Today, We've Discovered Bubbles!

Johnny is a bit sick as of yesterday, and although his nose is pouring buckets of milky green goo and he refuses to eat or drink anything, he doesn't seem to want this fever and the shakes stop him from having as normal of a day as possible. He is trying to stay upbeat, and I've been blowing bubbles for him for about a straight hour now. He is loving it! I have to stop every few minutes to wipe his nose and he gets very angry at me for that, but otherwise he is rather chipper. A bit punch-drunk I'd say. And I'm going to end up the same way if I don't stop blowing all of these bubbles so quickly.

This weekend was good. Steve and I went on our second date since Johnny was born. Only the two of us could end up having bought movies for a date and then shown up to the theater and had it so packed that we couldn't even sit together. Figures. But it was an enjoyable night nonetheless. Johnny stayed home with Grandpa Larry for the evening and was asleep by the time we returned at 9:30. Can you tell we are first-time parents? We barely stayed out! It isn't that we were worried about him or anything, its just that we haven't had a chance to do something alone in so long we've forgotten what our options are. A trip to target, dinner & a movie were about all the things we could come up with, so we just headed home!

My mama's birthday was on Saturday, so we went out to Altoona to celebrate with her. It was a good evening and Johnny managed to conk out in the car on the ride home, holding my hand. Anytime I tried to retract it from the awkward position it was in reaching behind the driver's seat from the front passenger Johnny would wake up and fuss. So there I was, arm bent unnaturally out of shape for 45 minutes. I looked at Steve and we agreed that all too soon Johnny will be old enough to not want to hold my hand for a whole drive and that it was completely worth the strange pain.

Yesterday we got some general shopping done... basic necessities and some party stuff for Johnny's 1st birthday. I'm half excited, half terrified that it is coming up. Wasn't it just a few days ago I was pregnant and dying to give birth already?

Time moves all too fast when you're a parent.

Cake & More Cake!

Well, we made it through January in one piece, despite Johnny's increased mobility and crazy fast way of catching on to things. Toys have taken over the house entirely, there are bruises all over the kid from rolling over top of building blocks, and I'm pretty sure our carpet will never be the same after all of the graham cracker crumbs. Life is absolutely awesome and speeding by!

Chrisy's birthday was last weekend and we had a blast celebrating it. Johnny even had some of the cake, his second chance so far at covering himself in icing. He succeeded with my birthday cake, but he took Christy's to a whole new level. It was absolutely everywhere and he was all too adorable. We all sat around laughing while he enjoyed himself. Somewhere along the lines he ended up with a mohawk and was trying to give Matt a knuckles "pound" from across the room. The cleanup after that ordeal was ridiculous but completely worth it.

The newest games in our house have been knocking over block towers and playing peek-a-boo. I don't know if I have ever seen a kid laugh so much as Johnny does. He is such a happy baby, its kind of crazy. I know I'm supposed to be the "bad cop" in this parenting relationship, but I always end up cracking up when trying to teach him what the word "no" means. He will go after my laptop cord and I'll tell him not to. He looks at me, shakes his head, then touches it again and gives me a big grin. What a little dork!

I just can't even describe how much fun we are having with this stage. Although I really miss having a 6 lb little thing around to cuddle with all of the time, my 21 lb boy still loves hugs and gives kisses all the time. We started having baby Will join us every day as of last week, and he has been my "infant fix" as Steve likes to call it. I can definitely see that waiting for a little while to have another kid is ideal, but man I don't think I would be able to if I didn't have Will around. Johnny is so good with him too, I can set Will down on the ground and all Johnny does is crawl over and talk to him. If he starts crying, Johnny pats his head gently or holds his hands and starts singing. I really should get it on video, it is too precious.

It is scary to think that Johnny's first birthday is coming up soon! A cake of his own, and a mama bawling all morning, I can just see it now. I'm using an ABC block theme for the decorations etc. and am really enjoying putting it together. I handmade all of the invitations and am excited to send them out soon. A month and a half and then he is one... where did the time go? I will still say the same thing I did when asked how I felt about my son a few weeks after he was born; I can physically remember a time before him, but it seems like he has always been a part of my life. It is just a shame that I can't slow down time as he grows. People think I'm photo crazy with him, but how can I not be? They're only little for so long!