Sometimes being a homeowner sucks-

So I was on our deck today talking to Lisa on the phone and a gust of wind blows by... followed by a HUGE crash. So our easy-to-clean, fold-in, double pane window folded in all on it's own and shattered in our breakfast room/kitchen area. Lovely. So at 37+ weeks pregnant I spent about an hour trying to pick up giant shards of glass off the floor, vacuum it up and make sure there wasn't any glass to hurt our feet, Clark's feet or kitty paws. And of course then I poked my hand with some glass and had blood pooling in my hand while I'm trying to clean with the other, because I didn't want to walk to the sink to wash it and track glass over there. Then when Rich got home from work he vacuumed two more times and steam mopped and we're STILL finding tiny glass pieces- it's crazy. Shoes only in the kitchen for a long time now. Wish we could call the landlord and have him fix everything- I've got no idea where to begin getting a new window. And I think we just need the new glass, since the frame is OK. We'll see. But right now I've got a pretty ghetto plastic garbage bag duck taped to the window frame since we're getting thunderstorms tonight. Lovely! I had to snap a quick photo with my phone since it was all I had on me before I started cleaning. It's not a great pic, but you get the point. Ugh.

Welcome to the world Kinley Addison!!!

Yesterday at 12:11pm Kinley Addison Clark made her grand debut weighing 7lbs 6oz and measuring 20 inches long. Gavin is super excited about his baby sister, and mom and baby are doing well too. Can't wait to meet the beautiful little girl, congrats guys!!!!!!

Family Picture Time

I've been wanting to get family pictures taken for a long time now. And we decided we should get some done before little Dexter makes his grand debut since it's the last time we'll be a family of three! So even though I'm the size of a house right now they turned out pretty cute. Here are some of the proofs from the photographer's site- enjoy. And since she was so fantastic check out KELLY PARK photography and her BLOG.

Big Brother Practice

We borrowed one of Clark's big cousin Perry's babies to have around the house and let him get used to having one around. He's been practicing "being nice" to the baby, not poking the baby in the eyes etc. Here are some cute pictures this morning. He gets so excited to see his baby each morning :) We think he's going to be a great big brother!

Clark sharing his sippy with his baby (snapped on my phone)

Cuddling the baby after his morning milk

Reading the baby his favorite story UP!

And eating the baby. Oh wait...

Pool Time

A couple weeks ago we joined the Shaw Park pool for the summer, and I think it was the best decision we've made this year so far :) Clark loves it more than we could have even expected, and wants to kill endless hours walking around the splash pool- we can't complain either, when it's HOT out there's nothing better! Happy summer!


Each time an airplane goes by Clark gets REALLY excited!

He is facinated with the slide or "sli" if you're speaking Clark. But it's a little too big for him this year- Next year little buddy.

And the pool has amazing snow cones, which Clark got to try for the first time last week! Obviously he was a fan.

Nursery Pictures - AND 36 week progress

Well, we decided on a name finally. And I'm honestly surprised at how many people like it, although I'm sure a ton of people are just being nice. Most didn't like Clark's name until he was born but I honestly can't picture him with any other name, it just fits his personality perfectly. Hopefully Dex will love the name we have chosen for him! And he is going to get his Daddy's middle name, Vincent. Clark has Rich's first name as his middle, so both our boys will have part of their Daddy's name in theirs, which I LOVE.

And, we've got the nursery almost finished, which is SUCH a relief right now. The only things missing... an adorable monogram pillow my cousin is making (she made the bird blanket from scratch- she's really amazing!) some artwork Clark is making for his little brother's room, and baby Dex of course!

And it might be just in time. I had my 36 week check-up today and I'm already 2cm dilated. Woohoo! They filled out my induction paperwork and sent it over to the hospital so we should have an official date soon. They're probably going to induce because of how FAST my first labor was (and they want to make sure we get to the hospital on time) which is fine by me because I like the fact we'll be able to get Clark all settled at Marc and Lisa's without the mad dash to the hospital. And, because I have gestational diabetes the little guy is already good enough size- which is perfect. Although for a GD mom he's only in the 60th percentile which is fantastic, the doc's are pleased with that.

And as a little side note- last weekend our good friend's Erin and Doug came in town with their little 4 month old adorable baby boy Collin. And Clark was amazing with him. He was very gentile and even gave him little hugs. We think he's going to be an amazing big brother, and can't wait to see him in action!

Popular Baby Names-

Since SO many people we know are expecting little miracles I thought I'd post this fun website. You can see what the top ten most popular baby names are in your area (even by hospital!) and it's really easy to kill some time playing on there. CLICK HERE to check out what's popular where you live-

The top ones at the hospital I'll deliver at are:
Girl Names
Lillian
Madison
Ava
Emma
Addison
Alexis
Claire
Kaitlyn
Sophia
Emily

Boy Names
Samuel
Tyler
Jacob
Michael
Luke
Matthew
Lucas
Blake
Joseph
Ethan

Thank You-

everyone for all my wonderful Happy Birthday wishes today!!! 29 already, where is the time going? I never really thought I'd be married, much less a mom (to almost two wonderful boys) at this point- but as corny as it sounds I'm so lucky to be living this life and have really been blessed.

Last night we headed out to see one of our favorite bands, The Decemberists, with Marc and Lisa. It was a great birthday treat (and we got the tix for Marc for his bday, so it was party times all around.) Plus, the last time we saw them live was when I was very pregnant with Clark so it was fitting that both boys got to "see" them before even being born! Today Clark was having a tough morning crabby-wise, which has been kind of typical of him this past week. I'm not sure if it's his two new teeth (his last two before the final four "2-year" molars come in) or the fact he's approaching the terrible two's (and lets face it Clark seems to do most things early :) but he's been a handful... a cute handful. He always does something cute like hug me and say he's "sowwy" after doing something not so cute, like try to rip fist fulls of my hair out. Lovely. We grabbed lunch with Nicolle, and he was in a MUCH better mood after his nap. Rich and I took him to the pool, which has quickly become our favorite thing to do this summer- Clark could spend all day and night there just walking around. I'll have to stop being lazy and post pictures soon for sure.

I've been bad-

and way too tired and uncomfortable to drag my camera around and take pictures. So I haven't been, and I haven't updated in a long time- sorry about that! Memorial Day weekend John, Kristen, Lola and Renee came to STL for a wonderful visit. Here are a couple pictures I'm stealing from their blog and CLICK HERE for a link to their pictures from the weekend if you're interested. And you can check out their blog on the left if you want to see what we did that weekend, I'm too tired to write it all out, sorry- but we had a great time, and hope we can all get together again sometime soon!!!!

Picnic in the park

So, I've been pretty bad about updating the site lately because I've been in major nesting mode. But that's a good thing, because DiTore #2 is due in 30ish days! Crazy...

Anyway, we've had wonderful weather lately and last weekend we took Clark to the park for a little picnic, duck feeding (his favorite) and a romp on the playground. Here are the pix-

nursery progress!

Well, we've finally gotten the nursery underway for little DiTore #2. A friend painted the room for us, and I spent a TON of time painting the stripes, but I think they turned out pretty cute. The curtain was a donation from Malcolm (thanks!) and this wall decal took a looooong time (it came in 110 pieces afterall) to do but I'm thrilled with the way it turned out! And the pictures aren't great, I took them on my phone. WAY too tired to get the camera out and snap away.

And... the finished product! Worth the effort.

The wall stripes and curtain- stripes SUCK to paint on textured walls, let me tell ya. Pretty sure it's the last time I'll ever attempt them!

We're going to use Clark's bedding in #2s room and just add some fresh yellow sheets. Since Clark will get a "big boy" room soon we don't think he's going to miss it. Plus, we haven't used a bumper in over a year so it'll be nice to use that again!

And here's his mobile. It's in the room already, but we need to put the crib together before we can hang it.

And my amazingly talented cousin is making some fantastic pillows and a blanket out of this cute bird fabric- Can't wait!!!

Bubbles

Yesterday afternoon it was so beautiful out we couldn't resist spending some time outside with our little guy. So we packed up some popsicles & bubbles and walked down the street to a big open grassy space to play. Clark loved his popsicle of course, but he loved the bubbles even more! It was fun seeing him run around and flip out- he can even say "bubbles" which is pretty cute stuff :)

if you look close at the right side of the bubble you can actually see clark coming-