The Zoo!!!

This past weekend we were in Salt Lake for my best friend's wedding, on saturday we had some free time and we decided to take Johnny to the zoo. Aunt Kaycie and Joneale, and Uncle Joey came too. Johnny loved it, he was so excited about all of the animals and was trying to make all the animal noises. He especially loved the monkeys, he got so excited every time we saw one. The giraffes were also fun for him, he loved their long tongues.

He wouldn't look at the camera because there were monkeys.

The giraffes were so close, it was really cool.

You can't see it too well, but there was a leopard right next to him on the other side of the glass.

He actually just liked the water here....

Sleeping through dinner

On Monday I was fixing dinner and turned around to give Johnny his and found him fast asleep in his highchair, poor kid, I guess I didn't make him nap long enough that day. He slept through all of dinner.

Using the potty!!!

I'm sorry if this post bothers or grosses anyone out, but I was so excited I had to share. A week or two ago we bought Johnny a little potty to practice using, we know he's a little young but we thought the sooner we get him used to the idea, the better. So, we've randomly set him on it now and then and he smiles and has had no idea what to do. I've noticed that we usually need a diaper change pretty bad after lunch, so after he ate today I set him on it. He sat there for a while and just smiled, then he started to get up, I tried to put him back on and he shook his head at me and said "done, done". I still tried to put him back on and told him to just try, but I looked in and he was right....he had gone on the potty!!! (A lot) He did both things and knew he was done, it was so cute! I couldn't believe it, I'm sure it'll take a lot longer for him to always do that, but at least it's a start, he was so proud of himself. He kept clapping and saying "I did it, I did it". I took a couple pictures of him next to his potty....don't worry, they're clean! And again, I'm sorry if I grossed anyone out, I'm just so proud of him.

Just a Bunch of Updates....

We went to Bear Lake a few weeks ago with some of our friends and forgot to post about it. Johnny loved playing in the water until his naptime, then he got really cranky so we had to leave a bit early to let him sleep. Davie and I thought we would be cool and tan, and ended up with the worst sunburns we ever had. It was awful, we were both in so much pain and peeling everywhere, seriously I just barely stopped peeling. (Sorry to gross people out) Anyways, we've decided it is not worth it just to have a tan, so we're never getting sunburnt again! We had a lot of fun though and it was nice to go swimming one last time before the end of summer.

We had to keep the binky in Johnny's mouth at all times because he kept eating the sand.

School's started back up, which means Davie is up early each morning and heading to school and then straight to work, it stinks because we see him less, but we know it's worth it to get finished with school.

Our ward switched to the nine thirty block, which we were hoping would be an easier time with Johnny and his nap schedule, it's not though. It was really hard the first week, he cried a lot, and got really rowdy in Relief Society and had to sit in the hall. We're hoping we can switch him down to one nap a day so that church isn't so hectic, and we're really trying to teach him that church is a time to be reverant, kind of a hard thing to teach a ten month old, but you got to start sometime.

Also, I am starting work this week......and it's a job where I can take Johnny. I'm going to be watching some kids that I nannied when I was going to school before Davie and I were married. It's only 2 mornings a week, but it'll help out a little bit and give Johnny the chance to be around kids more often, I'm really excited about it, I think it'll be really good for him.

Johnny is walking really well now and goes so fast he's practically running, we've decided the next thing we want to teach him is to use the toilet......doubt it'll happen any time soon, but we're setting him on it every once in a while to get him used to the idea. Also, he is very obsessed with dogs right now. Davie went down to the BYU game last weekend and I went to my mom's during the day, well she has 3 very noisy dogs and Johnny thinks it's so cool. He started calling my mom Nana, and he walks around saying " Nana, dogs, woof woof". It is so funny, he barks all the time and talks about dogs all the time. He looks for pictures of dogs in his books, keeps wanting to watch 101 Dalmations, and whenever we talk about "Nana", he says "Dogs, woof woof". So I guess she's the dog grandma now, and that's what he associates with her.

Other than "dog", and "woof woof", Johnny has learned some new things lately. He knows where his nose, belly, toes, ears, eyes, tongue, and hair are, and shows us all the time. He's starting to figure out how to actually call people on our phones, he can turn lights on and off, recognizes "MaMa" and "DaDa" in pictures, and has a favorite food.....cantelope. This is such a fun age, it's so neat to see his face light up when he learns something new and understands it. It's also nice that he can communicate a bit better with us.

Blogger Problems!!!

So, you're all probably wondering why our blog shows that everything was written this month, and why all of our pictures and video's have disappeared....well, I was stupid and tried to get a new background from a site and it totally reset our blog, and made it impossible to change our blog at all. So, I opened a new blog, and after a lot of copying and pasting we have most of our stuff back. It's going to take a lot longer however to get the pictures and video's put back on. Also all comments people have made were lost. We appreciate your comments and will miss having them on our past posts.

Clapping, belly buttons, etc.

I swear, once you think your kids are as cute as they can get, they go and do something that makes them even cuter! Johnny has started clapping all the time, he walks across the room and stops and claps for himself and says "YAY".......it's so funny, he claps for us too when we do stuff but mostly for himself. Then I was getting him dressed this morning and pointed out his belly button to him, this afternoon I said something about tickling his belly button and he pointed at it and said "belly", and then clapped for himself. It's so funny to watch how proud he gets of himself. So, he's obviously learning a lot of new words, our favorite from today was when Johnny got into the diapers and tried to eat them, Davie took them away and pointed his finger at Johnny and said "NO", (he's been working on being more serious so Johnny doesn't just think he's being funny and do it again), well Johnny looked at Davie and pointed his finger in Davie's face and said "NO", just like Davie had done, and then clapped for himself again. I know this could mean trouble but it was so funny we both burst into laughter. It's so funny how much he copies us now, we're being really careful what we say and do in front of him.So, to sum up, Johnny's newest accomplishments are......walking all the time, clapping for himself, turning the tv on and off, changing channels w/ the remote, eating finger foods, and saying...."yay, no, belly, pretty, nana, and out".

Walking!!!

So, we were goofing off with Johnny this morning, and he started walking.....literally. We have walked him around with him holding our hands and have tried letting go but he usually just sits down. Today he walked all the way across our livingroom!!! It was so crazy, and he wants to do it, I tried holding his hand later and he tried to push me away.....So, I guess now we have a walker! He does fall a lot, but he doesn't stop trying. Here's a video, he's not going as far as he did this morning, but you can get the picture......

Just Plain Cute

This post doesn't really have an explanation...I was just goofing off with Johnny the other day while making dinner and he started laughing really hard and I got some really cute pictures. He's just got a great personality and sense of humor, he always keeps us smiling.

Sleeping through church and driving cars!!!

Our church is at one which is really hard because it overlaps Johnny's big nap of the day. Usually he makes it through ok and takes a small nap during sacrament meeting, a couple weeks ago he couldn't handle it and fell asleep on the floor. It was so cute! He slept through all of Relief Society and most of Sunday School. I love how he spreads his arms out all wide in his sleep, we're switching to the 9:30 block soon, so hopefully that'll solve the nap issues on Sundays. We went shopping at a different grocery store than usual the other day and they have the kids shopping carts with the car attachments that they can pretend to drive....and Johnny loved it. He was having so much fun in it, he kept bouncing up and down like he was on a ride. He would actually steer the little car when I turned corners in the store. I'm going to try and shop there more often so that he can have some fun with those, he was so good at the store that day!

New Hair

Ok, so I found a picture of my hair this morning. It was taken on my phone so it won't be the best quality but you can see what I did to it. I'm told I look better with the blonde in my hair, but I'm not sure which way I like it best so let me know what you think.... I think I like the length now because it is so much easier to style and hardly takes any time at all. I might be brave and go a little bit shorter in a couple months, I always said I wouldn't cut my hair off when I had kids, but it's so worth it, it's just too hard to have long hair when you've got a baby.

Busy Busy

Sorry haven't blogged in forever. Things have been pretty busy for us. Davie finished up summer school a couple weeks ago and has a short break before fall semester starts. It's going to be hard again but school's worth it.Johnny has learned so many new things lately. He pulls himself up on everything and is trying to walk!!! A couple weeks and I think he'll be able to do it. In some ways I'm looking forward to it, but I'm also nervous about it cause he's so fast already. He gives kisses all the time now, which is tonz of fun. He's got such a great personality.Also, last saturday I did something very brave....I chopped my hair! I've been thinking about it for a while and finally just went for it. I cut off 8 1/2 inches, and put blonde back in. It's a bit more blonde than I was expecting but I think I like it, it's a fun change. I was kind of shocked about the hair at first too, but it's so much easier to style and Johnny doesn't pull it nearly as much, which is great. I'll put pictures on as soon as I get some.