Baby Appt #2 today...

Well, we had another appointment today. Little Baby Clark's heartbeat was again between 140-150. Staying steady. Everything seems fine and normal, I have another appointment on January 28th and the ultrasound is on the 18th! Yay! So excited to see Baby Clark.

In other news, my best friend is having a baby as well. We are both so excited! Ever since we were little we always wanted to have kids at the same time, so it'll be fun having our little ones grow up together. She has her first appointment on January 5. We are excited to hear how that goes.

The college application is now complete for Alan, we are just waiting on the status of the application to be accepted or rejected. As for my schooling, I only have English 2 left and then I will be officially done with school! So excited to get a degree, it's been a long time coming. I guess that's all for now.

Happy New Year everyone! This year will bring lots of excitement and new things for us.

Love,

The Clark Family

Blizzard!

Well, this was quite the interesting Christmas! We decided to drive to Betsy and Patrick's for Christmas on Wednesday instead of Thursday due to snow. Good thing we did. I have no idea how much snow we have had, however, there are snow drifts 5 ft high or higher around here. We woke up this morning with snow covered streets, sometimes up to my waist in height. The plows couldn't get here for awhile, they just started plowing a few hours ago. It's going to take a long time to dig out. We heard that the state plow couldn't get past Flasher which is 15 miles east of here.

As for Minot, they are in quite the predicament. If you are found in a vehicle driving the roads, you will get a ticket from the police. Laura just barely made it home last night from work with her 4 wheel drive vehicle and was only allowed home with the promise that she would be able to make it back to work today. She was picked up by a snowmobile sent by the hospital to go to work today. I kid you not, a snowmobile is the only way to get around Minot because the snow is about 3-4 feet deep on the roads. They have stopped all snow plows from traveling and they are all apparently parked at the fire stations. Thomas was also driven to work by a snowmobile today and his car is buried at work with 3-4 foot drifts and is hopefully going to work as he ran over a pillow drift and may have damaged the engine, poor guy! The really interesting story of the day was Dad and his escapades. He had to go into Wal-Mart for work last night at 9pm. He made it there but around 6am when he had to come home he got stuck and was able to dig himself out the first time, the second time was not successful and was pulled out and the third time he just abandoned the vehicle in the middle of an intersection! I am totally serious, it is in the middle of a main intersection, but since there is no travel, it should be alright. The police were called to make them aware of the situation and they were thankful to know. Dad had to walk until someone picked him up and then he had to walk a few blocks to their house, and let me tell you it is tough to walk in high snow!

Hannah and I went outside this morning to check out Main St which is only 2 blocks away and I almost couldn't make it there and back. I knew pregnancy has increased my asthma two fold but I didn't think to bring an inhaler as it is so new still. I thought I was going to pass right out from exhaustion. Thankfully we got home and I am no worse for wear, I am taking it easy and hopefully the baby is no worse for wear as well.

We had a wonderful Christmas with everyone. Our little one got lots of presents which was a nice surprise. My wonderful husband also bought me a maternity pillow, it is huge, it is a U shaped pillow and is the length of my body on both sides, I love it! Well, I guess that is all for now from the snowed in town of Carson, ND. I'm not sure when we will get home as it may be treacherous for a while now. Thankfully the Diehls are gracious and do not seem to be in any great hurry to rid of us. :-) Take care everyone and stay safe.

Lots of love,

The Clark Family

Baby's heartbeat

Hello all,

I have really been bad about updating this post. I wrote a post several days ago and then posted it and the page went blank, so I gave up for that time being. I had my first Dr's appt for the baby and it went really well. The Dr. said everything was good and the heartbeat was between 140-150 beats. A friend of ours said it is definitely a girl because of the heartbeat, he said he should know, he has 3 daughters. I guess he has a 50/50 chance of being right. Our next appointment is December 31. So exciting.

Christmas is coming right around the corner. What a wonderful time of year. Alan had both of his school concerts and they went really well. We'll be stopping in Minot on the 23rd into the 24th to exchange presents with Alan's family and then off to Aunt Betsy's in Carson.

As for school, I am completely done with one class and just have to finish up another one. Can't wait for it to be over. Then, only one more class to go and I'll have that piece of paper called a degree! Anyway, that's all for now. Hope everyone is doing well. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Love,

The Clark Family

Christmas coming....

I can't believe Christmas is coming so soon. I am now 14 weeks 2days along and showing just a little as evidenced by the picture on facebook. I had to order my first round of maternity clothes as some of the pants are a little tight around the waist. Alan's grandparents were super sweet and sent down some money from Canada to help out with the purchase. How thoughtful! I have to admit it was kind of fun shopping. I purchased 4 pair of pants and 4 shirts. Hopefully will be able to last awhile before having to get too much more stuff.

Today I am finishing up on homework that really needs to get done, but this afternoon, Alan and I are starting the beginning stages of chocolate covered cherries. So exciting, there is snow on the ground and it seems like Christmas! On that note, we haven't been to my Aunt Betsy's in a while. We are going there for the Christmas holiday and so excited for it. We haven't been to visit since this past summer I think. It's always a time of fun and relaxation, especially with the girls there. They are lots of fun to be around. Aunt Betsy cooks delicious meals and Uncle Patrick, well we just enjoy our serious as well as light hearted talks. Good times.

My first Dr's appointment is this Thursday so I will update everyone on that. I think that is probably all for now, if you are in Maine and reading this, maybe you will be getting snow today? If so, enjoy it, it really is beautiful and helps to really welcome in the season! Sixties in December is just wrong. :)

Love to you all,

The Clark Family