Ok, so it's been a while. But now we have several new pics to blog about. We'll start with today, since there are lots to choose from.
This is Clark and I at the park. Look at that face, he is having a blast. Actually, so was I for that matter. I love my little man!
His mom was a little papa-razzi and he wasn't about to put up with that.


Momma wasn't feeling too much up to photos today, so she just took them instead. We stopped by Dairy Queen on the way to the park and enjoyed a banana split and a shake before the photo session.

Then later tonight Emily, Chris, and Tanner came over for dinner. Papa decided to re-institute an old tradition with the grandkids... BLANKET RIDES!!




This is Clark giving Papa the "OK" to get started. He wasn't quite sure what to make of it, but for the first time, he actually got to be on top of Tanner.


This was Papa and I carrying them to the couch after the blanket ride was over. This is the blanket ride in action.Being as this wasn't Tanner's first time, he was able to comfort Clark when the ride started. Look at this sweet boy holding his hand to comfort his cousin.





When Clark was born, Nanny and Papa presented him with a gift, one we thought wouldn't fit him for several months, but he's actually closer that we thought. They also got Tanner the same thing, so we couldn't resist getting some pictures of them together.

I think this picture says it all. At first Tanner didn't know what to think about what we were doing, but as soon as we sat Clark down next to him, his face lit up! You could tell that there were a million different ideas running through his head about what he could do to Clark, but luckily Emily has Tanner ESP and read each one of them and was able to react on time. You can tell Clark is just resigning himself to what's coming. Unfortunately, we were too slow a couple of times. Tanner was trying to get a finger into each hole in Clark's face, and just about succeeded.


He tried to play like he didn't know why Clark was crying, but his face gave him away.

A couple of weeks ago Aunt Laura and Aunt Sarah gave us a couple of surprises. Reminiscent of when Julieta and I drove out with David and Sarah to see Tanner when he was born, they flew out here to see Clark. The other surprise was that Sarah brought her boyfriend Johnny with her. Uncle David was going to come too, but unfortunately he wasn't able to. We were able to spend an enjoyable weekend with them.


It worked out, thanks to a little bit of orchestration from the only person who was in on the surprise, that Clark's blessing was that weekend as well. I did the blessing in Spanish, while it was translated into English for the rest of the family. It went really well, and I think we all walked away with a better understanding of how important Clark really is and will be to our little family.