Eli Britain Clark is Here!

So here's the scoop: On Thursday afternoon after about an hour of painful contractions, which were about 7-8 minutes apart, I told Joshua we were going to the hospital to get checked. Turns out I was dialated to a 6+ and Eli was so good and obedient that he came out about an hour and a half later. All told, labor was about 5 hours start to finish and went very smoothly - much to our satisfaction! Eli was born at 5:43 pm on Thursday 12/13/07. He weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and was 20 in. long. He seems to be a very alert little guy and is always hungry! He ate more his first night than German ate his first week of life. We were a little afraid of how German would react to little Eli, but it seems that German loves his little brother very much. Eli has received many kisses, high fives, and burping pats from his brother. I think they'll be good pals. Joshua is doing well and seems to be losing all of his weight rather quickly. I'm also hanging in there and trying to take my recovery slowly.

Thanksgiving in Utah

We had a great time visiting the Clark family in Utah over the Thanksgiving holiday. I won't give the full itinerary, but I will say that we got to see a few friends and family - who we were sorely missing! We were also amazed at how cold it was! It was the first time since we left Utah in the spring that we wore long sleeves.

German woke up Thanksgiving morning asking for pancakes and his kind Aunt Melissa fell prey to his pleas. He ended up eating 6 pancakes over the course of the morning and then would barely touch any of his Thanksgiving meal. Of course he was able to muster up some room to try pumpkin pie!

Our friends, the Louds, were able to get us some tickets to the BYU v. Utah football game on Saturday. German is still talking about the "doopbah gkehm," the bear (Cosmo), and the hot dog he ate. German and I were walking around the concession stands when Cosmo walked by. Luckily I had the camera, because I knew another opportunity for a photo would likely not happen! Of course German hated it, but then he talked about the "bear" for the rest of the game and kept asking where he went.

This was also our first time driving to and from Utah - which went really well, but we did decide that with a tiny new baby we'd take advantage of flying for Christmas, plus it's the last time German can fly for free!