A first....

Today is my first Mother's Day... officially. I actually celebrated last year too when I was pregnant with Audrey. I couldn't help it, I was so excited. Anyway, today was the first Mother's day with Audrey outside the safety of my belly. I say "safety" because she is such a dare-devil She has so many scrapes due to her falls. We can't possibly remove every potential threat to her safety in the house, so we watch her the best we can and leave the rest up to God. I have been praying for her safety since before she was born and it looks like she will need all the prayers she can get. It never ceases to amaze me how something that looks so harmless poses such a threat once she gets her hands on it. For instance, a non-working remote control I let her play with. She managed to rip off one of the buttons and chew on it. I can't get her to chew people food, but remote control buttons, hey, why not! Ugh!
Anyway, back to Mother's Day. Despite a rough weekend, (I'll explain later) I am having a great Mom's day. Audrey and her daddy got me cards and a plant AND a facial from my favorite spa. I can't wait to go! We are also going to go to Blue Mesa because they are running their brunch all day today! I LOVE Blue Mesa brunch. Originally, B was going to make me a super special lunch, but the disaster that happened over the weekend (yes, the one I will tell you about in another post) put a stop to that. Not to shabby for my first Mother's Day.

I do want to wish every Mother a Happy Mother's Day. Your children may not say it, but we/they do love you!

My mom, me and Audrey. Happy Mother's day mom! I DO love you! Your example of being a mom is in my heart and I hope to be as wonderful a mom to Audrey as you were to me.

Hammin it up for the camera. She definately knows what to do when I whip the camera out!

My blue-eyed girl! Love, Love, Love her!

Back Log

Okay, here are a lot of posts that I have been working on. You can click on each link or just scroll down. Whatever works for you!


http://thejohnsonjunket.blogspot.com/2009/05/where-has-time-gone.html

http://thejohnsonjunket.blogspot.com/2009/05/wheres-audrey.html

http://thejohnsonjunket.blogspot.com/2009/05/oops.html

http://thejohnsonjunket.blogspot.com/2009/05/seriously.html

http://thejohnsonjunket.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-birthday-mer.html


http://thejohnsonjunket.blogspot.com/2009/05/easter-2009.html

Where has the time gone?!?!?

Oh my! I can not believe Audrey is already 9 months old. Well, a little older, this post is tardy. Anyway, 9 MONTHS! Time has flown by. You know what is funny? I barely remember her being small. I see pictures of her tiny-ness and I pull out her newborn diapers (yes, I kept one - not used of course!) and know she was tiny, but I just can't picture it. She is my big, blue eyed girl (yes, she still has her blue eyes!). She crawls, talks, laughs, plays and becomes more independent everyday. I love it and at the same time, miss what has past.

Anyway, she is a healthy, happy little girl, who is growing right on target and I could not ask for more!

She only needed one shot this visit and she did okay. She SCREAMED for a little right after the shot and then once I got her dressed and out of the room she calmed down. Although she did cry when she saw the nurse in the hall. Nurses have a bum wrap. They have to come in and torture poor kids with shots. Say thank you to a nurse next time you see them!



Here are her stats:

Weight - 18lbs and 14 oz (50th%)

Height - 2 ft and 4 in (50th%-75th%)

tall and skinny - like her daddy

Head - 44 1/2 in (75th% - 90%)

the aftermath....... not so bad

Where's Audrey?

I have a really good friend who will remain nameless for my protection. We have been friends for so long and I am so blessed to have her in my life. We used to live together and I played this game called Where's L? and it involved me throwing the covers over her face, saying in a crazy voice where's L? and then me pulling the covers back and she would make a crazy (sometimes scary) face. It was the highlight of my day and she hated it, but she did it because it always made me laugh. She also laughed at me, so maybe it was a fair trade. Anyway, Audrey loves the same game only without the crazy/scary face. Audrey laughs so hard. It is her favorite game. I thought of it when I saw her playing with the mesh cover that goes over her stroller to keep bugs out. We have played this game almost everyday. So I am happy to say that this game is STILL the highlight of my day. Well one highlight of many.

Where's Audrey?

There she is!

Playing with daddy....

Hi mommy!

OOPS.....

Audrey has been very independent the last few weeks. She really wants to do things for herself. This includes feeding herself, which she isn't good at. At all. It makes feeding time a little challenging. She constantly lunges for the jar of food. Anyway, I had to answer the door the other day when I was feeding her and I THOUGHT I had moved the food far enough away from her, but go-go gadget arms grabbed the jar and this is what I came back to...........

She wasn't real happy when I took the food away from her. What a mess! I promise I was only gone for a minute! I can't believe she made such a mess in a short period of time.

Seriously?!?!

So I spend a lot of time researching and looking for wonderful, educational toys to mold Audrey's mind. What does she like to play with? Mommy's make-up bag. I think I have a girly-girl on my hands!

Happy Birthday Mer!

A few weeks ago we went to east Texas for B's grandmother's birthday. We had so much fun. I love Mer's spirit. She is such a funny, sweet woman and she loves her family.