Memorial Day Weekend in Lake City

We spent Memorial Day Weekend up in Lake City, Michigan. We snuck in a quick visit with the deRoo's on Thursday night - staying over with them in Zeeland. Friday morning Chris and Taylor played 9 holes of golf at 6:30 AM!! We also snuck in a visit with Grandpa Buter Friday morning before heading up to the cottage.

We had a very nice and relaxing time - per usual. We had amazing weather and really enjoyed our last family trip as a couple. Unfortunately we didn't take many pictures - but the whole Clark family was there. We spent our time reading, fishing, walking, playing yard games and most importantly eating smiley face cookies.

34 - almost 35 weeks

Charlie loved it! My goodness the boy has some crazy ears!

Happy Birthday Chris!

Well - I think Chris' 28th birthday is one he won't soon forget. Thanks to a weekend chock full of rain - we spent Chris' birthday and the week following working on drying out our basement. Fortunately we didn't have much damage, but the carpet was soaked! We threw out the wet carpet pad and once everything got dry we had new carpet pad installed. We are so thankful that we were able to save our less than a year old carpet - and couldn't have done it without the help of family and friends!

Even though the basement was drenched - we still took time to celebrate Chris' birthday by going out to eat and having cake and ice cream. And I sure hope he liked those fans and dehumidifier I got him for his birthday. Oh and the new carpet pad too! :)

30 Weeks!

Here's my picture at 30 weeks - (April 27)
Charlie's still not sure what the big deal is...

Run Taylor Run

WAY back in April...we hosted our dear friends Taylor and Abby. And the top agenda item for the weekend - Taylor running the Derby Festival Marathon in Louisville. This was his first marathon - and judging by how well he did I would say it won't be his last. Abby, Chris and I had so much fun following him around the course cheering him on.

What makes a good cheerleader? I'd say cut outs of someone's head on a stick helps quite a bit:

We first got to see him as he entered Churchill Downs

He was running too fast...but he gave us a lovely orange grin here - with his orange peel in his mouth. That Taylor...always being silly.

Stop #2:

While we waited - thought we should get my 29 week picture out of the way:

Here he comes!

And there he goes...

Getting close to the end of the race - here we are waiting for him to come back across the bridge. Chris thought he'd strike a pose with the new Yum Brands arena they are building downtown. I mean the building is alright...but who cares about watching red birds play basketball?

Here he comes again!

Run Taylor Run!!

To celebrate what an awesome job he did - we had to supply him with a carrot cake..

We are so proud of you Taylor!

Nursery

Who knew assembling furniture was so fun? I was expecting the worst - having heard horror stories about putting together a crib. I feel like we might be up for some kind of record because I think we got ours assembled in less than a half hour. Feeling inspired (and a little ambitious) we thought - why not go ahead and put together the rest of the furniture. Well - let's just say that Ikea furniture takes some time. Not that it was difficult...just a LOT more pieces. But it feels awesome to have this nursery on it's way to being ready.

So atop this dresser is where Baby Clark will get his diaper changed...I hear babies get their diapers changed every so often.
Where Baby Clark will be sleeping...and yes - we will get him a mattress to sleep on - it's on our to-do list.
Storage for the little guy's toys and what not..
and a side table...to go beside a rocker or a glider or something...which is also on the to-do list.
And Charlie begged to be put up on the blog...so - here's a pic of Charlie in the nursery.

And what do you think of the walls? Chris is quite the painter - he did an awesome job and we are really pleased with the color. If you can't tell from the pics - it's a light green. And when it's really sunny outside it looks a little yellow.

Uncle Aaron and Aunt Hannah make a visit!

We had a great time visiting with Aaron and Hannah. After a yummy lunch from Zaxby's, scenic drive and shopping in Berea, we spent Saturday afternoon/evening enjoying the "spring" weather on the back deck.
Sunday we headed up to Cincy to watch the Cubbies play.

Baby Shower

Thursday April 1, 2010
deRoo House
Zeeland, MI

26 weeks!

the delicious desserts...how cute are those cupcakes?

"real babies wear orange" :)
and wrap up in a hope college towel(s)

lucky for Baby Clark - this gift was so thoughtful that we got two!

I don't think Chris understands how handy this pillow is...

boys versus...
girls

Taylor and Abby threw us an amazing baby shower! It was so fun to have all of our friends together to hang out for a night. We are so lucky to have such awesome people in our lives.