24th celebration

For the 24th this year we had our Johnson family reunion, for which, I was the Queen. Johnson family reunions are not like other family reunions. For ours, we all (all extended family on the Johnson side) head to my grandparents cabin and we "camp" for the weekend. There is always a horse ride, a "talent show" (in which every family is expected to perform something, anything), and a big, giant, ridiculous, death defying hike on the last day. This year was no different. Except that I didn't have my trusty sidekick (aka:Kenny) to help with keeping track of two children. Thus, there are very few pictures. Saturday morning I was wrangled into going on the horse back ride from hades while my mom watched my kids. Four excruciating, bumpy hours later we were back at the cabin in time for lunch and the marshmallow gun fight.

After the marshmallow war we headed down to the conveniently placed Girl's Camp amphitheater for the TALENT SHOW!! It was the best one yet, minus my humiliation which was WAY too familiar, and reminded me WAY too much of a particular high school assembly.

Sunday we went on the death hike, during which I died, quit half way through (I had a good excuse, my baby was hot and hungry and screaming, but I quit nonetheless), and I lost track of my son. Someone else kept track of my son, but I lost track of him and I hated that.
Capri and I got to hang out with my Dad for a while though, and it was nice. After the delicious barbecued pizza lunch, we headed off on our long drive home. Over all, a successful reunion and a fun weekend. Can't wait till next year!!

smiles!

She's still pretty stingy with her smiles, but she's been breaking them out more and more lately. This is the first one we caught on camera (Kenny took this one while I was at work). Her face is SO cute with a smile on it!!

two months of bliss...

At birth, Capri was 6.0lb, 18 in.
At one week, she was 5lb 8oz, 18.5 in.
At two weeks, she was 6lb 3oz, 19 in.
At one month, she was 7lb 15oz, 19.5 in.
And at two months, she was 9lb 9oz, and 20.75 in.

Just for comparison, Aiden, at birth, was 7lb 8oz, 20 in.
At one month, he was 9lb 12oz, 21.25 in.
And at two months, he was 12lb 4oz, and 24 in. long.

Capri is just now growing out of her newborn clothes, and is finally (kind of) fitting into her 0-3 month stuff. She is a dream baby, cries only when she needs something, and if her needs are being met, she's easy to soothe. She sleeps ALL NIGHT (from 10-7), and has since she was one month. She still sleeps a lot, but when she is awake, she is usually happy, and makes faces and coos at inanimate objects. She's stingy with smiles, but every once in a while, she will grace us with a big full faced smile if we try really hard for it (I'm still trying to get one on camera...). She loves her bath, but hates getting lotioned and dressed. She doesn't mind headbands anymore, but she hates hats. If we put a hat on her, she SCREAMS until we take it back off. She's an absolute delight to have around, we just love her.

this is how I name my photos

I spend a lot of time editing the photos I take. Life was so much easier before I was introduced to the world of fancy cameras, and photoshop. Much less interesting and beautiful, but easier. Anyway, half of the time I spend editing photos, I am trying to think of what to name the photos when I save them. We were out at the playground the other day, and I was taking photos of my kids cause I had been slacking at that lately. As I took each picture, I thought I'd save myself some future time, and name them as I took them. And it worked! When I was editing tonight, as I went to save each of them, I already had a name picked out, and it honestly saved me several minutes. I'm sure of it. Anyway, here they are. What I named my photos.

Cheeser.

My boy's face from above

Concentration.

Spit bubbles.

Coy.

Eyes.

Stinker face.

Pacifier.

And, Her daddy.

baby, baby

Kissy face!

Sometimes, when she opens her eyes and looks at me, she looks totally normal and SO cute. Then, I take a picture, and in the picture her eyes look just a little freaky. But still cute. I swear, I did not touch her eyes in the editing process. They look like I sharpened the heck out of them, but I did not.

She's so sweet.

little boy happenings, as promised

Aiden loves to cuddle Capri, and when I started taking photos he decided he wanted to "smile like an engine", so if you ever wondered how an engine (train) smiles, now you know! And don't be freaked out by Capri's eyes in the background--they always look like that!

He's got this new Thomas game on the computer that he is in love with. Kenny taught him to use a mouse, and by doing so he created a monster. He is SO good at using a mouse! We have to limit his computer time every day cause if we didn't he'd spend hours playing this game.

And this is right before school. I was taking pictures of him because I wanted one of him before he got his hair cut later that afternoon. But alas, I still haven't taken the after photo so I'm just posting this as is, cause he's so stinking handsome.

I never really understood before how parents can love two children and not have the love that they have for one take away from the love for the other. If that makes sense. I used to see mom's with their two or three kids, and think "there's no way she loves that obnoxious 5 year old boy as much as she loves that sweet new baby girl, I don't care what she says." Then I was a mom with a little boy that I loves more than anything, and I knew no amount of sweet little girls could change that. I was so worried about being able to love another baby as much as I love Aiden, I just didn't believe it was possible. Yet, there I was with this brand new baby girl, and I didn't love my thee-almost-four-year-old any less, if it's possible I loved him more. And that baby girl, I loved her like she was mine. I'm loving them both more every day, and neither is taking away from the other. It's amazing to watch love double and grow each day, each hour, each minute without breaking into little tiny pieces. I think I'm starting to understand a little how it happens, yet, I still don't know that I could ever love another as much as I love them.

little pieces of heaven

I realize this blog suddenly is totally lacking in photos of our other cute child, Aiden, but he doesn't hold as still as this one does!! I promise, some cute pictures of our handsome and very much loved little BOY will be coming soon.But for now, some of my favorite parts of the littlest girl in our household. Like, her lips.

Her tiny fingers...

Ah, her little cowlick that goes around and around in a perfect circle. Her too-big-for-the-rest-of-her feet.

And her perfect, tiny, cuddly body. (And the lips again, oh I love her lips.)