Adaline is 16 months old

I feel like this month flashed by. I am slowly but surely adjusting to having two kiddos. Addie has been teething her left top and bottom molar FOREVER. Poor girl. I have heard the incisors are worse. I am not looking forward to those. Hopefully we will be done with them soon.

She loves loves loves going to the playground.  When it's not completely cold and rainy we try to go there. She likes going down the slide and trying to climb back up. She likes going up and down the stairs even more. She also enjoys the swing.

She climbs on top of everything and anything. How she survives is a miracle. I try to monitor, but trying to take care of Joey too makes it super hard. I am glad she is pretty tough.

Addie LOVES her baby brother and wants to look at him often. She has starting to say a version of Joe for her baby brother. She can say shoe and loves to wear them. She tries to say balloon that sounds the baabaa. Though my favorite thing she says is hi and loves to put anything to her ear and pretend it's a phone. She says it with 3 different notes in it, Melts my heart every time.

She is becoming more and more snugly, I love it. She also likes to snuggle up while I tickle and run her back. She has moved to wearing 3T now! Such a big girl. She also likes looking at books and interacting with the flaps or textures.

She is so much fun and keeps us on our toes. We have gone to Lagoon for a Saturday.  She loved loved loved it. I was so surprised! She did quite a few rides with daddy while I choose to watch with Joey on the sidelines. Both kiddos did so well! So proud of them. Joe said a few times Addie would say "Ooo!" When they would go backwards or up and down. We always knew she would be our Rollercoaster girl.

Joe forgot that he was oncall at the hospital for xray this weekend. So he got called in for some emergency surgeries at 4 pm. He was only suppose to be 2 hrs. So I took the kids to Temple Square to look at the pictures, statues, and play around on the grounds.

Addie really loved running around on the yard that they have the Nativity set up for Christmas time. There was a group of Asian tourists that came to see this blonde curly haired girl. They kept touching her hair and tried to talk with her. At first there were just the two of them....and then before I knew it we were swarmed. I tried to talk with them and let them see Joey. Then before I knew it a lady had picked Addie up and was holding her. My heart sank and the momma bear wanted to come out. I started to wonder what I would do if they kidnapped her....I know that seems irrational, but it could easily have happened. Thank goodness Addie started to act nervous and the lady put her down. Addie came running to me. I was so relieved when they left a few minutes later. I love that people enjoy my babies and think they are so cute. Hey, I do too!! But at the same time, don't push it! There are limits to what I can handle.

She got a little sun-burnt, but she had the time of her life. Unfortunately I got a phone call from Joe after 2 hrs that it was going to be another 2 hrs. By now it was 6:00 and Addie's confidence was growing and she started to want to get further and further from me. So luckily my friend who lives in Bountiful texted me back and said we could come visit. Which was a huge relief!! It's so much easier having walls to contain this energetic girl that is doesn't quit. She never just sits there, even when she is eating. She always wants to be running around and doing things. She is a handful, but a lot of fun too. 

Joey's photo shoot

We were able to schedule a photo shoot of our sweet baby boy when he was 6 weeks. He was so good!! We couldn't have asked for him to be better. The photographers even commented how well he did for a 6 wk old. We were so happy with how they turned out. We will get Addie in the family pictures soon. We wanted some pictures just of Joey, like we did for Addie. We are trying to decide when to do full family shoot and get some of Addie growing up.

These are my favorites:

Joseph Evert has been a wonderful addition to our family. For quite awhile he seemed to have tummy pains and gas. We tried probiotic and used the Dr. Brown bottles which seemed to make a dramatic difference for him. It has been so much better for us too. I can put him down for a few minutes at a time to play while I take care of Addie and play with her. He is still a big cuddler and prefers to be held. However it seems that his next favorite is his swing. That is actually where he sleeps too. It has been a life saver for daddy and me so that we can sleep too.

We love you Joey!! We can see your personality start to shine and you get more and more handsome over time, if that is possible because you were a beautiful newborn. Your big sister loves you too and likes to try to hold you. Sometimes she rests her head on you, it's her way of giving a hug. You two are pretty special, and already have a special bond.

Joey is 1 mo old

I can't believe my baby boy is one month already!  Blows my mind,  and yet a lot seems to have happened that I almost forget what it was like before we had him. He LOVES being held, and cries the second he is put down. He is very snuggly which I love except when I need to sleep or pump. We have found that the swing buys us 3-5 hrs if sleep, so that is nice. We are still working on nursing. It seems to be a constant trial for me and my babies. I am hoping for that to change soon. It's hard taking care of a newborn that cries when they aren't being held, has a hard tine nursing, a 15 mo old who wants to play/needs attention, and pumping enough to keep my supply up. But all in all, we have 2 wonderful sweet babies! We love them so much

He seems so small to me, I don't know what I would do with a smaller baby. My favorite thing is when he lays on my chest, on his tummy, with his arms folded under his little head. His cute little face and hands Melts my heart! I also remember having him in bed with me at the hospital, tucked in my arm. His arm rested on my arm, like he was a big kid, not hours old. Such a cute little man. He is opening his eyes more, they are so big and blue, blue, blue! I would be surprised if he didn't stay blue eyed. He has dark brown hair, but it almost looks like it is lightening. He is adorable. Joe's favorite thing about Joey is his big blur eyes. He also things his skinny chicken legs and small bum are cute too. We are always surprised how different our two babies are. But they are both adorable in their own way.

He is getting so strong. He has a lot of neck strength and can almost hold his head up by himself. When he is lying awake on his tummy in my arms he pushes off with his legs, trying to climb up my chest. He has been eating 3-4.5 oz of breast milk. His second day he had jaundice and weight loss, but he is doing and looking so much better.

He was blessed the 29th of March by his father in Lehi 20th ward. Those in attendance were: momma and bug sister Addie, Grandma Linda Hebdon, Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Jeff Bare family, Uncle Kevin and  Aunt Rachel and family. It was a very special day and he was a perfectly behaved baby. We were so proud!

St. Patty's Day and our Adaline is 15 mos

The Loyd's (Joe's mother's side) are Irish. I love that, and so I have made it my goal to celebrate it for our family. I can't wait to do some fun things when our kiddos grow up. But until then, I will be content on silly hats. We went to my family's in Arimo because I needed help to watch Addie while I was still re cooperating from my C-Section. They were sweet to help me out.

Our little leprechaun, Joseph Evert, toppin' him off with a wee bit more milk.

 I have one of Addie, just waiting to get it from Aunt Rachel.

Grandma Hebdon with her youngest grandchildren. They sure do love her.

I am still kicking myself for not getting pics of Joey with Grandpa Hebdon. I don't know why, I guess I got distracted. Soon....


Adaline, our baby girl doesn't seem like such a baby any more. She is growing up so fast. She has barely started to wear shoes and they make her seem older then ever. We really wanted her to get used to them for playing outside. We bought her shoes for her birthday, but she wanted none of that. But now after a lot of encouragement and some tantrums, she loves them. So that's exciting.

She is also such a good big sister. She has learned to not mind Joey's cries as much. One time in the car I heard her try to comfort him. "Shhh, shhh, no no." It was pretty cute. She loves rubbing his soft hair on his head. She also likes to be held while he is being held. She likes to point at his features and "oooh, ahhh" over him. And most of all she likes stealing his binky.  They both have the exact same kind, so who can blame her?

Her new thing is walking on her tip toes. She cracks me up. One time she had one shoe off, so she walked around on her tip toe with her other foot to balance her out. She is always doing new things and being silly.
She is a smart girl. She knows how to turn knobs. For example she is obsessed with my breast pump and likes to turn it off and on, taking advantage that both my hands are busy. She wants to play with everything BUT her toys.

She went in for 15 mo check up. She is 25 lbs 15 oz and 31.5 in tall. She is staying pretty consistent with her growth curve. She is pretty cute, and loves all of the attention. She loves smiling and flitting with strangers. She had no fear, which makes me nervous that someone could kidnap her and she would not fight or cry at all.

Her grandpa Hebdon has started growling with her and gets the biggest giggles from her. He loves that about her and is always telling me he is amazed how pleasant she is and that i am so lucky. I agree, she is pretty special. Most kids would get scared, but not Addie!  She can growl with the best of them.

Here are some fun pictures at the Bare's. She has had so much fun with them and their fun toys and back yard. She is in heaven!!

Stephanie sent me this picture with that caption, "Our own Rapunzel" fro the movie Tangled. So cute!!

Joseph Evert Johnson is here!!

We are excited to announce that our baby boy is here safe and healthy. However, there was some excitement before his big day. I went in for my appointment Feb 4th and had an ultrasound. They estimated him to be 9 lbs 6 oz right then, so the Dr estimated him to be 11 lbs by 39wks. They also saw that I had too much amniotic fluid and sent me to specialists at Maternal Fetal Medicine.

So we went there, 2 wks later and they got 9 lbs 2 oz. LOL, considering he should gain .5 lbs a wk, not too confident in ultrasound right now. And I had gained 10 more cm of fluid to total 30cm. That's double what I should have. Oh, and he was lying sideways when 2 wks ago he was head down. So after checking over and NST'S (non stress test) we made sure he was healthy. But he kept moving to different positions.

So we went in for a scheduled C-Section Feb 27TH at 7:30. I was always hoping he would move head down, but he never did. However things went smoothly and he was born 8:05 am 9 lbs 4.5 oz 20.5 in long. He was wisked away, I only got to kiss his face, and didn't see him for 2 hrs. I hated that. I wish I could have held him skin to skin and nursed him right then like I did like Addie. But Joe was with him the first hour and got to feed him some formula (his blood sugar was too low, but I believe that's because I has to fast for 12 hrs). So that was special for Joe. They also bathed him, too. I wish so many things could have been different, but I am grateful he was alright.

He has brown hair and deep blue eyes. They remind us of Addie so he might stay blue eyed. I was told by a lab tech he had the most perfect head. I guess that is a positive about having a C-Section. He is very loud when he is unhappy, but has a sweet spirit. He just likes to be held and rocked ALL of the time.

Grandma Hebdon (my mom) came up to help with Addie and between her and the Bare's Addie was in heaven. Our visitors at the hospital were Grandma Hebdon, Stephanie, and Jeff. They brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Joe also brought a beautiful bouquet of flowers and some balloons. It was fun to have visitors. With Addie we lived far away and mom was recovering from her back surgery.

We went to his 2 wk Dr appointment March 13th. He is almost free of jaundice, yah! He gained back his 10 percent weight loss. He also was circumcised,  poor little guy. The doctor said they have never had a circumcision go so smoothly. Joey slept through most of it.  He did such a great job for the visit. What a good boy!

Addie is 14 mos

Adaline Mabel Johnson

She is so muzuch fun and getting smarter everyday.  She knows her stuffed animal "Molly the Moo Cow". We were watching a baby program on TV and a cow came on. I said "Addie! It's a Moo Cow!" She ran over and grabbed her stuffed animal. I a didn't know she understood that much. So I am working on helping her know her other animals.

Her favorite TV show is "Notekins". She enjoys books but gets frustrated being read too at times. I don't know if it's because she wants to do it herself? Anyways she enjoys throwing the ball, or anything really. She has a pretty good arm. We just might have a softball player on our hands. She is also doing better at taking a nap in the middle of the day. It's been such a good thing for her and me. She is doing better in her carseat since we turned it to forward facing. She is always jabbering and I wish I could understand her.

With her stuffed toy "Gerry the Giraffe". She likes to hold their ears or tails up to her nose. So cute.

Valentine's gift from us to her. She really liked him. And held him for awhile.

She discovered her belly button. It was so cute and sad at the same time. She was very concerned and kept trying to grab it.

We went to the Orem mall on Joe's day off. Addie LOVES the slide.  She wanted to go up and down nonstop. I can't wait til I am not pregnant so I can run around with her better. We will see how I hold up with a newborn and her energy.

We love our baby girl! She is so much fun and has so many wonderful qualities.

Addie is 13 months

This little girl is nonstop, go go go. She makes me exhausted, but she is happy and healthy so those are great things. When we go to church or other public activities, she is so excited to see people. And kids/ babies are her favorite. Unfortunately the kids/babies aren't as excited to see her. Either she gets so excited her squeals causes them to cry, or they get protective of their toys and snacks and guard them for her. It makes me laugh sometimes to see other's reactions to her, but it also makes me sad. All she wants is to make friends and play. We often get the comment of "Wow, she is a social one." I guess we will take their word for it, since we know nothing else. But we do notice other babies her age sitting quietly in the corner playing with a piece of fuzz or sitting contentedly in their parents lap. Not Addie! She hasn't done that since she was 6 months if not longer.

Although I am often so exhausted from being pregnant and taking care of this active girl, she makes me smile and laugh more often then not.

Things about Addie:

• She has taken to chewing on furniture, which is devastating to her beautiful crib. It makes me sad, and I have tried to cover it in various ways, but they don't work. I need to find the time to make bumper pads over the rails. She also uses mommy as a chew toy, which really hurts. She has even make me bleed. But I am the only one so far, so that's a good thing.
• She finally got her 8th tooth!! I feel like she has been actively teething for 2 mos with on and off night wakings, wanting to be held, red gums.  I would rather get teeth in then have them come and go. 
• She has started to use the garbage as her toy box. LOL I have to be careful and keep an eye on her. I have caught her putting her kitty mini blanket in the kitchen can, which has a swing top. I never look to see what is in there. Although I am likely to just leave it in the garbage, yuck!! But this morning she tried to throw away the remote too.  
• She loves to side walk, mostly to her right. She has been doing this for over a month and I forget to write about it. She sticks her tongue out and slides as far as she can go. It reminds me of the basketball defense stance. She doesn't quite spin, but she moves around in a circle. I am surprised she doesn't get dizzy. She is quite athletic for her age.
• She can reach to the edge of tables, counters, TV stands.... and she now understands that she can use toys, boxes, and whatnot to climb even higher. Makes for even funner times for us parents to keep an eye on her. She can also climb into the couches, so now remotes, glasses, phones, whatever are no longer safe anywhere. 
• Like I have said, she is very social and happy baby. She is eager to smile at people and have them smile back. The other day we were at Grease Monkey getting an oil change and an emissions test. As long as she was free to run around and chatter she was happy. There was a guy in his 20's there that ignored her, while every one else oohed and awed. Addie just kept walking over to him, smiled, tilted her head so she would be in his view....NOTHING. LOL she just stared at him. I feel bad because no doubt he was annoyed. But what do you do?
• She still is learning on how to talk. She still says dada, mama, no, num num. There are times I swear she is singing. It's so cute. She uses a softer voice and the words run together and she holds the notes sometimes. 
• She is a very big eater. She LOVES food, and all of it's variety. We have yet to find something she really won't eat. When she was younger she didn't like fruits, but now she likes them too, especially grapes. She tried her first orange, and loved the juicy tartness. The only thing we can think of was a Chinese Buffet we ate at. She would a eat a few bites here and there, but not like she usually eats. My sister Stephanie commented that she eats more then her 8 year old daughter. It's true!! I figure if I offer good things, she can have how much she wants? Now she isn't "fat" or overweight. I have seen some of those babies. She is just very solid. Many people are shocked about how heavy she is because she doesn't look it.
• We are working on switching over to Vit D Whole milk. Unfortunately it has been slow. She still prefers formula, even when we mix the 2. But I am not going to complain because formula is so convenient. She has also improved her sippy cup drinking. She is starting to actually swallow the water instead of spitting it all over her clothes. She is pretty cute to listen gulp down some swallows and then take in a deep breath. What a character =0)
• She is a good night time sleeper. She will usually go to bed between 7:30 and 8 and lately sleeps in between 7:30 or even sometimes 9. It's so nice because I have a hard time sleeping with Joey 9-1. So it gives me a few more extra shut eye time. She has been off and on with naps, but I have found that if she goes down between 11:00 or 12 she will sleep for 2, sometimes 3 hours. She fights having 2 naps a day, so I figure this works best, for the most part. She has never fallen asleep playing. I hear and see pictures of this, and I envy that at times. But overall she is a good sleeper (mind you, she woke up at 2:40 this morning and is still up with no tiredness in sight, it's 5:30).
• She LOVES stairs. She has crawled up them at church and that was enough for me. Well now we have a split level apartment and the last month she has discovered how much she loves going up them. She is so quick too, I can't keep up with her. Not to mention I get tired of always being in arms distance for hours on end. One time I was sitting down and I looked away for a minute. I hear her squeal just to look up and she is dangling from the side. She somehow found away to fit between the banister and ledge. Good thing she is strong and held herself up while I raced to grab her. We had to get creative to make up a gate that worked on a metal railing. I HATE STAIRS! She has already pulled the hooks out of the wall to the point they won't hold at all. Once again, I HATE STAIRS!!
• She has been going to my sister Stephanie's quite a few times since we moved, and she loves it. She loves her aunt and her cousins. She likes her uncles too, but seems a little bit more reserved with them. I think being in daycare has made her "need" to be around others more so then babies who don't (an example are kids at church). I need to figure out ways for her to interact. The library does reading time, but only 2yr and up. All of my friends and even family have kids that are so much older that their schedules/interests are complete opposite. Therefore I am working hard to get to know ladies in our ward. But that becomes impossible when I am constantly out in the hallway with Addie. I wish she could go to Nursery, she would love it!! She would thrive with the playmates.

Showing off her curls. Her hair is slowly growing. The top is still taking it's time.

Saying Hi to Daddy while he is at work. Can't wait for him to get home.

Showing off her stair climbing skills.

She got into the Doritos that Daddy left on the Baker's rack...within her high reach. We have to come up with a new game plan.

Her sucking up noodles. I love watching her eat noodles.

Her first time eating Oreos. She loved them.