Sunday, January 31, 2010
January 2010
Pictures from January 2010: a "boy's weekend" with Daddy, walking, and playing with friends.
December 2009 and Christmas
OK - Finally posting the pictures from December and Christmas - sorry these are so delayed! We had a fantastic Christmas this year. We made up for not traveling at all last Christmas while I was on bedrest by going to Marion, Carthage, and Chesapeake. We had a great time, and while Johnny didn't really "get" Christmas, he enjoyed all the visiting and attention, love, and of course, all the new toys! Pictures from both December and Christmas below, plus a couple of videos...
This video shows Klay singing Happy Birthday to Andrew (sort of), Johnny starting to get tired, how good he's getting at feeding himself, and then fun times with Daddy and with the chaos at Christmas:
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Christmas Cantata 2009
Our church held it's annual Christmas Cantata on December 7th. It was the first time I have sung in it, and it was pretty exciting - and a really nice evening. We worked really hard on the songs in the weeks leading up to the Cantata, and although I wasn't as comfortable as I would have liked to be with the music, I managed to sing more quietly through the parts where I didn't know the notes, and I don't think that I wrecked it! During one of the first songs, I saw one of the other moms in charge of the "living nativity" scene come over to Andrew and Johnny - and I knew something was up! Our little man was was one of the lambs! I was so proud and he was so cute. He did great with it and hung in there well past his bed time - he even made it through part of the cookie reception afterwards. Here's a few pictures:
Thanksgiving 2009
Thanksgiving was extra-nice this year, because in addition to having something (someone) to be extra-Thankful for, Andrew and I both had Wednesday off! So, we headed out Wednesday morning to Carthage and had a great time there hanging out with Klay and Olivia and everyone. Olivia did a great job helping Klay ride Princess - Johnny didn't get to ride Princess, but he did get to do the next best thing, which was riding on Mom or Dad's shoulders!
We had an awesome meal on Thanksgiving day, and headed to Marion after Johnny woke up from his afternoon nap. At Mimi and Gramps' we had a lot of fun and saw some friends and helped to put up the Christmas tree! We also go to hang out with Thomas and watch him dance :) We had a fantastic meal that night with the whole Marion/Chesapeake Dodge family.
On Saturday we headed out as early as we could stand it to drive back towards Raleigh. Johnny did well on the trip, but we were all ready for a break as we hit the triad area, so we dropped in on the Monroe family and got to meet baby Claire! She is so sweet, and was so tiny! We had a really nice visit, and I loved getting to hold Claire, and Johnny loved their stairs :) We made it the rest of the way to Raleigh and I dropped Andrew off at the NC State/UNC game (Go Pack!) and headed on to complete my "Baby Tour" of NC! Johnny and I went to see Kaye and Kelli and to meet Baby Meridith, who was about 4 months old that day. We essentially invaded the Brookshire Thanksgiving celebration, but they didn't seem to mind too much. Johnny had fun playing with the other kids (and their toys), but had a hard time with not getting the ones that he wanted! State won the game and we picked Andrew up and headed home for some unpacking and rest and relaxation.... and thus ended the weekend of Andrew's favorite holiday...
The pictures (including Claire and Meredith!):
November 2009
November was a bit of a whirlwind month - I was very busy at work with the semester starting to wind down, and just trying to keep up with it all at the house! We cruised along, and Johnny got faster and faster at crawling, and better and better at cruising and pulling up! He also mastered waving (and saying bye-bye), and learned how to give high-5's! One of his favorite toys this month has been a cardboard box - he really likes climbing up and down thresholds.
Pictures from November:
Giving "5" :):
The Box!:
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Late October/Early November Pictures
Finally posting pictures from late October/Early November - just as Johnny was turning 9 months old. He was getting really good at pulling up and starting to cruise all over the place. The simplest toys are really the ones he likes the best, and he loves chasing the cat - always the best entertainment!
Enjoy!
Also - this video is from the bath on Christmas day - he loves the bath!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Christmas Card Attempts
I tried to take pictures Friday night and this morning for a Christmas Card. Hmm... I'm definitely not a photographer! Maybe I'll get some better ones later in the day. If he was sitting still, he was playing with something and not looking up, but if I got his attention, he wanted to play with me and play "chase"!
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