Happy Halloween!

Clark was a rough-and-tough Hockey Player this year.

Unfortunately he didn't feel super tough during the photo shoot!

He "lost" all his teeth in a fight during the last game...

I thought a toy might help him stop crying....

 Last ditch effort: distract him with pumpkins!

Last year Clark was a Clark-O-Lantern:

We had a visit from cousin Ellie!!!  I thought putting the candy basket there would distract Clark from crying...didn't work...Ellie was like, "dude get a grip! Play it cool, like me." haha

First Haircut

Last Tuesday, Clark got his first haircut.  Let's just say, he hated it! Haha but the results are great! He looks super handsome with his 'do all cleaned up.  I kept some pieces for his baby book.  Here are some pictures of the occasion:

Before:

Before:

Before (see how upset he was with his hair?! haha):

During:

 We set up the computer so he could watch Mickey Mouse and be distracted...it didn't work very well, as you can see...haha

Aunt Katelyn was very patient with all his tears and wiggles:

After: 

 After (not sure if you can see his hair..but I love this picture from lunch at Grandma's yesterday!):

Happy Birthday Mackenzie Elizabeth!!

Today was Mackenzie's 8th birthday!!  She is such a sweetheart!!  We love hearing about her piano lessons and adventures at school.  She was so sweet with Clark at the shore this summer.  This year we got her a Disney piano book for her birthday!  It arrived a couple days late, so Mackenzie sent us this video as she was opening it:

here we are at the Atlantic City Aquarium (Mackenzie has the purple shirt on):

 Checking out some turtles at the aquarium (Mackenzie has the white hairbow in):

We're excited to see Mackenzie grow over the next year!  Happy Birthday!!

More pictures of Ellie!

Here are some more pictures of the day(s) after Ellie was born...couldn't resist...:)

Jon changing his first diaper!

Clark at 16 months

Here are some pics of Clark at 16 months.  He is still not walking, but he can stand up on his own and continues to walk along furniture.  He sleeps well, eats well, and just got a whole slew of new, size 18-months clothes!  I will update more over the weekend!

messing around with Daddy:

helping Daddy and Pops install our new storm door:

favorite toy: walker!

2nd favorite toy: cozy coupe! :)

 playing with toys on Mommy: