Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Grandpa's Legacy...
I had to share these pictures with everyone. Noah looks more and more like my Daddy every single day, especially when he gets a haircut! On one hand, I am so sad that he won't grow up with his Grandpa but on the other hand I am so comforted by how much he looks like him! It's those strong Norwegian genes ;)
Friday, October 24, 2008
Happy Birthday, Grams!
Happy Birthday, Grams!
Today was Grams' special day and we celebrated in usual Johnsen fashion with dinner at Benihana and a Publix cake...doesn't get much better in our opinion!
Here is Grams' cake that Noah designed. I was too cheap to spring for the real Princess cake (with the overpriced toy) so the bakery girl and Noah came up with this:
I think it turned out really cute!
We had some relatives visiting who joined us for dinner. This is a picture of Kristen (my cousin -Grams' sister's daughter), Ben (Kristen's husband) and their daughter, Dayna. Their son, Devin, was also there but he was busy entertaining Noah :)
Noah was thrilled to see a new maze on the kids' menu and spent some quality time with Daddy:
The obligatory fried-rice-in-the-shape-of-Mickey's-head shot:
After dinner, we headed home for cake but Noah couldn't stay awake for the ride. We're only about fifteen minutes from the restaurant but the poor kid was so exhausted. He was so proud of the cake he got for Grams that I had to wake him up and break the cardinal rule (never wake a sleeping child!). He barely opened his eyes to help Grams blow out her candles and I doubt he'll even remember it in the morning. We'll have to have a do over tomorrow!
Noelle is noticeably absent from all of the festivities. Thanks to Nana, we were able to sneak out to Benihana without her and she was sleeping when we came home. Nana said she was well behaved so that was a relief to Mommy and Daddy. It was almost as if it were my special day today - I had Grams to babysit so I could run errands while Noah was in preschool this morning and Nana to babysit tonight so we could enjoy dinner - lucky me!
Today was Grams' special day and we celebrated in usual Johnsen fashion with dinner at Benihana and a Publix cake...doesn't get much better in our opinion!
Here is Grams' cake that Noah designed. I was too cheap to spring for the real Princess cake (with the overpriced toy) so the bakery girl and Noah came up with this:
I think it turned out really cute!
We had some relatives visiting who joined us for dinner. This is a picture of Kristen (my cousin -Grams' sister's daughter), Ben (Kristen's husband) and their daughter, Dayna. Their son, Devin, was also there but he was busy entertaining Noah :)
Noah was thrilled to see a new maze on the kids' menu and spent some quality time with Daddy:
The obligatory fried-rice-in-the-shape-of-Mickey's-head shot:
Grams, Aunt Jen, and Kristen toasting Grams' birthday (right before Dayna knocked over the glasses of wine!!):
Truc (Our favorite!! Boy do we wish we could take him home!!) cleaning up the big mess that the spilled wine caused:
After dinner, we headed home for cake but Noah couldn't stay awake for the ride. We're only about fifteen minutes from the restaurant but the poor kid was so exhausted. He was so proud of the cake he got for Grams that I had to wake him up and break the cardinal rule (never wake a sleeping child!). He barely opened his eyes to help Grams blow out her candles and I doubt he'll even remember it in the morning. We'll have to have a do over tomorrow!
Grams' showing off her perfume/lotion...Aunt Jen and I agree that Grams has way too expensive taste ;):
Noelle is noticeably absent from all of the festivities. Thanks to Nana, we were able to sneak out to Benihana without her and she was sleeping when we came home. Nana said she was well behaved so that was a relief to Mommy and Daddy. It was almost as if it were my special day today - I had Grams to babysit so I could run errands while Noah was in preschool this morning and Nana to babysit tonight so we could enjoy dinner - lucky me!
Happy Birthday, Grams! We love you and thank you for everything you do for all of us...especially all of the gratis babysitting!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Noah's Sliding Adventure
I dug into the "archives" to look for a picture of Noah when he was younger and came across this little video. It was shot by the camera so it's not the same quality as our camcorder but it made me laugh so hard that I thought I'd share it with everyone who reads this!
Noah was just about two when this was shot and he was going through a phase where he only liked to go down the slide on his stomach. This was his compromise of sliding on his bum:
Three Months Old!
It's hard to believe but Noelle turned three months old yesterday! She is growing so quickly and it is so much fun to watch her develop. I think she's going to hit all of her milestones sooner than Noah because she has him coaching her along. He has been pretty good with her so far in terms of not trying to hurt her but we learned this morning that we have to watch his EVERY single move around her.
Here is her reaction to the Sour Patch candy that he put to her lips (where is my brother when I need him? I tried so many times to get this picture rotated...when I view it in another application it is fine...so frustrating!!!):
And here are a few shots of her using a teether for the first time today (I swear she's already teething...) 
Here is her reaction to the Sour Patch candy that he put to her lips (where is my brother when I need him? I tried so many times to get this picture rotated...when I view it in another application it is fine...so frustrating!!!):
And here are a few shots of her using a teether for the first time today (I swear she's already teething...)
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Updated Pictures...
We've been so busy the last few weeks that I haven't had a chance to update! I just removed almost 600 pictures from our camera's memory stick and transferred them to a hard drive so now it won't be such an arduous process to post pictures. Maybe that will help me update this more often!
Here are a few pictures from the last few days. I'll have to come back and add some pictures from a few family visits (but, of course, those pictures aren't on the camera anymore so that will require a little more effort on my part...).
Noah and Noelle are beginning to interact a lot more these days! They both get a kick out of each other in totally different ways. Noelle looks at Noah with adoring eyes. Noah looks at Noelle like a little toy that he can play with. He is forever trying to teach her different things - very cute to watch!
Smiling at brother:
Noah teaching Noelle his 'Rainbow Song':
Noah trying to get Noelle to do the motions of his 'Rainbow Song':
Maybe one day we'll get both of them smiling in the same picture:
See? I smile when I want to!
Noelle playing with one of Noah's old toys. She loves to kick her feet on the 'pedals' and hear the different sounds!
We got "BOO'ed" last night (I bet most who are reading have never heard of this as it was new to me last year. It's this little game that neighbors play around Halloween time where they secretly leave a bucket of goodies on the door step and put a sign on the door that says "We've Been BOO'ed". Then, it's up to the family who got "BOO'ed" to do the same to two more neighbors. I was a bad neighbor last year and didn't pass it on. We will play along this year since it'll be something fun for Noah.).
Here he is enjoying one of the treats that was in the bucket:
He looked so cute in his pirate PJs last night but would NOT stand still for a picture. Imagine that, Aunt Jen was at the house and Noah wouldn't sit still. Anyway, I managed to snap a picture as he was running by:
We're on our way to find a Halloween costume for Noah. I have a feeling we will be buying two as he flip flops between Batman and Superman...we'll see!
Here are a few pictures from the last few days. I'll have to come back and add some pictures from a few family visits (but, of course, those pictures aren't on the camera anymore so that will require a little more effort on my part...).
Noah and Noelle are beginning to interact a lot more these days! They both get a kick out of each other in totally different ways. Noelle looks at Noah with adoring eyes. Noah looks at Noelle like a little toy that he can play with. He is forever trying to teach her different things - very cute to watch!
Smiling at brother:
Noah teaching Noelle his 'Rainbow Song':
Noah trying to get Noelle to do the motions of his 'Rainbow Song':
Maybe one day we'll get both of them smiling in the same picture:
See? I smile when I want to!
Noelle playing with one of Noah's old toys. She loves to kick her feet on the 'pedals' and hear the different sounds!
We got "BOO'ed" last night (I bet most who are reading have never heard of this as it was new to me last year. It's this little game that neighbors play around Halloween time where they secretly leave a bucket of goodies on the door step and put a sign on the door that says "We've Been BOO'ed". Then, it's up to the family who got "BOO'ed" to do the same to two more neighbors. I was a bad neighbor last year and didn't pass it on. We will play along this year since it'll be something fun for Noah.).
Here he is enjoying one of the treats that was in the bucket:
He looked so cute in his pirate PJs last night but would NOT stand still for a picture. Imagine that, Aunt Jen was at the house and Noah wouldn't sit still. Anyway, I managed to snap a picture as he was running by:
We're on our way to find a Halloween costume for Noah. I have a feeling we will be buying two as he flip flops between Batman and Superman...we'll see!
Monday, October 6, 2008
A Significant Day!
I was just reading my sister-in-law to be's blog and saw this:
How cool is that?! One year, one month, and one day until the big wedding day!
How cool is that?! One year, one month, and one day until the big wedding day!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
An Uneventful Weekend :) Yay!
Well, after our eventful start to the weekend, we ended up having a pretty low key rest of the weekend.
On Saturday, I was brave and took both kids on a bunch of errands. We went to the bank, Dollar Tree (Noah HAD to have these rubber band planes that Uncle Kyle introduced him to...I'm still trying to figure out why normal people don't go into that store...the strangest people were in there and I was honestly scared for our safety), JoAnn, Target and Publix. Noelle is not fun to have in the car so this wasn't exactly a fun outing. It was a productive one, nonetheless!
We got Noelle yet another set of bottles at Target. This will be the third type of bottle that we are trying to get her to take. She just needs to SEE a bottle and she starts screaming bloody murder. I have to go into the office at least one day a week so she needs to start cooperating. I feel terrible for anyone who has to stay with her and try to give her a bottle. Poor Rob suffered my wrath when I came home from work last week and she had only consumed an ounce. We've tried Avent, BornFree, and now Playtex. She was a tad more receptive to the Playtex but still refused to drink more that a few gulps. It's a painful process but we're trying a little bit each day. Have I mentioned what an easy baby Noah was? We keep joking that if she was first, she would have been an only child! She has been very smiley lately, though. That makes up for the rest!
Noah couldn't take a shower yesterday so he insisted on taking a bath at Grams. I'm not sure what's so different about her bathtub but he always wants to take a bath there. It probably has something to do with the fact that she lets him stay in there a long time and he has "special" toys there (who cares if it's an old Tide measuring cup...it makes him happy!). My mom thought she could run to the store and I would bathe him but Noah insisted that Grams do the honor so I got a break! I ran home and Noelle went right to sleep. That meant I had an hour to do whatever I wanted! So, I folded a load of laundry and went through all of Noah's clothes and removed the ones he had outgrown. Exciting, huh?
Today we finally ALL made it to church. Noelle screamed most of the 45 minute drive there (which we fully anticipated). At this point, it's a chore to take Noelle but we need to make the effort each week because it's important for Noah to go to Sunday school. We have been watching it on the Internet, which works for right now, and a few times I have just stayed home with Noelle. The new church building has a nice nursing lounge so I took her in there during the sermon. There's a big flat panel TV in there so it was as if I was watching it from home! A little old lady was sitting in there (?) and fell in love with Noelle. She was quite the performer for this lady and one would think she was an angelic child. The lady said that I made her day by allowing her the opportunity to enjoy such a delightful child. She also said that Pastor Joel took second place to Noelle today. That made me feel like I had a purpose in being where I was and I needed that because it wasn't an easy morning with her!
We had a nice Sunday dinner with Grams and Aunt Jen. We're two for two with our family Sunday dinners that we've reinstated! Noah enjoyed harassing Aunt Jen's dogs and generally being himself. The rest of the day was spent watching football and a nice long nap for me and Noelle. Yay!
Here are a few pictures of the kids...
Noelle enjoying her new bouncer that a friend handed down to me:
Noah practicing his handwriting on the easel:
Noelle playing in her Exersaucer:
Noah enjoying his first bowl of Spaghettios (I've never had these and wasn't about to try them but we got this book called "Eat This, Not That For Kids" and this was one of the healthier processed foods - believe it or not! We had already eaten a big dinner mid-day so he needed a little snack before he went to bed. He polished off the whole bowl so I guess I'll have to keep these on hand for a quick option!):
The best part of the weekend was tonight! BOTH kids fell asleep by 7:30! Noah is pretending that he sleeps in his own bed in the first picture. He lasted there until about 9:30 and then wanted to go into Mommy and Daddy's room...at least we tried. And, Noelle is pretending that she likes to sleep. She's getting up now so my timing worked out perfectly!
On Saturday, I was brave and took both kids on a bunch of errands. We went to the bank, Dollar Tree (Noah HAD to have these rubber band planes that Uncle Kyle introduced him to...I'm still trying to figure out why normal people don't go into that store...the strangest people were in there and I was honestly scared for our safety), JoAnn, Target and Publix. Noelle is not fun to have in the car so this wasn't exactly a fun outing. It was a productive one, nonetheless!
We got Noelle yet another set of bottles at Target. This will be the third type of bottle that we are trying to get her to take. She just needs to SEE a bottle and she starts screaming bloody murder. I have to go into the office at least one day a week so she needs to start cooperating. I feel terrible for anyone who has to stay with her and try to give her a bottle. Poor Rob suffered my wrath when I came home from work last week and she had only consumed an ounce. We've tried Avent, BornFree, and now Playtex. She was a tad more receptive to the Playtex but still refused to drink more that a few gulps. It's a painful process but we're trying a little bit each day. Have I mentioned what an easy baby Noah was? We keep joking that if she was first, she would have been an only child! She has been very smiley lately, though. That makes up for the rest!
Noah couldn't take a shower yesterday so he insisted on taking a bath at Grams. I'm not sure what's so different about her bathtub but he always wants to take a bath there. It probably has something to do with the fact that she lets him stay in there a long time and he has "special" toys there (who cares if it's an old Tide measuring cup...it makes him happy!). My mom thought she could run to the store and I would bathe him but Noah insisted that Grams do the honor so I got a break! I ran home and Noelle went right to sleep. That meant I had an hour to do whatever I wanted! So, I folded a load of laundry and went through all of Noah's clothes and removed the ones he had outgrown. Exciting, huh?
Today we finally ALL made it to church. Noelle screamed most of the 45 minute drive there (which we fully anticipated). At this point, it's a chore to take Noelle but we need to make the effort each week because it's important for Noah to go to Sunday school. We have been watching it on the Internet, which works for right now, and a few times I have just stayed home with Noelle. The new church building has a nice nursing lounge so I took her in there during the sermon. There's a big flat panel TV in there so it was as if I was watching it from home! A little old lady was sitting in there (?) and fell in love with Noelle. She was quite the performer for this lady and one would think she was an angelic child. The lady said that I made her day by allowing her the opportunity to enjoy such a delightful child. She also said that Pastor Joel took second place to Noelle today. That made me feel like I had a purpose in being where I was and I needed that because it wasn't an easy morning with her!
We had a nice Sunday dinner with Grams and Aunt Jen. We're two for two with our family Sunday dinners that we've reinstated! Noah enjoyed harassing Aunt Jen's dogs and generally being himself. The rest of the day was spent watching football and a nice long nap for me and Noelle. Yay!
Here are a few pictures of the kids...
Noelle enjoying her new bouncer that a friend handed down to me:
Noah practicing his handwriting on the easel:
Noelle playing in her Exersaucer:
Noah enjoying his first bowl of Spaghettios (I've never had these and wasn't about to try them but we got this book called "Eat This, Not That For Kids" and this was one of the healthier processed foods - believe it or not! We had already eaten a big dinner mid-day so he needed a little snack before he went to bed. He polished off the whole bowl so I guess I'll have to keep these on hand for a quick option!):
The best part of the weekend was tonight! BOTH kids fell asleep by 7:30! Noah is pretending that he sleeps in his own bed in the first picture. He lasted there until about 9:30 and then wanted to go into Mommy and Daddy's room...at least we tried. And, Noelle is pretending that she likes to sleep. She's getting up now so my timing worked out perfectly!
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