Wild Times

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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.