Poll Time

Not a lot is going on in the Clark household right now, which is why a lot of my past few posts have been about the baby.  It seems that is the only thing new going on here.

My ultrasound isn't scheduled until February 19th!  Ugh. Forever away!  I'll almost be 21 weeks by that time, but I turn 20 weeks on the 14th (Valentines Day) and my doctors office kindof refuses to see me before 20 weeks.  The 14th lands on a Friday and the ultrasound is only available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  So just with scheduling and everything I get to wait till first thing Wednesday (the 19th) morning.

So as per tradition I'm putting up the baby gender poll for you to guess boy or girl.

17 Weeks

Brad felt the baby last night!  Never has he felt the baby so early in my pregnancies, its usually after 20 weeks.  However last night as we were lying in bed I felt my stomach harden and took Brads hand to have him feel it.  "this is where the baby is" I told him, and right then we felt little pops, one right after another.  It felt like popcorn was popping in my belly.  I was so surprised.  I rarely even feel the baby and even when I do its still only flutters.  So to feel it so hard and distinctly caught me off guard, and to have Brad feel it too was just a special moment.  I'm sure the baby did this just for Brad.  I must have another daddy's favorite in there.

Oh Carson!

We were driving in the car this weekend and here is the funny conversation that went down with Carson:

Cars: Did you know Heavenly Father answers our prayers?

Mom: Yes, I did

Cars: I'm going to say a prayer right now; "Dear Heavenly Father, please bless me that I can get a cat"

Mom: (turns to Brad and smiles)
a few minutes later

Cars: Mom, where is Jesus?  He is supposed to bring me a cat!

Mom: (shakes her head) Jesus is not like Santa Claus, Carson.  Jesus gives you blessings not gifts! (a longer discussion ensues)

Carson is at the age where he questions everything, always surprising me with what he does know, and remembers everything.  He is at such a impressionable age, and I love that he asks questions.  Even if they do catch me off guard or make me uncomfortable (he asked me the other day how the baby comes out of my tummy).  I realize even more now that he is paying careful attention and I need to watch my voice and actions, and be a great teacher, because he is like a little sponge that is soaking everything up.

15 weeks & 4 days

Felt the baby move for the first time tonight!  I have felt what I thought might be little flutters before, but never was positive it was the baby.  Then tonight Tanner pushed on my stomach and I felt an undeniable jump from the baby.  I love that feeling!

Houston Museum of Natural Science

 This Friday Fun Day weekend we went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science.  I've heard really good things about this museum and was excited to go.  Turns out this museum is one of the top ten most visited museums and it didn't disappoint!

They had a really great paleontology exhibit.  Carson loved looking at all the dinosaur bones.  Tanner was a little intimidated by their size.

 The evolution of the human skull...

 My favorite part of the museum was the Ancient Egypt exhibit.  When we went to Philadelphia we went to the King Tut exhibition.  It was very disappointing.  They only had one mummy and it wasn't even King Tut, if I remember correctly it was his mother.  This exhibit blew the King Tut one out of the water.  They had so many artifacts as well as quite a few mummies. I find the ancient Egyptian culture fascinating.  I would love to go to Egypt one day.

Carson was so excited to see the mummies until he realized these where real mummies.  Then he got a little scared.  We had to reassure him a few times that they were already dead and not coming back to life.

 A roomful of mummies

 Tanner hadn't taken a nap today and we found him like this at one point in the museum, taking a little cat nap.

Another awesome part of the museum was the gem portion.  Carson really liked the crystals, but his favorite would have to be the green kyrptonite (the rock that is Superman's weakness) that he found.

 After the museum we went across the street to this beautiful park and rode the train.

It was another fun 3 day weekend at the Clark house.  Love that there is so much to do and see here!

14 Weeks

I'm 14 weeks and due the 4th of July!  What a fun time of year!  Although I've never actually delivered on my due date before, the 4th of July would be a fun day to have your birthday on!

Out of all 4 of my pregnancies this has been the easiest 1st trimester (ironically my miscarriage was the sickest I got).  It seems with each pregnancy morning sickness gets better and better.  They doctor joked that my body just knows how to handle pregnancy better.  Don't get me wrong I still had morning sickness, just not so bad.  Or maybe it just didn't seem so bad, because it didn't last as long.  With my other pregnancies 6 weeks on the dot I started getting sick, and this time around it wasn't until 9 weeks that I started getting sick then it all ends around 12-13 weeks.

This was also the first time we've been able to tell family in person that we are expecting.  Brad was able to deliver the news to his family around the Thanksgiving table.

Carson is excited for a new sibling.  Before I got pregnant he would always tell us he wanted a baby sister named Lucy (after the Singletons little girl), but ever since we told him about a new baby coming he keeps saying he wants another brother named Batman.  Tanner on the other hand, has absolutely no clue whats going on.

I love looking back on my blog and seeing my past pregnancy posts of both Carson and Tanner.  One reason I love having my blog.  Its so great to remember what its like, because pregnancy is one of those things you easily forget about once the baby arrives.  For example, I forgot about how scared I got when we received news of different complications with Tanner, or even the shock of looking at pictures and seeing just how big I got.

We are looking forward to our newest arrival, though we are still somewhat in denial that we will now have 3 children and will officially be outnumbered.