Easter Buggy

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A little preview of our little bug in her flower headgear

Emily Bly Posson

So very very excited to post that my cousin, Andrea, gave birth to a lovely lovely little lady yesterday, Emily Bly Posson. 6lbs 9 oz and 19 inches long (sounds very very similar to Lady M!). I'll wait to post a picture of the little peanut after I get permission from Andrea and Ben. A HUGE congratulations and big big hugs from the Cali clan!!!

Hannah Jihae Fernandezlopez

Our niece and Margaret's cousin was born yesterday morning! Introducing Hannah Jihae Fernandezlopez - 7lbs 3oz. Matthew's sister, Sarah, is doing great!! Congratulations!! We're jumping at the bit to meet her! Sending lots and lots of love to Texas. See you all soon!!

Hannah

Girl's Day Out!

Laci and I decided on Friday morning to head out and have a girl's day out. We planned a trip to the Zimmer Children's Museum in Beverly Hills, then we would pick Lori up for a french fry lunch and end the day paying for our french fries and hike in Griffith Park.

The museum was super fun! We pretended to buy groceries and then we took them to a pretend diner to cook the food up..but we really just spent time cleaning up other kiddos messes (which is just as fun). The museum offered a lot of other fun activities that our little one just isn't quite into just yet.

After the museum we headed to Santa Monica. Los Angeles is really into food trucks. Lori and Laci are big fans and Laci wanted to go to the famed FrySmith truck. On this day the FrySmith truck was stationed in Santa Monica close to Lori's work. We picked her up and headed to our french fry lunch. Lori had the Kimchi Fries, Laci had sweet potatoes with pork and I had the traditional chili cheese (I brought some fruit and a sandwich for Lady M). After we took Lori back to work, we headed to Griffith Park for a hike. Since Margaret is 20 lbs, I knew this might be a bit of a workout for me.

What a fun fun day!

Baby's Kitchen!

Last week Margaret and I went to hang out with a friend of mine, Allyson. Allyson has a six year old daughter, Grace. Grace had a kitchen that had been unused on their back porch for years. Allyson said she was about to take it to GoodWill. "But wait!" I said "We can unload that right now and save you a trip." Allyson got the kitchen handed down and now they're handing it down to us. So, the kitchen is more than likely 8 years old, but you would never know it to see Margaret's face! We set it up in her room and put on her apron and said we had a surprise. Here's her reaction. Thanks so much Allyson!

The Clark Family Reunion 2010!

The Clark Clan headed to Texas this February for the annual Clark Family Reunion. Since we didn't get to see the Watts' during Christmas, we took a Jet Blue flight into Austin. It was so wonderful to see Kathy, Allan, Nina, Perry and Faron. This year we also got to meet Perry's girlfriend, Shannon (what a cute couple they make) and Nina's soon-to-be step daughter, Jasmine. Yup, you read right, Nina's getting married to Jeremy in late May! So excited!!! Our visit in Austin is always way too short, but we did get to breathe in the fresh winter air and eat some incredible BBQ accompanied with Kathy's super yum fixin's.



The next morning we went to visit with Matthew's grandmother, Margaret. Her new room is much smaller but still lovely. We're so happy she likes living there. Like last year we got pictures of the three Margaret's together. What a lovely visit. We printed up pictures as we were taking them (Margy brought her portable picture printer).



Then we quickly headed over to Houston to begin the Clark reunion festivities. Friday night everyone came for dinner. We had Texas tamales and Margy's beefy chili. It was so great to see how much the little babies have grown into toddlers. Last year there were two toddlers (Isaac 4 and Jason 3) and three babies (Margaret 2 months, Audrey 3 month and Avery 5 months). This year we had one little boy, Isaac, and four toddlers, Jason 4, Margaret 14 months, Audrey 15 months and Avery 17 months. NEXT year, we'll have two little boys, three toddlers and two new babies! Sarah and Ashley are due this spring! It's a baby bonanza! Or course Margaret and Isaac are best friends forever. The two of them played together the entire time and Margaret, who has only said two names, mine and Aunt Lori's, said Isaac. She continues to say Isaac all the time at home. You think she likes him? He cracks her up! I've never heard her continually giggle like she giggles at him. It's too precious for words!

The next day we started the day off with kolaches (how I miss you kolaches - no Polish food out here in California). We grazed on h'ordeurves throughout the day. Margy, Lynn, Sarah and I went to the Chocolate Company for some girl time and left the kiddos with the boys. That night we dined on roasted chicken, cheese grits and ceasar salad. Man, can't get any more southern than that! On Sunday morning we had Margy's breakfast caserole and took our family picture. This year we and the Fernandezlopez's were included in the picture! Hooray! Below are pictures from our always too short visit. So great seeing everyone after a year's time. Can't wait to see what we'll do next year!