Three Months

So tomorrow Clark turns 3 months old, and unlike those Junior High relationships where celebrating that kind of thing is really lame, we here at the Drake Home think it's the most incredible thing ever. Clark has been with us for 3 months now, and how he has changed our lives! I love it when he wakes up in the morning. Instead of crying, he blinks a couple of times, moves his tongue around to get rid of the that awful morning/formula breath, and lies there waiting patiently. This gives his mom and I time to go over and tell him good morning. He absolutely loves it, and because of his reactions, we do too! He starts giggling (the cutest thing ever) and starts flailing his arms and legs wildly. He'll turn his head from side to side and then begins to settle down just in time for us to start all over. His mom is better at it then I am, but that's ok. Needless to say, it makes our day. Julieta seems to be able to make him laugh a lot, and here's a video to prove it.

I unfortunately wasn't home when this was recorded, as I was at school, but she showed it to me on the way to get Uncle David from the airport and I absolutely loved it. Basically I love anything my little man does, but this was especially adorable.

Something he's not doing as often is making his cute little sounds when he sleeps. But every now and then he'll do them. He'll take a few sudden intakes of breath, and then quietly sigh them out. That's probably my favorite. Something he is starting to do more and more is "talking". The other night his mom was working on something for Nanny, and during that time we decided to watch a couple of movies together. He sat on my lap for 2 movies and told me all that he thought of them, the actors, the effects, etc. This is a video of him talking.

I mentioned that we had gone to get Uncle David from the airport. Little Rock is 3 hours from here, and on the way up Clark slept the entire time. He was even pretty good on the way back, but needless to say, including the stops we made while there, 8 hours in a car seat is probably too much for any child (unless you're Tanner and your mom has given you magic formula to help some). That was David and Clark's first time meeting, and Clark didn't know what to think of the strange guy that climbed in beside him in the truck. I feel these two pics tell the tale of their relationship better than words do.

Clark's hands are fuzzy in almost all of his pics because he can't seem to hold them still. He's discovered that he actually has hands and loves them.

His Uncle David also discovered something that his parents should have thought of from the beginning, but never had. Occasionally we have to suction his nose, and he HATES it. He screams and screams, and all I can do is hold his hands while mom tries to clean him out quickly. I hate it, that is, I used to, before this happened.

All you have to do is let him watch something, and that's all he focuses on. This is Uncle David showing him a video on his computer. His mom was able to take care of him without any problems. We've since used this a lot. It seems to calm him down no matter what the problem is.

As I was writing this post, David and Sarah came into our room. They wanted to show us something

Needless to say, their relationship is blossoming and they will get along just fine.

I thought I'd include just a few random pics as well. These are just some of my favorites:

This is Clark asleep in church. You know you've all wanted to do it.Then the choir started singing and woke him up.

This was me getting him dressed that morning for church. I loved him in his button up and cords. He's such a little man!Then of course this is him with his Nanny after a long day.This is doubtlessly the favorite part of both of their days. How is it babys can make any position look really comfortable?I feel like if nothing else, I owe Clark an explanation for this next one. We went to the Jingle on the Green at the ASUMH campus where I'm currently attending school. It was a cold one that night, and we didn't want our little man catching a cold. You think this is bad, you should have seen his stroller. His mom (who still hasn't quite adjusted to the cold here) took every precaution, including stuffing the inside with coats and blankets, and then laying blankets over the top of it as well. While we were on one side of the extreme, there was one mother who had her baby girl in nothing but a dress and a head band. I guess I'm glad we choose to error on the side of right. Sorry buddy...

This is Clark at the ward Christmas Brunch. There's not a lot that impresses this kid.

I do have one more video to post. It cracks me up because it just goes to show how much of a little "man" Clark really is.

So this has kind of turned out to be a tribute to Uncle David. Stay tuned for the next few days, we have Clark's first Christmas and New Year's coming up, along with the return of Emily, Chris and our favorite Tan-Man with all of his Tanner manners from Oregon.