Saturday, April 30, 2011

Christian's First Easter

Easter morning was an early morning (much like all the mornings nowadays at the Clark residence). Christian woke up at about 4am to see what the Easter Bunny had brought him, and yep, it was Mommy and the special Easter breast milk buffet. Surprise, surprise!

Alright, are Ken and I completely horrible for not making him an Easter basket? I mean, it's not like he needs anything and it's not like we haven't already spoiled him rotten. For Pete's sake, I got Ken and my mom presents for Easter which included outfits for Christian! (That's right. You can give someone something that's really for someone else and have them appreciate it!)

Thank goodness Christian woke us up early (cough cough), because we had to get ready for church! Yeah. I know what you're thinking..."the church probably caught fire when you walked in"...but it didn't! (Believe me, I was worried about the same thing...) And Christian was dressed in his Sunday best (aka: the cutest outfit EVER!) thus upstaging every other kid present (just sayin').
His Easter Best!
Surprisingly, Christian stayed asleep all throughout church! (I could make a million snide jokes right now about how exciting mass was, but since it was Easter...I won't...)

After church, Grandma showed Christian off to like, a million of her fellow parishioners and then we got ready to go to lunch at The Lodge at Lake Lanier Islands Resort.
Christian was super pumped about the buffet at the hotel!
Ok. So. The coolest thing about the buffet at the hotel? THE PETTING ZOO!!!!!!! Someone very brightly recognized that "kids get bored doing adult stuff...therefore, let's hire a few hillbillies to bring their livestock to the hotel and entertain the kiddies for a little while"...genius. And when they asked us which ballroom we'd like to sit in, of course I opted for the one nearest the animals. Ok. Maybe it was right in front of them...but I love animals!
I was the only person above the age of 12 outside petting the animals. Ken's such a lucky guy.
The llama song...change your life and click here  

There was one problem, however. Every time I turned around, the llama was checkin' me out. He was like, obsessed with me. Ken was threatening to beat him up...but I talked him down. Phew...that was a close one.

My admirer

Christian enjoyed his Easter dinner
Christian and Grandma
The two best lookin' guys at church!
Mommy and Christian
Mommy and Daddy

Check out Christian's manly bib!
And just for everyone's viewing pleasure...yes, we took Christian to see the Easter Bunny. Well, I guess he didn't "see" the bunny because he stayed asleep the whole time. But you have to admit, it's like a "Where's Waldo" book trying to find Christian in this picture! The bunny was so big compared to him!
Well folks, that was our Easter. Not overly exciting, but very relaxed. I'm sure next year, when Christian is ONE YEAR OLD (holy cow!) we will have a much more extravagant and exciting Easter...stay tuned.

Yawning From The Toes

My favorite thing that Christian does to date is yawn. He yawns soooo big! As Deanna says, “He looks like he yawns all the way up from his toes!” And she’s right.
I mean, by now you’ve probably figured out that my husband and I are more obnoxious than the paparazzi, right? So, in case you wondering, yes, we have snapshots of Christian yawning. And of course, I’m sure you want to see them!
Anywhere is a good place for a good yawn...
  
Like church...
Or the bathtub...
Or even in utero!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

First Road Trip!

Alright, I LOVE blogs with lots of pictures...mainly because a picture is worth a thousand words, right? So I'll shut up and show you what you really want...the pictures!

Sunny Florida! The destination of Christian's first road trip!

A cool convoy we drove beside on our way. I was the obnoxious lady who took pictures of like, every tank.

Ken said that some of the vehicles were rocket launchers...cooool. Christian said he wants one.

Third and final stop on our way to Florida. Up until this stop we had to wake him up to eat! This was the only time on the way down that he woke up by himself. We were amazed...and thankful ;)

What a big stretch for such a little man! He needed to get out of his car seat and wiggle.

Once we got to the hotel, Christian had to get all of his clothes off. He stretched and cooed.

Soooo happy being naked!

Mommy got dressed up for a night on the town with the fam.

Nigel seeing Christian for the first time!

Love at first sight! Marcella meeting Christian for the first time.

Holding her little brother...

Christian decided to gum Marcella's shoulder...Hey! It tasted good!

Big Sissy bought this for Christian...too funny!

Laughing

Big brother and little brother

Poor Nigel got to hold a cranky Christian

He was really going at it on her shoulder...he made sucking noises and everything. I wonder if it's because he knew about Marcella's obsession with vampires...hmmmm.
Marcella realizing that Christian was "eating" her shoulder...

Christian's first time with his toes in the sand

The water was chilly!

Boardwalk at Clearwater Beach

Lunch at Cooters...we're a classy kind of family.

Nap time!

Nigel and Patrick

Marcella and her boyfriend

Mom and Dad

Getting some work done with the little man

Funny face!

Rollin' around

Lunch with the fam

Devin and his girlfriend

Mmmmm sushi!

Mommy and her baby

Marcella loved holding her brother! She hated to put him down.

Nigel and his girlfriend, Michelle.

Abuela and Christian

Christian loved his Abuela

The guys

Nigel's mom, Tiki with the guys

Christian loves to hear daddy whistle!

Holding his head up so high! What a strong little boy!

Tia Tiki and Christian

Time for bed at the Cheesecake Factory

A thorn between two roses ;)

Mama and Christian

Going to the beach!
Getting the sand off Christian's toes