Updates!

What have we been doing?... Well I'll show you in pictures!

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June

June we took a family trip to Seattle... Saw the Space Needle, went to Vancouver and Victoria BC, had the best cheesecake at the pike market, and saw Forks! Clark did really well and was such a trooper driving everywhere we went! Definitely a beautiful place and would love to go back for more cheesecake.

July

July my brother and his awesome wife got married in the Newport Temple. Couldn't be happier for them. Clark also started to have a little time in nursery (a little early but so glad they didn't mind), and Ryan took me to this gorgeous B&B in the mountains for an early 30th bday gift! 

August

August Ryan also helped put a little shindig for my bday together, so sweet! Clark loves the sprinklers/dirt/getting messy, and this month I re-began a journey of refinishing furniture and what not, now that it seems to be the popular thing!

September

My journey is getting longer, more refinishing and is becoming an obsession, not healthy! Clark loves playing with his buddies and going places, and loves his grandma!

October #1

So Ryan had a work party for the kiddos and Clark kept trying to walk away with the raffle prize! I had to show it in more than one picture to get the full humor in it :)

October #2

We took a visit to see Ryan's sister and Clark's cousin Shayla, they had so much fun together! It was great touring BYU and finally getting a more positive outlook on it, hehe. Halloween was also great. My mom came to Trunk or Treat and my dad drove from CA to have fun at the block party and help out with Halloween since Ryan was gone on business. Yeah! 

5 months done in one sitting, I'm exhausted...

Splash Park!

I had to post this before I forgot. Every Wednesday a group of ladies gather and we let the rascals run around while we get out of the house. Starting to do summer activities we chose a splash park. Clark LOVED it! We pulled up and before I even took him out of the car he heard the water and was making his happy squeals :) We got to the pad and he just started crawling away! Funny moment: Clark was looking down a spout and it turned on right then! He didn't mind... it was actually hilarious when I knew he was okay, lol! The entire time we were there he wanted to feel the water. I think we found his new best friend! Oh and he even taught his buddy a new bad habit of tossing things out of the pack n play. Sorry Kamber!

Time For Another Bulk Post!

Sorry to do this, I keep saying I'll get better but hey... Clark's birthday was yesterday! It was a Baby Einstein theme and I had so much fun preparing for it. I was also surprised I wasn't too stressed on the big day! He's growing up so fast it's hard to believe it's already been a year. Anyway, here are a few pics of updates!

Helping grandpa take apart my bike :)

Seeing the Gilbert temple in progress!

Loving the park!

Cheeky

Smiley

Best shot I could get for his 1 year pics, maybe I'll try again

Happy birthday!

Baby Einstein puppets I made for Clark :)

Party people!

Pinata time!

So much fun making this :)

Checking out some of his loot

Grandpa reading him a bedtime story

Updates Galore

Let's see where we are at... looks like last time we were talking about Halloween so we have quite a bit of updating! How about I just do it in captions to the pictures I post? Who reads the big chunk of words anyway? I always skip to the pictures and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

November photo shoot... 6 months old!

Silly kiddo!

Bath time! I don't see how this is supposed to sooth him for a bed routine.  He's so crazy in there! Then again, he's not the soothing type :)

Hotel bed in California where we went for Thanksgiving. His second time there already! :)

At the beach during Thanksgiving weekend in Laguna Beach. Loved the sand!

On our way to the beach with auntie Tracy and the rest of  the family!

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoying the family festivities from his Boppy.

This is one of the creepiest things I have seen. It's like he knows where the video monitor is... This is not the first time he's done this either!

Clark's motivation to crawl...

Yep, Clark's Santa photo! The funniest thing was the photographer saying "I think I got a smile!"

December photo shoot with the extended Nelson family. I got to test out my new lens from Christmas. Love it! Plus Clark looks very "GQ".

Cute.

The Nelson grandkiddos. Great time having all of them together!

More Nelson family fun in the bouncy house! Notice Clark chatting it up...

I had to capture this on camera. This has NEVER happened, him just randomly falling asleep.

Mesa Temple lights.

At my new favorite restaurant, San Tan Flat. We roasted s'mores  outside in their fire pits and Clark absolutely loved the western atmosphere (so did I!).

Ride 'em cowboy at San Tan Flat!

My brother and his girlfriend came to visit and I must say it's a bit weird to see him so smitten. 

Love my new lens, such a happy couple :P

 So next post may be of my crafts/our home improvements that we've been up to since I've been on a crafty kick lately. We'll see if I get to taking pictures of them :)

Happy Halloween and Other Things!

What have we been up to? Ryan just asked me that for his family so I thought I'd update... Ryan has been BUSY with Young Men stuff and I have been busy with our little Scooter. My "nesting" has also continued and I love making things for Clark. Boys are so much easier to make cuter, in my opinion, because I suppose it doesn't take much effort! I've been sewing a lot of bibs and burp cloths (we go through so many with him) and Ryan in his spare time studies for work? At least he enjoys it! Anyway, here are some pictures of the latest :) I'll also take pictures of our little home improvements when they're all finished as they're in a "half done" state. We love projects although finishing them in a timely manner with a little one is a different story!

Clark is growing up so fast, and I don't mean just physically although he is in the 93rd percentile for weight and 82nd for height. He's 6 months and is much easier to read now because he loves his routines! Everywhere we go (which is a lot because he loves to get out) people comment what a happy baby he is because he smiles at everyone! He is such a livewire but easy going at the same time. As long as we meet his needs he is one happy camper! We love cuddling with him and making him laugh, which daddy is a pro at :) He is going to be something special one day. His personality just shines. Okay enough bragging. We love him!

What a Cutie!

One of our Finished Home Improvements (Painted Door and Bench)

Helping Mommy with Dinner!

Our Morning Walk (Wearing his Star Wars Jacket!)

Ryan's Dream Picture

Our Little Pumpkin

Clark Adoring his Dad Rather Than the Puppies at the Hatch's :)