6 months down...3 more to go!

6 months!!!

Carly and Ellie have been very helpful in coming up with names for their baby sister.

Some of Carly's most creative ideas:
Luckiah
Rispoona
Niclair
Cackleen (her version of Kathleen)



Some of Ellie's:
Laleela
Camile
Olivia
Ike (my favorite)

Aaron and Camile's:
still not sure!

Everything is going well as far as the pregnancy is concerned. I've been experiencing Braxton-Hicks for about a month and a half now and have already been feeling some pressure and a little uncomfortable. I'm not worried about the baby coming too early, I'm just nervous about how uncomfortable the last month might be!

Even thought this is the third time around, I am still just amazed when I feel the baby move and kick... and to think that this is one of my own babies, just like Carly and Ellie. It is so amazing and I'm so grateful to be pregnant! I am so excited to meet this little girl and see how her personality will fit into our family. I wonder who she will look like. And I wonder if we'll have another little "boss" or get to experience a laid back child. For those of you have had three (or more) children - especially those with 3 girls in a row (and I know quite a few) - what is the third child's personality like in your family?

This baby is going to get so much love - Carly and Ellie already love to hug and kiss my belly and sing and talk to their sister. The second time around (when I was pregnant with Ellie) I always wondered how I would be able to love another little baby like I loved Carly. I just thought I loved Carly more than I would be able to love anything else! But, it's amazing how you can just find more and more love inside of you - did any of you feel this way with your second pregnancy? So, with this pregnancy I haven't really had to think about that - I already love this little one, and I'm sure that this love will continue to grow.

Fridge Quotes V

September 7, 2008

Ellie fell and hurt her elbow. Daddy asked, “where’s your ouchie?”
Ellie answered: “On my kneebow”


September 2008
Carly and Ellie met a new friend here at Peachtree Apartments – Kooper. They had a hard time understanding what her name was:
“Grumple”… “Koople” … “Scooper” … “Kooper!”


September 15, 2008
Carly loves to hear stories about the cute things she said when she was a “little girl”. We were telling her about her poem she made up – “Please don’t sneeze, dance from your knees” (June 28, 2008). Then Ellie came up with this:
“Please don’t sneeze,
cough on your arm!”


October 1, 2008
Carly wanted me to remember something… (a movie, a song … I’m still not sure). I couldn’t figure out what she was talking about, so finally she said, “Just look in my imagination on my head.”


October 6, 2008
Aaron and the girls were waiting in the car while I was looking for a movie at Blockbuster.
Carly asked Daddy: “Are we going to die in here?”
Daddy: “No. Why?”
Carly: “Because it’s taking so long!”

October 10, 2008
I wanted Ellie to take a nap while we were visiting at Grandpa and Nanny Nette’s house. So, I asked Ellie if she would help Grandpa take a nap. She said yes, took his hand, and led him downstairs. But instead of laying down with him, she took him into the bedroom, left the room and shut the door behind her.


October 30, 2008
Daddy didn’t go to church with us this day (he stayed with Ellie because she was sick). When Aaron told Carly that he and Ellie weren’t coming with us Carly said, “Probably everyone will think Mom’s a widow.”

October 30, 2008
- Tithing Settlement -
Bishop: “Are you going to have a new baby sister?”
Carly: “Yeah, she’ll be naked.”
*silence*
Bishop (speaking to the girls): “Are you a full tithe payer?”
Carly and Ellie both: “No.”

Halloween and other stuff

Pre-Halloween

Aunt Angela is painting Ellie's face at Conner's b-day party.

The final product (she has a hard time doing a "real" smile for the camera - I wish she would more often though because she has a beautiful smile)

At the skating rink for Conner's b-day party


Ellie's favorite "silly face"

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Halloween Night

My parents came down and we had a Johnson Family Party at my sister, Angela's house - it's so fun to live close to family now! (Thanks Ang for being the Hostess - you're the best!)

Carly was a Pink Witch and Ellie was a Fairy Princess.

The witches hat I made for Carly


Nanny Nette with some of the grandkids


Me, my Mom, and sister, Angela



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Post-Halloween

The day after Halloween we were able to go to the temple with my parents, brother and sister and their spouses and have my grandmother (she passed away last year) sealed to her parents - very neat! I'm so grateful for temples and eternal families!

Earlier this week Aaron's little sister, Franci, came to visit us with her family. Aaron's parents came the next day and we all went out to lunch.

Carly, Ellie and Kaylie


Franci and I


Aaron and Carly with Josh (Franci's husband) and Annabelle.


Josh and Franci are some of our very favorite people to hang out with, so of course we had a fun time!

Carly

Playing catch with her Care Bear - I love her genuine smile!

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After Aunt Angela painted her face to look like a princess - she was so excited!

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She loves to hug her new baby sister. This is after she just gave my tummy a zerbert.

(Another "real" smile that I just love)

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So, the other day I was cleaning the toilet and Carly came in and asked what I was doing. I told her I was cleaning the toilet and she looked at me and said, "You're brave Mom."



(I think so too.)

8's Tag

8 Favorite TV shows
(Ever since we have been married we have not had cable, dish network, or even local channels, and growing up we didn’t most of the time either. So, this list might go way back)
1- The Cosby Show
2- The Andy Griffith Show
3- Star Search (the contest/talent show from the 80’s)
4- So you think you can dance
5- Food Network (I haven’t watched it enough to have a specific favorite)
6- Saved by the Bell
7- The Smerfs
8- Oprah

8 Things I did yesterday
1- Woke up before the girls (something I wish I did every day, but I rarely do)
2- Folded laundry with Ellie (it was actually really fun with her helping)
3- Had some much needed one-on-one time with Ellie while Carly was at preschool
4- I had Carly and Ellie put their hands on my tummy and they were both able to feel the baby move – so sweet!
5- Dishes
6- Made Enchilada soup for dinner
7- FHE lesson on the 1st Article of Faith
8- grocery shopping

8 Favorite Places to eat
1- My Parent's (pictured on right)
2- Olive Garden
3- Any Thai Restaurant with good curry
4- Loco Grinz (Hawaiian restaurant in Moscow)
5- In the mountains while camping (breakfast food always tastes better when you’re camping – probably because it’s cooked in bacon grease and you’re living like a mountain man so anything would almost taste good.)
6- Wendy’s (not so much any more, but when I was a kid it was my favorite)
7- Texas Roadhouse
8- Almost any nice, sit-down restaurant – we hardly ever eat out, so it is always a treat for me to go to a restaurant (especially if it’s without little ones)

8 Things I’m looking forward to
1- New baby girl!!!!
2- Having a house someday
3- Making some close friends here
4- Going to the temple with Aaron on Friday while Steph comes to hang out with the girls
5- Enrichment tonight (I love having a really good excuse for a girl’s night)
6- My hair getting longer
7- Quiet/Nap time today
8- Going to St. George to visit the Wakefields for Halloween

8 Things I love about this fall
1- Eating soup again
2- Weather that is not too hot and not too cold (I just wish it would last longer)
3- Baking yummy things ( I just feel more in the mood this time of year)
4- Feeling the baby move a ton
5- Having a 4-year old and a 2-year old (they make me laugh every day with the funny things they say and do)
6- Not starting another semester of school (for Aaron)
7- My new black boots to go with my leggings
8- Starting my new calling as Activity Days assistant for the 8 to 11-year old girls

8 Things on my Wish list
1- Have a maid
2- Carly and Ellie never fight again
3- Go to Europe
4- Go on a cruise
5- Make perfect parenting choices every time
6- When my children are grown they will have close and strong relationships
7- When my children are grown they will all be faithful and strong in the gospel
8- To live in SE Idaho again someday (sometimes I wish for this…sometimes I don’t)

8 People I Tag
Ashley
Shawna
Nissa-Lyn
Heidi
Jenny
Hayley
Katy
Jill

Ellie's Binky

is back...at least for nap time.

I know it is crazy to go back after she hasn't had it for a couple of weeks, but she desperately needs the sleep and I desperately need the sanity!

It has been a very frustrating couple of weeks without binky. But the worst was a few days ago when she absolutely would not take a nap and I didn't have the time to lay next to her to make her sleep. Well, that night she had three AWFUL night terrors. It was so scary! I have seen a lot of night terrors in the past couple of years (Carly used to have them a lot too), but these were by far the worst - I was seriously scared - she looked and acted like she was possesed or something! So, that was the beginning of me rethinking the whole binky thing.

And then I was talking with one of my friends about it yesterday and she said "Why don't you just give it back to her? There is so much in the world to worry and stress about, binky doesn't need to be one of them." Such a simple statement, but it took a load off my shoulders!

It's so funny/sad that such little things can be such a trial to a young mother, ya' know?!

So, Ellie is napping right now. Yay! I told her that she could have her binky for naps and she climbed into her bed and was asleep in 10 minutes, without even a peep!

General Conference Favorite

Sunday Morning Session - "Finding Joy in the Journey" - President Monson



“I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and non-existent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now.



"[From The Music Man:] ‘You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you’ve collected a lot of empty yesterdays.’


“If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will—to your surprise—miss them profoundly.


“Stresses in our lives come regardless of our circumstances. We must deal with them the best we can. But we should not let them get in the way of what is most important—and what is most important almost always involves the people around us. Often we assume that they must know how much we love them. But we should never assume…”