20 Weeks

We are half way there! Here is a glimpse of my belly at 20 weeks. I realized last week that I have not taken any belly pics so I thought 20 weeks was a good start. I feel like I have just really popped, and I take the reactions from friends as confirmation of this. So far, my pregnancy with Clark has been very different than with Mabry. I even feel like I'm carrying higher. I am so excited to be carrying this precious gift from God. I look forward to the next 20 weeks and especially the weeks after that when I can hold him in my arms.

Frisco Safety Town 2011

We went to the Frisco Safety Town this year with a free pass from our library's summer reading program prizes. Mabry was a lot more wary of everything this year. We spent the majority of the time watching a fire-safety episode of Barney in the air-conditioning which was fine with me! :)

 She did not want to put on a helmet or get on a bike so we just watched Graryer.

 We decided to walk through the miniature town as pedestrians. Mabry learned to push the button and wait for the 'little man' before crossing the street. 

 Here's a glimpse of last year... 

 Look at that little baby face!

It's a BOY!

We have been blessed with a healthy baby BOY! 

Clark Alan is the name we have chosen for our newest joy. Clark is a name we saw and just really liked and Alan is Chad's middle name as well has his dad's. We are excited to pass it on. 

Mabry loves talking about Baby Clark. When we ask her about helping him, her eyes enthusiastically get big and she starts chattering about all she can do for him. We relish her eagerness to be a big sister.

 We were very fortunate that the weekend and week after we found out that he was a boy there were two huge consignment sales. We got some very cute outfits for Clark as well as our biggest item, a double jogging stroller! I can't wait to have both kiddos out next spring on walks with me!

Chad and I know that God has truly blessed us by giving us these two beautiful children. 

We pray that He will continue to guide us to be the parents He desires us to be.

Celebrating 6 Years

 Chad and I celebrated 6 years of wedded bliss on the 30th. Our anniversary present to each other was tickets to go see Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and many others. What a great evening of country music!

 There were a few new and upcoming bands that played before the big act. We discovered Eden's Edge! They are a Christian country/blue grass group from Little Rock. So impressed! Check them out if you get a chance. www.edensedge.com 

 As you can see, we had great seats if the singer came out on the catwalk. Unfortunately, Brad Paisley only made it out there once and we didn't get our camera out fast enough. Blake Shelton put on a great upbeat, personable show and Brad played and sang all his hits for about an hour and half. These guys are so entertaining! What a show!

 Happy Anniversary to us! We have been blessed with so many great memories together in the past 6 years. I look forward to many more in the future!

Also, thanks to Brad, Rhonda, Annabelle, and Harris for hanging out at our house with Mabry while we had our date night at the concert!

52 Happy Meals

Mabry got Happy Meals from McDonalds for a year! 

 We just had a new McDonalds open in our area, and as a promotion, they were giving away a year of Happy Meals for the first 100 in line at 3:00. We got our best buds to join in the fun with us. We lined up at 2:00 and were, I think, in the first 30. We sat in the hot sun and waited til 3. We ate chicken nuggets, colored, played play-dough, blew bubbles, stickers, and waited. 

The kids were troopers! It was sweaty hot! 

 We were so excited to get our prize! They also gave the kids a free ice cream cone for waiting. 

We enjoyed the air conditioning and cooled off with the yummy ice cream. 

Take a look at these ice cream lovin' cuties!

 Proud girl and momma! Mabry loves "Old McDonalds"

Ooey-Gooey Rice Crispy Treats

 A few days ago, Mabry helped me in the kitchen... We made rice crispy treats. 

She was fascinated as we melted the marshmallows and butter. 

Then she had a lot of fun adding the rice crispies. 

 Once, we finished, she had to help clean up the mess of rice crispies that didn't make it in the bowl or her mouth. 

 And ta-da! A rice crispy treat heart! 

And of course, we couldn't forget the sprinkles!

Big Sister

Mabry is going to be a BIG SISTER!

For those of you who haven't heard and even those of you who have, we'll tell you again, we will be adding another member to our little family around the
beginning of January (Jan. 4 due date).
I am now 14 1/2 weeks pregnant. Chad and I are so excited and Mabry's excitement is building every day. We know she will be a great big sister. She has already started tattling on her 'little sister.' She seems to think, like me, that it's a girl. She also is sweet and pretends she is swinging her little sister and washing her little sister in the bath. I just hope she's not too disappointed if it's a boy. We'll soon find out the answer to that question on August 5th. Can't wait!

 Mabry got to spend last week with Grandmother and Granddad in AR. She came back to a 'big sister' bed in a 'big sister' room! She was so excited. It helped that we, along with her grandparents, had talked it up the whole week before. Here are some precious pictures of this sweet big sister and her new bed...

 The picture below was taken right before she is going to sleep for the first time in her big bed. 

And yes, it's still that light at 8:00 at night in her room. 

 Night, night!

Sleeping beauty... I took this one before I went to bed. She slept all night and got up at her usual time this morning. I think her new bed is perfect!