They Call Us The Johnson's

11 months and a loving Brother

2012-01-26T11:21:00.000-08:00

Russell was actually feeding bubbles to Autumn just a minute earlier, that had to end. But she was returning the favor.

So ticklish! But you have to know when to stop or it ends in tears.
Autumn's favorite thing do do is get a hold of a sippy cup and she "drinks" the water and most of it she spits out soaking herself. She thinks it so funny! She will even gurgle it.
Autumn fell asleep on my lap one day and Russell wanted to give her a kiss. He gave her LOTS, and she still slept thought it.
If you say "cheese" this is the face that you get, what would you do with it?
Autumn is 11 months now, and is walking very well and loving life. Sorry to answer the hair question so slow, her hair is blond, light brown, red, it just depends on what light she is in and everyone says something different. But everyone says, "WOW look at those Blue Eyes!"
Autumn loves to color, Russell tolerates it for 15 seconds.

She has lots of teeth already. 7 with more on the way
She is walking everywhere now, but crawling is not over rated either.
She is really smiley, it is just really hard to catch it with the camera, she sees it and gets mad, because she wants to hold it.

Our Fun!

2012-01-11T11:40:00.000-08:00

One night Russell said that he needed a rope to climb above his bed. I said that we would have to talk to Dad about that one. Well this is what became of that little request. Chad built the kids a "play house" it is on top of Russell's twin bed. the two large walls and floor are carpeted, and the door locks from the outside. We still don't have a ladder so we are in complete control of weather or not they are up there. The whole thing is put together with bolts, so it will be able to come apart for when we move. The kids have lots of fun up in there, the favorite activity is to play angry birds with the small stuffed animals. People up in the play house dive bomb them at whoever is on the floor.

Scary picture of Russell I know, We have had some camera problems. This was Russell's favorite gift. Monster Truck's from Mater's tall tails. If you don't know them by name we have from left to right: "The Ice-screamer" "The Tormentor" "Frightening McMean" "The Rastacarian" and "Patio-Concreat" they are pretty awesome.
This was Autumn's Favorite, much more simple. We got it at the dollar store. (don't tell her) You wind it up and it worm's its way forward. She would bounce up and down. She loves it, and would get really mad when Russell would touch it.

The Kids!

2011-12-19T12:06:00.000-08:00

Autumn finally got to wear the dress that I made her when she was only 3 months old, it was still a bit on the big side, But it was still cute!
He looks nice in my coat don't you think? He said he needed to put it on. Ok.
Yes I know Autumn looks different and funny with flat hair. She absolutely loves the horse!
I took bubble bath pictures, (Russell was not working with me so they are of Autumn) what do you think?

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-18T13:07:00.000-08:00

We hope that everyone has a great and safe Christmas!

More cold fun

2011-12-08T12:35:00.000-08:00

Home made window stick-ums. Russell had fun putting them up.

Just waking up from naps, bed head!

Another snow storm = lots of cold snow eating.

Russell loves to be dragged all over in the sled. We go out and play when Autumn is napping, with a monitor. That way I can actually play with him.

December begins!

2011-12-05T11:40:00.000-08:00

We took pictures again before Church this week, I loved this one, Autumn has started to clap even if she hears someone say, Yea. Russell is still our huge smiler!
Santa came to our complex on Friday, and Russell was so excited to go see him it was funny when we got there, he got really SHY, strange for him, but he warmed up. When we were all done we started to put our coats back on and we turned around and he had gone back and was sitting on Santa's lap again. ha ha
Autumn did not mind too much because she did not know who had her, for all she knew it was Russell that she was sitting on.
This was two seconds before she turned, looked at Santa and started to cry.
This was Autumn's first bubble bath, go figure, I put her in and she put them in her mouth. Russell was a good helper, he kept telling her not to put them in her mouth.
We got a book from the library about a book and one day he turned to me and said he wanted to dress up like a duck. I told him that I did not have a duck costume, he kept insisting that we did, so this is what I came up with a old yellow shirt, a scrap piece of black fabric for the tail, and then he told me he wanted to be a white duck, so I threw the wash cloth on top. It worked for him.
I think that Russell was drawing Mickey Mouse, and Autumn always wants to help.
I had just done laundry and it was sitting in the baskets, and I hear Russell saying, "monster put your PJ's on and go to sleep." I turned around and had put my PJ shirt on the monster. Oh well.
Chad has been wanting to perform the Maladjusted Jester from the movie the Court Jester, but has not had the chance. And then our ward decided to do a talent show! He was so excited! I made his costume as best I could from just looking at the movie, in just 3 days. It looked a bit better, Chad actually wore a red shirt, and I made some socks that had flappy things on them, I did not have time to fashion a head piece. But Chad did an amazing job!!!

Snow!!!

2011-11-26T11:33:00.001-08:00

A week ago we got our first snow storm, it was lots of fun! We woke up and Russell was ready! He asks almost every day if it is going to snow again, he was quite sad when it all melted.

We got our Christmas tree up, and well the kids love it!

Thanksgiving dinner was fun, I think that Autumn enjoyed it as much as the rest of us did!

Russell was a bit cheese, but enjoyed his meal as well.

TURKEYS!!!

2011-11-13T13:58:00.001-08:00

We have been busy having fun with holiday stuff and we still have Christmas coming! I am so excited!

We made this army of turkeys this week and then shared them with some friends. And of course we had to make sure that they were going to taste good!

We went for a hike a weekend or two ago, just a quick short one, and we got this stick and made it a fishing pole, and Russell LOVES it! Chad cut out some cardboard fish and and we put a magnet on the string and paper clips on the fish and then Russell goes for it!

Last week as we were getting ready for church I caught the whole family in the bathroom together!

Autumn was sitting on the floor with her water Russell grabbed his and joined her.

Autumn wants to walk so bad, so she can keep up with her brother, but she has a way to go.

This was the hike that we went on, it was bit of a test run, we did not take the pack for Russell we did have to take some turns with him riding thought. We hiked to this strange field. Trees don't grow there, just a meadow, they mowed a peace sign into it, it was strange.

Dragons Fairies and John Denver

2011-11-04T07:08:00.000-07:00

This Halloween Russell was our roaring dragon, Autumn was something with wings and a tutu and a big flower in her hair, and Chad finally got to be John Denver! Chad has been wanting to do this for a long time so he was pretty excited. He got tons of second takes and lots of laughs. Russell loved the wings and tail on his dragon, he did not really love the head because it was just too big and kept falling into his eyes.
Autumn was not in the mood to hold still for pictures, but she was cute!
Here is another shot of John Denver, it was funny the first couple of times Chad put on the hair, Autumn was so scared of him.
Here was a day this month when we were going to a play group Halloween party, so I took a little pumpkin with me, I love it, Russell wore it when he was her age. awww
I have not had a chance to post 8 months so here it is.
This is Mater pumpkin, Russell was so excited and still talks about His Mater Pumpkin, i was impressed he even stuck his hands in the slimy goo, more than once.

Pennies!!

2011-10-11T07:26:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Russell came to me when I was getting ready, and said, "I have pennies in my toes!" I had no idea what he was talking about when I looked down he lifted his foot and this is what I saw. He was so proud of himself, he sat there and waited for me to get the camera. You can also see he is hanging on for dear life.

Russell is showing us he has pockets in the back too.
We made root beer in the bathtub. After these pictures we moved it outside. The kids really liked it. It was just too bad the stuff tasted horrible!
She is going well on to 8 months now, but isn't she she cute?
One of Autumn's favorite things to do is pull on Chad's ears, and she really does try to pull them off, Chad is a good sport!
We are already playing Halloween dress-up. Autumn is going to be a Butterfly if you ask Russell.
And he of course is going to be a Dragon! We let him put it on when we first got it, and he asks to wear it all the time. But we are making him wait till Halloween, so he will have a costume still one piece.

Mom take my picture!

2011-09-22T13:10:00.000-07:00

Well that is what Russell said then Autumn cam over and this is what I got. But you can see that they both got a good bruise each yesterday. Autumn face planted in the kitchen and Russell had a collision with the bathtub. Ouch!Bet you did not know it got so hot in SD? Even hotter than Henderson, Well I guess we better move the outdoor reader out of the sun. :)
Some Friends came and stayed a night and then the next day we (minus Chad who had to work) went to the Rushmore cave, We got in with a really good deal!
Russell was having such a good time with his new friends, but the cave was boring I guess. He so out.

Last Saturday it was so foggy here when we woke up, this is pretty much all we could see looking out our front window. There is supposed to be a building there and a road.

Goof one and goof two.
We went for a little out door adventure a couple of weeks ago, Russell loves to just get out somewhere and RUN!
Autumn wanted the grass.
One of Russell's passions in life right now is to "throw rocks into water" So we always have to stop whenever there is a chance for that.

Monster Trucks and More!

2011-09-09T13:36:00.000-07:00

Everything lately is a monster truck, all of his cars, his little yellow bus, sometimes his animals, even his sister has been a monster truck. And what should move into our area but... He is in heaven, he gets so excited to go see it. He asks to go look at it in the mornings to see if it is still there.On Labor Day Chad took the day off and we went to Custer state park and hiked Harney Peak, this is Sylvan Lake. It was very pretty and it was fun to get out.
We got there and realized neither one of us got Russell's hat. So he got sunscreen on the top of his head too! He did not love that at all, but we all survived!

Nana Fowers made this little apron dress for Autumn, it is too cute!
Unfortunately I feel bad because it is the first dress she has worn and she kept getting so frustrated she kept getting caught up in it as she was CRAWLING! Yep, she is moving everywhere, and not just a worm crawl, she is a pro, wherever she wants to go is hers to be had.

Russell was so excited to find this worm one morning when we were out playing on the grass.

Worm too interesting to look at the camera.
Russell was jumping on Dad, and then decided to do a somersault.
Something not belong? One day we were playing and Russell jumped up and ran away, when he came back I asked were he went, he said that Nemo was hot and that he needed to get cold. I looked at him not understanding what that was supposed to mean, we kept playing later I found Nemo, and called Russell and asked why he was in the fridge. He said he was getting cold. I told him that he was cold enough and asked him to take him out. He did and then he went and got one of his cars and said it needed to get cold, I had to tell him that only food goes in there at this point.

Autumn laughing

2011-08-30T15:14:00.000-07:00

This is old, but cute. She has started to crawl. So this is really old.

Having Fun!

2011-08-25T11:55:00.001-07:00

The tallest tower being destroyed, It was Great!Uhhhhhh,....
Autumn is 6 months! I can hardly believe it! She is doing great, she is trying so hard to crawl, the poor thing keeps ending up on her face.
I got to make my own Birthday cake, I had fun! I have been really wanting to try to make fondant, but have had no reason to do it, I finally did. It was not perfect, but it was my first time.
Then I had extra of everything so I made another cake and made Chad take it to work.

When there is not a lot of time.

2011-08-15T12:48:00.000-07:00

When you don't have a lot of time you pack the time you have got to the max! On Chad's one day off we went and saw dinos, reptiles, had a BBQ, went swimming, got ice cream and still made it to bed by 10:00pm.

On Sunday I took a few more pictures, they did not go very well, Autumn was tired and Russell well he was not tired, just a bit silly.

The Reptile gardens here are a great go to place for me, I take the kids at least once a week if not twice, and Dad got to come this time! The little gator that Russell is petting is Fluffy! Friday night after work Dad set up the tent in the living room and the boys went living room camping, and had a blast, but before they did they both got hair cuts! There is a dinosaur park up on one of the hills here, they are supposed to be life size, but what you see is what you get, not really that cool. But Russell still enjoyed and kept saying, "more dinosaur's!"

Cute kids!

2011-08-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

So I was just wanting to get some good updated pictures so I just snapped some quick before church.

Got to love this hat combo,(he calls the green bucket a hat) I don't even think I can explain.

Welcome to SD!

2011-07-15T10:52:00.001-07:00

As always on Chad's days off we go on some sort of adventure, this first place is called the Bad Lands. Sort of crazy looking and it went on for a long way.
Russell thought that it looked fun and wanted "to go down there" in the rocks.
Here we all are at the Bad Lands.
Autumn on Sunday she thought that we were funny!
Russell and I were keeping busy one day and were building towers and this one we got all but one block, (that I was sitting on) on this tower and I asked Russell to stand by it so I could get his picture just as I clicked he backed into it and well you can see what happened next.
This was on the 4th we were outside and Russell being the Nevada boy went to play on and with the rocks, even though there is grass right there as well.
This was on another day off, it is called the Rushmore Cave it was very fun and both kids loved it, no joke they really did, we were in there for an hour. When we were done with our tour Russell wanted to go again. It was cute and funny!
There is a place here called Story Book Island and they have all the story book characters there like the 3 little pigs and the cat in the hat, pooh, wizard of OZ, I am not sure what this snail is from, but it was cute and Russell thinks that it is awesome.
This is a good and close picture of Autumn, we were at Mt. Rushmore.
Here we are and the picture to prove it, it is sort of weird I have never seen it before and now I live like 15 min. from it! South Dakota is an interesting place and there is a lot to see and learn here. We are already experiencing so much.

More to come

2011-07-02T12:56:00.000-07:00

We have made it to SD!
We went through Yellow Stone and stopped at a couple of things there, Russell thought it was cool and Autumn love it as you can see by face, for some reason it was so funny to her.

They told us when we entered the park that there was a heard of Buffalo being naughty. We waited for 45 min. like this.

Wild Times

2011-05-20T13:10:00.000-07:00

We have been just running like crazy! First this interesting thing is a Dragon, Chad's Birthday cake. He asked to have something that Russell would love, and Russell loves it! But he has been calling it an Alligator. Chad turns 30 today, I think that he is having a great day, at this moment he is jet skiing with one of his good friends.We just got back to Idaho on Monday evening we left for a week, we went to the beach in California, then we went camping in Arizona, then we got to see a bunch of friends in Nevada, and completing the week with Chad graduating Medical School! It was GREAT! And we of course could not leave Nevada without having the olive monster show up! Russell thought that it was pretty funny to have the olives on his fingers, but they are not good to eat apparently. We had so much fun and enjoyed seeing everyone! (Sorry the pictures of the camping trip are on the other camera, but it was fun, just a bit on the hot side ALL NIGHT long. But now we can say both of our kids have been camping at the ripe age of 3 months.)

Here we are after graduation, WE MADE IT! One step down and more adventures to come, we are always excited for whatever is next! Hey and my hair doesn't even look bad, I got to donate a couple of bobby pins to a worthy cause. :)

This is one excited Chad, he just walked off the stage.

Here is a good group shot of all the Johnson Grand kids! Too bad most of them are not looking at the camera. And Autumn was a bit on the unhappy side, it was nap time.

And here is Chad's whole family! It was great to have so much support there. Thank you everyone for coming to be there for us!

And what would a med. student be without his cute little family?

California was really nice, although Chad was the only one crazy enough to jump into the ocean, it was not THAT nice! Russell liked to get covered with the sand he thought it was pretty funny!

Over all we had a great trip and lots of fun!

Autumn's Blessing

2011-05-04T12:02:00.000-07:00

We blessed Autumn this last Sunday! It was so nice to have so much family come and support us. It was a great day, and Thank You to every one!
We didn't get a picture of everyone from Chad's side because they all changed too fast!
But we loved seeing you!

Almost there!

2011-04-26T13:01:00.000-07:00

We are very excited for Chad's Graduation coming up here very soon! He has this last week of his OB rotation and then he has completed Medical school, I am so proud of him and all of his hard work, and we look forward to the next step, South Dakota!

Here we all are on Easter Sunday!

Russell is having so much fun playing with new things outside, including Nana's flowers.

Autumn was very happy!

She is getting big fast!

We are going to bless Autumn on May first this next Sunday, we are very excited to see family and friends! My Mom made the dress, and we were trying it on to see how it fit. It fit perfectly, and she is too stinking cute in it!

Once there was a Snowman

2011-04-08T14:31:00.000-07:00

We made our journey from Nevada to Idaho last week, mostly in one piece. We are so grateful for all the help that we received and continue to receive from family and friends. We also look forward to the new chapter we will be moving toward in the next couple of months. Already we are back into cold mode, not with alot of choice there, we were shocked to leave the 80+ temperatures to come to jackets and coats. We went down to see the huge amount of water pouring over the falls last weekend it was really amazing how much water they are letting over. Russell liked it but did not say much, he just was in awe.

Autumn even got to come, but she must not have thought much of it, she slept the whole time we were there.

This was Autumn at one point on Conference weekend.

And here is Russell, with a BLUE eye not black but blue! He was coloring and got upset and rubbed his eyes and he had marker on his hands. So he gave himself a blue eye.

We woke up yesterday to about 3 inches of snow! I had my AC on while we were in Nevada; but alas we are in Idaho, and it is time for making snowmen! Chad was good enough to take him outside before he had to go to work and he built him the little snowman that Russell just LOVED! As the snow melted and the snowman fell over, Russell said "snowman all gone!"

Russell kept eating the snow and saying "Yum, food."

Happy Birthday Russell!

2011-03-07T12:59:00.000-08:00

Russell turned 2 years old last Monday. We didn't throw a huge party, but Russell had a good time with his Nana (Grandma Fowers) here and also I had some time off. In the morning he wanted to go for a hike, so I took him out to "hike to water" as requested by the birthday boy. Natalie and her mom stayed and enjoyed the company of little Autumn.

Another highlight of Russell's day was blowing out candles on his cake.
Here is his Tractor cake he requested from Nana. I tried to convince him to go with John Deere Green, but he really wanted blue. It tasted as great as it looks.
My folks got Russell this cool little track with motorized Jeeps that drive around. He thinks its awesome. We've already burnt through a pack of AA's in the little cars!
As I had hoped, Russell is a fan of Lightning McQueen and Mater. He has asked for this blanket several times when he's seen it at Walmart, Target and JoAnn's so we were hoping it would be just as spectacular at home. We weren't disappointed and he now sleeps with his Mater blanket every night.
Russell loves his balloons!
Russell being a Big Brother and holding Autumn at the hospital.
Autumn is cuddled up in one of her little blankets. And look at that head of hair. (Pretty impressive for a bald guy :-) This is the same outfit we had her in at the hospital because our little ones run small, and we only had one preemie outfit. This is a great view of what Autumn likes to do during the day -- see below for what she likes to do at night.
Here is our little angel with her eyes open. Russell tells me they're blue and black. (I've learned to just go with his colors, he's usually closer than I am.)

Our Baby Girl

2011-02-24T14:29:00.000-08:00

She made it, and in one piece! Autumn was born yesterday and is a bundle of joy. She is very alert with wide eyes. She has curly brown hair, and already has more than her dad.

Evidently, our children tend to love to bite our noses. This is Autumn exhibiting her skills.
And here is Russell when he was just a few months old showing that he and Autumn are definitely brother and sister. :)
Here is our beautiful little girl getting some beauty rest. She's gorgeous!
And our family picture. We are very grateful to have a new member of our family!

Happy Valentines Day!

2011-02-14T13:49:00.000-08:00

Here is my date for tonight, he is handsome don't you think? Chad has to work a late shift, so it is just me and the little man. He has been having too much fun lately tearing the house to pieces, and he will be found quite often with his sand bucket on his head, he calls it his helmet.He also has a fascination with Toy Stories Buzz and Woody, So Chad cut this box, so he could be Buzz, I am not sure that he understands, but it was fun for a minuet, and he sure was cute.
He even got to squeeze in the cheese face for the camera.
And here it is your one and only picture of me big, I will be 38 weeks tomorrow.

January Fun

2011-01-29T10:25:00.000-08:00

Russell asked to go for a hike by water, so we went to the Arizona side and hiked down to the Colorado, it was such a beautiful day we had a blast!Russell and Chad enjoyed throwing rocks of all sizes in to the water and making "splashes"
Russell loves to ride in the backpack.
Lovely picture of us we were taking a break, Russell was having an asthma attack. So we took some silly shots. Then he wanted to see them. I had to hold him back because he wanted to hold the camera.
Oh the water was so enticing, but we got away with only wet shoes and socks, we should have taken his water boots. Next time.This is Chad's latest project it is a dresser for baby girl, who will be here in no time.
I painted the flowers on and after they were dry Russell wanted to have his turn, he goes up to it often and says, "draw draw."
I made these for the sisters that I visit teach it was one of the sisters birthday, they were fun to do, but I am afraid that the strawberries were not as ripe not being in season, and quite pricey, but like I said so much fun!
And this is a big BIG OOPS. Do you know what this is? Well I have been ironing Chads work pants and shirts for several years now, and I have never had a single problem, till this incident. I plugged the iron in and wanted to get ironing so I could get it over with, and it was only on for like 60 seconds, I didn't think that it would be warm enough, I just figured I could go over what needed more a second time, But I did not check the temp. It had gotten turned up to the highest setting.
Now Chad is one pair of pants short and my poor iron has a black stain. That wont come off.

Water

2011-01-06T15:46:00.001-08:00

Last night as Russell and I were reading bed time stories, we got to a new one that I have never read before. It was a very touching story for a mother of a son.
Now that you know that, as I was reading I began to cry and then my voice started to crack, and I became very concerned at how almost two year old Russell would react to his Mom crying. As my voice cracked I looked down into his face as he looked up into mine, there was a moment of uncertainty, then my sweet child burst out laughing and then pointing up at my face saying, "Water ha ha Water, Water..."
To say the least I did not need to worry.

Christmas Time = Good Times

2010-12-29T14:02:00.000-08:00

We have had a lot of fun these past few days. Russell and I have spent a lot of time driving "the King" and "McQueen" around the halls, and I've even worn a new hole in a pair of my pants. It has also been raining a crazy amount for this area and we have been enjoying it. Natalie and Russell went out with umbrellas and somehow managed to still get soaked. Russell thought it fun to stand right by the house and get drenched where the water came off of the roof, with and without his umbrella. :)
For a special Christmas treat, Natalie came up with the idea of making whip cream snowmen in the tub. It was a hit, and each snowman met the same fate as Russell would say "yummmmm." This is Russell looking at his favorite present on Christmas morning. He probably would have played with it like this all morning if we didn't ask him to unwrap it.And here it is, a kitchen (that had soooo many pieces it took over two hours to assemble.)Russell sees me do a lot of things for my schooling/profession and likes to copy me any chance he can get a hold of any of my "tools." Here he is checking Elmo's ears...Needless to say, he was very excited when Grandma Johnson got him a pair of scrubs. If he looks a little grumpy in this picture, its because he's worked a long shift in the ER.We were able to go to Toddler time at Sky Zone where we set Russell loose in a warehouse full of trampolines. He really gets after it. The camera couldn't even keep up with him jumping/running around!

Christmas Countdown

2010-12-23T21:45:00.000-08:00

Great Grandma Johnson has given these countdown calendars to the grandkids for as long as I can remember. Russell really loves his and sometimes tries to trick us by saying "what's under Santa" or "the house" etc. It has been very fun seeing him excited to open a new door every morning this month. We took Russell ice skating today. I had fun skating him around, but it was just too cold for him in spite of our efforts to keep him warm and he didn't enjoy himself as much as I'd hoped. However, afterwards he said "skate fun, fun" so it wasn't that bad. Poor Natalie sat on the sidelines and froze.
Our latest project was finishing a table we got back in May from the DI. It was orange and beat up, so Natalie painstakingly sanded the detailed legs and I stuck to the big flat surfaces. Then I stained it and put several coats of varnish until it looked rather good we think.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all and to all a Good Night!

That canyon was grand!

2010-12-07T21:46:00.000-08:00

Last week we had a day between rotations and so we took the opportunity to drive the 4 hours to the Grand Canyon! Chad had never been, and we figured that it was something that we should do as we will probably never be closer to it again, and since time is running out for us here we decided that it was now or never. It was fun and I think that Chad really enjoyed it, Russell on the other hand did not love the 8 hours in the car that day. But we did try to make it fun for him, we made a couple of stops just to get out and move, and when we got there, he got to play with snow for the first real time!

If you will notice in this first picture, Dad has built Russell a little snow man, move to the next picture...

Russell demolished the poor thing! Then he started to cry because it was gone, Chad and I busted up laughing, and made him a new one that he left standing and we said good by to it, on the trail.

Dad and Russell at the look out!

All of us with the sun in our face. We had a lot of fun, but I would have to say that I did not particularly enjoy the hours in the car with Russell being a pill.

Funny Names?

2010-11-28T21:16:00.000-08:00

Russell was practicing saying names in the bathtub. We were going over Natalie's sisters' names and, well, one was more entertaining than the rest. It just so happens that Emily is Natalie's twin sister.

Random Russell

2010-11-23T21:04:00.000-08:00

I got the cooler out one day to put some treats, water, and juice in it and I turned around and guess who decided to try out a new "seat" as he calls any new place he plants himself.
Ever since Chad got home Russell loves to walk around the house wearing Dad's backpack, and of course Dad has to wear one too!
Russell helped me make Grasshopper pie this week, this was his favorite part. And for those who don't know, No there are no grasshopper in this recipe, we use crickets... just kidding.
New game, Russell and Chad put all the stuffed animals into the crib and toss them back and forth to each other, and Russell does a lot of bouncing and laughing and all out he's super silly.
On Saturday we cleaned the garage up a bit. We went through all of our boxes and got rid of a bunch that were truly silly to keep because they were just too small. We built "houses" and "kitchens" and "Forts" for Russell and he had a blast. Even though each one only lasted about 10 seconds before he pulverized them.
I was doing the dishes and Russell comes in to the kitchen and asks for a treat, so I gave him a bowl of dry cereal, he then leaves the kitchen. The next thing that I hear is "hungry, hungry" I look around the corner and this is what I saw...

Gummy Bear

2010-11-17T20:59:00.000-08:00

At night Russell loves to watch the Gummy Bear song! He loves it and says again, again. We watch it a fair number of times every night. If you are curious, you will have to check it out, and let us know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0

A little Frog

2010-11-02T14:06:00.000-07:00

Well we had a fun Halloween we just did our wards trunk or treat on Thursday last week and it was a blast, and Russell aka our little frog prince had a blast!

Earlier in the week we went to the pumpkin patch and Russell really liked that too. We asked him to sit by this pumpkin he sat on it. He loves to lay on our bed and eat fruit snacks, I don't know what to do with him, too cute.

Back!

2010-10-29T21:22:00.000-07:00

After a long dry spell, here we go I think that I will just spend the next week or so doing catch up stuff. My computer crashed so I had no way to post but we are still surviving. We are also so excited to have Dad home!

Chad has been gone for 4 months, and we are all ready to be back together as a family under one roof! And if you ask Russell how it is to have Dad home he says AWESOME, (it is really cute).

The pictures are all from time in Idaho playing with cousins, the last picture is at home though, Russell thinks it is funny to be a monkey, I came around the corner and found him doing this he thought he was so funny! It was!

Idaho Fun!

2010-09-14T20:30:00.000-07:00

Well we got to get away and have some fun! Russell Loved the Idaho weather we played outside almost all the time. We had fun with family and cousin.
We turned around in the car and they were holding hands and they stayed that way till we got where we were going. Cousin Megan was such a good sport she pulled him around for a long time. They play so well together.

Grandpa Johnson and Russell feeding the cows! MOOOO

We even got to feed the ducks popcorn and bread.

Russell loved running through Grandma and Grandpa Fowers vertical garden.

Russell loved running around on the trampoline, it was scary he would run really close to the edge, I was trying to be where ever he was.

Riding the tire horse swing.

We even saw rain, and Russell got to borrow an umbrella, he had a blast.

He liked to sit on this little truck and scoot around.

More umbrella.

Bugs and Birthday!

2010-08-21T20:46:00.000-07:00

Russell loves this book that has pop-up animals and the like in it. This particular page sticks up farther than any of the others, and the bug on the end of the stick is too desirable! One day I was just joking and said "don't eat that bug!" So now almost every time he sees this page he pretends to eat the bug and then he pulls away and goes, mmmmm.
And the hat inside well lately he has been insisting on wearing it almost always. He even made me put him down for a nap with it on, and getting it off for bath has been a battle between us. But he doesn't give me trouble about it being on outside so I really don't mind. I let Russell play with my Tupperware that holds flour, sugar, ect. With supervision because he can get them open if he wants. The other day he pulled them all out and then all by himself I watched as he figured out how to stack them. It took a few minuets but I was impressed. He sat down and just admired his work. It really was amazing because it is taller than he is.

And this week was my Birthday and it was a great one. I was so busy I was almost not even home the whole day! But Chad even arranged to have some beautiful flowers secretly delivered. Both Russell and I love them, he wants to smell them every day! Chad also got me an attachment for my kitchen aid that makes noodles. I am so excited! It is going to save me so much time! Thank you hun!

But thanks to Mel, I didn't even have to make my own Birthday dinner, and she even made me a cake! Thanks Mel for all of your hard work!

Thank you family and friends I had a great Birthday!

Stop and smell the tree.

2010-08-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

Russell never passes up the chance to stop and smell a flower, and I guess that now we can add trees to the list. Chad's tangelo is doing well, don't you think? Russell Loves his Dad, they were rolling all over this chair I really liked this picture.

We had fun at the beach, Russell thought that it was the greatest thing ever I think. He would not stay and play in the sand, we try ed to make him but he would only stay long enough for us to sit down then he would run back to the water. He would not actually get in, he would run at the waves and run away, it was hilarious. The water was really really cold. Chad got in all the way, I only got in up to my knees, I am a chicken.

One of the seconds that we got him to sit.

I asked Russell to go get me his shoes, it was time to go, I came around the corner and he was walking in my shoe only one, but he actually was able to get around the kitchen, he thought he was pretty cool. He tryed both of them to see which one worked better for him.

I was eating a plum and of course he wanted one too, he dug right in.

Because it is so cold here...

2010-07-27T20:52:00.000-07:00

Russell feels the need to wrap up in the biggest blankets that he can find and if he sees one laying around he insists that he be wrapped in it. Russell got this balloon at the 24th parade and thought that it was so cool that if he let it go it would float to the ceiling, he would pull it down and then let it back up. I was laughing so hard that he thought that something was funny too.

If you ever have the opportunity to talk with Russell on the phone this is what I get to see. He loves to here voices on the other end. He does not typically want the phone if no one is talking. I put it on speaker so that one I can here, and because he has not quiet figured out where the sound comes from.

Bugs and more

2010-07-14T20:49:00.000-07:00

Can you see Russell in the bucket of animals? He thought he was so funny.

And one day Russell decided to wear the bucket around and push another bucket.

If any of you really know me I am terrified of bugs, and crickets and cockroaches are in the list of creepen-me-out! So the other morning there was a cricket and I squished it with my sandal, and of course Russell was right there watching my every move. We flushed the squished remains and said by to the bug, like we always do. Then Russell went out picked up my sandal and started smacking the floor and the wall and door. He was "killing Bugs" I was so proud of him.

Roll, Roll

2010-07-12T20:20:00.000-07:00

First Video

2010-07-08T14:27:00.000-07:00

Ok so here is our first try at putting a video on that will really work, with sound and all! Yesterday I was driving home from the store and I heard this clicking sound coming from the back seat. I turned around and Russell was just in his own world clicking his tongue. I got him to do it when I got home. First he wanted to wave to the camera. But he was way more interested in eating watermelon. I would do it back to him and he thought that was hilarious!

4th weekend!

2010-07-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

We had a fun 4th here are a couple of pictures. We went shooting after the parade in Boulder City and we took these head phones with us but we ended up leaving Russell in the truck with the one who was not shooting with the AC on. But he loves to wear these around the house if you can't tell! He just laughs, but that could be because we are laughing at him. In this picture they are squeezing his cheeks making him look chubby. ha ha... We lit a couple of fire works and Russell really enjoyed it. He even got brave enough to hold a sparkler. A little too brave he kept trying to put in in the neighbor boys face and since I would not let him do that he decided to try his own face. But I did not allow that one either.

He was so supper cute with this flag that he got at the parade he would wave it in the air and had a great time.

Dad and Russell waiting for the parade to start! We got there a little early.

And Russell even got a sucker which was a good thing at this point because it was half hour past his nap time and he was loosing it. Notice the flag still waving? We had a ton of fun. As soon as we put him in his car seat he was gone. We did not even stay for the end of the parade.

Random

2010-06-29T21:19:00.000-07:00

Russell gets tired of the same old toys so I try and find something different that will be exciting for him. As you can see we pulled the Easter eggs out and he sat on them and swam through them, cracked them, threw them, and all around had a good time!

I caught this milk face, it was so funny, Russell didn't know why we were laughing but he started to laugh with us.
Russell has really learned to love this old bear of mine, he is listening to the bears heart. He really loves the stethoscope. I just finished listening to his, so he knew what he was doing.

Boy Boy Boy...

2010-06-23T20:39:00.000-07:00

So proud of my little boy, he loves when I vacuum! He runs around the house like crazy (usually till he coughs so hard he barfs, we are working on it) after I am done he likes to take his turn. He gets a little frustrated that he can't push it like I can, but he is going to be the best little helper! Russell loves the part of the doctor's appointment where the doc listens with the stethoscope, and Chad has this one that you see, it was cheap, and did not work, so he ended up getting a new one. So we play with this one, and he really likes it when we listen too but when it is his turn to handle it he is usually eating it.

Working on either perfecting his OMM skills or him Massaging skills?

Russell really likes to draw and so far I have been very proud of him for keeping the drawings to the paper/cardboard/coloring book. It only holds his interest for one, maybe two minuets, but it is fun. Russell likes trying to get through this stool, he does alright most of the time, and he does not want my help! He also tryed to put his head through the small upper part when we weren't watching and it took both Chad and I to get him out. Silly boy.

I got some water balloons the other day at the dollar store and can I say best dollar spent! Russell has a blast with them he has a magic touch too, he can throw them and they don't break. It helps that I don't fill them to bursting. But it is so fun to see him play with them in his Home Depot bucket.

Catch up!

2010-06-17T13:39:00.000-07:00

So I got my computer back from the shop so here is a little of what we have been laughing at lately...
Russell has been having so much fun splashing and I mean get the whole bathroom soaking wet kind in the bathtub the last few nights.

He has fun with bubbles

We went for a hike last weekend up Fletcher canyon we were soaked by the time we got back to the car, it pretty much rained on us the whole way, but we had a blast. The last time that we were here, this was full of trees and big bushes and stuff, it looked at though it had been bulldozed.

This is Water Painting, affectionately named by my sister/niece. Thanks guys he had fun!

Russell was just playing peek-a -boo in the shower curtian.

Ha ha ha ha...

2010-06-06T16:25:00.001-07:00

Do you like the tube around my waist? Now we all know where Russell gets it from. :) We got to watch Anderson for a few hours the other day and the two of them had a blast out in the bucket of water and hose. This is me getting them both dried off and into clothes. Russell is holding the ball and Anderson is crouched down. Thanks for coming to play!

The other day Russell dumped out this bucket that had the giant Lego's in it, and we turned around and he was inside. Later he thought it was fun to have us carry him around in it, as you can see it was my turn to carry around the lug. He is so silly.

Chad's Birthday & More

2010-05-24T14:01:00.001-07:00

So For Chad's B-Day we went camping! He has been so excited to go for a long time now. So we finally just went! Here Chad and Russell are in front of his last years bday presents the humongous tent! It is hard to set up when the wind is blowing as hard as it was but it is so worth it! The space, need I say any more? Dad and Russell

Anderson, Owen, and Russell playing with toys while the guys take the tents down.

Russell wanted to touch the tree top.

Russell loves to help me push the laundry to where ever it needs to go. He laughs the whole time.

Priceless black male picture!

This must be how the babies breath got it's name! This is how Russell "Smells the Flowers" he thinks it is so funny!

Loves and bugs

2010-05-13T11:43:00.000-07:00

Chad's Shoes are looking good on our little man. I always stretch at the table in the morning and yesterday Russell thought it was funny to copy me!

Aren't they so cute?!

Russell loved this little lady bug for about 10 minuets or so he even gave it the chance to crawl away but it decided to keep crawling on him, so he turned it inside out faster than I could blink. It was sad and he did not understand why it was not moving anymore.

Grandparents!

2010-05-09T10:14:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa Johnson got to come and see us this weekend! They went and enjoyed a show and Chad and his Dad went to the Supercross races. And we went and played at the pool and we went to the all famous train tunnel hike. It was really nice and we had lots of fun! Thanks for coming to visit Grandpa and Grandma!

Buckets of Fun!

2010-04-27T14:30:00.000-07:00

BYU Idaho sent us this bib, isn't it cute? We don't even know how they know we had Russell.

I gave Russell a piece of broccoli and some cauliflower he tried both and chose the broccoli.

This is banana face

Have to brag

2010-04-19T13:51:00.000-07:00

We have the funnyest little boy! The other day Russell found a shower cap and I showed him where it goes (on head) and that is where he insisted it stay for quite a long time. He makes us laugh all the time!

I also, for the first time on my own, successfully made french bread that turned out! They may not look beautiful, but hey it worked! Now I have a LOT of french bread!

Talk to Dad

2010-04-14T18:34:00.000-07:00

Russell likes to talk to Chad (Dad) on the phone whenever Chad calls I let him say hi to him. So the other day I gave him an old phone that looks a lot like mine and, well you can see for yourself.

Random Fun!

2010-04-09T09:09:00.000-07:00

So some good cheap entertainment:

We LOVE to play outside, yesterday I filled this bucket up with water and let Russell at it. He thought that it was great fun! He thought it was funny to try and pick the water up with his little hand and get it out. He was not very successful. He also thought it was cold. But fun.

Give your little musician your kitchen appliances, a spoon, a bowl, or even your pots!

Give your child an oven mitt and he will wear it around the house all day long and let you know that there is something in the oven that he needs to get out.

Russell also got into my muffin mix and made a mess, but he had fun. Chad took this picture, he kept telling me to get out of it.I was trying to keep Russell from making a bigger mess, and trying to get his clothes off.

California Easter!

2010-04-06T09:28:00.001-07:00

So we went to California this last weekend and had a blast! We had fun with Great Grandma and Grandpa Woodland, and Russell loved exploring their house and loved the neighbors dog. He even found one of Great Grandpa's old lunch pails, and enjoyed hauling it all over the house.
We got to go to the beach, Russell was not to sure but warmed up to it. He even took off and ended up rolling into the ocean. (we did not have a happy Russell for awhile) He only ate a little sand, and we some how managed to change him 3 different times while we were there.
We spread eggs on the front grass and Russell pointed and went oh oh oh... He finally with some encouragement picked up a couple, but being outside is to fun to care about colored plastic eggs. We even missed the Earthquake, we were in the care on our way home. But Grandma and Grandpa said that they shook in their chairs, when we called them. Over all we had a great trip!

Sharks!

2010-03-26T09:47:00.000-07:00

Wednesday Chad went to work dark and early and did his rounds and was able to call it a day and was home by 10:00am so we decided we needed to go do something together and have some fun. So we went to the shark reef it was fun to see Russell react to all the creatures in there. He had too much fun playing in the water, I don't think that he even saw the stingrays in there. This was a pond full of fish he just kept pointing and going oh oh oh...

Here we are looking at the jelly fish.

There is a really big fish right there you can sort of see.

Russell loved looking up and pointing to the sharks and other fish swimming by.

Water Such Fun!

2010-03-24T10:38:00.001-07:00

We had nothing to do yesterday so we went to the park and well that only can be fun for so long. Then we went home and Russell found the hose! And had a BLAST! He got so wet. The fun came to a sudden halt when he turned the hose on himself and got a face full.

As promised

2010-03-21T20:24:00.000-07:00

Well here it is, our latest project we made blocks, as you can see, for the other March babies. The paint is baby safe, and these were for Russell's same birthday month friends.

And for each set is a bag to keep them all together.

Lately

2010-03-13T21:01:00.000-08:00

So here is Chad's latest project, (mine you will have to wait to see) It is so nice it holds all of our movies and the stereo. Now I am not telling Russell to stay away from all of that stuff, it is very very nice. And it looks great too. We just got the handles for it today and they it will be all done.
And they lower picture is our first ever attempt at making Root beer. It was alright but we learned a few things and we won't be doing that again any time too soon.

More Birthday

2010-03-06T19:19:00.001-08:00

So we finally got to do Russell's Birthday cake, but it ended up being more for our enjoyment. Not that He did not have a good day, he just sort of looked at the HUGE piece of cake that Chad put in front of him. He poked it a few times and laughed with us but never really tore in to it. But it was still fun, and hey, I did not have a huge mess to clean up. :)

1 Year Old!

2010-03-02T19:29:00.000-08:00

So here is just a sliver of the year that we have had. The pictures got increasingly difficult to take if you can't tell.

Latest project

2010-02-21T08:56:00.000-08:00

We made Russsell's name quite awhile ago, and then we made Olivia's a month or so ago, and we got to finally give it to her at her first Birthday.

Chad Cuts, I paint.
Chad does such a good job cutting the wood, dosen't he?
His next couple of projects are going to be interesting I think, I will show you the products of his hard work.

2010-02-16T07:56:00.000-08:00

This is Owen on the right and Russell on the left. This was Sunday they had such a good little time together.

Russell is now walking

2010-02-06T08:34:00.000-08:00

Here's Russell showing his new skill!

Did you Know...

2010-01-31T09:09:00.000-08:00

In Idaho Russell likes to color, pack himself into the suit case, make all sorts of funny faces, dance the tango with Papa, sit on Great Grandma's lap, and play in a hippo!
We had a good time in Idaho had lots of fun spending time with family and we really missed Chad.

10 Months Old

2010-01-03T07:59:00.000-08:00

With the new year, Russell turned 10 months old. He is much more active now and the pictures are getting more difficult to take. So you'll see we tried to be more creative this time. Russell and his walker toy.

Super Russell!

The Week of CHRISTMAS

2009-12-29T19:34:00.000-08:00

We had a Merry Christmas and hope you all had the same. This is a bunch of the pictures from The week of Christmas. I had the week off and we had some good times as a family. Russell loved unwrapping his presents and kept trying to eat the paper. Once he could see what was inside he started playing with out even noticing there was still wrapping paper on the present. Funny boy!

Christmas morning. Russell loves looking at (and trying to touch) the Christmas tree

Russell's favorite present was a duck from G&G Johnson that fights and makes a fuss when lifted by its head. He gets a kick out of attacking it.

Russell unwrapping a tractor that sings "Old McDonald"

Russell missed his nap waiting in line to see Santa and told him all he wanted for Christmas was sleep. (Which miraculously he got and slept all night Christmas Eve.)

We went for a hike to Red Rock Canyon and the weather was perfect.

The lights at Ethel M Chocolate factory and Cactus garden are a family tradition.

"Farmer" Russell in his overalls and my straw hat.

We set up a tent in the front room, and Russell was in Heaven.

The Lions at Outdoor world

A Giraffe that I thought was really cool.

Christmas is Coming

2009-12-18T10:35:00.000-08:00

Russell is growing up so fast! He is not really content crawling, he is always looking for a way to stand or try walking. He found that the highchair is a great walker.
The sink is a great place to find new toys, and this also lets Natalie get herself ready and keep him entertained at the same time.

Russell thinks its funny to come lay down by me early in the morning to wake me up.

And here is Russell on his 9 month birthday doing what he does best - smiling and going somewhere!

Around Here

2009-11-18T10:39:00.000-08:00

Well we sort of missed the 8month mark, now that he is almost 9months, but Russell is doing really well, crawling all over the place, and I am loving it! It is so fun to have him play with me! We have a bigger box now, that I can crawl through too, and we just go back and forth all day. His main goals in life at this point are to get to something (does not matter what) and stand up. He is always standing and loves to pretend that he can walk. He takes adventures dives away from furniture, but needs a bit more practice.

We got our carpets cleaned last week, they were really nasty. When we moved in to this rental the carpets looked really really bad and so I borrowed a cleaner from a friend and did it myself, I spent quite literally weeks going from room to room cleaning and then back again. But when you do it yourself it the stains just come back when any dirt touches them.
Now that Russell is crawling all over the place we decided that we needed to break down and get the floors cleaned. Now we can't believe that we waited to do it for so long. We had the Austins from the ward do it for us, and they did an amazing job

Back from Idaho

2009-11-01T08:31:00.000-08:00

We went to Idaho this past month so I could do my OB/Gyn rotation. Natalie and Russell had a good time hanging out with family and enjoying the crazy weather.
When we got there, Russell turned 7 months.

Our friends, the Sidwells, came up from Logan and visited us. We took them to the Twin Falls, ID temple, and Molly and Russell had a good time together.

Russell at the temple.

Russell also had a good time with his cousin Megan.

I went hunting, and Russell thought it was fun to wear my "hunter's orange" hat.

The grass and leaves were fun to play in!

Catching up!

2009-10-23T15:51:00.000-07:00

I have been slacking and I have to do a fast catch up now. You will see here that Russell got his first hair cut, first 2 teeth (at the same time), got to see snow for the first time, playing on the grass for the first time, And in general having a good time. He is so close to crawling, he is just too interested in standing, we have to make sure that we are far enough away that he cant reach us or he trys to climb up to a stand on us.

Project #2

2009-09-14T16:16:00.000-07:00

Here is the second project that we had going on. It is a toy box, sort of holder, for Russell. Chad worked really hard on this one and I think that it turned out really cute. It is going to have a padded top one day, but that is going to be a while so for now it is done.

Fun in the Sun!

2009-09-10T14:45:00.000-07:00

We made a quick trip to California, it was a moment notice type of thing. We got to even make it to the beach. Since Russell is not a fan of the water we did not even try to put him in a swimming suit. We just let him play in the shade of the umbrella.
Russell in Great Grandma's lap.

Russell sitting next to a sleeping a Great Grandpa.

Russell does not like the water so this is what he does when he sees it.

We did get him in, he was not really thrilled.

All of us at the beach.

We finished our little project too.

YUM!!!

2009-08-31T13:25:00.000-07:00

Russell found a new toy, he took my carrot from me when I pulled it out of the fridge last week and he played with it for almost an hour. It was fun to watch him, and it meant that I did not have to entertain him, the carrot took care of that for me!

New Trick

2009-08-26T08:44:00.001-07:00

Russell SITS! He finally did it all by himself, he has been sitting for two days now and getting better every day. The pillows behind him are there to catch him when he topples over. Our floor is really hard and his head has come in contact a couple of times and it takes like 15 min. to make the head feel better. It is sad. But with the help of the pillows life is good. I have been so excited for him to sit, now he is so much happier on the floor. YES!

This is a very supervised Russell enjoying some birthday wrapping paper. He enjoyed it for quite some time. Eventually it started to make it to his mouth a little to well and it had to go, he was not happy about that.

More Pictures!

2009-08-17T07:15:00.000-07:00

I was going through my pictures from Idaho and just had so many more I wanted to share.

Russell loved sitting on my sisters lap while she attempted to play one handed, as Russell would either hit the piano himself or try to pull her hand off or play with her hand, or eat any of the above. It was funny, as you can see my sister is laughing.
Here is Russell with cousin Alli and Charile. Russell thought that this was hillarious! He was laughing so hard he was having a hard time staying sitting up.

This is my brother that just came home from his mission in Georgia just over a month ago. It was so fun to see him.

This year my parents did a completly veritcal garden. Everything from tomatos, cucumbers, squash to beans are growing UP poles and string. It is very cool. But takes alot of work.

Idaho fun!

2009-08-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

Well Idaho was fun and the temperature was so nice! By that I mean not 100+. It was so much fun to see all of my family. And this trip was to see my twin sister get married and it was a beautiful day! :)

Russell turned 5 months in Idaho!
Here is all the Fowers kids and Mom and Dad.

Us at the temple, and Russell is in his PJ still. Ha ha

Russell and cousin Megan in the hammock.

Russell's Museum Adventure

2009-07-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

We took Russell to the Children's Discovery Museum yesterday and had a good time. After Chad was all wet from making giant bubbles, we started thinking we were there more for us than for Russell, but we all enjoyed ourselves. Natalie got good at making giant bubbles that other kids would try to pop. Russell and Chad crawled into this weird box thing.We learned all about the bodily functions in the Grossology exhibit. Russell liked listening to Dr. Nose-alot.

Chad also preformed his first unassisted surgery!

The greater Las Vegas area has an Excessive Heat Advisory for the next while, so we continue to explore the world from the comfort of Air conditioned buildings.

Chad is working on this name plaque for Russell and it is a work in progress.

Cute Boy!

2009-07-13T08:20:00.000-07:00

Chad always says that I never put any pictures on of myself. So here is me! And of course a happy Russell.

We are not up to much, we are just going from day to day.
Chad is driving a ton to get to his rotation clear across the valley, but he is learning lots.
Russell and I are just trying to stay out of trouble at home. :)

Bad Habits!

2009-07-02T08:21:00.000-07:00

Ok here is a quick story for you, while Russell is sleeping.

On Monday Chad decided to clean the turtle tank, it had gotten really really dirty. He got everything all clean, and was ready to fill the tank back up. (Chad empties the whole tank when he cleans it) He has a fancy hose that he runs outside, so no bucketing water.

Anyway he decided to fill the tank by reversing the flow on the hose because the water coming from the tap was warm enough. So he starts to fill it, and I sit down to feed Russell. Chad leaves the room to do who knows what. Russell finishes eating and I sit him up and start to make faces at him, all of the sudden I hear the strangest noise, like splashing water. I look up and the tank is running over on to the movies, my scout stuff, and Chads stereo. I yelled for Chad as I throw Russell's burb rags at the tank.
We got it all cleaned up and laughed about it, while we did it.

But the reason I tittled this story Bad Habits is because my family has a pond and my Dad and my sister have left the hose in the pond on too long and have flooded a room or two in the basement. This has happened several times, the last time this happened was a month or so ago, and Chad was giving my sister a bad time about not watching it. So I found it funny that it came around to him. Ha ha ha.

I think that I got the biggest kick out of all of this! By the way the tank looks GREAT now! :)

Firsts!

2009-06-30T14:31:00.000-07:00

Ok so a couple of things, We just got back today from Russells first camping trip! We went to Loveall Canyon. He did really well, he was a little scared of the rain fly as Chad was putting it on, and did not want to go to bed when we were ready. But really he did great!

Also this was Chad's first time getting to "play" with his birthday gift, the TENT! He was so excited to finally set it up. It is too big to set up in our living room, so I made him wait. It was a pretty amazing tent. It is over 6 feet high in the middle of it and we had a queen air mattress in it as well as Russells pack-and-play and we still had enough room for another queen mattress. It is HUGE. I loved it!

Another first, Russell Rolled over for the first time twice yesterday!!! He went from his back to his stomach. He did not even get scared because he did it on purpose. He was trying to eat the blanket. He still has not got the stomach to back but he will soon I am sure. It was just so funny when he did it because he acted like he had done it a hundred times.
Ok, So Russell has been taking his hands and interlocking the fingers, he does it all by himself and all the time. Mostly when he sees something he likes, and when he wants to suck on both hands at the same time. That way they both can be in his mouth. Funny hu?

Hiking!

2009-06-28T17:39:00.000-07:00

Well, we went for an after-Chad's-test hike! We went up to Mount Charlston, up Fletcher canyon trail. The Larsons went with us as well as the Karrens. So we were a bergade of adults with babies. It was very funny how everyone we passed smiled really big and some even made funny comments like, "Triplets?!" or "Starting them early." We had a great time as you can see; we stopped for lunch and enjoyed some good sliding down rocks. What more could you ask for?
Chad and Russell, sliding down the dry waterfall!
Russell in the pack, just hanging in there.

The babies enjoying some out-of-the-pack time on the ground.

The boys and the girls, resting on the log.

Little Buddies!

2009-06-18T14:13:00.001-07:00

So we had the Burnetts over one evening, and we got to have Russell and Owen next to each other. These pictures show that if you have tall parents you will have tall children, and short parents give you short and sweet children.

Mind you Owen is three weeks younger than Russell. It is too bad Russell would not un-curl for the picture.

I love this first picture, both Dads are trying to get their respective son's attention, and they are looking at each other. It is so cute!

Pictures

2009-06-08T12:05:00.001-07:00

Aren't my boys cute?

I love this picture

Chad is really good at getting Russell to sleep, the problem is that this is how he is holding him when he falls asleep, so he can never lay him down with out waking him. But aren't they cute?

He is so funny! Or is that us?

Russell enjoying some good old fashion tummy time. (he only lasts a min. before he flips out)

Adventures!

2009-06-08T11:37:00.001-07:00

We have been asked by so many people if we have a blog, so we decided we should get with the program and put one together, so we can stay in touch especially with our dear friends that move away.

We are not up to much, we are just hanging around while Chad studies for his Board Exam that is just a few short weeks away. He is studding at home so Russell and I have to try and be as quiet as possible. Have you ever tried to tell and keep a three month old quiet? Not easy!

All is well and we are having fun doing what we do!