Georgia's on my mind!

I'm hoping she's on your mind too! How could 8lbs and 12 oz of squishy cuteness not be on your mind? Miss Georgia Rose Clarkson was born Thursday, May 14th at 11:50 am. Both mom and baby are great! Cassie did fantastically well. You'll see how great she looks in the pictures.

This picture was right before surgery. I just walked in flashing the camera. She's always loved the paparazzi!

Cassie and our beautiful mom, again before surgery

Cassie and I felt like we should take pictures too...we are sisters!

This was right after surgery! We were able to go back to recovery 2 at a time. At first the two in my group were both being carried by me. Then my brother John met us back there.

Here are the Clarksons! Again, only 2 at a time,

Christian had his turn first...so he wasn't in this shot.

Here's an up close shot of those cheeks! She looks a lot like Daddy!

Here she is with her number one man, Daddy!

We had a hard time getting him out of that outfit. He loved it!


We were in the waiting room and she went rolling right by us. Doesn't she look great?

We were all waiting...extra anxiously for Georgia to make her grand entrance to their room. This is our oldest brother John, me, Mom and Cassie.

Here she is all greased up and pinned down! Trying to raise her temp.

Here you can see all 21 inches of her!

After her taking this picture we thought Popeye was her dad! She was waiting to get some spinach from Mommy. Probably waiting on cheesecake, Cassie doesn't do veggies! :)

After feeding, they had a little skin to skin time. Who doesn't love holding a baby close to them? And it was something they made her do!

This is Georgia with her Proud Pappaw. He just got back from the mall having his shirt made. Our dad is so cute, each time a grand child is born, he runs to the mall and has a shirt made saying "I'm ____'s Proud Pappaw" it has the birth weight and birth date, there is always a baby in the middle holding things that would be characteristic of the parents. So this baby is holding Old Glory in one hand and Union Jack in her other. I can't wait to see what Little Mark's shirt will look like. The best part, he wears it each year to their birthday parties!

He's getting quite the collection. :)

Here's another shot of her sleeping...yummy cheeks!

It was such a beautiful day. To hold a piece of heaven right in my arms, nothing is like it! I can't wait to have my own piece of heaven in just a few short months! You know just by seeing, touching and feeling them, that they were delivered straight from our Father above. And you feel the importance to teach them of their royal birthrights! We are all so grateful for the safe delivery and the sweet little spirit that has joined our family! Welcome Georgia!

Now, back to kissing those cheeks!

Appliance News

Breaking news from last night... upon arriving at home after dinner at Cassie & Jason's house we Mark and Casey Gentle found stuff in the freezer was thawing out, sugar free pudding was warm, butter was soft and worst of all...milk was room temp. So guess what we're doing tonight? If you guessed refrigerator shopping...you win some melted cheese and warm sour cream. We're very thankful we have a freezer on our back porch. It saved most of our frozen foods (that weren't too far gone). Now it has more than cookie dough in it! By the way, if you're in town or close by and would like some cookies, please call 20 minutes ahead! We'll bake them up and bring them out to your car. :)

FYI- I've got a niece is being born tomorrow!!! We can't wait to meet that little lady. Oh happy day! Cassie-I love you and I'm SOOOOO excited tomorrow is almost here. I know you're nervous, but I also know you'll do great! I'll be there the whole time. You'd better have your camera in your hospital bag.

Come on Down!!!

My dad has a love affair with The Price is Right. He LOVES the excitement of..."A NEW CAR!" Something about Rich Fields' voice (No longer Rod Roddy, which is disappointing in outfits alone!). He shouts out a name and "come on down you're the next contestant" or "a new dining room"...my dad just thrives on it. His love is so intense that he records it to his DVR and watches it again. Sometimes he saves it for me to watch because it was that good.

Last week I was having a problem with my ankles swelling. I think its from sitting all day with weight on my legs. Anyhow, I went to my parents' house and my dad was sleeping while watching Pimp My Ride (yep, he DVRs that too) and he woke up, was delighted to see me and started up The Price is Right. I saw someone do cartwheels down the aisle as they called her to "come on down" and I saw lots of jumping and screaming and excitement. Some ballroom dancers were in the audience. Of course one was called up as the next contestant. His shirt said "We'll dance...if the Price is Right." Good news, the price WAS right and his group of ballroom dancers came up and broke out into dance. I was SO excited. It was like a musical or my senior prom. My friends and I choreographed a dance to "Groove is in the Heart" (still my favorite song) and broke out into our dance during our prom. It was so fun. It was like a dream come true for me! I always wanted to live life in a musical. Anyhow, back to my story... a girl got to play Plinko. Do you know how crazy people get when Plinko comes up? I don't remember exactly how it was said but I said "Mark would want to play Plinko if he was on" and my dad's response was something to the effect "Me too, I love Plinko!" I love my dad for loving the simple things in life. He doesn't get around like he used to. He's more limited than before but he still gets excited over simple things and wants to share it with us.

If you were on the Price is Right...which game would you want to play? Would you want to win a "NEW CAR" or a "CRUISE AROUND THE ORIENT" ???? What would your dream "Showcase Showdown" be?

I love my daddy. He is quite the handsome man if I say so myself. And he is a GREAT Pappaw. I'm so thrilled he'll have the chance to meet my little man and be his Pappaw. :)