560 miles.............I have lost my mind!

The babies and I are heading out to Texas today with my parents and sister. We have planning this trip for awhile and now that it has arrived I am beginning to question myself. I think I could be crazy since they have trouble making the 2 1/2 trip to my grandmas! We are going to Tomball, TX where my aunt and uncle live and the trip is 560 miles, an estimated 9 1/2 hours. I am praying we make it in 12 hours at least. We will be back on the 1st and I will let everyone know how the trip turned out and post all of our Christmas pictures.

Too Cute

We went and stayed with my cousins in Germantown last week and they are so great to us. Kim gave them there Christmas present and it is the cutest thing ever. It is a rocking snail and the babies love it so much. Thank you so much guys we play on it everyday!

This was taken as soon as we got home and he was going crazy for a bottle. He is so tired and decided to feed himself.

Playing Catch Up

Again, I am going to catch everyone up with some marathon blogging! I always have it on the to do list but it never gets done. The babies are keeping me so busy and with all the holiday stuff going on and weekly trips to Memphis, I am just happy to get dressed in the mornings. I know everyone understands this because we are all running crazy. Speaking of a to do list, I have decided to call it a "all the crap I come up with to do list" That seems like it fits a little better because according to Charles half the stuff on the list does not have to be done. I then I remember "Oh Yes, because a magic freaking fairy comes and does it, how dumb of me!" Anyways I hope everyone is all ready for Christmas and enjoy catching up on us!

Kammy's Birthday

First things first, Kammy's Birthday! We celebrated a little late because things were very crazy around her birthday. We love our Kammy and we are so glad we were able to celebrate with her.

Physical Therapy
Bryant is doing great with physical therapy and Jodie feels as though he is making great progress. We are going each week and sometimes Lucy Kate goes with us, so I have some video of her crawling all around. Bryant will soon catch up with her as long as we continue with therapy.

Lucy Kate cheering Bryant on in physical therapy.

Good job Bryant!

Lucy Kate showing her brother how to crawl army style.

Eye Doctor

A few weeks ago we went to the pediatric opthomologists for a follow up with Bryant and an initial visit for Lucy Kate. Our pediatrician wants us to keep a watch on Bryant to make sure his eyes stay strong and she wanted us to check out some "spots" on Lucy Kate. They are called something another and they can be related to other things, so she wanted us to have her eyes checked for certain things. Everything checked out fine and we will follow up with Lucy Kate in one year and the pediatrician will keep an eye on her "spots" to make sure they do not change. Bryant checked out great as well and he will go back in 3 months for another checkup.

It was freezing that day, so they were very bundled up.

Lucy Kate is such a big girl and was so sweet to the doctor.

Wanted to share this cute photo of Lucy Kate at her first pedicure. We went between doctor's appointments while the boys were eating lunch. She is so looking forward to her turn.

Neurosurgeon

The same week we also went to see a pediatric neurosurgeon for a recommended follow up. Back in April when we were in the hospital the CT scan that was done revealed that Bryant's spine did not completely form. He is missing from S2 down, which can be a big deal or not. We have to wait and see if it affects certain things as he gets older. The neurosurgeon said that he looks great as far as he can tell, but he is not a bone specialist. He recommended us to an orthopedic surgeon on January 5th just to make sure that he has enough bone to support his spine as he grows. If I think about it to much it can be scary but we are leaving it in God's Hands as we have done all the things that Bryant has been through.

Supper Club

At the end of a very week filled with doctor's appointments we had supper club at Julie and Shade's house. We had such a great time just visiting, eating, celebrating Rachel's birthday, and playing dirty santa. We enjoy this time with friends so much and we are hoping to continue with supper club every other month!

Supper Club party was such a blast!

Christmas in Manila
Christmas in Manila is always a great time and wonderful to see everyone all together. Each year at this time my mom's family comes together to celebrate Christmas at my grandparent's home in Manila, AR. It is so exciting to have the babies to take this year and they had such a great time. This was the first time they have ever opened presents and they really enjoyed the bows and paper. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family and I wish we were all together more often.

Great times with family!

The babies first time to open presents.

Christmas Pajamas

I am blogging about this because I could kick myself for buying these pajamas. I was determined to find cute striped Christmas pajamas and OH did I find them. I fould them at Merry Market and they were extremely overpriced for something 9 month old babies sleep in, but of course I bought them. I am determined to have them wear them as much as possible and they just might be our Valentine pajamas as well! The pajamas are nothing special but they do look so cute in them.

Such a Great Feeling

It is hard to believe the race is over. It was such a great experience and worth every minute of training and all the miles we ran for those 12 weeks. This was a goal I set for myself after the babies were born and it feels so great to have accomplished it. St. Jude if such a wonderful place and the race was a great thing to be part of. Our group that trained together did wonderful and we all finished very close together. I also felt so honored to be part of Alexa's team! We are still so pumped about this race that we are making plans to do another 1/2 marathon in Nashville the end of April. The training starts the beginning of February and we have recruited some new people wot run with us.

Waiting on the race to start and trying to stay warm

After the race my sweet husband was waiting on me and my mom also came!

The Big Day Has Arrived

The 1/2 marathon that we have been training for has arrived. The start time is 8AM and the group is all ready. We have trained for 12 weeks and this is going to be such a big accomplishment. Pray for us that we finish in good time and that all goes well. We are so honored to be part of Alexa's team with 60+ members.

Unbelievable

We had the babies 9 month pictures taken yesterday and we had such a great time with Will. He is always up for anything and is so patient with us. Just when I think the pictures can't get any better he blows me away. Enjoy this FABULOUS slideshow and all the other pictures will soon follow.

http://www.wiljax.com/showit/ljohnson0811

Marathon Blogging

There has been some concern voiced in the blogging world about the lack of updating on this blog. I take full responsibility in slacking on this as it seems to fall to the bottom of the to do list each day. We have been so busy and each night I am so tired I head straight to bed, but I figured I would marathon blog tonight and catch you up on everything. Enjoy!!

A Very Special Lady

My Great Aunt Sis passed away this past week and we had her funeral services this past Saturday. She lived a wonderful healthy life full of adventure. She lived overseas for many years, was a wonderful golf player, had a taste for wonderful furniture and art, and loved her family. She will be greatly missed by all her friends and family.

Aunt Sis and Aunt Dale in June of this year.

Happy Thanksgiving

This is such a wonderful time of the year and we have so much to be thankful for. I love spending time with family that we don't get to see enough, so we had to split out time this year. We went to Manila, AR on Wednesday which is were my mom grew up. We were able to visit with my grandma, cousins, aunts and uncles. Bryant and Lucy Kate loved all the attention from everyone and we will get to see them again soon for a Christmas celebration.



Jason, Sherry, Me, Charles, Lucy Kate and Bryant
Sherry is my cousin and her husband Jason will soon be going over seas.
Please keep them in your prayers.



Kammy and her good friend Sue with the babies.



Trip to Manila


On Thursday morning we headed back to Mississippi to celebrate Thanksgiving with Charles family. We all gathered together at the lodge and again the babies had a great time getting all the attention. They were so good and even took there naps while we were there. I enjoyed visiting with everyone and the weather was beautiful!



One very Thankful Family!


Abby, Anna and Lucy Kate




Thanksgiving in Lula



Bryant and Paige


Bryant with his great grandpa

Back to Physical Therapy

We started Bryant back in physical therapy the week after his trache was removed, so he can cathc up very quickly. He is working on rolling over and some fine motor skills. We are going to Memphis weekly for therapy and we will do so until he catches up. He is doing great and is already rolling over and grabbing for things better. Lucy Kate was able to join in on the fun this past week, as her and Vernita came along for the trip.

Exersaucer Talk

Sometimes when Bryant and Lucy Kate are in the exersaucer they will talk to each other. I was able to take some video of them talking. This was taken on November 23 and we are still so amazed to her Bryant's perfect voice. He babbles all the time and Lucy Kate is trying to keep up with him.

This is How I Found Her

Apparently her pajamas were still a little to big because she was halfway out of them!

Almost Crawling

She is trying so hard to crawl but does not quite have the hang of it. She can get on all fours and then she takes a nose dive. Bryant has not started trying yet but he is catching up so fast.

So Glad Daddy is Home

Charles left to go on a well deserved hunting trip and we were so sad. I wanted to share these pictures of Lucy Kate with her daddy when he got home. I missed the photos with Bryant but he was just as excited.

Lucy and her Daddy

Hotty Toddy

Charles stuck to his promise and we made it to an Ole Miss game. He promised we could go as soon as Bryant had his trache removed and sure enough we actually had the opportunity to go. The game wasn't much of a game since they were playing Louisiana Monroe, but it was so much fun to go. We made it to the third quarter but we were freezing, so we did some shopping and ate dinner. It was a perfect day with my little honey!


Charles and I at the game



Action Shot




We had some hot chocolate to keep warm!

Taylor and Sarah's Wedding

We had a great time at Taylor and Sarah's wedding, it was so beautiful. They are both wonderful people and we are so glad she will be staying here with us. They were married November 7, 2008.


Me, Sarah and Ginger. She is such a beautiful bride!


Charles and I enjoying the reception and a night out



Mary Evelyn, Me and Ginger at the reception