Johnson family Fun

Well, I haven't posted in awhile because I've been super busy but had to show off some of the cute pictures we've taken in the last few months. Alivia is getting so big and strong. She rolled over from her tummy to her back a few weeks ago. I couldn't believe it! We've been showing off our cute babies to grandparents and friends. We also went on a fun horse carriage ride to see the elk in Logan. That was a fun little trip!

Alivia Pictures

Just thought I would post some pictures of just Alivia. She is growing so fast. She's already out of her newborn clothes:(

She doesn't really care for the flash on our camera:
Now she's really mad that we keep taking pictures of her!

She always straightens her fingers when she's mad. I hate to listen to babies cry but I also think these are such fun faces!

Oh! Alivia loves to be held in the wrap! She would sleep all day if I left her in it and I love to have her all cuddled up to me. So precious!!

I just love how she looks in purple. It's a good color on her!

Yellow (sheets) isn't really a good color on her but I thought this picture was so cute. Her little lips form the shape of a sideways heart.

Bath time! This was before we had a girly towel and so she had to use Ammons. I think she looks a lot like Ammon in this picture when I compare him in the same towel but she definatley has her own look too!

We love our beautiful Alivia! She will be 2 months old on the 21st! It's going by way too quickly! We are going to bless her on January 17th in our ward at 12:30. Friends and family are welcome!

Skeeter and Buzz

Alivia with the Smiths

Auntie Tanya, Calvin and Uncle Ryan with Alivia for the first time. We had a great time at your house! Thanks for letting us stay!

2009 Highlights

2009 picture highlights. In order these pictures start from the left and go down.
Ammon started doing push ups in April, crawling and pulling himself up on things in April, first swing ride in June. Darren went to Texas in July and I got to see Ammon's first steps. He learned how to use the T.V. controller and I had to remember not to pick him up so much with my growing belly. 2nd Halloween Ammon was a dinosaur and a Milk Bottle (picture not included). Ammon turned 1 and we had a great party with family. He continues to laugh all the time as you can see! Ammon learned to say 'more' and 'please' in sign language in September. Alivia was born in November and she is so beautiful! Ammon had his first bubble bath in December and didn't like it.

Iron Chef

Our Iron Chef competition was so much fun! To see the details, click here.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!

Buddies for life! Playing in the back yard. It was chilly but they didn't care.

First Bubble bath ever. Ammon was freaking out when I put them in. He was trying to take the bubbles off his hand and arms and kept getting more on. A few minutes after the picture they were both screaming!
Have you ever seen so many presents! I couldn't believe it! The room looked very magical with the lights turned off and the Christmas tree shinning.
Christmas Eve dinner was Hawaiian haystackes and sparkling cider. It was delicious!
Delicious pumpkin cookies. They stacked these up like a cake and served them to me for my birthday. Thank you everyone for making my birthday special! I got lots of kitchen items from mom (which I really needed), some homemade slippers from Tanya (which are so warm and comfy) and my grandmas funnel (wahoo! I have never had a funnel).

The Johnson family had an awesome Christmas this year. We spent it in Spokane Washington with my family in Tanya and Ryan's new home. It is a beautiful place and there was plenty of room for everyone. Chilly but beautiful! Our road trip up and back were gorgeous with clear roads the entire way and no snow storms. We were very blessed! We were showered with gifts and spoiled by Santa Claus! We played the Wii and had an Iron Chef competition, took pictures of screaming children in their Christmas attire and had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner. We also got to take a special package to a family and got up at 4:30 a.m. to open presents so that Ryan could go to work at 5. The one thing we missed out on was doing the Nativity scene. It would have been so fun with the 4 kids! Unfortunately Krista and Jaylie bug had to leave early Christmas morning but we enjoyed seeing them. Skeeter and Buzz had a great time playing together and became real good buddies. They even played together in nursery on Sunday. Calvin learned to say Ammon and taught Ammon to say MoMa. We had a great time and feel so very blessed! Auntie Tessa was the biggest help with the kids and I was so grateful she was there to help! She took Alivia for me one evening and let me sleep until 6 a.m.! It was the best present I could have received. Although I love my babies and love holding them all night long, I also love to sleep!!!!
We are looking forward to the blessings of a New Year and can't wait to accomplish our goals. Thank you to all of our friends and family members for blessing our lives and for supporting us in all we do. We are so grateful for our Savior Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice for us!

Cut My Chub

So, my work is starting a 'Cut My Chub' competition starting January 4th. I'm really excited to start eating better and planning more 'activity' in my life. It will have only been 6 weeks since I had Alivia when I start so I will have to start off slowly but it will be nice to have some motivation. My sister Tanya stalked me up with a bunch of Weight Watchers tips and a food scale that I'm excited about. I will post a 'before' picture on the 4th and then an 'after' picture on the last day, March 26th. Wish me luck! I will need all that I can get to win the competition!

Thankful for...

I know I'm a little late for a Thanksgiving post but it's never too late to give thanks. Grammy Goodall and Grandma Johnson were here for the birth of Alivia. It was so nice to have their help and to have Tessa here for anything we needed. Look at this gorgeous red hair!
Tessa stayed on Thanksgiving day and helped make dinner. We wouldn't have enjoyed such a wonderful dinner without her! We were so glad that she decided to stay with us and we enjoyed having her at our house. As you can see, we had a delicious dinner and definately didn't do without!

Ammon is so grateful for his new sister. He just kisses her all the time whenever he walks by. It is so cute!

Ammon loves walking around in anyone's shoes that aren't his. He walked the entire kitchen really fast in Grammy's shoes and giggled the entire way.

Grandpa Johnson drove down on Sunday just to see Alivia and to drive back through the canyon with Grandma. We were so grateful to see him for a few minutes. It was so fun to have Sandra here for a few days before the birth. We went on walks and had a good time together. Thanks for all the fun times!

Tessa has been so busy with school that we don't see her much but it has been so fun to see her more often now that we live in Logan with her. Alivia loves her Auntie Tessa and Ammon has learned to say Tessa. It's so cute!

What a proud daddy! He's so good with the kids and I'm so grateful to have him home to play with them and to help me out around the house. You couldn't ask for a better daddy! I was so grateful he was there for me during the birth. Couldn't have done it without him!

This was at our ward Christmas party. Darren had to work but mom came with me and the kids were so cute in their new little outfits. They got to sit on Santa's lap (Ammon didn't like it much) and we enjoyed a ventrilaquist for the program. Ammon really liked the puppets.

Here's Grammy with the babies. I was so grateful for all that she did for me these past few weeks. I couldn't have survived without her doing the laundry, meals, dishes, cleaning toilets etc. Thanks so much for everything you did for us! My dad was also able to come for a few days for Thanksgiving. I was so glad that he took the time to drive down even though it was a short trip for him it was so nice to see him!

Baby Alivia is here!

Alivia came flying out Saturday the 21st at 9:21 pm. She is 8 lbs 12 oz and 21.25" long with fire red hair. We had her at home, which made Tyeanna really happy. Tyeanna didn't go into hard labor until about 7pm. and we had practically no warning that Alivia was coming. Chris our midwife barely made it to Tyeanna in order to catch it and I barely made it there to see. As Grandpa Stone always said "we don't do ugly!" There will be more pics posted shortly, of course.

Thank you for your prayers, we needed them, and they were answered!