Happy Birthday, Drew!

Today we celebrated Drew's birthday!  It was a pretty low-key day as I spent the morning with Jack at his preschool and then Drew spent the afternoon sleeping!  But we were able to celebrate a little this evening and we all had a good time.  Drew enjoyed opening his presents and getting lots of attention from the family.  I still cannot believe my baby is 1 year old!!

1 year old!

My baby is 1 year old!  How is that possible?  Drew continues to be such a joy in our lives.  He is always so happy and content and is constantly putting a smile on our faces.  Here are a few highlights of him at 12 months:

• He is walking now and does a pretty good job; however, he still prefers to crawl.  He is very cautious in all he does!
• Drew loves to open drawers and cupboards (reminds me a lot of Jack at the same age!)  
• He loves to climb the stairs and he laughs and giggles the entire way up!  I was ready to teach him how to climb down the stairs backwards, when he showed me he already knew how.  I am not use to having such a cautious child! 
• Drew loves his big sister and brother.  He is always looking for them and wants to be wherever they are.  It is so much fun to see his face light up when they walk into the room!
• Drew loves to eat!  He will eat most anything we put in front of him.  He still loves his bananas and blueberries, but we have recently discovered how much he loves to eat meat.  He will inhale any meat we put in front of him....chicken, steak, hamburgers, hotdogs....he loves it all!
• At his 1 year check-up he weighed 20lbs 14oz and was 31.5 inches long...he is a happy, healthy and growing little boy!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all our family and friends!  The Johnson family celebrated Easter this year with a wonderful church service at Hope and then headed to Pella to spend the afternoon with my family.  Our Easter dinner was fantastic, as usual, and we were all so happy to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. If only every day could be this perfect!

Dr. Seuss Birthday Party

Our little "things" turned 5, 3 and 1 this month and we all had a great time celebrating their birthdays with a Dr. Seuss birthday party.  Jack, Katy and Drew had fun dressing up as "Thing 1, 2 and 3" for their party.  They also had a blast playing with all their cousins and opening lots of great gifts.  We were all excited to watch Drew eat his first cupcake...he was ready to dive right in and help himself!  And it was obvious he liked it because he ate the entire thing!!  At the end of the day, all 5 of us were exhausted, but it was all worth it for the time spent with family and the wonderful memories made!

3 years old!

Our little princess is 3 years old!!  She is growing up and changing so much every day.  She is such a sweet little girl with a kind, loving heart....but  she still has a sassy side, which we love!  Here are a few highlights of Katy at 3:

• Katy loves to play dress-up with her princess dresses.  She has a different dress on every day.
• She still has quite the appetite.  Her favorite foods as of late are granola cereal, chocolate milk, apples, blueberries and pizza.
• Katy absolutely adores her big brother, Jack.  She is his little puppet...which Jack loves, of course.  She is always quick to share her toys, food, or anything with him.  
• She is also very quick to let us know when Jack has done something to hurt her.  We hear "Jack naughty" through her tears quite often.  :(
• Katy's favorite TV shows are Dora and Diego.  She never wants to watch anything else!
• Her vocabulary has finally started to take off in the last few months, although it is very difficult to understand what she is saying most of the time!  
• Katy is still attached to her pacifier and tag blankies (aka boo-boo's).  She doesn't let them get too far out of her sight!

Happy Birthday, Katy!

We had so much fun celebrating Katy's 3rd  birthday today!!  We started off the day with homemade donut balls and chocolate milk (her favorite!)  For lunch, we dropped the boys off at a friend's house so Katy and I could have some one on one time at her favorite lunch spot, Chick-Fil-A.  After lunch I took her to the Dollar Store so she could pick out 3 new toys, since she was now 3 years old.  Daddy joined the birthday celebration for dinner with the whole family at Tavern Pizza.  And finally we ended the night at home with presents and cupcakes.  Katy had so much fun celebrating her 3rd birthday and all of us were exhausted from our busy, but fun day!

Helping me make the donut balls

Birthday donuts!

Lunch at Chick-Fil-A

Mommy-daughter date!

Picking out 3 toys at the Dollar Store for my special 3 year old!

The birthday princess and her castle

Dinner at the Tavern (with Great-Grandma and Aunt Kathy)

Blowing out her birthday candles

Happy girl with her cupcake!

11 months old!

Drew is 11 months old and still the same happy, laid-back little guy!  He is having so much fun crawling all over the house and getting into all of Jack and Katy's toys.  He is not quite walking yet because he knows he can move faster by crawling....and he does move super fast on his hands and knees!!  Other than Jack and Katy's toys, he still loves playing with balls.  He also loves toys that play music.  It is fun to watch him bounce up and down with the beat!  

Drew is finally starting to get more teeth, which has slowed down his appetite a little.  Its no fun to eat when your mouth hurts!  His favorite food is bananas...he shoves them into his mouth by the fistful!

It's still hard to believe that in just one short month, we will be celebrating his first birthday.  Where has the year gone?!