KURTZEBORN KORNER: October 2009

Clark turned 2 a couple weeks ago! I can't believe it! Our baby seems to be getting older and growing up faster than Chase and Mallory did. With Chase and Mallory it seemed like they were babies a long time. It took forever for them to get to their first birthdays let alone their second. And Clark is already at two! Maybe it's because life is incredibly busy with three kids the time seems to go by faster. After having such a difficult pregnancy with Mallory we wanted to stop at two. It took some major divine intervention and inspiration to get us to have a third. We are so glad that he's a part of our family! I couldn't picture life without his cute, sweet face! Here are his 2 year pics:

I love this smile :)

I think he looks more like he's 10 instead of 2 in this picture! He look so mature!

He was very, very grouchy the day of the photo shoot. The two close-ups are the ONLY two shots of him where we could get him to smile. I wanted one with a full body shot - hence the one in the middle - but he's not smiling. Did you notice the car in his hand? We don't go anywhere without one, or there are tantrums to be had! Cars have become appendages to his little fingers. Every other word that comes out of his mouth is car or truck. But he doesn't say truck. He says the "F" word. Chase did the same thing. He had a hard time saying words that had two consonants at the beginning, such as truck. It's a little bit humorous when he screams "big truck, big truck" out the car window. We keep the language around here G rated, but you wouldn't think so!! My only fear is what his nursery leaders think when they hear him say it! He'll grow out of it - hopefully sooner than later :) We watch the movie Cars pretty much every morning. Clark is an early riser. He's usually up around 6am. Sometimes 5:45, sometimes 6:20, but typically around 6ish he roams into our bedroom saying "watch Cars, watch Cars". So we park him on the couch until Chase and Mally get up. His grandparents got him some Cars items for his birthday. Grandpa Alan and Grandma Debbie got him a Cars couch. It's been a big hit!!

He's very possessive of the couch. Most of the time if anyone sits on it he starts screaming, "No!! My couch, my couch!"
Here is cousin Tristan lounging on this super cool couch that also turns into a bed. I think Tristan might also be lounging on the block container as well :)
Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Alan also got him the blue sweatsuit outfit he has on in his pictures at the top.

Grandpa Marc and Grandma Treesa got Clark some much needed jammies. It's been nice to have Chase's old clothes to pass down to Clark. They were both born in October so all of the sizes and seasons have matched up perfectly. We had 3 jammies to pass on to Clark from Chase's old wardrobe at this size. 2 of the 3 pairs were footie pajamas. Clark has worn footie pajamas in the winter time since birth. He's never had any objections. But when we pulled out the winter wardrobes about a month ago and put the footie pajamas on Clark - he had a fit. He kept pulling on the feet saying "ouch, ouch, off, off". And then he would let out a frustrated scream. He would complain in this manner until he went to bed. He would want them off first thing in the morning too. So I guess he turns 2 and all of a sudden has an opinion on his nightwear!
So grandma and grandpa have made this little boy very happy because he now owns un-footed pajamas! When the laundry's not done he has to wear the footed ones, but he's getting better about it. He still prefers to have his feet free. I don't blame him I guess. Pajamas should be the most comfortable thing you wear! They got him some cute Lightning McQueen slippers as well to keep his feet warm. We wear slippers all day around here when it gets cold!
We had brownies and ice cream for dessert. Notice the car on the table right by his plate. Of course, we just can't be without one!).

His vocabulary is expanding everyday! It's so fun to hear him ask for "tookies" instead of cookies. When I tell him he's my baby he says, "No, I not baby." He's insistent that he's a big boy. He loves to be tickled and he asks for squeeze hugs (squee hu) at night. He picks up every little piece of lint off the floor and brings it to me and says "uh-oh". Then he'll go put it in the garbage. He loves to draw with Chase and Mallory. And loves to go for rides in the wagon. This little boy has wiggled his way into our hearts :)