3.5 months..yay!

the pictures of anders in the blue suit i took a couple of days ago..it's the same blue suit that jakob and his brother wore when they were his age. i've been thinking it was too big and was putting off trying it on him but the other day i just grabbed it and thought i'd try it on for fun...the button on the back of the neck almost didn't button! it fit perfectly! i love these pictures because i feel like they really show anderson's personality! it's so neat to see him so focused on things and react now. he lights up whenever jakob or i walk into a room. he laughs all the time. my favorite thing he does is balls up his fists in front of him and says "a-goo." it's the cutest thing ever! i'm constantly laughing at him because he gets so tickled at things and will laugh and hide his face but look at me out of the corner of his eyes. adorable!! i cannot believe how big he's gotten either! he weighs 14 lbs already. such a good baby, too. he barely makes a peep whenever jake and i take him somewhere. he just takes everything in and stares at things around him. we are enjoying every day with him.

pictures! pictures! pictures!

i am 11 weeks old!!!

my flippers!

daddy's favorite outfit, of course!

my hat!!

me and aunt ashley!

time flies!

anderson will be 10 weeks old tomorrow! wow! i know he's still so little, but i find myself getting a little sad that he's grown up this much already! ridiculous, i know, because it's not like he's 11 years old or anything! time is just flying by and before we know it, he'll be going to his first day of kindergarten. ahh! i can't even think about it.

anders had his 2 month check up 2 weeks ago. he weighed 11.8lbs, 22.5 in long, and his head measured 39.5. he was perfect! he got his first round of shots, which he wasn't happy about. he was fussy the next couple of days after that. he also has clogged tear ducts that have made his eyes yucky. i've been putting drops in them and massaging them alot during the day so he won't have to have surgery on them. if they don't get any better by 6 months, then they'll look into some sort of surgery. i hope we don't have to do that, so i'm really trying to get them cleared up.
he has started laughing and smiling ALOT!! he's really so happy. he follows voices and movements. he's figured out how to put his hand in his mouth. he loves to suck on it! he drools alot because of it! i've been supplementing with formula now for about a month and just recently, he's decided he doesn't want anything to do with bottles anymore. i've gone through about 7 different bottles to try to get him to take, but he just won't. all he wants to do is nurse. there's one bottle he'll take if he absolutely has to, but he mostly cries the whole time. so, needless to say, he's never really far from my side!! which is fine by me! he's been such a wonderful addition to our lives, it's crazy!!!! we think he's the greatest thing ever! my little mini-me!

our house is being built also! we're so excited...they're framing it now. hopefully we'll be in it in the next few months. i don't even want to think about packing! this will be my 6th time to move in 3 years!! ugh! i'm a professional! hopefully this will be the last time for awhile.

also, my family came last week for a visit...i was so glad to see everyone..i miss them so much. of course, they couldn't get enough of the baby! we had a lot of fun and i cannot wait to see everyone again.

our house!

these are pictures from the website (solaustin.com). this is not our house, but an exact one that is being built like ours. we signed on our house 3 weeks ago. chris krager (the architect) told us that they should be breaking ground on ours by mid-july...which is right around the corner! the house may be completed by november. we are so excited!!!!!!

oh, boy!!

anderson is now 6 weeks old! wow!

he's now getting on a schedule with feeding and sleeping. he's doing very well at night. last night, he actually went 3 hours between feedings! he's not sleeping as much during the day and really likes to look around now. and the boy LOVES bath time!! he just lays there and looks around. he's grown so much. i'm not sure what he weighs, but i'm guessing 10 pounds. all i know is that the kid has an awesome double chin now! he really likes eating....a lot. it feels like he eats all the time! jakob and i are enjoying him so much! we love laying him in the bed in between us and just staring at him and laughing at all of his moans and grunts. anders makes so much noise, i swear the neighbors can probably hear him! aunt lindsey says he sounds like a swingset when he eats!! and he does! it's hilarious! he has his 2 month check up on july 17 where he will get his first round of shots...ouch...not looking forward to it.


we love him so much! i finally had a night away from him last night to see jakob and joshua play (thank you aunt sarah!) and the whole time i felt weird because i didn't have something attached to me! i missed him so much and felt like such a goob because i wanted to show everyone that asked about him pictures and videos on my phone!! i honestly couldn't wait to go see him! jakob and i are so in love with this little nugget!!

3 weeks of baby!

anderson is now 3 weeks old! it's been a very eventful 3 weeks. we've had lots of visitors, 2 ER visits (one for me and one for anders), jakob went back to work so it's just me and the babe during the day now, and tons of eating (on anders part!). i had a vaginal laceration (probably from the vacuum used to get anders out) and had to be rushed to the hospital by my mom and jakob 6 days after being home. thank goodness my mom and sister were here. anders was fine while i was gone sleeping with his aunt kristie. and aunt kristie was in heaven sleeping with anders! we had a good visit while they were all here. i cannot wait for my family to come back...i will be able to get out of the house with them next time!!! anders had to go to the ER because he threw up a couple of times in a couple of hours. he's been spitting up a lot and throwing up sometimes after he eats, so we went to the ER to get it checked out. turns out, he has reflux. go figure. jakob and i both have it bad. inri even has reflux! it's only perfect that anders has it too. so now, he's on baby zantac. and he HATES it. he gags and makes faces and spits it out. so dramatic. so part of my family.
we're all adjusting well. jakob is now getting used to interrupted sleep. he's on diaper duty on the weekends...meaning he gets up during the night on the weekends to change the diapers. anders gets up every 2-3 hours to eat. i usually get 6 hours of sleep during the night! of course not consistantly. he's really a good baby. and SO cute! he's grown so much. he's now out of newborn clothes. he's starting to stay awake a lot more. he kind of laughed the other day. i thought my heart was going to explode when i heard him and looked over and saw him smiling and making a laughing noise. he grunts and groans more than any baby i've ever been around. he makes a TON of noise when he eats and sleeps. it's hilarious. he's such a boy!!
it's funny because i can't wait to see what he's going to look like at 6 months or what he's going to sound like when he starts talking and i can't wait for it. but also, i found myself getting sad that he's outgrown his newborn clothes! i want things to speed up, but also want them to stay the same..its weird. time flies by so fast. i'm really trying to take in all i can with him now. i know that when he's running outside to play or going to his first day of 3rd grade, that i will want to be back sitting in this chair, holding him and watching him sleep at 3 weeks old again.

welcome to the world, anderson!!

anderson atley clark decided to arrive at 9:27 am on wednesday, may 13th, 2009. he was 6lbs 10oz and 19.5 inches. i labored for 22 hours, mainly because he got stuck in the birth canal and had to be vacuumed out..he's had a rad bump on his head that is slowly going away. that was my luck. thanks, son. appreciate it!! i was all worth it though. jakob and i are undecided though if we're going to have another one this way!! it's still a little too early to forget about the pain. we'll revisit the topic at a later time. like, 3 years from now.

we're doing great. he's passed all of his tests so far..he even got his first certificate for getting 100% on his hearing test! he's a good sleeper, right now. we'll see how that turns out later on. hopefully he'll keep that up. he loves being held, of course! and most of all, he's the most beautiful baby ever born! we both can't stop staring at him! this whole 9 month ordeal was amazing. tough, fun (at times), and especially rewarding.

now, here comes the fun, stressful, scary, and interesting part. raising our son. here goes nothing!!!!