Happy Birthday, Jordan!!

My best friend (seriously!), my rock, my personal pilot, my shoulder to cry on, the best daddy our kiddo(s) could ask for, my favorite arms after a long day... Today we get to celebrate YOU, and Abigail and I are so blessed to have you in our lives.

It's a...

Abigail and I made cake balls yesterday. They're for me to take to work tomorrow to reveal the gender of Baby Clark to my co-workers (so if you're a co-worker and you read this before you see these in the break room ~ shhh!)

We had a lot of fun doing them and thought it'd be a fun way to announce the sex of the baby. 

Here's how the turned out...

It's a....

 Boy!!

 

 We couldn't be more thrilled to be having a baby boy, although Abigail said  for the longest time that she was having a "baby sister!" then when corrected would say "brother" in the most disappointing voice you've ever heard. She's coming around now, and I know once her baby brother is here, she'll be ecstatic.

We actually found out the sex a few weeks ago (just before Christmas), but we went back to see my friend this last Friday, and it was confirmed ~ this is in fact a boy ~ so we decided it was time to share with everyone. 

Here are a few pictures from our ultrasound on Friday (the 13th!)...

Adorable little foot

His cute profile! (though his nose it a little smooshed)

It's a BOY!

3D of our little man!

Doughnuts

There is a sort of Sunday morning tradition that has started in our family... Doughnuts.

Our church has them for a donation and Abigail asks every Sunday after church if she can have one. Yesterday mommy didn't have any cash, and she was in serious need of caffeine, so instead of having a doughnut at church we stopped at QT on the way home

Last night Jordan got home from drill and as we were getting ready for bed he says "I think we have a rat problem." I give him a blank stare because I know we do not have rats.
He went on to explain that he had walked through the dinning room and saw what was left of Abby's doughnut with chocolate frosting and sprinkles...


{At this point I'm sure you're wondering why I didn't throw away her half eaten doughnut. My answer is that she insisted she'd finish it after our nap, but we both forgot about it.}

2011...

What a year!?

Our lives have changed so much in just a year. It's incredible to look back and realize how far we've come.

January... Umm... I'm not sure what really went on in January... it apparently flew by.

February... Our niece, Annie, was born, as well as Abigail's friend Stella. Both are such incredible blessings!

Annie Kay

Ashley, Stella and Abigail

March... Jordan got back from Arizona and started his job at Ft. Leavenworth. This change brought our family back together and allowed Jordan and I to spend our 5 year anniversary together!

April... In April we gained a new member of the family ~ my sister got married. Abigail adores her Uncle Tim and got the privilege of  being their flower girl.

We spent lots of time outdoors with family and friends in April. We celebrated Easter in Mercer with an egg hunt for the kiddos.

Mason and Abigail hunting eggs

May... Abigail's first trip to the ER occurred in May. She fell in the bathtub (trying to get out) and bit a hole in her tongue.

Such a good sport!

The tongue

 June...We took a mini-vacation to Omaha and visited their amazing zoo, visited the Lincoln Children's Museum and Abby experienced fishing for the first time!

Abigail and the gorillas

July... We celebrated Mason's 3rd birthday in July and had a wonderful time. We also took a day trip to DeAnna Rose Children's Farmstead.

August... We spent a lot of time outdoors and at the pool (as well as in the air conditioning!!) in the month of August. We took Abigail to a movie and spent time preparing to bring Huey home.

September... What a month September was. Abigail started preschool, and is still loving it. We picked up Huey and he became a part of our family. We also learned what is meaningful in life ~ Jordan had his accident and our lives were put into perspective. We thank God for watching over him everyday and getting him through the accident.

October... Abigail turned 3 on the 20th and on her birthday we learned that she was going to be a big sister!

November... We spent time in both Nebraska and Mercer in November and had a blast each time. Huey got to go on his first hunt in Nebraska and we celebrated Thanksgiving in Mercer (as well as attending their annual craft fair earlier in the month!).

December... Jordan took over Company Command and Abigail and I were honored to be a part of the change of command ceremony. We also enjoyed spending a lot of quality time with family and friends, for Christmas and New Year's Eve!

2012... This year is off to a great start and we are looking forward to all that God has in store for us in the new year. We were so very blessed in 2011 and are anticipating all that 2012 will have to offer!

(I apologize for the lack of pictures in this post... I'm blogging from my phone and with minimal photos!)

Baby Update

I added a poll to the side of the blog... We are finding out the sex of this baby (and may or may not know already...).

But until we reveal the gender/find out Jordan and I thought it would be fun to have everyone guess.

Here are some of the facts of this pregnancy...
*Baby's heart rate was 157 last Thursday and 154 yesterday (Tuesday).
*Jordan says I don't get sad, I get "mean" (apparently with Abigail I got weepy).
*Nausea has been a problem this time. I discovered Preggie Pops and they're awesome.
*I'm not very far along (14 weeks, 5 days) so to judge how I'm carrying isn't easy, but - I still easily fit in my jeans and dress pants, I just can't button them. I will say there is definitely a baby bump and I'm glad I now wear scrubs everyday.

Okay, that's all the help I can be... Good luck guessing and hopefully an announcement will be made soon.

Here's a little peak at our peanut...

Abigail's first flight

I think it's been a couple months now...

We took Abigail on a flight to Nebraska. She did amazing (likely better than me!) and looked adorable with her headset on.

We flew over my parents' house, Wilber and DeWitt. It was very beautiful (lots of pretty leaves).

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I have been MIA lately... our computer froze up and we had to have it "cleaned up", and we still haven't loaded everything back on. Oops!

BUT... we felt that this bit of news had to be shared...

Abigail is excited to announce (she will tell anyone who will listen for a few minutes) that...

(sorry it's a bit hard to read...)

The "details" for those who are interested...

My due date is June 22nd, so for those that aren't math wizes, that makes me 12 weeks a few days along. We had a quick ultrasound at my last doctor appointment (I was 9 weeks along) and got to see the tiny peanut and it's little heart flickering. We will likely be finding out the sex this time. We loved not finding out with Abigail, but for whatever reason I'm dying to know this time. One of my good friends is a sonographer (is that the right word?? she does ultrasounds) and has graciously volunteered to do ultrasounds for us periodically. She said she can tell the sex at 15 weeks ~ eeks!! That's so soon... with the holidays it will likely be closer to 16 weeks, but we are so excited!

Okay, I promise to resume regular blogging soon... I have TONS of pictures/updating!