Nana comes to visit

The Clark Clan missed the baby by a few days when then came out here for Thanksgiving. We saw the sights and I waddled around "pregnantly" taking my turn as a tourist. We rode the trolley, wandered down Beale street and ate ALOT of bar-be-que! We had fun, but... no baby! However, much to my surprise (and delight) after the baby was born Mama Clark called to tell me that she would be flying back to Memphis to take care of us after the Tanner family left. Two weeks of mamas??? What could be better than that??

Here's Mama Clark practicing her newest role "Nana"! She anticipated my every need and scurried around making life quite wonderful. However, even Nanas need naps. Carter decided to help her out with that...

After a few nights of jumping up to help me with middle of the night feedings, Nana was in need of a nap. Carter supervised the effort, but eventually he too succombed and fell asleep.

A few more home pictures

Here is a picture of Carter in his very favorite spot. When Bryce gets home from class he assumes "the position" and he and Carter take a well-deserved nap. They both seem to love the ritual.

This was taken Carter's first night home while we were waiting for the Tanner clan to arrive. Mom and Dad Tanner and Karla came to play with us and to help us take care of our new little one. It was WONDERFUL to have them here! There were able to take some time to play in Memphis and Vonnie got me through our first night home- wow!- I have no idea what I would have done without her! Fortunately we all survived and had a splendid time together.

Here is Carter snug in his car seat awaiting his first visit to the pediatrician. He likes to throw a fit for a few minutes before he realized that he loves his car seat and settles in for a nap. Unfortunately we had several trips to the doctor for jaundice tests and I was beginning to worry that he would start associating the car seat with people taking his blood. The good news is that he seems no worse for the wear!

Homecoming!!! Here is our tiny baby in his "huge" car seat. (Only Bryce knows how to actually install the crazy thing!)

The first thing Bryce did when we got home was play "Take me Out to the Ball Game" for Carter then they sat in the rocking chair and practiced holding the football.

It's good to have a daddy!

First Photos

Obviously this was taken BEFORE the contractions became unbelievably intense (before the sweating and vomiting) while I was still able to smile!

The official weigh in! Our little Carter weighed in at 7# 9oz and was 20 inches long. HE HAS GAINRD 2 WHOLE POUNDS SINCE THEN! Before we know it he will be leaving on a mission and we'll be left wondering where in the world the time went!

Carter Clark Tanner

Hi everyone! I only have time for a few pictures, but I thought I'd better get them on the blog before our loyal viewers get violent. All is well in our little world, we're all healthy and happy! Carter is already growing and eats like a small horse (there may be some uncle Stu in him!!) Bryce is back in school, in fact he missed his first day of classes this quarter so that he could hang out in the hospital with me! I went in at 5:00 Monday (November 27th) to be induced and our little one made his official appearance at 2:29 in the afternoon. It was a grueling day, but we're so excited to have him here with us.

Here is Carter and dad enjoying their first night of TV together. Monday night football!

Our brand new baby, Bryce was able to hold him as soon as they finished their tests and got him all wrapped up. Look at the proud daddy!! There I am looking puffy and tired, but VERY HAPPY, in the background.

Here is Carter asleep in his bassinet. He likes to practice flexing. Maybe he'll be a body builder like uncle Boyd! The other night Bryce was commenting on his arm muscles and he started flexing and showing dad his "guns" it was really amusing!

Two baby shower pictures

I have to give myself a time limit for posting things on the blog or I will end up spending ALL DAY working on it. I managed to get these two pictures and the two convocation pictures uploaded in a relatively short amount of time. I guess I shouldn't push my luck!
This sign is hanging in the baby's room and was made by my incredibly cute RS president. The little words inside the "Carter" say "I love you to the moon and back". She also got me the book that line comes from. (I think it's called Guess How Much I Love You.) Cute, cute, cute!
This is my marvelous new rocking chair! Here I am taking it for a "test rock" it's absolutely perfect- I'm so excited! I'll add more pictures in the near future so "y'all" can see who was there and some of the fun things I got.

Professional Pictures of Convocation

You've seen my attempt at picture taking during the Convocation ceremony, here are a couple of professional shots. You can look at a larger class picture on SCO's website www.sco.edu under the new pictures link on the first page of the photo gallery. Finding him is kind of like playing "Where's Waldo" except he doesn't have a red and white striped shirt on (that would have made it a lot easier).