One Word Wednesday

Giants!

 

Fallin'

The leaves are falling and so are the apples!  This weekend we went to a "you pick" apple farm with our friends Artesia and Matt and their three darling girls.  Having never gone apple picking before, I really thought it was fun. Fifty cents a pound for as many apples as you want.

 

This is called pregnancy payback. You better believe that we filled those apple barrels (after 4 pregnancies, Matt's may have been a little fuller than Chris').

 

 

 

 

 

Grady is excited to have another new buddy this December!

 

 

 

What does one do with all those apples?  To tell you the truth, as we picked them I really didn't know. I just thought it was fun to pick them.  But I looked up a recipe for crock pot chunky applesauce and it was the EASIEST thing ever, seriously.  It was so easy and so good that I thought I would share.  This is how easy it is, peel and cut up 8-10 large cooking apples (golden delicious are the Johnson faves), add apples, 1/2 cup water, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/2 to 1 cup sugar to crock pot.  Cook on low for 6-8 hours. So easy that even I could not mess it up and even picky Chris approved!

 

 

Next fall these gummy smiles will be gone and Grady will be able to enjoy the applesauce too!  We'll take the smiles for now!

 

 



 

We are in the season where we cannot go on a drive or for a walk without pointing out at least 15 trees whose leaves are showing off for us.  Fall is a great time of year around here and we are enjoying every minute of it.  

 

 

Chris of course had to get one last warm weeknight of fishing in.  I love that we live in a city where that can actually happen!

 

 

 

 

 

We have been waking up to frost on the yard this week, but warm afternoon sunshine, which we've been savoring as we know it will soon be gone. This awesome tent is just as good at keeping Grady shaded as it is as keeping Bella from bugging him, although she likes to be as close to the tent as possible.

 

 

Our happy summer boy spending his last days outside without pants and socks.

One Word Wednesday

I've seen on another blog the concept of a Wordless Wednesdays, which is a post with no words showing the ordinary happenings in the family.  I like the concept, but let's face it, I am verbose.  So I am going to try to do One Word Wednesdays to capture the ordinary events in our life.  This could get boring really quickly so we will see how long it lasts.  

I don't put videos on our blog since I make a photo book at the end of the year that seems disrupted by videos, but I am going to try to dump any videos that I like and any random phone photos here with no guarantees of their quality.  Maybe I will even figure out how to turn them the right direction one day.

So without further blabbing, I bring to you the first One Word Wednesday.

 

Cooing

 

Drooling

 

 

Giggles

 

 

 

Daddy

Two Months

Our little boy is two months old!  This past month has been full of joy as we emerged from the newborn fog and got into our new routine.  Grady is the light of our life and is such a joy to be around, with the minor exception of those couple of days that he decided napping is not for him and just wants to be held instead!

Grady Tid-Bits at Two Months:

• He tips the unofficial scales at a little over 11 pounds.  When he outgrows clothes it is still in length or because his feet are busting through the little footies on his jammies.
• Our boy is a bit of a string bean - his only fat is on his cheeks. 
• Despite looking 100% bald in photos, he does have some  hair, and it still looks like it will be blond.  He also has long eyelashes and little eyebrows now, which also evade the camera.
• He likes sitting up and LOVES standing (assisted).**
• His smiles are becoming more abundant and we are now getting a "he he" laugh out of him.  When we get the giggle, we celebrate so loudly that we often scare the poor kid.
• He rarely smiles at the same thing twice, which has us bouncing and singing like idiots a lot of the time.
• He met the other little boy in the mirror and loves starring at him.
• He cannot intentionally reach for toys yet but aims in the right direction and squeals when he accidentally hits one and makes it move. 
• He abhors tummy time but refuses to roll over and end the misery.
• He is the happiest in the morning and the worst when he is tired at night - he takes after his mama in this respect.
• We don't ever see him do it, but he often turns himself 180 degrees in his crib without the assistance of his swaddled legs or arms - quite impressive Grady. 
• At one month we moved him to his crib in his own room and he loves it.  We know that we cannot continue to have such good fortune, but he has slept through 14 of 15 of the last nights!

**I am checking with the pediatrician whether it is true or just an old wives tale that babies shouldn't stand. If anyone knows for certain, please let us know as it is the only thing that keeps him happy on those non-nap days.

His official check-up is next week and I will do another update with the official stats.  We got in trouble by the vet because Bella was underweight, I fear the same possibility with this boy.  I live with 3 creatures who cannot keep their body weight up... something about that seems unfair to me.

And now for the large photo dump from his photo-happy mama.  We love this little boy so much and cannot get enough of him - can you tell?

 

I think in these pictures he is looking more and more like Chris. 

 Just saying hi on his morning walk.

Our growing boy at one week and at two months!

The smile sequence.... the best thing ever. 

Still Fans

 

Is Grady able to score as many offensive touchdowns as the new BSU quarterback in a game?  Yes. 

 

Do we miss Kellen Moore and the rest of the 2011 all-stars?  Yesiree. 

 

Are we still BSU football fans?  You betcha! 





This year we are watching the Bronco's games from our couch rather than the stadium, but we still cheer just as loudly and scare Grady in the process. Thus far, Chris has bought exactly one thing for Grady and it happens to be the cutest little BSU jersey.  I must say that Grady's bald head mimicking a helmet head made the outfit.  He also wore shoes for the first time to celebrate the occasion and I realized that he outgrew his other blue and orange shoes before he even wore them!  He really is growing too fast!  

 

Grandma and Grandpa joined us to watch BSU squeak by BYU (this could be a very long season).  We did not discuss attire in advance with them, it is just what you wear if you are a fan.  They even began teaching Grady how to do a fake-out. He listened intently.