33 weeks: only 7 to go!!

Visit with Grandpa Clark

This past weekend we went up North to visit Jeff's dad.  We figured we may not have the chance to get up there again before baby #2 comes and wanted to see him before the holidays.  We drove up Friday afternoon in the midst of a blizzardy snow storm.  Luckily Jeff is an excellent driver and we got there safely.  Saturday morning we spent visiting Jeff's aunt's family and my aunt and uncle and cousins.  We then headed up to Salt Lake City for the Jazz game which was a lot of fun.  Cason enjoyed it for the most part and was pretty well behaved the entire evening.  As we left the game the storm had started up again which made for another slow drive back to the house.  The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing and admiring the beautiful snow.  This was Cason's first real experience with snow and he loved it!  He would go out for minutes at a time and then get too cold and come back in.  Overall, I think he just enjoyed watching it from the car and inside the house. 

 The three Clark boys

 Go Jazz!

 All bundled up and running through the snow

Cold and sad because he didn't have his blankie :(

HaLloWeEN 2o12

Halloween was a ton of fun this year.  I have taken off work every Halloween and yesterday was no exception.  Cason was so excited that I was taking the day off work just to play with him and kept reminding me throughout the day "You not go to work mommy, you stay home with me!"  We started the day off with jack-o-lantern pancakes and a fun Halloween craft with Cason's cousin and best friend, Cydney.  After a delicious lunch with daddy and an afternoon nap we started the trick-or-treating festitvities.  Cason chose to be Buzz Lightyear and looked so adorable in his costume.  We started at my mom's work with the cousins, stopped by Jeff's mom's house, then great grandma and grandpa Giles, back to my parent's house for jack-o-lantern pizza, and ended the day trick-or-treating at a few houses around the neighborhood.  By the end of the night I was beat and ready for bed.  I ended up falling asleep in Cason's room with my arms wrapped around him.  It was a perfect day spent with my little man!

October





I can't believe that October is over and we are already into November.  Where has the time gone?!  It seems that Christmas is just around the corner and I haven't even started shopping yet.  I better get in gear or I know it will sneak up on me or pass me by.  October was a fun and busy month in the Clark household.  During the few times we were home Cason and I tried to do as many fun activities that we could.  He is really loving art projects right now and I tried to make them geared toward Halloween and Fall as much as I could.  His favorites were decorating a pumpkin face and making a skeleton out of beans.  Some other fun things included painting pumpkins, visiting the Staheli Farm, and having my family over for a night of pumpkin carving.  Halloween seems to kick start the holiday season and I am excited for what is coming the rest of the year!

 

 

Just a boy and his Buzz

Cason LOVES Buzz Lightyear.  Although Lion King has taken over Toy Story as his favorite movie, Buzz Lightyear is still his favorite character.  He is really looking forward to Halloween when he gets to dress up like Buzz Lightyear for trick-or-treating.  He sleeps with a Buzz pillow each night.  During naptime today I snuck in and captured this picture.  He makes me smile :).

Baking Soda and Fruit Loops

Cason and I decided to do a little science experiment with baking soda and vinegar yesterday. It kept us enterained for quite a long time while daddy was golfing. Cason loved mixing the colors together and watching the baking soda fizz as he dropped the colored vinegar on to the pan. We tried different droppers and his favorite was the aspirator... I'm sure because it dropped the most at once, making the biggest fizz. I love to watch his eyes and see his reaction when he is trying something new or seeing something for the first time.

 

Last week we spent an afternoon stringing pasta and cereal onto yarn.  He loved the challenge of making the string fit through the smaller holes.  Toward the end he decided he didn't want the pasta anymore and started over using only fruit loops.  He thought it was a pretty cool idea to make a necklace out of his masterpiece and wanted to wear it and show it off to daddy when he got home from work.  Unfortunately, his tummy couldn't wait that long and he had eaten most of it before 5:00.

26 Weeks