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! 

Thanksgiving

We got to go up to St. George for Thanksgiving!  The first part of the week we got to go and spend it with my parents, the Stacey family, and my Grandparents.  It was so much fun! We mainly just hung out and relaxed.  But it was perfect! 

For Thanksgiving dinner we went over to Christian's Aunt and Uncles house.  We got to spend it with his parents and his Dad and siblings got to meet Clark for the first time.  Dinner was delicious and the company was great!  After dinner we came to Las Vegas with the Johnson family.  We spent the whole weekend together, enjoying Clark!  We were so grateful that they sacrificed their time from work and school to come see us and meet Clark!  They are the best! 

 We went down to the strip one day.  We also went to Pei Wei.  It was delicious!  But, mostly we just hung out at home and played games and stared at Clark! It was exactly how we wanted to spend our weekend!

Mama P.

I just feel like I need to write a post specifically for my Mom.  I have known for a long time that my mom is the greatest.  But I literally could not have made it through the first few weeks of Clark's life without her.  

She did every little thing for us.  Made us dinner, cleaned our house, did all of our laundry, and even took Clark at night. 

The first night we got home it had been 24 hours since we had slept.  Clark was screaming for what felt like an eternity.  We finally came out of our room at 3 in the morning and I was in tears.  I was sure I somehow injured Clark and this was a result of my bad parenting.  But she was there to comfort me, tell me he was okay.  And then she took him from us and told us to go get some sleep.  I am so grateful for that. 

She is the best Grandma.  Not only did she take care of us for 10 days.  But she when she left she filled our freezer with freezer meals.  We didn't have to cook at all for the first month.  

I hope to be like her one day.  I look up to her so much and I am so thankful for everything she has taught me, done for us, and how much love and service she has shown us.  Love you Mom! 

Happy Birthday Christian!

We celebrated Christian's 26th birthday on November 20th!  We went out for wings and had a little birthday party at our house.  I am so thankful for him and everything he does for our little family. Love you Christian!