4 Months Old

Aubrey girl you are four months old now! You are growing so fast and learning so many new things now.


You are very social and love attention!
You stayed in the church nursery for the first time two weeks ago. They said you were so happy and smiled and laughed with everyone. You were exhausted when I picked you up, apparently you were too busy visiting that you didn't have time to nap.
You have discovered your hands and grab for everything now.
You have learned you can do more than coo quietly. You squeal like a bob cat when you want something.
You laugh out loud now. Your sister loves to get you giggling!
You tried rice cereal for the first time...


That face pretty much sums up what you think about it.
You are getting close to rolling over. If you would stay on your tummy long enough to get a couple good pushes in, you would roll over but you throw a pitiful fit until someone picks you up.


And I can't forget your biggest milestone yet, you are sleeping through the night! (That is mommy's favorite, the walking milestone is so over rated if you ask me)
We don't know yet how much you weigh. We had to postpone your well baby appointment because your doctor is going to Haiti for a week to help the earthquake victims.

I'm excited to see what you will learn this next month. I have conflicting emotions about you growing. I am anxious to see what God has in store for your wonderful life but I also want you to stay my sweet snuggly baby! I am so grateful God has given me such wonderful girls to love and and teach.

Pray for Haiti

Before I had my sweet babies I worked in a medical office and was blessed to work with, Lance Faddis, a wonderful Christan doctor. Phillip and I have stayed good friends with Lance and his wife, Jennifer, since I left. Lance felt God telling him that he needed to go and help the people of Haiti, to use the skills he has given him for His glory. So with the help of his church he has headed up a team of doctors and nurses in our area and is going to take a trip to Haiti this next week. I am asking everyone to pray for this team. As you know the conditions in Haiti right now are horrible, they are still experiencing aftershocks, there is not clean water available, and unfortunately with situations like this there is always a lot of looting. Please pray that God will protect them from harm and keep them healthy. Also pray for their families as they stay behind, I can't imagine the feeling of knowing your husband is in a dangerous situation.
Here is a short news clip from our local TV station.

Catching Up!

The past two weeks have been so much slower compared to the crazy weeks we had in December. Last week we had abnormally cold weather! Anchorage Alaska was having a warmer week than we were! We were in the low single digits with a wind chill of negative numbers! So needless to say the girls and I stayed at home! Phillip had to fly out to Orlando the later part of the week and was thankful to thaw out a bit. Although it was back to reality when he had to trek across the airport parking lot in 9 degree weather at 9 o'clock at night!

Ashlyn and Aubrey are starting to interact more and more each day. Ashlyn keeps talking about what they will do when Aubrey starts to crawl, oh help me now! Aubrey is sitting in her Bumbo seat now and gets the biggest kick out of it. Ashlyn loves that she can sit up and play with her without me having to hold her in my lap.


Is that not the cutest thing in the world!

I keep catching this little stinker with her thumb in her mouth!

She normally sucks on a passie when she is tired but lately she seems to like her thumb just as well! I have caught her several times in her bed with her hand worked out of her Snugglie blanket with her thumb in her mouth. I'm not exactly thrilled about thumb sucking! Passies are so much easier to break, you just toss 'em and that's the end of the story. But, I do have to admit she does look pretty darn cute when she's doing it!

Ashlyn is still obsessed with dressing up. Yesterday we were getting ready for MOPS and I told her that after she ate her breakfast she needed to put her clothes on that I set out for her. (If we are going out in public that day I have to pick out her clothes before she does or who knows what she will come out with) She proceeded to tell me that she wanted to be a ballerina at MOPS and I explained that we couldn't wear dress up clothes to MOPS. She looked at me with absolute disgust. I could tell exactly what she was thinking "Dress Up Clothes!?!?! These are not Dress Up Clothes Mother!!"


So, I've saved the biggest news for last. No no no, we are not having another baby!

I have bid farewell to Facebook! Gasp! I know! This morning I deactivated my account. Facebook was consuming so much of my time, especially since I've had my iPod Touch. I am able to hop onto Facebook with the tap of my finger and catch up on what everyone is doing. I started to realize that I have more important things to do with my time. My girls are only going to be little and at home with me for several more years. I kept wondering why I wasn't able to keep up with my housework and laundry. It is harder to keep up with everything with two kids and when you are distracted by a lame social networking site it makes it even harder. I realized that my family needs my time and attention more than I need Facebook. I will miss seeing all my friend's pictures and sharing events that happen in my family but I feel this is what God is asking of me.

Christmas III

New Years weekend we went to Phillip's parents to celebrate Christmas with them. Not everyone was able to get together all on one weekend so only his oldest sister and family were there. We had a great time just hanging out.

We arrived Thursday evening and Ashlyn got to open up her birthday presents from Grandpa and Grandma and her Aunts and Uncles. I'm sure Ashlyn thinks we celebrate the 8 days of Hanukkah with all the gift opening she gets to do this time of the year! We didn't do anything spectacular for New Years eve. We juts hung out together and chatted. Well actually, Dana and I decided we wanted to learn how to crochet about a month ago so we both showed up to the Johnson house with a needle and yarn eager to learn a new skill. So Dana and I crocheted while the guys made fun of us the whole time. I guess you're getting old when you crochet into the new year!! I'm actually really enjoying it now. I made a cute little hat and am now working on a scarf. Don't worry friends, I won't be making you any crochet coasters for your birthday. I've made a vow not to crochet any granny projects!

Friday morning we woke up and exchanged Christmas gifts.


Then the girls worked in the kitchen preparing our meal while the kids played together with their new toys. Ashlyn really enjoyed playing with Benjamin and Adyson. She loves playing with older kids and they were so sweet to include her in all the fun!


Dana and Doug had to be back in Texas by Sunday so they left Saturday morning. We were able to stay through the rest of the weekend and visit with Phillip's parents. We went out to dinner that night and Phillip's parents took the girls home while Phillip and I went out for coffee. It was nice to have a little bit of alone time. Something that hasn't happened since Aubrey was born.

And just for a good laugh, I had to share this picture.

Yes, that is a leopard print Snuggie Phillip is wearing!

Party! Party!

Yes, yes I know I am very behind on getting these birthday party pictures up! Better late than never!

Ashlyn had a craft themed party . She loves to do crafts and projects of any kind. I enjoy crafting also so she is a girl after her Momma's own heart! I made a rainbow cake and decorated the outside to look like a paint palette. It was quite time consuming but so much fun!


For the activity the girls decorated a goody bag and made personalized cups. They each had a cup with a straw and decorated a paper insert with their name on it. After the party her friends got to take home crayons, play-doh, and a little note pad in their decorated goody bag.


Ashlyn was so excited to dive into her cake. She kept asking if it was time for her party so she could eat her cake. She could hardly stand watching me decorate it the day before and not be able to eat any of it!



Several of her little friends were sick or out of town so it ended up being a small party. Ashlyn was not the least bit disappointed though, she had so much fun.