March to July!

Ok I know I really need to be better about keeping up on our blog, sorry! I've just been busy getting ready for baby boy Johnson, due October 19 2011! So here's a quick recap:
I've always welcomed Spring before, but having a fidgety baby that loves to be outside made me appreciate it in a whole new way!


This is Kate's first time in the swing. After this she hated it for months, until the other day when Jeremy put her in again and she loved it! Now she hates it again. Go figure!



Kate still loves bath time even though we're constantly reminding her to sit down, at which point she sits down and says "good girl"! She can say the alphabet, identify most letters, and count to ten all by herself! But only if you say "Yay Kate!" afterwards.



Kate loves the pool but I think a lot of it is seeing all the "kids" swimming! These girls were just as excited as she was to see her in the lazy river - it was like she had a fan club!



This is us reading about doggies howling on a moonlit night.






Ha ha! This is the 4th of July! We went to a community thing where we ate hot dogs and listened to a bluegrass band. This is Kate sampling her first sour gummy worm! You can't tell but she loved it and kept asking for more!

Kate's Birthday!

Kate's Birthday!

We had Kate's birthday party the Friday before she turned 1 year old. It was really simple and relaxed, and we all had a great time! The highlight of the evening was Kate's first experience with cake. The video is better but I can't get it to post on my blog, too bad! Happy Birthday sweetheart!

Trip to Utah

We visited Utah in January. We had a great time! There is never enough time though to see all the people we would like to, and do all the things we'd like to. Personally I'm always sad to leave the restaurants of Utah behind...I miss fry sauce! *sniff*




One highlight of the trip was seeing old friends like Emilie. I'll never forget the fun times we had! She was right by the way, we never did end up taking that bike trip around the world. But at least we're still friends!

I made an ornament for Kate's first Christmas. I definitely didn't turn out as nice as I had hoped, but who knows? Maybe it will be one of those cool, it's-so-ugly-it's-touching things as the years pass!

My brother Kris came to visit for a couple of days after Christmas. It was the first time Kate and Uncle Kris had ever met! They were so cute together! By the way, Kris gave Kate possibly the best book ever: it has a little polar bear puppet that pops out of the pages and Kate's face lights up every time she sees it!

Christmas Eve Dinner

We made my parents' recipe for stuffing, and...well, that's pretty much the only thing I cared about for our Christmas meal. Yep, it's that good.

DECEMBER

I just had to get a picture of Kate biting the head of her donkey toy in her Ohio State jammies - way to intimidate the competition sweetie!

NOVEMBER

A lot happened in November! We went to a cabin with our friends the Allens for Thanksgiving and we had SUCH a great time! Kate and Joseph were very affectionate with each other. :)
Here's a video of Kate in the bath, my favorite thing to do!

OCTOBER

I LOVE Halloween! Kate and I had a theme: we both wore Wonder Woman t-shirts! Too bad we didn't have one for Jeremy to wear too, I'm sure he felt left out, right? We also had family pictures for our Christmas cards. These made the final cut:

SEPTEMBER

At Kate's appointment on September 8th she was in the 75th percentile for height and weight, as well as head circumference. September was all about discovering finger foods (hello Mum Mums!) and learning to sit on her own. She tried to eat things like cheerios but never could get them to her mouth so we shelved those for a while.

Our friends the Margetts came for a visit from Boston one evening. Adam and Ruth were like our "Ma and Pa" when we got married. Ruth taught me how to make casseroles and catch mice. Ahhh those Buckeye Village days. So fun while they lasted, and yet I'm so glad they're behind me! The Allens came by for a long-awaited visit too one Sunday (they live in WV now). I can't believe how much all these kids have grown!

ADDING A LITTLE VARIETY

Kate is 5 months old and starting solid foods! I got a little carried away the first week and wanted her to try bananas and sweet potatoes...Kate learned to shut her mouth when I approached with a spoon in hand! So the next week I went back to basics and stuck with rice cereal, thickening it just a little bit each day. Today she ate more than she ever has, maybe only a couple of tablespoons but I don't want to push it! I love to watch her get excited when the spoon gets close to her now!


She's also rolling over from her front to her back, both ways. She's starting to grab whatever is in reach, like when I got the mail in one hand and was holding her in my other arm. The mail-holding hand drifted within Kate's grabbing radius, and PRESTO! Soggy bills! :)

JULY

Kate's already 4 months old!










She loves her blue bear and playing around with dad (observe the pair of gray shorts on her head).

JUNE BUG

June flew by! This is Kate at 3 months. She is so fun! She loves to suck on the crib bumper when she's trying to sleep, hence the soggy splotch by her head!


This is a video of Kate after her bath. At 3 months she is still tolerating bath time, but she LOVES when we take her out of the tub and put her in a big towel!

Meet the Johnsons...and the Johnsons

We took Kate to Utah to meet family and friends from 4/30 to 5/10. It was so nice to see everyone! Kate was a trooper, although I have to confess the hard part about traveling was when we got home and had to reorient Kate - she had her days and nights almost reversed!

Kate's Blessing Day 4/11/10

We had lots of friends over after Kate's blessing. We had chicken tacos...they were very yummy!

When Kate Came

I was dilated to a 6 by the time I got to the hospital...the picture of me was between contractions! We were all pretty tired in these pics! I remember we kept saying "wow, what a quiet baby, I thought they cried all the time!" Nobody told us newborns do hardly anything but sleep at first...THEN comes the crying! Surprise!

Baby Shower

Some of my friends put together a shower for me, it was so nice! Everything had a hot pink/black/polkadot theme, very impressive!

In February my friends from work threw a baby shower for me. The picture on the left is a piece a toilet paper that runs all the way down to the floor. It's supposed to represent what one lady (we won't name names!) thought the girth of my pregnant belly was! Apparently black was...not that slimming. I keep that piece of precious TP to make me laugh...thanks girls!