The Clark Blog

Tired of seeing our Halloween pics??? Well, we are too! LOL. At this point, life is so busy we don’t have time to post excuses… so thanks for checking back with us! During the first week of December we had a nice change in weather here… We don’t see much of the white stuff this far down south, so when it snows it’s quite an event. Avery thought it was time to put on her coat and venture out in to the thick of it!

A quick family pic…

And Mamaw was there to help behind the scenes… Thanks Mamaw!!!

Avery was totally fascinated with the snow. It’s amazing to see her experience new things…

The snow was really coming down for a while there…

Just wish it could have stayed around for longer!

Avery, Family

Our friends Mark and Amy Potts had a few extra tickets to the Texans vs Titans and invited us to tag along for a parent’s night out. The seats were great, the beer was cold, and the game… well… it still hurts to talk about it, but we had a blast regardless!

The club seats were AWESOME, so we had a great view of the pre-game festivities…

Our excellent hosts… Thanks to both of you for a wonderful time!

Friends

Since this is our first Christmas in Bellaire, we wanted to celebrate in style and take Avery to meet Santa. We still can’t believe the number of people who showed up at the event. The line for Santa wasn’t very long people wise, but he made sure to listen very carefully to what everyone wanted, so it took a little longer than we expected. But have no fear… Mommy came prepared with plenty of formula and diapers, and all of us had fun while waiting!

We were fairly certain there would be a Level 9 meltdown…

And we were right! Who IS that man… and what is that scary white thing on his face!?! I’m beginning to understand how our parents must have enjoyed torturing us!!!

The holiday event was complete with snow and sled rides… This year we just watched.

Avery even got to ride her first pony at the petting zoo! I think that was her favorite part.

Avery, Family

This year we celebrated Avery’s first Halloween in style with some awesome Raggedy Ann and Andy costumes. Avery didn’t mind getting dressed up, however, it took her a while to get used to mommy and daddy’s new look. After putting our wigs on in front of her (several times) she finally figured it out, LOL! We also had a great time celebrating with our new friends (and soon to be neighbors) Todd, Leslie and Lauren Bazin. Since their house was not finished yet, we invited them over for dinner and maybe some trick-r-treating on our street.

Avery’s expression says it all… ummmm who are you people?!?

Awwwwww…

One more pose with daddy!

Avery really liked the decorations we used on our front porch. Here’s her spoooooky face!!

This was a great shot with Todd and Lauren. We hung out on the front porch taking pics and talking to neighbors, and ended up missing our window to walk the street! The girls got super hungry so we made some bottles and also fired up the grill for the big people. Our house had a few trick-r-treaters this year, however, there’s a ton of candy left over!

One last pic of Avery and Lauren meeting for the second time. Lauren is 2 months older than Avery, so Aves got to see Lauren’s excellent crawling technique in action!

Avery, Family, Friends, Holidays

Our good friends Andrew, Nicole, Sarah and Brendan came in from Austin to visit a few weekends ago. Only a couple of the pics ended up being blog worthy, so I’m posting the nice ones below. All the kiddos had a wee bit of energy, which made most of the pics blurry! Hmmm… maybe Santa needs to bring daddy a new camera??? LOL. So we fired up the grill and had a great time watching everyone play together. It was also recently Brendan’s 1st b-day, so we opened some presents and had lots of fun!

Everyone poses for a quick pic after opening gifts…

Avery wasn’t sure what to think about this new gift opening ritual… but based on her love of wrapping paper, we think Christmas should be pretty entertaining!

Andrew made quick friends with Avery, while Brendan tried to get our attention in the background. LOL.

We can’t wait to see you guys again!

Avery, Family, Friends