Keeping Up With the Johnsons: January 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Snow Daze

We have had snow on the ground for almost a week now. It started with a light dusting maybe three inches or so, the girls were thrilled and so was I. We played with neighbor friends until complete exhaustion snuggled up and watched movies and just had the best time. Then I got an unexpected opportunity to go to LA for a night which was when the "real" storm was supposed to hit. So I left town and my in-laws happily hosted the kids for the night and the snow actually showed up just like they said it would. While I was in sunny LA we were getting over a foot of snow. Bernie said that it was almost too much for the girls especially Ashley who had a hard time walking in it. Luckily I was able to get home the next day after canceled and delayed flights I was actually really lucky to get back when I did. The unfortunate part is that then all that beautiful snow had turned into ice and was too dangerous to go out and play in with the kids. We were housebound for a few days and had lots of play dates and special activities that we usually don't do just to keep the kids entertained. It was a fun adventure but I am happy to be back to the normal routine of school and other activities that fill up our weeks :)

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Allison Victoria Lord

Introducing my beautiful baby niece Allison Victoria Lord who was born yesterday at 27 weeks and 6 days along at just 1 lb 10 oz. . I got to meet her today and she is so tiny but the cutest little thing ever. She has dark hair and eyebrows and was sucking away on a binky. The nurses said that she already knows how to throw a fit :) Please pray for the strength of this beautiful baby girl to grow and develop like she should and for my brother and his wife to get through this time.

Monday, January 2, 2012

A Treasure Within

In case you ever wondered what an earring looks like in a three year olds stomach, this is it! Thankfully it came out on its own and there was nothing drastic that needed to be done, except for the fact that I had to search for it, but I am trying to forget that part :)

Christmas Wrap Up

We had a very eventful Christmas weekend. We woke up early Christmas Eve morning at about 6am to discover that Bernie had food poisoning. He was so violently sick and we were just hours away from having 18 of his family over for dinner. We quickly switched the location to his parents house and I took on the task of making the dinner that Bernie had planned. I will just say that I have to give him a lot of credit for the preparation that goes into getting the meat prepared for dinner, he had a lamb rolled in beef. This was not something I was planning on having anything to do with and once it was all said and done I was ready to become vegetarian. I did my best to put on Christmas dinner with the help of Bernie's parents but there was definitely a void without him. Poor Bernie stayed at home and just tried to get through the night. Christmas morning he was feeling much better than the day before but had still managed to lose 7 lbs in 24 hours. Yikes! The girls of course had a wonderful Christmas and were completely spoiled by everyone as usual. We spent Christmas evening at my cousins house in Mill Creek with my mom's side of the family and spent the night at my parents house so we could do Christmas morning with my immediate family on the 26th. Bernie was a trooper through it all because I know he wasn't 100% but still did his best to put on a smile and made it to all the planned events. Once we came home on the afternoon of the 26th Bernie headed back to work and I was content at home with the kids playing with all of their new toys. Of course that was not enough excitement for us Johnsons, Ella decided we needed to end the Christmas festivities with a bang and decided to swallow one of my crystal earrings. Although we had a wonderful Christmas it was anything but relaxing and I am hoping that New Years will be a much calmer holiday for us.