Drenched rat

Had a nice day with our friends Sarah, Tanner and Peyton. We started out the morning heading to a kid's gym for the kiddos to play. Emily had a love/hate relationship with it. She really enjoyed some of the activities, but didn't understand the required structure when the parents had to bring kids to the center of the room for an activity. So, when I pulled her away from her activities she didn't adjust quickly.

Sarah wanted to take Tanner to the little water fountain area. I assured her that Emily wasn't interested. I didn't pack a swim diaper/swimsuit/sunscreen/towel etc...So, guess who decided she was VERY interested? Sheesh! Learned my lesson. Thankfully, Sarah had sunscreen and a towel for Emily.

The first picture shows her lack of interest in the water at first. She stood and watched the kids for a good ten minutes before showing any interest. Once she saw Tanner sitting near the wall fountain....it was all over.

There's a video below the three pictures. (I'm sure only family is interested, but it's pretty cute.....this is HUGE for the Johnson family)

Vacation in pictures...

Emily hasn't really spent much time in a pool. Besides last week, the last time she was in a pool was LAST JULY!!! (not that we haven't tried, she screams in fear.) We were so excited that she walked right into this pool.  The ring was her friend, but only if it was to her side, NOT on her. 

Poor girl...these shoes worked great, UNTIL we noticed she had some serious blisters happening, so they only lasted the first couple days. 

LOVE this picture....Emily and Grandpa

We went to a Teppan restaurant and I asked for some tofu, this is the bowl they gave us and she pretty much ate the entire contents of the bowl!

Haley helped Emily get acquainted with chopsticks for the first time too...

Pretty girl...

Lexi styled Emily's hair....isn't it lovely?

Sweet cousins

On the way home we decided to stop for lunch.  Brian and I got a frosty at Wendy's....guess who wanted to "try" (her newest word....she says "try" every time she sees us eating.  Sometimes it works in our favor, sometimes it doesn't.  She LOVED the frosty.  

I didn't get ONE single picture of Emily and me or Emily and Kristi/Curtis all week.  I got one picture of my mom and Emily but it's of their backside!  Oh dear.  I really didn't think about having my camera with me during all occasions.  I'm really bummed about that now.  Anyway, we had a great week! 

Communicating...

I gotta tell you having this time off of work is AMAZING for me and my little girl.  We are having a G-R-E-A-T time and I can't even begin to tell you all that we have talked about.  It's fascinating to hear different words become even more clear than before and hear new words for the first time.  Her sentence structure is really coming together too.  

Brian's favorite is "where'd it go?" with her hands up in the air while asking the question.  "it" can be substituted for a person too, so if daddy was in the room and then leaves..."where'd daddy go?"

My favorite this week was a teeny conversation we were having which went like this....

E: HI!!!

J: Hi Emily!

E: Helllllllloooooooo MOMMY! 

My dad came over this morning and I got to witness such a sweet time of visiting.  Emily LOVES her grandpa right now.  I don't know what got her so giddy, but all of a sudden she is all about grandpa.  They were playing with picture cards.  You ask her to find a picture and when she finds it she puts it in your lap.  All of a sudden I hear, "grampa" she starts taking the pictures out of his lap so that she can sit in it.  She's really learning the art of communication and I LOVE IT!  (I know the repetition might drive me nuts later, but right now....it's amazing)

FIRST HAIR CUT!!!

When Emily was born I did not expect to see so much hair on her precious little head.  She's 19 months now and we decided perhaps it was time for a little touch up.  You'll notice we didn't take too much length off---that was my decision.  I love her long hair---so I didn't want to see it drastically cut.  The lady was GREAT with Emily.  She was less than excited to be there.  The first five minutes in the chair were filled with great amount of screaming, but Dena didn't shudder, she kept trying to offer things to help her----Watching Elmo and eating a "nack" (snack) helped.  

First shot--Length was way longer in the back....

After the hair cut.  The lady even put this adorable flower in her hair.  At this point, Emily was sad that it was over...

This time of year

I typically love this time of year work wise....

The students are excited because summer is near.  We're excited because we know a break is near.  The students seem a bit more jovial, but this year hasn't been as fun as usual.  

Kids are getting in trouble left and right.  Suspensions are taking place with literally two days of school left.  I just don't get what they are thinking! 

Today, I found out that four of my kiddos are not going to walk at graduation.  Really not the most fun of conversations to have with families.  One of these students I "mentored" for the past year.  I'm really quite bummed he wasn't able to make it.  He was so unbelievably sad.  Blah. 

So, I guess I'll just have to drown my sorrows in some chips and salsa and some sort of mexican cuisine.  

Couch workout

Tuesday Blues....

Today was a horrible day for my husband.....

Pro: He managed to make it through another round of job cuts.

Con: He "lost" a lot of his friends in the process.  HALF of his department is gone....people...HALF!  

He'll no longer get every other Friday off either---boo!  It was such a great day for Emily to have with her daddy.  Not to mention it saved us some money from daycare.  

Anyway, it's very bittersweet.  We are glad he has a job, but the cuts were so hard on us, I can only imagine how difficult it is for people that actually lost their job today.