Aine's New Halloween Costume?

Getting Ready for Halloween

We finally have a porch to display a pumpkin this year! Yeah! So, for family night this week we tried carving a pumpkin for the first time. He lost one of his teeth in the process. Oops!

Tanner Pictures

Meeting Baby Brother Tanner

These pictures were taken right after Tanner and I got home from the hospital. You can see the excitement in Aine's face. She couldn't stop talking about Tanner and wanted to keep touching him. She wanted to name all of his different body parts. She would look up at me while pointing and saying "Eye". And she couldn't stop saying "Baby". She seemed to understand what was happening a lot more than I had given her credit for. After seeing baby Tanner she started rubbing her tummy and saying "Baby" and then pointed to Tanner.

Not a Little Girl Any More

My little Aine is not so much a little Aine anymore. She is filling some big boots as a new big sister already.

Of course, just as everyone says, the minute I saw Aine after getting home from the hospital I couldn't believe how big she was. Her hands, her face, her eyes, they all seemed larger than I remembered.

Seeing Tanner in the hospital, he looked just like Aine did when she was a new born and I guess I couldn't get that image out of my mind. Now that I'm home with her I see that she is not a baby anymore, but a little girl. She can tell you what's on her mind and do a lot of things on her own.

My heart breaks when I think about the times with Aine that I will never get back. But I am so grateful for all the future special moments that we will share. I love you, Aine and I will love you forever!

Tanner is Here!

We welcome to the world Tanner Spencer Clark. He was born last night at 8:17 p.m. weighing at 6 lbs 12 1/2 oz. He is 20 inches long. We are so excited to have him here. He was originally due to come on the 24th of October. But during my doctor's appointment yesterday we talked about what I had been going through this past week and my doctor said I had been in the early stages of labor. To avoid going into labor on the freeway she decided to have me induced last night. It all went pretty fast, we arrived in the labor and delivery room around 5:30 and just shy of 3 hours later he was here. I can't wait for Aine to meet her baby brother! :)