Baby Girl's Room

I know it has been a really long time since I have last written on here. Since I last blogged about a month ago, a lot has changed in the Clark household.

I am officially unemployed indefinitely! I couldn't be happier about this! I will be staying home when baby girl makes her appearance in September. I am so thankful for the opportunity to be able to stay home and raise my child. I am blessed beyond words to have a husband who encourages me to stay home no matter what the cost. Luckily, we have been planning for this time of our lives since we were married 4 and a half years ago, so living off of one salary will not be a big shocker.

We have started getting her room ready!!! I will post some pictures of how her room is coming so far. We have a lot left to do, but have her furniture, curtains and crib skirt all done!







Cara Turner Clark

We have decided to officially tell everyone the name we have decided on.

Other than the fact that we like the way Cara sounds, the meaning is what really made us ultimately choose it as her name. Cara is Italian, and means "beloved or one who is dearly loved". She is very much dearly loved by us, but when I see the word beloved it makes me think of Christ. Jesus often refers to us as His beloved throughout scripture, and I desperately want Cara to be His beloved!

Her middle name, Turner, is a family name on my side. My great grandfather is 94, and has been such a blessing in my life. His last name is Turner, and I have always wanted to use the name Turner to honor him. I can't wait to get a picture of the two of them together when she is born! Imagine having a picture of 5 generations, he is Cara's great-great grandfather!!!! I had the chance to visit with him yesterday, so this is the latest picture that I have with the three of us together.



Cara is offically 26 weeks old, and is continuing to grow!!! We only have 3 more months until we get to meet our precious little girl!!! I can't wait to see Philip hold her. He is such a sweet sweet husband, and is going to be an amazing father. I am so blessed to be able to call him MY husband!

I will try to be better about posting updates in the future!!!

21 Weeks

Little baby girl is officially 21 Weeks old! She is definitely getting big, and I am feeling her all the time. I absolutely love it!!! Here are a couple of pictures from our last appointment. Daddy isn't allowing me to officially post her name yet, so we will wait a little while longer on that one.

Speck is a GIRL!!!!

So at our 13 week screening we found out that the Center for Medical Genetics, where we had our ultrasound done, has a blood test that determines the gender of the baby. Well, I was sort of skeptical when I read about it, but it is 99% accurate and insurance even covered it!!! So we found out last week that we are going to have a sweet little girl! We are so so so excited and can not wait to meet her. Here is a sweet picture of the profile of her face!!! She has the cutest nose and lips. She turns 15 weeks old tomorrow!!!!!!

13 Weeks

Today Speck turns 13 weeks old! We are going in tomorrow afternoon for a detailed screening about how Speck is doing. It is a little scary because they check for the possibilities of Downs and other chromosomal problems but, I am really excited to see Speck again. I didn't think that we would be seeing it until our 20 week scan when we find out if Speck is a boy or a girl. So, you can be praying that everything goes well tomorrow and that little Speck is super healthy! I absolutely love watching the video of Speck over and over again! It is just so cute playing around with its hands and feet. It was so active in our last ultrasound, hopefully we will have another ultrasound video to post tomorrow!!! I think it is so fun to not just have a picture, but a video. You get to see Speck's cute personality! We already love it so much!!!

Everyone Meet Speck!!!

Speck is due at the end of September!!!!! We are super excited and couldn't wait to share our news.