Trip to Tyler

After our weekend in College Station, Sarah and Tyler headed to Gram and Papa's. Gram and Papa were watching Will and Reese while Kyle and Christine went on vacation. On Sunday night we went to Kay and Kenny's and had pizza and Kenny's famous homemade ice cream!

On Monday we headed over to Great Gramm and Grandpappy's. Great Gramm made us her famous fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Everyone eats good at Great Gramm's! We played there until after lunch and headed home with three tired boys.

On Tuesday we headed to the Discovery Science Place and the boys had a great time. They were going in three different directions the entire time. We were all assigned a boy to chase after. They had a blast and we topped it off with a trip to Chick-Fil-A for lunch. The boys were once again exhausted when we got back for their afternoon naps.

We had a good time and Tyler loves to play with his cousins! He was great on the ride home which I was thankful for- he hasn't been loving the car lately. Today is the start of girls weekend for me and boys weekend for Tyler and Travis! I'm getting together with my college roommates while Travis keeps Tyler for the weekend! Woohoo! This is the first weekend Travis has kept Tyler by himself! I just hope they both survive!!!

Tyler and Reese enjoying their morning milk!

Tyler and Reese climbing the stairs at the Discovery Science Place.

Gram and Tyler riding the dinosaur.

Papa giving all the boys a bath!

Happy Birthday Will and Papa!

Last weekend we headed to College Station to celebrate Will's 4th birthday. Papa Fleming also turned 57 on the same day! We got to see Will with some of his friends and help him celebrate the big day. Later that afternoon we went swimming in the Hoover's pool. The boys had a blast.

Reese going down the slide at the park.

Daddy bouncing Tyler on the inflatable jumper.

Where are my legs?

Will handing out party favors and hugs!

Tyler and Reese enjoying an afternoon swim.

Do it again Daddy!!!

Will pouring buckets of water on Reese. Reese thought it was hilarious!

Papa taking Reese and Tyler for a spin.

Mama pushing Tyler around in the car.

Congrats to the Juds!

Congrats to Kyle and Rachel Jud! We traveled to Marble Falls the first weekend of May to celebrate the wedding of Kyle (Travis' cousin) and Rachel. We had a great time and the weather cleared just in time for the outdoor wedding. All of Travis' family stayed together in a lake house for the weekend and Tyler was in heaven. He is crazy for his Papa Johnson and a little obsessive if I do say so myself. Tyler thoroughly enjoyed his time with him and literally wanted to be with him the whole weekend. We were all exhausted by the end of the weekend!!!

Kyle and Rachel sharing their first dance.

Daddy and Tyler after the wedding.

Mama and Tyler bustin' a move on the dance floor.

Tyler dancing away the night.

Tyler spent most of his time at the reception looking at the dogs at the neighbors house.

Tyler and Papa at the lake house. Tyler was throwing rocks into the water.

The lake house had a chair just his size!

Going Crazy, Wanna Come?

I'm officially losing my mind as a mom today. Really I've been gradually losing it all week. It started off with a trip to the Pediatrician on Monday because we had a sneaking suspicion that Tyler had another ear infection. Our suspicions were confirmed- double ear infection and a runny nose that just won't stop!!! For the first part of the week Tyler was definitely not feeling good and was very irritable, which tends to make me irritable as well!

The part that is really making me crazy is his naps! The past week he has been talking, playing, crying, etc. for at least 45 minutes before he will go to sleep. Currently, he has been in there for an hour and is still not asleep for his afternoon nap. I don't know if it's because of his ears or if he is trying to tell me he is ready to drop his morning nap. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't let it be that he wants to drop his morning nap!!! I was really hoping he would continue his morning nap until Cooper was a couple months old and we were somewhat settled into a routine with him. I guess time will only tell. I will keep you updated on the nap situation and my sanity.

Enough venting... We have been very busy lately trying to pack the house, find a rental home, and find a lot for the new house. We have signed a lease on a rental home and have found a lot that we will probably make an offer on next week. We get the keys to the rental home on June 1st so we can gradually move stuff over and then we will just be getting ready for Baby Cooper's arrival. And I wonder why I'm going crazy?

SOLD!!!

Today we received and negotiated an offer on our house! We are so thankful our house has finally sold, especially since we are getting closer and closer to Cooper's arrival. We will close on the house at the end of June, which will give us plenty of time to pack up all of our junk and move out. God has blessed us so much by this house and we hope this couple will be blessed in it as well. We have lots of great memories in our first house- especially bringing home our first baby. Anyway, we look forward to building our next house and making memories there!

First Swim of the Summer!

Travis, Tyler, and I went swimming on Friday with The Murtha Family. Zac Murtha is Travis' boss and they have three young girls. They invited us to go swimming at the Showcase Home which Zac's company built for a parade of homes in our neighborhood. The pool (and house) are amazing and we had so much fun. The pool has a beach entry so Tyler could crawl around and splash as much as he wanted. He loved it. Here is a picture of Tyler enjoying the water.

New Toys!

Here are some pictures of Tyler playing with one of his new toys that he got for his birthday. It's a ball pit that you put the balls in the top and they roll down the tunnel in the middle. He LOVES it! Thanks Hoovers!!! He has seriously played with it all day long.

New York City

After D.C. we rode the train up to New York City. While in New York we did a lot of sightseeing- mainly from the greyline double decker tour buses. And yes we rode on the top level even though it was freezing, but you couldn't see as well from the inside of the bus. The tour took us into Brooklyn and Harlem, which I had never seen before. We saw two broadway shows- The Producers and Phantom of the Opera. They were both fantastic and we really enjoyed them. We also went to the NBC studio and did a tour of the studio. It was really neat and we got to see the Saturday Night Live Studio and while we were there they were doing a dress rehearsal. We saw Scarlett Johansen, Amy Poehler, and Daryl Hammond. Travis also saw Toby from "The Office" as we were getting on the elevators, but I didn't see him. After a long trip we were definitely ready to come home and especially ready to see Tyler. Travis has decided he is definitely not a city boy, but would anyone ever mistake him for one?

Travis in our hotel room. It quite possibly was the smallest hotel room in the world. You are pretty much looking at the entire room. I'm standing in a small space that leads to the bathroom. We were definitely ready to sleep in our King Size bed after that!

Travis in front of Brooklyn Bridge. This was one of the days it was actually very pleasant. We walked around the South Street Seaport area and had lunch. Then we just sat on the pier and enjoyed the sunshine.

Times Square at night.

Washington D.C.

Here are some pictures from our time in Washington D.C. Our favorite parts of D.C. were probably the Whitehouse tour through the West Wing, The Holocaust Museum and hanging out with Karyn, Steve, and Kelsey. Our least favorite part was the freezing cold weather that greeted us!!! The last couple of days were pretty nice though. While we were in D.C. we also went to several museums (Air & Space, Natural History, Holocaust, Marine Corp, and International Spy), drove through Georgetown and Old Town Alexandria and walked a ton! We actually ran into someone that Travis knows in the Air & Space Museum. Kind of crazy, huh?

The tulips were beautiful.

Sarah, Karyn, and Kelsey enjoying the tulips.

In front of the Jefferson Memorial.

Getting ready to enter the West Wing.

Taking care of some important business.

Travis giving the speech of his life.

Travis in front of the capitol.

We went to the War World II Memorial since neither one of us had seen it before. Both of Sarah's grandfathers fought in the war.

We're Back!

We are back from our vacation and trying to recover. Travis is busy at work and I'm busy trying to get unpacked and get laundry started. I'm also about to make a run to the grocery store so we don't starve to death. Although, Travis and I both probably have some extra weight we didn't have before that our bodies could feed off of for awhile! We had a great time and I'll post some pictures later of our trip. I thought this picture was a fun picture of Tyler that someone got at Easter. It made us laugh!

Tyler is officially walking now! He is really cruising and loves it! He is cracking us up and we missed him so much on our trip. He is learning new tricks everyday and while we were gone he learned to sign, "hat" and is now shaking his head yes! He is also snapping which is the weirdest thing ever. What kid knows how to snap? It's really funny and we have absolutely know idea why or where he picked this up. We also made a trip to the doctor today to get his eye examined again and we are canceling the procedure we had scheduled for Friday! It appears that his tear duct has cleared on its own! Praise the Lord! We are so excited we don't have to make him go through that. Well, I'm off to the grocery store!

12 Month Checkup

Yesterday Tyler and I went to the pediatrician for his 12 month checkup. He weighed in at 23 pounds and is 30.5 inches long. She said he looked great except he had an ear infection! UGH!!! Ear infections are so tricky. He didn't even have a cold before the ear infection, so I don't know when it developed. Anyway, he is on antibiotics and it should clear up soon. He did have to get two shots and he was so mad at the nurse afterward. He was seriously giving her dirty looks afterward. It was really funny. We won't be blogging for awhile so don't get mad that the blog is not updated (Uncle Wayne!). Travis and I are leaving for Washington DC and New York City tomorrow. First we are driving to Harlingen to drop Tyler off with Grandma and Papa Johnson. We are looking forward to a nice little vacation!

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!

Tyler turned one today and this weekend we celebrated his birthday as well as Easter! The weekend started out on Thursday when The Hoovers and Gram and Papa came to our house. On Friday we had an Easter Egg Hunt, opened gifts, and had lunch. It was a lot of fun, but we wished we could have played with them longer.

On Friday afternoon we drove with Gram and Papa to Broken Bone Ranch to meet up with the entire Johnson clan. The past couple of years The Johnsons have all gotten together at Broken Bone to celebrate Easter. It is a great place and we always have a great time. This year they invited my parents to come along since it was Tyler's first birthday. We had a party for Tyler on Saturday afternoon and Tyler was spoiled rotten from the gifts to the undivided attention that was given to him all weekend. We had a blast even though the weather didn't cooperate. It was FREEZING cold and I didn't pack accordingly. Oh well!

Tyler is really starting to try and walk everywhere. He practiced a lot this weekend and when we got home tonight he was walking across entire rooms. He is getting very good and I expect him to be walking as his main mode of transportation very soon. Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Tyler is ready to hunt some eggs.

I found one!!!

Opening presents from The Hoovers

Unwrapping more gifts.

The cake and cupcakes!

Tyler getting ready for the paw-ty!

Grandma and Papa with the Birthday Boy!

What am I supposed to do with this?

Mama and Daddy trying to help him eat his cake.

Yea for icing!

Opening gifts.

Practicing his walking skills.

Cooper Lynn Johnson

Well, it's official! We have finally decided on a name for Baby #2! His name will be Cooper Lynn Johnson. Lynn is Sarah's middle name and is also the name of one of Travis' uncles who he adored growing up and is still close to. So Lynn actually represents and honors both sides of our family.

I had another ultrasound today to get some pictures of his spine and head that they were unable to get during my first ultrasound. Cooper cooperated today and we were able to get what the doctor needed. Everything looks good as far as I know and we also made sure that he was still a boy! Here are some pictures of Cooper from today:

His leg and foot.

Still a boy!

Hi Mom!