Emerson's New Rocking Chair

When Brad's mom (a.k.a. Gran) was in town last month, she decided to buy Emerson a bare wood rocking chair under one condition: I paint it! Well, we have been working on it for several weeks now and here is the finished product. I am actually very pleased with the way it turned out and Emerson LOVES rocking in it! Thanks to Brad for sanding it and putting down the base coat of paint and laying down the clear finishing coat (couldn't do it b/c of the fumes and being pregnant). You can see more pics in our photo gallery to the right.

Drum Roll Please....

We have reached the halfway mark in this pregnancy (20 weeks) which means finding out the sex of the baby! We had our 20 week ultrasound earlier this week and everything looked great and we could not feel more blessed.

We are so excited to announce that we are having another GIRL!! And after much thought, we have decided her name will be

IVY SABINE CLARK

"Ivy" is a name that Brad and I both loved and felt it was just fitting for our second daughter. Her middle name, "Sabine", is a literary character from a series of whimsical books (Griffin and Sabine series by Nick Bantock) that I was introduced to many years ago and that I love. Below are pics from our 20 week ultrasound of Miss Ivy and a pic of my growing belly at 16 weeks. Thank you all for your continued prayers, love and support.