Post for Andrew while he's in Ireland

It's been a crazy month, with me going to Texas, us all going to the beach with the Blues, and now Andrew is in Ireland for work! This has also been the first week of classes for me, so it was a crazier schedule than I normally have. Mimi has been here and has been a huge help, and I think she and Johnny have had a lot of fun together!

Johnny has pretty much mastered climbing on lots of things and running. He wants to jump, but can't quite seem to get any air :) He seems to really be concentrating on talking and is repeating all sorts of new words! He is also cutting 3 new teeth in the back. He also had his 18 month check up this week and was so brave for his shot and was in the 85th percentile for height and weight - pretty much tracking right along where he has been.

Mimi and I haven't gotten too many pictures this week, partially because Andrew has our camera, and partially because I haven't been home much! Here are a few pictures from yesterday afternoon and last night in the tub :)

August 2010

August 2nd 2010

I know how much I always enjoy seeing blog updates and pictures while I'm away so this is for Liz!

Liz went to a conference near Dallas and left on Saturday. Johnny and I have been bachelors for 2 days now and we haven't burned the house down yet!

Liz left before Johnny took his nap on Saturday. He took a good nap. Right at 2 hours. After he woke up we played around inside because it was kind of rainy outside. We had a good supper and then Johnny went right on to sleep. I think Johnny slept better than I did Saturday night because I missed Liz!

Sunday we woke up and messed around inside before going to church. Johnny had a good time playing in the nursery and then we came home and had some macaroni and cheese with deviled eggs for lunch. He took about an hour nap and then we went for a walk down to the Mexican grocery store to buy some lettuce and hamburger buns for supper. Johnny played outside on his sand and water table while I got everything ready to cook for supper. I cut up a watermelon, cooked some rice, and got some tater tots ready to go in the oven. Johnny helped me light the fire in the grill and then continued to play while I cooked the hamburgers. Grammy came up before the burgers were done and ate supper with us. Johnny played for a while after supper and then took a good bubble bath and went to sleep.

He woke up this morning around 6:15 and we did a dry run of getting out of the house on time while Grammy was here to help. We did just fine and got out the door in plenty of time. Johnny had a Nutri-Grain bar and some yogurt for breakfast and I carried some watermelon to school for him to have as a breakfast desert when we got to his class. He apparently had a good day at school. He was playing with a little girl in class giving her hugs and apparently both of them were laughing and having a good time. At some point, the little girl bit Johnny although he didn't notice it! He also apparently had a good time throwing his duck-duck around the room with his friend Roscoe. Grammy picked up Johnny around 3:00 and cooked us an awesome supper of BBQ chicken, green beans, rice, and squash. Johnny ate a good supper of mainly Rice-A-Roni and green beans. Then we had a video call with Liz over Skype. That went OK. Johnny seemed to get upset that he could see Liz but not touch her. He's been fighting some bad diaper rash for a while now and it flared up again today. He got upset towards the end of the call when it was time to go change a dirty diaper. He had a good time in the bath tonight though. We read Goodnight Gorilla, said our prayers, and he went on to bed with no fussing. Grammy left after Johnny went to bed so I'm out on the screened porch now enjoying the nice weather and working on this blog update!

I'll try to do another blog update tomorrow. Dennis is coming over to help me bottle beer. Wednesday Grammy is coming back so I can go to softball practice if it doesn't get cancelled.

Now for the pictures!