Don't say a word! I already know!

I know, I know! Don't. Say. Anything! I treat this blog just like I treat my annual new year's resolutions. After a few months, I just can't ever find the time to keep up. I get 'reminders' regarding the blog. I constantly get phone calls from the family. They curse, scream, threaten, and say mean things about how I don't update enough; and that's just the Johnson side! ;) I will do better. That's all I can say! Here is a quick overview of the past year (man, I really suck don't I):

Spent Christmas in Utah. Grandpa Johnson, Ari, and I made a snowman. It seriously took us forever to build, and then the neighbor kids knocked it over! Messed up!



 We spent Christmas morning over at the Sagapolutele's. Fili and Pan weren't even there. They were with family in Vegas. Dad and Mum drove down at stayed a couple of days at their house. Matson's family and our family joined them Christmas morning to open presents.

Celebrated New Year's with our good friends, the Nicholson's. Ari and Atticus are such good buddies. I have never met a kid quite like Atticus. He makes me laugh so hard!



Ari turned 5! She wanted a party at Chuck-e-Cheese with all of her friends.

 Valentine's Day came and went...

 St. Patrick's Day came and went...

Random dress-up pic that Ari wanted me to add. :)

Tornado season came and went. Actually, I'll spend a bit more time on this one. This pic is when the sirens went off during a bad storm. Brad was out of town, so the girls and I camped out in the closet for about 3hrs. That storm was the same storm that devastated Joplin, MO.

 I turned 29 for the 2nd time!

4th of July came and went... We spend it with the Nicolson's every year. The slip-n-slide was pretty epic! (Am I too old to use the word 'epic')



And somewhere in the middle of all of these crazy shenanigans, we bought our first home. We are still in the process of remodeling rooms. It got way too hot, way too fast, so we took about a 3 month hiatus during the summer. The weather is now in the mid to high 80's, so it's perfect time to start up again. We love our house, love our neighbors, love our ward. We feel very blessed!!

**Tune in next week for my post about our fun-filled quick trip to Utah for the Dickerson/Johnson wedding! Loads of fun! (Yep, that's what I said NEXT WEEK!!)

What have we been up to? Well, let me tell you!

I'm SORRY!! I really don't have an excuse for my blogging laziness. Everybody keeps getting after me to update, but I just...didn't do it. I will recommit myself starting NOW! :) I've decided to condense the past six months into one post. Then at the end of October, beginning of November, I'll post about October. Deal? Okay, great! Here is what we've been up to for the past several months:

Brad Graduated (May) *I chose this picture, because of the little girl in the background; not to be confused w/the totally oblivious lady on the right. Seriously lady? Get out of the picture!! Anyway, Ari had her feelings hurt that she wasn't in every.single.picture. So, she walked away to pout, but still managed to be in the picture. That's my girl!*

Back to the point of the picture. Brad graduated law school. You'd think Brad and I would be totally overwhelmed with joy, yes? No. We basically just gave each other a high-five and decided not to celebrate until after the bar results. Oy Vey!

Ariana's First Dance Recital (June)

Need I say more? The picture speaks for itself. It was so much fun to watch all those little girls perform on stage. Pure entertainment! The only thing that I was disappointed about, was that the dance company wouldn't allow cameras/camcorders in the building. Seriously? I'm over it now, but it made me really upset then. Oh well, she looks adorable right?!

Utah/Wyoming Trip (July)

*Hehe! I chose this picture of my stunning sister-in-law Cammie! I just didn't know which picture to choose, because I didn't want to offend either side of the family. I decided to go for one that everybody would enjoy! This was a once in a lifetime moment, that only I was privy to witness. Cammie is 'attempting' to perform the 'jerk' and the 'reject'. I could not stop laughing. I immediately told her to NEVER, EVER do that in public!--And then she went to the store w/me in that outfit, even after I begged her to change. It looks like sherbet ice cream threw-up all over her shoes and sun glasses. Love you Cams!*

The girls and I went to Utah/Wyoming to visit family while Brad studied for the Bar Exam. The trip was so much fun, even though it didn't turn out like we had planned. We didn't get to see half the people we wanted to. Everybody (including us) got a stomach bug that was NOT fun. We were pretty much confined to one place the entire trip. I did get to spend time w/my family and my in laws, so it turned out to be a really good trip. If we didn't get to see you, I'm so sorry! Next time, next time!

Ariana's First Day of School (August)

My heart melts when I see this picture! She's getting so big! The school district that we live in is AMAZING! I love it! The school system starts w/Pre-K, not Kindergarten. Ariana goes to school from 8:15-3:00pm M-F. She absolutely loves it. She's doing so well in school, and we are just happy that she's enjoying it so much. I was a nervous wreck the first week. I cried like a baby when I dropped her off the first day. My friend April was in the parking lot and saw me walking to my car sobbing. She rolled down her window and laughed at me. If I didn't love her so much... :) Anyway, I am the Homeroom Mom for her class (along w/another Mom), and I am also the Pre-K Homeroom Coordinator. I'm over all ELEVEN Pre-K Homeroom Parents. Yes, there are eleven Pre-K classes. It's nuts!


Our Working Man Getting Sworn In (Sept/Oct? I don't remember)

This is really one of the coolest moments of my life. I was teary eyed and so, so proud of Brad. He is, w/out a doubt, the hardest working human being I know. I am so in love with this man! Okay, enough with the gushy. Brad was sworn in at the Oklahoma State Capital, and it was amazing. He now works his tiny behind off for a very well known law firm here in T-Town.

Oh, I have to tell the story of how he found out that he had passed the bar. He was in court one day, with one of the partners from the firm. There were about thirty other attorneys there as well; it was a big insurance case. He knew he'd be in court when the results were posted, so he asked me to just text him and 'give it to him straight'. He said, "Babe, just write 'You passed' or 'You didn't pass', that's it okay?" He so does not know me! ;) Anyway, he couldn't even bring his phone into court, so he didn't see my text. When the judge was about to adjourn, he (the judge) said, "Is there a Mr. Bradley Johnson here?" Brad stood up and said, "Yes, your Honor, I'm Brad Johnson". The judge said, "Mr. Johnson, I just want to tell you congratulations. You passed the Bar Exam." He received an applause from all the other attorneys and people in the court room. How cool is that? The partner that he was with had set it up for him, beforehand of course. I thought that was really sweet of him to do that for Brad. What would he have done if Brad had NOT passed? Awkward!

So, there you go. That's what has been going on for the past several months. Man, that took forever to do! I just want everybody to know that this has taken me over three hours to write. Kids! Need I say more? I will not go back over to this post to check for spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors. I'm tired! Love you all! Until next time.

Easter '10

If you haven't guessed by now, yes, I'm making up for lost time! Three posts in one day! I have so many other things I should be doing right now. But some people are just mean! When I don't keep up on the blog, some people (you know who you are) can just get down right nasty! -- So this year I told Brad that I was in charge of getting Easter baskets for the girls, since he gets carried away and buys way too much stuff. I was very organized and had the girls baskets completed two weeks in advance. Brad only had to get stuff for my basket. He walked in the door with bags full of Easter stuff. He just couldn't help himself! I don't know what to do with him!

See the cute pink chocolate bunny inside the basket? That's the one I got Ari. See the ginormous bunny off the the right? Brad! See the Nerf gun, Mario Galaxy game, Astro Boy dvd, purple shirt, and kite? BRAD!

Gaby's basket. All me baby! That's what a proper basket should look like. I didn't go over board!

I love this face in the morning. She chewed on everything! Translation: She loved it!

Ari flipped out when she saw the giant bunny. She immediately threw her pj's off and put the purple shirt/dress on. Daddy, I mean the Easter Bunny, was beaming!

Easter Egg Hunt

There is this beautiful church in Jenks that holds a massive Easter Egg Hunt every year. There are 50,000 eggs for the kiddos to gather. They have different fields roped off for different age groups, and in each group there are a few prize eggs. This was our 3rd yr attending and it was just so fun to watch Ari.

She is getting so big! She was so excited to be there.

Yep, cropped Momma out. We love our girls!

At first Ari would only pick up the pink and purple eggs. Brad and I had to convince her that the other colors were just as good. Such a girl! -- Oh! Brad and I were laughing (rolling our eyes) at some of the parents. We saw three Dads take off when the hunt started. They were running around trees, looking over and under things, just so they could find the prize eggs. Their kids weren't anywhere close to them! Way to teach your kids what's important Dads! There were other parents who literally brought garbage sacks, GARBAGE SACKS and were filling the bags full of eggs. Really? I just don't get some parents. This is supposed to be for the kids. There were some other parents around us and we were just looking at eachother shaking our heads.

In the end, we had so much fun watching Ari. She loved every minute of it! If you are wondering why there aren't more pics of Gaby, well, like most hours of the day, she was hungry, so Brad took her back to the car and fed her some baby food.

Gaby's First Haircut!

Gaby kept getting her hair caught inbetween her 'neck chub'. I finally got sick of it and decided to trim her hair. Man I was tired afterwards. I couldn't get the kid or her father to cooperate!

*And Here We Go!*

Me: Babe could you hold Gaby's head so I can get a better shot of her hair.
Brad: I'm trying to. Just take the picture.
Me: Her hair keeps getting caught in her neck. I can't get a good shot.
Brad: You aren't going to get a good shot. Just take it!
Me: Urrgh! Fine!
*Result: Eeeh, you get the jist right?

Yes folks! That was the first snip!

*After Shot*
Me: Babe, your eyes are closed. Let's try this again.

Me: Now Gaby's eyes are closed and you look like a freak!
Brad: Aaaand we're done!

Update...

Here are some recent pics from the past month...

Is she not the cutest Snow White you've ever seen? She wanted to be a Snow White/Toothfairy, but on Halloween day Mommy talked into being just Snow White.

Aunt Jennie and Kaylee came out to visit for a week. So much fun! How cute is Kaylee?! When she smiles at you, it makes your entire day.


Ari & Kaylee


One of my favorite pictures. Sisters taking a nap--well one of them was. Ari always wants to cuddle and love on her sister. While I was supervising the cuddle time, I looked at them from this angle and it was too cute! I had to take a picture.

First thing in the morning! (I do not touch her hair. It does it's own thing.) She is the happiest lil thing in the morning. She smiles all the time. Now she's learning to coo and laugh.

Gabriella Lisa Johnson

*Tim-I am NOT doing this because you told me too! Just wanna make that clear!*

Introducing...

Gabriella Lisa Johnson

Born October 6, 2009

7lbs 13oz - 20in

We absolutely adore her! I will post the 'labor day' story...another day. But here are a few pics of the big day!

(I posted all these pics backwards, oh well)

The day she came home from the hospital. I took this right after her first bath. She loves her baths. Whenever she's really fussy, I just put her in a bath and she calms right down.

I love this picture! Daddy and Baby Gaby.

I took this pic w/my phone. I love it so much I have to share it. Ariana and her new sister Gabriella.

We switched doctors half way through the pregnancy (another story for another time). I love this man. He is the sweetest man on Earth! So cute! --Dr. Babb w/Gaby

This is the only picture that you will see of me on this day. I was SO incredibly swollen. It's just one of the perks of being pregnant. This was taken right after she was born. She's not even washed yet. I loved that they let us bond w/her for about 1/2hr before they came in and washed her. She's so perfect!