Just For Fun

Not much to say, just wanted to share.

I'm Growing Up So Fast!

Watchin' TV on the couch

What a smile!

My girls

Here are a few new pics of our baby girl. I can't believe how fast she is growing! Look, here's the deal. All of you out there who's baby is sleeping through the night from day 1, keep that to yourselves, we don't care. What we do care about is how that happened. If you have any advice on this process please advise. . . otherwise tell us that it took you 3 years before your child would sleep through the night and that will make us feel better. As you can see Emerson is a miniature Mariam, this means two things. One, she has a beautiful smile, and two, her favorite thing to do is talk. She will carry a coo and babble conversation with anyone and usually makes more sense than they do. I will also say this, I didn't realize how entertaining staring at a smiling baby can be, especially if it's your own baby. What an awesome feeling!

The Many Faces of Emerson Grey Clark

As most of you know that have children (especially your first), you are constantly snapping away with the camera to capture every little moment of your baby's life and sometimes the emotions you capture are more comedic than anything else. These are some our most favorite

pictures of Emerson - we just laugh out loud every time we look at them!

First Professional Photos

Emerson had her first set of pictures taken about three weeks ago and we had to share one of our favorite pics. This one was used for her birth announcement. Susan Brewer was our photographer and did an amazing job - check out her website at www.susanbrewerphotography.com

Emerson Grey At Home

Bath Time and The Bear : we loved this picture of Emerson after her bath

Daddy-Daughter Time: Brad and Emerson during naptime

Pure Contemplation

First Week Home

Well, today marks the end of the first week that Emerson has been home from the NICU. She is doing great - she had her first doctors appointment and is growing strong. The house definitely seems so much more full now that she is here - we just LOVE having her home finally. She has such a distinct personality already and has her father and I wrapped around her little finger! Everytime we look at her, we are reminded of what a blessing she is and how fortunate we are to be her parents.

EARLY ARRIVAL!!!!!!!!!!

Well, some of you may know, but Miss Emerson Grey Clark decided she was ready to come out into this world and was born this past Thursday, March 4th at 11:48am! It all started at about 4:45 a.m. that morning. Mariam awoke with some "cramps" which we initially played off as Braxton Hicks contractions. She got up and walked around, mostly in the bathroom, while I slept off and on until 6 a.m. At this point she comes out of the bathroom and tells me that it isn't getting better and to get out of bed NOW! We ended up calling the "Oh Crap!" hotline at the hospital and after I got a shower, yes I showered, we decided to take her in for a closer look. Right now I'm still thinking she will get checked out and sent home while I stay at work, that's why I got the shower, y'all. We get to the car and immediately hit DEFCON 1. Mariam almost ripped the doorhandle off, and the contractions started coming every 4 minutes. We arrived at the hospital in 2.7 seconds and Mariam was hooked up to the monitor. She was then examined by the nurse who gave us an awkward look and said there was a good reason for the pain, SHE WAS 8cm DILATED!! The anesthesiologist went ahead and put in the epidural, and almost instantly I had my wife back. After 1 1/2 hours of letting her body do the work she was told to start pushing, and 15 minutes later Emerson was here! She was 6 weeks early and weighed 5lbs. and was 16 3/4 inches long. She is the sweetest little girl with a FULL head of black hair - she is definitely our child! Because she was 6 weeks early (born at 34 weeks), she is required to stay in the NICU until she can take in a certain amount of milk and regulate her own body temperature - these are the two main things. We feel truly blessed to have this amazing gift come into our lives and cannot believe how much we LOVE her already!! To all our family and friends who have stopped by, called, emailed and prayed - THANK YOU THANK YOU! We love you all and cannot wait to introduce each of you to Emerson. Until then, here are a few pics of our sweet little lady and there are more in our photo gallery to the right.