Introductions

For you formed my inward parts; 

you knitted me together in my 

mother's womb,

I praise you, for I am fearfully and 

wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

 My frame was not hidden from you, 

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the 

earth.

 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of

them;

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there were none of them.

Psalm 139:13-16

Baby Johnson #3

Catching Up

Contrary to belief held in the South, we Johnson girls have not
spent the last 4 months dressed as these....

That would be Super Girl and a Cow Princess

We have also dressed up as princesses and former flower girls and then made some sweetrolls.
We kept our beautiful outfits on to enjoy a Saturday afternoon movie with popcorn.
We then lost our first tooth!

And decorated our tree
Then we discovered the joy of snow boarding!
And, lastly we found out that these two sisters

are going to be getting a new baby brother or sister this July 4th!

Hence the blog update stoppage that took place for my first trimester
and lasted a little into the second one.

We go tomorrow for our 20 week ultrasound, so I'll hopefully
have some pictures to show you of the new baby...
but, we aren't finding out if we're having a boy or girl...

you'll just have to wait until after the fire work show!

BOO!

Another fun Halloween night was had by all!

Anxiously awaiting the first trick or treat expedition.

We're very serious about our poses...we like to get into character!

Keeping the neighborhood safe.

with our backup.

With neighborhood friends.

Still a very serious Super Girl, with a Cow Princess as our side-kick
.

Greg calls this her "Vogue magazine pose".

And, as all good Midwestern Halloweens end up, the girls in their winter coats ready for more candy!

Hannah Grace's new favorite phrase..."Trick or Treat"

At some point in the afternoon, Lily received a pair of pink vampire teeth which the girls kept sharing with each other, hence Hannah Grace's pink mouth in the picture above.

Hope your Halloween was as much fun as ours!

p.s. Lily got a lot of little Almond Joy candy bars.
She doesn't like Almond Joy candy bars...but, guess who does!

Right up the nose.

The girls received their flu mists (do you still call them shots if there are no needles?) today.
Lily was relieved not to have a shot, just two little mists up the nose.
Hannah Grace sat still for the first mist, then turned her head
during the second mist...
Mama's sweater got a nice inoculation against this season's flu.
Apparently there is only one mister per person, so Hannah Grace got half a dose and that's all she's going to get this season.

We did not qualify for the ever elusive H1N1 flu shot.
So, we'll be surviving on these seasonal flu mists until the summer.

In other news, I with my straight hair am wondering what to do with this...

It seems to get bigger and bigger throughout the day and there is no way a comb would pass
through these tumbles without causing a lot of tears.

We girls will be home tomorrow. Lily has a half day of school
and since she only goes for 2 hours they decided that her AM kindergarten class
does not have to attend. I have a slight sore throat and have decided that best cure for that would be a day at home!

Who is that in my bed?

My day started off with finding Super Girl in Lily's bed when I went in to wake them up. I put Lily to bed last night in her pajamas and at some point in the night the Super Girl appeared!

So, we had a little photo shoot at 7.30 in the morning!

Then little sister wanted to get into the shoot.

And, all of a sudden began giving me different poses to take pictures of...all the while saying "Picture of me, picture of me, Mama!"

I left both girls fully dressed in "regular" girl clothes, but came home from school to find that Super Girl had made another appearance at our house!


Hannah Grace has excitedly begun to explore her new little potty.

We still have some steps to learn....

But, she's excited about it!

We ended the day walking out to the front porch to this lovely display.

It's too bad white pumpkins don't come with a warning sign letting us know that squirrels may find them irresistibly delicious.
When Hannah Grace came outside to see the pumpkin she said, "Oh, man!" This has become her new favorite phrase whenever things don't go right.

And, so we ended our Tuesday.

Who's the Tiger?

This weekend, Greg, Roger, and Doug got to drive out to Ohio to watch the Bears play the Ohio something-or-others...it is 8:15 our time and I don't know who won the game although I believe it should be over by now, so hopefully they are on their way home now. You'll have to wait to hear about the game, but, I thought I'd let y'all know what the J-girls did this weekend.

We had a busy weekend which included 3 trips to Target. Yes, 2 to many. The first trip was to get some...I can't even remember, the second to get Lily's Halloween costume, and the third to pick up toilet paper and laundry detergent. Don't ask me why I couldn't get all of those things in one trip...I'm blaming it on old age...it's not easy being 29!

But, we ended our weekend with a fun afternoon. Our friend Ali reminded me that this afternoon was the Fall Fest at Hinsdale Covenant, so I packed the girls up and off we went to ride ponies and pet goats!

Little sisters Sophia and Hannah Grace patiently waiting while big sisters rode the ponies. Hannah Grace wanted to ride the pony so badly, she stood in line twice, but as soon as we got to the point of actually sitting on the pony she quickly changed her mind. While I'm mostly a willing mom, I was not willing to climb up on one of these ponies and hold her while we walked in a circle. Remember 29 is a tough age and not one where climbing onto miniature horses is encouraged.

Lily and Elsa having fun in the petting zoo.

And, Elsa and Lily after hot dogs, Cheetos, popcorn and face painting!

The last picture is cute and I know it's sideways...technical difficulties people, and my own personal tech guy is not back in town yet! So, it will stay this way until I get my guy back...just lean your head to your left shoulder and you'll see the J-girls having fun!

Love to you all!

Apple Picking

We went apple picking last weekend in Indiana, meeting up with Denise, Gus, and baby Roland! It was cold, raining, and really windy...but we did pick out some good apples!

Making Lily dispose of some of the 15 pounds of apples she had already picked. We enjoy a good apple here, but I wasn't sure we'd be able to go through all of them...She is my girl on a mission!

After being out in the cold rain picking apples, we went into the barn for some apple cider and cinnamon donuts!

After the quick warm up and Lily scarfed down 2 1/2 donuts we headed outside to petting zoo.
This is my 6-year old who has never fed an animal in her life...

and was so excited she was finally "brave" enough to give it a try!

Hannah Grace was obsessed with this little bird things, something called Silkies or some such thing.

It was an adventure getting to the Apple Orchard, a long boring story that involves our car's security system shutting down the car and then involved my directions getting us very lost. Indiana has a lot of long windy country roads that all begin with "County" that somehow don't lead to the Orchard. Long story short, we made it there! And, got to see baby Rollie!