Busy bees

Finally I have a minute to update. School has started and we are busy busy bees. buzzzz buzzz We finished our summer with a 3 day trip to Lava Hot Springs where we unexpectedly met Jason and his family and Paul's parents for a day at the pool. It was a blast, but Caleb didn't like the cold water. Paul is VERY proud of himself because he jumped from the highest platform, somehow he talked his nephew, Austin, into jumping with him. I only got as far as the 2nd one and I had had my adrenaline rush for the day.

I quit my job so I could stay home with Caleb as much as possible in between classes. It's been great not to have to work. Paul and I started classes last Monday and it's been go go go since then. I take Caleb to my mom's most days of the week and she graciously takes her little grandson. Then it's off to classes for both Paul and I (17 credits each this semester). Paul is also preparing to take the GRE for graduate school and looking into a few schools to apply for, if you have study tips for the GRE let him know.

Paul had been looking forward to tomato season for months so he could have his mom teach him how to can pizza sauce. It turned out great!

Caleb was blessed with 2 new cousins this past month: My sister Miranda gave birth to Taylor Ellen Jackman, and my Sister-in-law Sherise had Samuel Enoch Robertson. Both beautiful healthy babies.

Caleb is growing like a weed! He was last weight 3 weeks ago and he was 13 lbs. 4 oz. and 24 inches long, that's the size of an average 4 month old!!! Paul and I love to listen to him giggle and he's not shy to share his smiles.

1, 2, 3, GO!



Watchin' football at the hotel in Lava Hot Springs.



We went on a hike at Lava Hot Springs, it was refreshing.



Caleb's first movie, Toy Story 3 in 3D...he fell asleep.

Caleb's cousins Maxwell and new little Samuel.

Yee-Haw

Happy Pioneer Day!

We went to the Days of 47 Rodeo last week, it was a lot of fun. We hadn't been to a rodeo for a long time. We got 3rd row tickets and we could smell the horse sweat...mmmm



Caleb wasn't very interested in the rodeo.

SMILE

Home from church. Paul went in the bedroom to change Caleb's diaper, I came in a few minutes later to find them like this. We did some fireworks but Caleb slept through every pop, snap and crackle. Caleb smiled for the first time at me about a week ago. It's so fun to see that he express' pleasure and happiness. Sometimes in his sleep he will smile and even let out a little giggle sounds. So cute!

A Day in the Life of Amelia and Caleb

Many of you mothers reading this know what it's like to have a baby, but for me, this is a new experience.
7:00am FEED THE BABY
8:00am Back to bed for us both.
10:00am FEED THE BABY
11:00am I try to shower, Caleb loves sitting in his bouncy chair in the bathroom and listening to the fan and water.
1:00pm FEED THE BABY
2:00pm Finally I'm ready for the day, now I try to get some work done: cleaning, dishes, projects that have been waiting for a long time to be finished...
4:00pm FEED THE BABY
5:00pm If Caleb will sleep I get to take a nap, if not, I'm continually putting his binky back in his mouth to try to get him to sleep.
7:00pm FEED THE BABY (by this time Paul has usually made dinner, he's so great!)
8:00pm I'm tired but this is my time to be with Paul before he goes to work, and Caleb is usually awake and happy.
10:00pm FEED THE BABY
10-12pm Caleb's fussy time, I'm exhausted.
Finally he sleeps
4:00am FEED THE BABY
...and it starts all over again. I figured it out and I spend 8 hours a day feeding Caleb, that's like a full time job! Too bad I'm not getting paid for it. But he will be one healthy, well fed kid. I love being a mom!!

Running my life...

I'm finally taking some time to sit down and write a little on the blog. I think Paul, Caleb and I have finally adjusted to our new life as a family of three. Caleb is such a joy to have. Since week 2 Caleb has been sleeping 5-7 hours at night, it's so great! I love being a mom, it's crazy how much love I have for Caleb when we've only known each other for such a short time. I hate thinking about him ever getting hurt, but unfortunately there is no way for me to stop that from happening. There is no more being spontaneous, everything has to be planned around Caleb's eating and nap times. He runs our lives. We now have a pretty good schedule for him though so it makes planning a grocery trip a little easier and we were even able to go shopping for a few hours the other day (I don't fit into my pre pregnancy clothes anymore). I'm feeling much better now and I can occasionally make it through the day without a nap.
We had a great 4th of July in Grantsville. I went down to watch the parade with the famliy and Paul came after he got off work. July 4th is one of Paul's favorite holidays so he wasn't about to miss out on anything, which means he only slept 2 hours in over 48 hours. He is crazy, but somehow he pulls it off. Later in the day we had a BBQ and played some volleyball. It was great to be with family. Caleb was never set down, he was constantly held by cousins, aunts, uncles, grandma and grandpa. He loved it.
Salena got us all Old Navy flag shirts, it's fun to be matching. Even Caleb got a cute little 4th of July onsie.
I have a many requests for more pictures of Caleb on here so here they are:
I caught Caleb sucking his thumb.


Caleb's cousin Sammy, she LOVES holding the baby!



This is Caleb's 2nd cousin Landon, he is just a few days older than Caleb.

We love our nap time!

Maxwell enjoyed sitting in Caleb's carseat and pretending to be the baby. We put Caleb on Max's lap and he put his arms around Caleb, he loved having him on his lap. When we took Caleb off Max started crying and stretching his arms toward Caleb and saying "Baby! Baby!"

A Mysterious Package

This past week the UPS man delivered this mysterious looking package to our door. It was wrapped in duck tape, Which I have learned as a security guard to be super cautious if you see a package like this. I was weary to open it, I thought it might blow our house to kingdom kong. I put it to my ear to see if it was ticking or anything like that. In the end I finally opened it and it was a cute dinosaur blanket for Caleb. It was sent to us from the Bingham family from Ohio, Bro Bingham was my ward mission leader for a few transfers on my mission. I love the Binghams, they are such a great family, thank you so much for the blanket Sis Bingham.

Paul Ora Clark!

I thought I would take a minute and write a little about my dad. Through out my life I have always complained about having the same name as my dad, but I have come to be privileged to have the same name as my father. My dad isnt a bigger talker, we never sat down and had heart to heart talks or anything but he showed me by example how to be a great man. I started playing sports year round when I was 6 and from than to my last high school game my dad was at every single game or match that I had. I can only think of 1 wrestling tournament in 5th grade and a 1 bball game my freshman year that my dad was not in attendance. Back then I didn't think much of it but now I realize how privileged I was to have my dad at all my games. He worked so hard so that I could play sports and for that I am so grateful. My dad taught me how to be a great husband. I remember him bringing my mom flowers all the time, something that I have tried to do as well. My dad would bend over backwards for my mom, treating her the way she ought to be treated. My dad taught me how to be a strong and worthy priesthood holder. I will never forget they day when my dad gave me the Melchizedek priesthood. He was always ready to give me a blessing whenever I needed one. A week before my mission just me and my dad went and did a session at the salt lake temple. He was so great to be in the house of the Lord with my father, how grateful I am that he taught me how to worship my savior. Thank you dad for all that you have done for me in my life, you will always be my hero, I love you!


Sadly this is the most recent picture I have with my dad. I'm sure my siblings would agree what a great father we have


This was my dads birthday present to himself, to come hold caleb.


Caleb and I have matching John Deere tractor shirts!

Calebs' first week at home

Well were still alive after a week and half of having a baby. Caleb has been such a joy to have around the house. He is starting to be more awake everyday, yesterday he enjoyed watching tv with me and he would just stare at the tv. Its been hard for me to go to school this past week, I just want to stay home and play with Caleb and Amelia. Its not fair that I have to go to school while Amelia get to be home with the baby. Since I had to work over the weekend Amelia and the baby went to grandmas house so they could get help if they needed it. Friday was my dads 57 birthday, and he told my mom that for his present he wanted to drive in and see Caleb. It was nice of them to drive in and visit,i'm sure caleb enjoyed having new people to hold him. Caleb had some other vistors that day, my friends andrew and megan vera came in to see him. After seeing how cute he was i'm sure they have decided to start their own family. Here are a few pictures of Calebs' first week at home.

Caleb Andrew Clark!!!

Our little boy has finally arrived!!! Amelia began having contractions Thursday night and they continued all day Friday. Around 6pm they started to be regular and by 730 they were coming every 5 minutes and last a minute. We went for a little walk around the block and than decided to get ready for the hospital. We checked in around 945pm, she was dilated to 4cm and was around 90% effaced. Within the hour her contractions were increasing in intensity and she moved up too 5cm. So they took us up to the room where we would delivery and they broke her water. She stayed at a 5 for the next 3 hours, and was in incredible amounts of pain. She wanted so bad to have the birth without medication but the contractions were just to much for her. I thought it was pretty cool to watch them put the epidural in, I had learned all about it in school last semester. Amelia was in heaven once the drugs kicked in. We were both able to take a little power nap. Neither of us could believe what has happening, it seemed like this day was never going to come. At 5 am, an hour after the epidural she was dilated to 9 3/4 cm, they were amazed that she increased so much in just an hour. She began pushing around 6 and are little boy was here at 650 am, on June 5. Amelia did so well with labor, I was really impressed with her. She is so amazing, I never could have done what she did. It was so amazing to watch him come into this world. I had watched videos and they had grossed me out but watching my own son was so beautiful, there was nothing gross about it. He weighed in at 8 lb 6 oz, and was 21 inches long. He has a little bit of blonde hair, but it is hard to see. He is so gosh darn cute, and has been such a good boy. Amelia gave him a binky last night and now he thinks he always has to be sucking on it, he gets mad when its not in his mouth. He has some jaundice so he has this special light on him right now, its more like a wand that he just has to lay on. He does not have an extremely bad case, so hopefully he wont have to use the wand for more than 2 days or so. I want to thank everyone for the support we have received the past few days, it has been greatly appreciated. We'll probably update this more now that we will have exciting things to write about.
We look horrible in these pictures, but that just what happens. I'm sure we will have permanent bags under our eyes for the next few months. Enjoy!