Easter 2010

Sophia and Nate had a great Easter this year! We dyed eggs in natural dyes: cabbage leaves for blue, grape juice for purple, tumeric for yellow, onion peels for orange, and beets for pink. It was a lot of fun!
...Of course after collecting all the eggs they proceeded to crush them inside the baskets so we had to trade them out for plastic ones...

Sophia just LOVED getting dressed up for church!

...and Nate was such a handsome little man!

This was taken after church- I call this succession of photos "The Downward Spiral" of being dressed up at church.

Updating!

Wow, life has sure been quite busy with two kids. They are both so awesome though. Nate is giggling and cooing now and Sophia is finally saying words. Some of her favorites are "dada work" (daddy's at work), "ka-ka" (cracker), and "noOOoo" (in a funny little sing-song voice.) She also says "uck" (truck) and FINALLY "mama".

Our good friends, the Colleys, visited us this last week and we had a blast! The girls are both super-cute together. They went to the Children's Museum and walked around in Denver & Boulder. It was quite a chorus when all three kids started crying at the same time but we survived!

These are pics of the kids before it started to warm up:



The Johnson & Colley kids crammed into our backseat. Looks like we might need a bigger car if our family keeps growing! (However, that's doubtfull. ;-)

Nate- 2 weeks

Well, Nate is 2 weeks old as of yesterday and things are going pretty good! He's on a 3-hour nursing schedule, which helps me get a little more sleep than I did with Sophia. Juggling 2 kids has been the challenge this time around but Sophia has been great with her new little brother. She is constantly wanting to kiss him on the head and sometimes forgets his name so she just calls him Kit, which is the dog's name...


Grammie Westwood and Baby Nate at the hospital



Nathan Andrew Johnson- less than a week old


Sophia learning how to be gentle with her little brother


We think she's pretty happy about having a little brother...


Mama & Nate


Daddy & Nate

Welcome Baby Nate!!!

Nathan Andrew Johnson was born on December 28th, 2008 at 7:46pm by c-section. He was 8 lbs, 8 ounces and 20.75 inches long- BIG BOY!

Nate's got dark hair but we're expecting it to lighten up. He nurses like a champ, which makes everything so much easier for mommy. He didn't like to sleep by himself the first night so he and mommy snuggled up together and got a solid 4 hours of sleep, which is much more than expected. Oh, we also discovered that Nate snores and he makes this little noise that sounds like Sophia asking a question- guess he's already starting to take after her!

I am recovering well- I'm sore and sleepy but very happy to not be pregnant anymore! Brian adores his new son and has been really helpful with Sophia. She came up to the hospital today and got to meet her baby brother. She was more interested in making sure to sit next to mommy though. Brian's going to bring her back tonight so we'll see how it goes...








Oh, and to be fair, here's a pic of Sophia in her Christmas outfit...

Couple of Pics

It's been just crazy around here. I'm feeling horribly huge and uncomfortable and can't imagine this pregnancy lasting any longer, but somehow the days have been going by. Sophia and I have colds right now so both of us are crabby and I bet Brian wishes he was traveling for work right now. He's been really patient with the both of us though.

Brian and I went to his work xmas party. We get to dress up and go out in downtown Denver- made me feel somewhat normal and it actually took my mind off of feeling sorry for myself!

We got dumped on with snow over the weekend and it's cold and beautiful. We're enjoying the "Christmas" weather and it looks like there's more to come. I just love the fact that it can be 1 degree outside and snowy, but the sun is shining and there's no need to wear anything more than a light coat. (Well, that's is the wind isn't blowing.)

Brian's fam is coming in town this week to celebrate xmas early so we're really looking forward to that. We always have such a good time with them and I'm sure they're excited to see Sophia and her antics. This will actually be her first xmas with Santa & stockings and all that b/c she was so young last year.

Anyway, here are a couple of pics:


Brian and I before his work xmas party. It was nice to feel "normal"- I even wore my shiny red high-heeled shoes! (Although I paid for it with swollen feet the next day...but hey, fashion before comfort!)



And here's a pic of "rough Sophia"...Brian had just gotten her up from a nap- looks like it was a good one...

Nate update:
Well, we've hit 37 weeks. I am SO SICK of being pregnant. I honestly didn't think it could get any more uncomfortable...I was wrong, ugh. Doc says I'm not dilated at all and yes, this could possibly run into January...NOOOOO! I've decided to resign myself to not thinking about it and anticipating in hopes that it'll take me by surprise...you know, the whole "it'll happen when you're least expecting it" theory? I will go crazy if I keep thinking about it...

Anyway, we took Sophia to the Parade of Lights in Louisville and to see Santa this past weekend. She LOVED the parade...not so much with Santa...


Brian & Sophia watching the Parade of Lights in front of the studio- she was mezmerized!


She wouldn't have anything to do with Santa. They did get a pic of her and Santa in the same frame...there would be NO lap sitting.


Santa was at the library so we stayed after to play a little. Sophia likes to sit at the big kids' tables and play with puzzles.


...I just had to throw this one in b/c I liked it. She's getting so big!

Sophia's First Day in the Snow