Vacation

Tomorrow we leave for a week away from home. In the morning we are all going to get the H1N1 vaccine, but then it's packing up the car and off we go! We are all really looking forward to the trip, and although I am worried that Johnny might be a little fussy to start off with because of the shots, he should be good after a little bit. He loves car rides.

Steve spent a long time on the phone today with the people from TomTom to get the map update we were promised that the computer refused us. Finally he managed to talk the people into getting it set up, so now we won't have to use printouts the whole time.

Other than our upcoming plans, not too much else has been going on. November 16th Johnny finally had his first tooth cut through, but only the very top. Ever since he is even more insistent on chewing on everything, much like a puppy with brand new shoes to attack. We will be taking plenty of teething toys and biscuits. He seems to like puffs too.

The girls are getting along with Johnny just fine. He and Kelsey are pretty much best friends. I can't have them in the room together without letting them sit with each other or they both start freaking out. They're cute but I think they are starting to drive Averey nuts. "Why do they keep holding haaaaands?"

Well, I gotta finish packing... here's to a safe journey!

Flipping Out

I'm getting pretty bad at updating. The older Johnny gets, the busier our family is! It also seems that the older Johnny gets the more hyper he is. Although this is true of most babies, I don't think I have ever seen one so full of energy as my little boy. I have watched countless little ones in my life and never has one been such a spitfire. My question at this point is hold old a kid has to be before you can put them on Ritalin? Okay-- so maybe not yet. But I definitely think the father's ADHD is manifesting it's self in the son.

Yesterday Johnny did a back flip off of Steve's lap. He was sitting there facing his dad, hand in his hand, and then suddenly launched himself backward, arched, and flung around to land perfectly with his feet on the floor. PARENT HEART ATTACK. We both proceeded to tell the baby how horrible the idea was and that he must never ever do it again. Somehow, I'm not all that sure Johnny was listening.

At his doctors appointment on the 5th, he weighed in at 17lb 8oz. That put him right around 30% in the weight category. His 27 2/4" height landed him a little over 75%. The boy just keeps stretching. I was holding him this evening while he was sleeping and was astounded that at birth he was smaller than what is currently the length from his head to his butt. We're going to have a time of it when he starts hitting those crazy teenage growth spurts if this is how fast he's been going to begin with. Steve said the fastest he grew was 4 inches in one summer--3 months? That just has to be painful. There's no way around it.

Lately Johnny has been a lucky boy. His mama has found the way to his heart. To be honest, it's the same as with his daddy... technology. We gave him one of my old cell phones (no battery) to chew on, as well as a computer all of his own.

That's right, Johnny has a computer.

A laptop.

And its a mac.

Ten guesses whose computer it was before now? Yeah, grandpa Gary. A 1992 Powerbook 160 is now all Johnny's to bang on and play with to his heart's content.

Gary needed the hard drive to be disposed of so he gave it to Steve a while ago. Well, Johnny kept trying to commandeer my computer every time he sat anywhere near it, so I finally came up with the bright idea of cleaning the mac and handing it over. Let me tell you, the boy couldn't be happier. All because of Steve's procrastination.

Go team.

Trick-or-Treat

The slobber monkey enjoyed his first Halloween. We got a bunch of pictures of him with everyone he visited, and even received an awesome book about costumes from his GG. It was so much fun to see everyone's faces when we showed up at the front door. His grandpa Gary even had us leave with about 4 bags full of candy, despite the fact that the 6 1/2 month old has no way of eating it. -- Not that I mind!

Eli Bricker's birthday party was on Saturday, and Johnny really had a blast watching all of the 3 year olds run in circles around the place. There were so many little kids, all hyped up on sugar. Johnny never had a chance to get bored, there was so much going on. He went along rather well with the pirate theme, as anytime he got very excited he would yell out "AAAARGH" and then start to laugh. What a little nut.

Both Saturday and Sunday afternoons Johnny spent a lot of time with his daddy so that I could get some work done. They watched football and played games, and all I heard all day was a ton of giggling. His laugh is so contagious. It is impossible to hear that little boy get going without cracking up yourself. Steve and I have always laughed a lot, but it was nothing compared to how we laugh now that Johnny has come along.

I love my little boy!