New Blog!

Since this blog was hacked, I haven't been able to get everything back, so we are starting over. We have a new blog address clarkanderinjones.blogspot.com . I will leave this blog up for a little while, then it's history. So change the address, and we'll see you on the new site! (Not much up yet, but coming soon!)

Annnnnnnd...We're Back!

Hi everyone! I thought I would never get the blog back after the hacker got in, but here we are! I think things are still a little weird, hopefully I can get things restored, if anyone knows about this stuff and can help me out, that would be great. Like, why are the pictures still not showing? And it seems like I can't edit anything besides putting up a new post, like the blog list, can't find it anywhere. I'm pretty blogger illiterate, I'm sure someone out there knows more about this!

Henry: Two Months

I'm late on this post, Henry was two months old on July 5th. He is an absolute joy, so smiley and social. He smiled for the first time when he was only 3 weeks old, and has kept it up nonstop since then. With Clarkie we had to put on a show to get one little smile out of him, but Henry will smile as soon as you look at him. He also 'talks' a lot, cooing a bunch. It melts our hearts. He is kind of an overeater, but he's growing fast. At his two month checkup weighed in at 12 lbs 6 oz and is 24 inches long. He also rolled over tummy to back last week. We love him to pieces!

Fourth of July

We had a quiet 4th of July this year since it was on Sunday and the cousins were out of town. We did make it out to see the city of Chandler's fireworks, which were pretty weak. Clarkie watched for about five minutes, and then decided he would rather play driver. He did add a new word to his vocabulary to describe the fireworks though: "WOW". I think his favorite part was sitting in traffic on the way out and watching the trucks and motorcycles. The kid has a thing for wheels- and I am scared already.

Henry's Blessing

On June 27th, Clark blessed our little Henry Eldon Jones. It was the same day as Clark's little brother Brock's homecoming talk after his mission to Slovenia/Croatia/Serbia, so lots of family was in town. He was blessed at the Jones house and we were lucky to have Clark's dad, both his brothers, Grandpa Blum and two of his uncles there to participate. It was a wonderful blessing, and we are so glad so much of the family could be a part of it.

Father's Day

I know, I know, Father's Day was almost a month ago, but I never got around to posting this picture of all my handsome boys. Thank you Clark for being the best father to our sons, we love you!

Clark: 18 Months

Clarkie is actually almost 19 months, but it has been a busy time for us, I haven't been able to get this post up. He has been growing so fast, we can't believe how big our little boy is getting. He is a wonderful big brother, loves to give his "Henwee" hugs and kisses, but also has to be careful because he is getting so strong! He has boundless energy and rarely takes a nap at all these days. He loves motorcycles, he spots them before we do and says 'vroom vroom'. His favorite words are dada, mom, henry, boom, stroller, ball, keys and I guess the list could go on and on. We go swimming almost every day and he is fearless, jumps right in and holds his breath like a champ. He favorite foods are probably Ritz crackers, grapes and apples, but he hates most veggies. We can hardly keep up with him, he is so curious, but we wouldn't have it any other way. Love you so much Clarkie boy!

At Home with Henry

We've been having a wonderful week at home with our little Henry. If possible, he is an even better baby than his big brother was.

Coming home from the hospital; not one cry when we put him in the carseat!

Handsome Boy

Thank you Grandma Jones for all your help!

Learning how to play Modern Warfare 2 at an early age.

Clarkie loves his little brother

Clarkie got some personal Dad time when Clark took him hiking.

Enjoying some freedom.

Hermanos.

Quatro and Cinco are getting along great.

Henry Eldon Jones

Henry Eldon Jones was born at 6:01 pm on May 5th 2010. He weighed in at 8 lbs 4 oz. He has a full head of dark hair and is in perfect health. Erin is doing great.

Springtime

We've been having a wonderful spring down here, loving the sunshine before the heat. Here's my handsome boy on Easter:

He was totally into the Easter egg hunt, I figured he would just be running all over.





He loves to dip his food now, chips and salsa, fries and ketchup, bread and gravy, anything.


Clark's sister Kelsey has been in town in case I go into labor, but since there's no baby yet we've just been hanging out doing fun things, like going to the zoo again!


Clarkie was way more interested in this tractor than the giant rhino behind him.


And finally a picture of me pregnant. 38 and a half weeks and ready to go; speaking of which, I'm scheduled to be induced on Wednesday! We'll be meeting this little boy soon- so excited! (Clarkie couldn't help getting in this picture).

Clarkie's Haircut

Last week we were discussing how badly Clarkie needed a haircut, and Clark says "Wouldn't he look great with a mohawk?" And then we proceeded to find out!

I think he liked it

The more relaxed 'do

He's smiling, but he was totally stuck. (We now have a wonderful baby gate to keep him out of the kitchen; it has saved my life)

The mohawk lasted about a week, and now he has a nice, clean cut buzz.

And here is the only picture of Clark's hunting trip he went on a couple weeks ago. They were hunting javelina, but a few hours after this was taken, a storm moved in and rained them out, soaking them and their camp.

Way Overdue!

To cover the last two months entirely would take a long time, so here's a few pictures of what we have been up to. Clark finished his first semester of law school very well, and the fun is just getting started for him again. We had a really nice trip to California to spend the holidays with our families. We bounced around between households, spending Christmas eve day seeing my grandma, then on to Clark's grandparents to spend Christmas eve and Christmas morning. All the descendants of Clark's moms parents were there, 22 in all I think (although we missed Brock who is still on his mission in Slovenia.) And then back to the Rays we went for Christmas dinner. It was a wonderful blur. Clark left a few days before me and came back to AZ to go camping with his dad, brother and uncle. I think they had fun but of course I have no pictures of that.
January flew by and I'm not sure what happened! I've been continuing to work part time at a subacute care center, and baby boy #2 is growing fast. I'll get a picture of me up here sometime soon. He's giving me more heartburn and having the hiccups more often than his older brother did, if that's possible. And the jury is out on what we're naming him.
We're doing well, really enjoying the Arizona winter. It was 65 and sunny here today. Clarkie will be 14 months old next week, and is about to learn how to open doors (with doorKNOBs no less) so there's a new round of babyproofing for us. He is so curious, he can't help but get into everything. I'll hopefully be posting more in the future, but no promises!

Grandma Jones let Clarkie go nuts in the flour, and then she got to clean him up!

Clarkie and his cousin Sage. We could not get Clarkie to smile, wasn't going to happen.

Christmas morning goodies: Cowboy hat and boots from Grandma and great-grandma

Santa brought him a power wheels ATV


Back at the Rays, Clark wearing a nice new sweater from my parents, and Clarkie loving his new converse from my brother and his girlfriend.

Trying to put them on over footie jammies is hard.


This is a regular day at our house, we've got a climbing monkey for a son! (He also played with the camera and got the lens all dirty, hence the blurriness)

Trip to the zoo again with Clark this time, before he had to go back to school. Feeding the giraffes is so cool!

Loving those cowboy accessories from Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Sorry we are a little late. Here is Clarkie a few days after his first birthday, sitting on Santa's lap.

Things are going well here. I survived one semester of law school. Erin's belly is getting bigger. Clarkie is growing up and getting into more and more trouble.