More Wedding Pictures...

Bobby's cousin, Lori, emailed me some of the pictures her professional photographer took at the wedding reception back in May (can you remember that far back?)  Tracy Cavallari did an excellent job.  To bad she doesn't live around here or I'd get her to take some family photos.

Here are my three favorites:

That would be chocolate on Hannah's face.  There was a candy bar within easy reach of little fingers.

Do I not have the cutest son in the world?!

In other news, I've decided to start an A-Z Reading Challenge.  I've seen this on several blogs and it looks interesting... and challenging.  Basically you read a book for each letter of the alphabet.  With 'X' in can be a letter anywhere in the title instead of the first letter of the title.

Here's my list...
A - Atlas Shrugged
B - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
C - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
D -
E - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Thanks Claudia!)
F - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
G -
H - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
I - The Iliad by Homer
J -
K -
L - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
M - A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt (I loved his brother Frank McCourt so I'm giving him a try.)
N -
O - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
P -
Q -
R -
S - Silas Marner by George Eliot
T - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
U - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
V -
X -
Y -
Z -

Italic books are books I've read forever ago and can't remember exactly how they end.  Clearly I have some gaps in my list...do you have any recommendations?  I don't like any self-help or Christian books (unless it's Corrie ten Boom, etc.)  And other than Of Mice and Men I don't like Steinbeck or Faulkner.  Otherwise I'm open for suggestions!

By the way, if you have a list I highly recommend Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns.

An Important Announcement!

My husband brings it to my attention on a daily basis (just about) that I have been a slacker with my blog.  Grudgingly I admit that he's right.

So I'll catch you up on what's been going on in the Clark household...

On November 21st we found out that we would be adding a new little baby to our family!!  The official due date is July 12, 2012 but that's subject to change when the dating ultrasound takes place.  And the actual delivery date will be about two weeks prior to my due date since I will have a scheduled c-section.  We'll be returning to St. Francis Women's with the same OB/GYN group that delivered Hannah & Samuel. 
Hannah & Sam are very excited about the idea of a new baby brother/sister.  Sammy wants a brother while Hannah wants a "healthy baby."  Secretly she wants a sister.  We were looking at baby stuff in Toys R Us and she oohed and aahhhed over the girl bibs, blankets and towels. 

So far I've been feeling okay, other than staying exhausted.  I often find myself hungry but can't think of a single thing I want to eat.  That's rather frustrating.  My ob/gyn recommended 150mg of Zantac twice a day to help with morning sickness and it certainly has worked.  For some reason your body produces extra acid when you're pregnant and the Zantac helps to neutralize it.  Though it certainly doesn't help with sights/smells that make me queasy I feel less nauseated and have been able to eat more.

So, that's the biggest and best news that we have to share!  In other areas:  Hannah's home school is going great, Bobby is still enjoying his job & classes at Clemson , and our household is still running smoothly.

I'll leave you with pictures of the kids taken at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC (Columbia's only redeeming quality if you ask me.  It's hard for true blue Clemson fans to visit Columbia but Bobby had work there so the kids and I tagged along to keep him company.)