leg other then he has allergies and licks the hair off his lower half. So don't think Clint practices his skills on the cat. Despite his medical malfunctions, he is just a little neurotic. :)

Lucky

Lucky is how I feel. Lucky to have such a wonderful family. I have this adorable little boy who is such a light in my life. Plus he's so dang adorable!
Can you tell he has a teacher as a momma?



I'm lucky to have the opportunity to hang outside:



I'm lucky that he is such a character:





I'm lucky I get to go to playgrounds with him:











Lucky to have such a fun little boy to share memories with:



As you can tell I have lots of pictures of Clark, but not that many of the rest of my family. After all, Clark is the one I spend the most time with. :) But that doesn't mean that the rest of my family isn't as important to me. With out the help of my parents and Clint's mom and grandma our life wouldn't be as entertaining and would be a whole heck of a lot more difficult. And of course without Clint, we wouldn't have Clark. :)

Splish Splash

Today our neighbors let us borrow their water table to play with. It was almost 80 degrees today and the water table was a welcomed play date. I took a lot of pictures and video, but I couldn't pick which one's were the best, so I'm sharing them all!