Happy 60th, Pop!

The number of the day on Sesame Street on Monday was 6. Thought that was perfect because we needed to make your birthday gift from the kids since you are turning 6....ty.

Soooooo we made you a "pupcake" as Julia says it. But then she cleverly started calling it, "a 'popcake!'" Where did she get to be so witty?

We started here (of course! I can't come up with these things myself!). Then we laid out the stuff: 3 pieces of construction paper, glue, marker, cotton balls, scissors, black paint, paint brush, bowl and the plate we painted was from Kirkland's, I bought last year for like $1.

Sooooooo here is your cupcake/popcake, Pop. We couldn't put all 60 candles on it, so we made 6 (number of the day) candles and a "D" at the end.....for "SixD".

So sorry the kids were sick, wish we could be there. We love you!

Happy Birthday Pop!

"Q" is for Queen

Well ever since Shannon told us about this website, we're addicted!

On Sesame Street today, the letter for today was Q. So as soon as Johnathan went down for his morning nap, Julia and I decided to capitalize (no pun intended) on the opportunity of learning more about Q.

We did the number for the day, too....but pictures of that are coming next week.

Walking!

Johnathan took his first steps back on January 8th, but I can officially say that he is walking. He is still speedy gonzales on the ol' knees, but really likes to walk. He was even running (in his own way) to Jason tonight. So cute!

Sooooo for documenting purposes: Baby boy is walking on Two Twenty Two Two Thousand Nine.

Baby, Gum, Teeth, Stairs

BABY MAMA:
Sooooo sweet. I got home late from our women's ministry dinner and saw DogDog outside of Julia's door. I grabbed him and thought I better make sure he's in her bed before she wakes up and can't find him. I walk in her room and quickly change my mind.....she's moved on (well at least for that night anyways!). Soooooo sweet!














GUM:
One of my best friends, Kristi, has allowed her same aged daughter, Brianna to chew gum since - I don't know....she was 6 months old or something crazy like that. Okay, maybe not that young, but the girl's been chewing gum for a long time. Well, I finally gave in a couple of weeks ago and we've been chewin' gum ever since. She LOVES it and does really well with it.


TEETH:
Doc said to start brushing J4's teeth, so we started and boy does he love it.....sucks off all of the toothpaste, but I get those 8 teeth shinin' and plaque free!














STAIRS:
My worst nightmare happened tonight. I was getting Johnathan and Julia undressed upstairs in the "play room" for their baths. Jason had to leave to go pick up a friend. He thought we were going straight to the bathroom, so he left the gate open to the stairs. In the corner of my eye, I see Johnathan over by the stairs, but I didn't think anything of it because he always walks over there and looks down he stairs. Well, he got more than just a look tonight. He got the ol' heels over head, body rolling all.the.way.down.the.stairs!

I don't think I've screemed that long and loud since Prosper beat Celina. I was absolutely and utterly devastated. And if I think long enough about it, I could start crying again. Fortunately Jason was still in the house downstairs, so he was able to pick Johnathan up.....who, by the way - cried for about two point six seconds, then kept staring at me wondering why I was still hysterical!

I think he secretly liked the tumble and is probably plotting his next rolling session already. Here's a pic of him right after.....Mr Smiles, no problems, Johnathan Bankhead.

I Forgot.....

.....to include the video of Johnathan eating his birthday cake. Click here and you can view it at the very end! Enjoy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

LOVE you all!

Happy ONE year, Johnathan!

My baby boy is all growed up!!! He is a year now!!!

Weighing in at 27.2 pounds, 33 inches long and in the 97 percentile for his age, he's doing pretty good. He is taking more and more steps every day, but isn't walking all of the time yet. He does love to walk and gets a bit over confident sometimes slamming into the floor at full force at times.

He says ball, mamma, dadda, and as of just a couple of days ago, he says cat. We were at the doctor's office (getting his one year checkup) and there was a cat painted on the wall.....cat!

He doesn't like the word, "no", is pretty stubborn when it comes to touching the tv, is super sweet when he holds on to me at the door of the church nursery and doesn't want to go in (Julia NEVER did that!), has a sense of humor (thinks he's funny when he "blows" the house down reading the Three Little Pigs book), and is just a great little man.

We had a Tool Party (thanks Aunt Shannon for your idea!) at our house with both Julia's friends and his own friends. They bounced in the bounce house, opened presents, ate cake and posed for lots of pictures.

Aunt Shannon, Mallory and Morgan stayed the night after his party. It was so nice to get caught up with Shannon and to have the girls (and Johnathan) all play together. They are all so cute!

Soooooooo, here's to you, Baby Boy! It seems like just yesterday that we found out we were going to have you......we pray your next year will be filled with lots of joys, tons of fun and many blessings. Love you!