3 Months

Clark is officially three months old.  He is making his transition out of the newborn stage and it is kind of bittersweet.  He is so fun and such a light in our life.  I love being home with him all day and love watching him learning new things.

Clark is such a happy baby!  He loves to smile and is starting to giggle when we try really hard. I love walking into the room after nap time and he goes from crying to the cheesiest grin... nothing boosts your self esteem like a giant smile from your baby.  He is the best.  

He recently found his hands and is constantly sucking on them.  He also is never content to lay down.  He just wants to sit up and look around.  He is so curious.  Always looking around the room. He also started reaching for his toys. It takes all his concentration and he reaches for them.  I love it. (P.s. look at those rolls!!!!!!) 

  

He hates tummy time.  You'd think he'd eventually realize that it is just part of life.  But he hasn't figured that out yet.  Hopefully he starts to like it soon! He also hates to cuddle.  It is like a dream come true when he relaxes for like 5 seconds and lays on our chest or nestles in.  

I know this doesn't sound real... but we are pretty sure that he loves 80's music.  80's pop to be exact.  Put on some Salt N Pepper and he is allllllllll smiles.  He is also a big fan of the Rocky theme song! We are currently teaching him the Scottsman (Utah States fight song).  He likes that too.  

This face... although heartbreaking... is one of my favorites.  It is just so so cute!  Clark hates having stinky diapers.  But can you blame him?  He also hates being hungry. Once again... who doesn't.  He is most fussy when he is tired.  His eyes get red and he starts to freak out.  We always know its bed/nap time.  

We started sleep training this month and he is doing great!! When we got home from our 6 week vacation he was pretty confused and would seriously only sleep if he was in my arms.  I was going to be a crazy person if it came to that... so we started the training.  It took about 2 a few days but now he usually cry's for about 5 minutes... but then he is out like a light.  

We love this little guy so much!! Each month he just gets cuter and cuter and more and more fun.  Being a mom is defiantly harder than I ever thought it would be.  Some days I have no idea what I got into.. but then I just look at him and I reminded how lucky I am to be his mama.  He is such a sweet and funny little man and we just seriously can not get enough.  

Bath Time

Clark seriously loves bath time.  It is my favorite time of the day because he is always smiley and he just is content to play.  Sometimes if he is super fussy and I don't know what is wrong... I just stick him in the bath and he cheers right up.  It is the cutest thing ever.  Bonus: he smells so good afterwords.  I'm pretty sure I could eat him. 

He litterally will just splash around and play like this for as long as we let him.  It is the best. 

He does not, however, like to get dressed.  He screams bloody murder every time we try and put something over his head.  

Logan

Clark did awesome on his first road trip!  He slept both ways almost the entire time.  Christian and I listened to Unbroken on tape, mixed with a little TSwift of course.  

We got to Logan and got to spend the first few days with my family.  We didn't get to spend a ton of time with my siblings in Washington so we were happy to have few more days together.  We mostly hung out and ate chic-fil-la.  But we mixed in an a few games and made our way to the spectrum to see our Aggies play!  It was so so fun! 

While we were there Clark slept his first 8 hour stretch... so that was pretty dang exciting!  I am pretty sure everyone got sick of me saying "my baby slept 8 hours last night"  But I was pretty proud.  And extremely happy to finally have a full night of uninterrupted sleep. 

After the fun weekend with my family we moved over to Christian's parents house!  We had so much fun there as well!  We watched movies, went to Center Street Grill, played games, and hung out.  Christian has the flu while we were there.. so that was a bummer. But we had so much fun otherwise.  It is always nice to just be able to relax and spend time with family.  

We had such a great trip and were so sad to leave!  We were so lucky to be able to live in Logan for three years so close to our family, it is always hard to leave.  Logan will always hold a special place in our hearts.  It's where we met, got married, and have so many good memories from our time at Utah State!  

Clark's Blessing Day

We had an awesome trip to Logan.  We were able to bless Clark up there in Christian's parents ward.  We also got to spend a lot of time hanging out with family.  It was a great trip!

Clark's blessing day was so so special!  We woke up early and got Clark ready.  He looked so handsome in his blessing suit.  I love this little guy so much.

We headed to the church and Christian gave Clark the sweetest blessing.  He had both his grandpa's, his great grandpa Norval, his uncles Kevin, Brad, and Steve stand in the circle.  I am so grateful for priesthood blessings. 

Clark has brought such a sweet spirit to our home.  Every time I look at him I am overwhelmed with how much my Heavenly Father loves me.  We are so lucky for him to be apart of our lives.  I can't wait to see Clark grow up in the gospel and to see what he becomes.  He is perfect. We really do love him so much! 

After the blessing we headed over to Katie and Steve's.  We had a little lunch with all our family and a few friends.  It was perfect! 

There are 5 generations in this picture.  How cool is that? 

We are so grateful for the support that we have.  Clark is lucky to have to awesome sets of grandparents, great grandparents, and aunts and uncles.  

In-between Trips

We were home from Washington and we had a few days before we were leaving for Logan.  In-between trips we had doctors appointments, we decorated Clark's nursery, and we had just a little bit of relaxing time before our next vacation. 

Clark had his two month check-up while we were home.  He weighed in at 12 pounds 12 ounces and was 24 inches long!! We love every bit of chub on that body.  He got his first round of shots and it was so sad!  I haven't heard him cry that hard since he was born. But, he is as healthy as can be and we love him so so much! 

While were home Christian hung up Clark's decorations.  I am so happy that they are finally on the walls.  I love them! 

And then it was time for our next trip... off to Logan we went! 

Christmas in Washington

Christian had a 6 week Christmas break for school.  We got to spend 2 and a half weeks up in Washington.  We ate a LOT of food, did a LOT of shopping, and a LOT of relaxing.  It was the best!! Thanks for letting us come and stay with you Mom and Dad! 

It was fun to dress up a little baby for the Sunday before Christmas!  He is so cute! 

We love these cute boy cousins! 

We went to the Grotto to see lights in Portland.  It was so beautiful! 

On Christmas Eve we kicked off our party with Santa coming to visit!  He brought all the kids books and all the adults Jimmy Johns gift cards.  Santa is so generous! 

 After Santa left we acted out the Nativity, had a delicious dinner, and opened a few presents.

We ended the night with one of my favorite Pickett family Christmas traditions, matching PJS! The kids all had onsie Pajamas with names on their bums.  It was so so cute! 

And then we send goodnight and waited for Santa to come! 

We woke up on Christmas morning and spent a few hours opening presents.  There are 18 of us.. so it took some time.  haha We had a big yummy breakfast and spent most of the day being lazy playing with our toys.  We went on a walk in the afternoon and ate our traditional clam and potato chowder.  It was a perfect day! 

While we were there Marissa Bailey went through the temple.  My sisters watched Clark so Christian and I could be there with her.  It was an amazing experience as always!  

When I got out of the temple my sister had sent me a picture of Clark and Karleigh with caption of "Clark is having so much fun going down all the slides!"  I thought it was pretty weird that they were taking my newborn down the slides... but I couldn't do anything about it.  When I came home they informed me it was a joke and that Karleigh took a doll down the slide.  They were hoping for me to freak out... but what was I going to say to them?  Well sisters, you got me! But I am pretty glad you didn't actually let Karleigh take Clark down the slides.

After the temple we had a little adult night.  We went out to dinner and desert.  I haven't lauged that hard in a long long time.  I sure do love these parents and siblings of mine!  I miss living by all of them. 

We had lots of visitors while we were there! My best friend from high school and my best friend from middle school were among those visitors! It was so fun to see them both! 

We spent new years with the Baiely's and the soon to be Parson's.  We went out to dinner and then came home and played hand and foot and watched the ball drop.   Clark was out cold when midnight came around.  I was sortive jealous. 

My parents watched Clark one night so we could go see the Hunger Games and go get ice cream.  It was our first date without Clark and it was nice to be together as just the two of us for a bit.  I sure picked the best man possible to spend eternity with! 

Overall it was a really fun trip!  I am so thankful that we were able to go and spend so much time with my parents and a few days with my siblings too.  I love Christmas!