Living Room / Dining Room

Here it is! Our living room and dining room after all the boxes were unpacked...

We are getting a new entertainment center - since the movers busted ours.

Very Smart Girl

Grace is a very smart girl. Today, while I was cleaning up, Grace kept asking me how to spell her name. I would tell her and soon, she would ask her again, and again. I walked in to see why she kept asking me... This is what I saw....
(She said her name now was Grace-o... Okey dokey sweetie :D Whatever you want it to be!)

Update

Hello everyone! Here is a quick update on our living situation...

Blake has FINALLY moved into the apartment. YAY! No more picking him up after class for an hour or so, and then taking him back to his room so he can sleep. Hooray!

(a wall in our living room... I am finally done (ish) with the living/dining area... Photos to come!!)
Him moving in to the apartment has drastically changed Grace and my sleep patterns. We have to be in bed by 8:30 pm, because Blake has to be on the base at 5:00 am.
{I am just going to let him drive the car unless we have something to do that day!}
He has class all day and then he has PT (physical training) every other day afterward until 5:30. That's quite a long day for him, but he is such a hard worker and is loving what he is learning!
Grace is normally quite a teenager with her sleep patterns. Going to sleep at 11, and not waking up until 10 or 11 the next morning....
I don't think she has ever been up this early, and happy and awake. It was 4:30 and she was up and singing to Team Umizoomi.

(Notice the time - 5:11!)
Yesterday, Blake had to be at the base at 2:00, so we had to leave church early so we could get him there on time. We went into Grace's singing time in primary, and she was so angry that we were there. She wanted to stay in her class and sing! She was so frustrated that we were making her leave early. That is quite a change from the Grace a month ago. She loves her teacher and is growing up so much. She loves learning about Jesus and loves singing and playing. Her teacher finally bribed her with candy next week if she would go with us. HA!I took the Glucose test on Thursday, and got the results back, and NO diabetes or any other sugar problems. HALLELUJAH! No 3 hour glucose testing. ICK! I am so happy!

If you look over on the left hand side there is an animation of our little floating baby... Notice that I am almost 29 weeks! Only 11 weeks to go! I cannot wait to hold our little baby boy and rock him to sleep!

(Oh! One more thing... With Grace, I gained a total of 29 lbs... I have just sailed past that mark with this pregnancy, with no end in sight. Looks like I will not be leaving the hospital smaller than my pre-pregnancy weight... Darn! :D)

Photos of our little home to come later today!

The business of being born

Grace has a great imagination. She can pretend to be anything she wants to be, and be quite convincing at it. We have frequent visitors to our home, We get puppies, kittens, babies and bears... Spongebob, Patrick, Gary, Mr. Crabs, Squidward and Sandy are also always around. The Krusty Krab opens shop up at our home at least once a day. Along with pretending, she has her own ideas on how things work, and usually she is quite correct.

Well, Grace is convinced that Grant is done, and needs to come out. How you may ask?
{Doctors, take note, you may be needing this...}

The Business of Being Born

Items needed:
a. A baby
b. Mommys belly button
c. A ladderThe process:

Its simple really. When the baby is ready to be out, he just gets a ladder, and climbs out of mommys belly button...

Viola'
a newborn baby!

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Bizzybelle and Racey

Grace loves her cousin, Izabelle.
They are Spongebob buddies. The night before we left, they both got on Spongebob pj's and one Spongebob slipper and posed for the camera.Silly, silly girls.

Grace's Hair

Poor Grace has some pretty bad hair.... nothing stays in, her hair is half curly half straight and its pretty darn ratty all the time, no matter how many times I brush it a day.Her bangs were getting long so I decided to cut them, and then decided I would trim the back too. I gave her layers and trimmed her hair a little.
Here are some photos...

Adventurous

We are so excited that our car has finally made its way to Texas! It came today, and I couldn't be happier. :D

I decided I wanted even more change in my life ;) and decided to be adventurous and dye my hair...
BEFORE:AFTER:Can you even tell the difference? :D Hehehe. Its a bit lighter. Thats about it. :) And I look a ton better in the before picture... haha, oh well.

Apartment before...

I wanted to document our before and after shots of our new apartment!!

Here are the before photos...
(the after photos will take a little while longer to finish ... I actually have to finish getting boxes and stuff unpacked, and decorations up... :D)

Animal in you

I just took the "Animal in you" quiz, featured on Dr. Phil.
I am so angry about my results!! I am not a shrew!
Doesn't the name of the shrew just sound horrible?
And did you know what they call a group of shrews? A lament of shrews.
Doesn't that sound lovely?

And of course, I made Blake take the test. :) And of course, he got a way better result than I did...Blake is a Penguin!
The penguin personality fits Blake perfectly!

If you are interested in what you are go to : http://animalinyou.com

For the first time ever...

Grace is sleeping in her own room, by herself. I am so proud of her. She told me she was going to bed, I told her that I would check in on her in a while. She has been sleeping soundly for 3 hours now. I am sooo happy!
(Pictures to come soon... my camera card is having some problems at the moment. I will post them as soon as I can get it to work!)

Blast from the past...

(Okay, so only 2 years ago...)

I was wandering around families blogs and found this picture of Grace- she would have been just about a year here.

Happy Anniversary

Its our 4 year anniversary today. Happy Anniversary sweetheart! I love you more than anything in the whole world! I can't wait for 40+ more years!

By this time tomorrow...

I will be safely tucked into bed at a hotel in San Angelo Texas...We are moving tomorrow morning. Our car still hasn't been moved... (DON'T ASK!) but we are ready and excited to head to San Angelo.Am I excited? Yes

Sad that we are leaving out family? Yes. Gracie and I will be moving away from 2 grandmas and 2 grandpas, 3 uncles and 2 aunts, and 4 wonderful cousins that ALL live under the same roof... its heartbreaking to watch the tearful goodbyes from grandparents and cousins. Who knows when we will see them again.
Excited to be on our own again? Of Course
Happy to be with my husband? More than you will ever know.
Overwhelmed? YES. I have to find a new baby doctor, find an apartment and unpack a household of stuff into a tiny apartment, all while not having a car to drive, being 6 months pregnant and having a wonderful 3 year old helping.. Overwhelmed is a bit of an understatement.

Thank you for all the love and support you guys have shown. We will miss our family and our friends, but I am excited to be living with my wonderful husband again.

Utah Bride and Groom

Okay, so I am going to boast a bit for a second...
This magazine is on shelves now in Utah.
And on page 116 & 117 are these...That's me!
Boasting moment over...

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was held at the Bonneville Seminary building. It was for the whole Johnson clan!

Grace was excited :D
The kids played on the white boards while we got ready to eat... Grace erased her face!We ate and then had a program.

Grace and her daddy waiting for the program to start.
(She has a new obsession with ears, and plays with other peoples' when she is happy, sad, tired, excited... pretty much anything!)
Grace wanted so badly to sing for everyone, so she got up and sang her ABC's to the crowd. She did very well!Daddy and his family singing "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas"

They had a 'live nativity', and Grace was very proud to be a Shepard.After the party, we stayed and helped clean up. Grace found herself a desk and sat down...

Gingerbread houses

Blakes Gingerbread "house": (See the candy canes? Those are turrets... )

Grace's Gingerbread house:

(She used ALL the sprinkles!)

My Gingerbread house:

Sunday best

While Blake was home on Exodus, we got to go to church as a family again...(Grace thinks that her screaming face is a wonderful face for photos... (notice EVERY photo... Darn girl!)I just love my man in uniform!

Welcome Home Daddy!

Blake got to fly home, to Utah, for Christmas Exodus... Grace and I met him at the airport...Blake bought her these ABU's at his BX at Lackland.Just Like Daddy!

San Angelo Texas...

HERE WE COME!
Grace and I are officially moving to San Angelo Texas next Wednesday, the 14th of January. We have decided to fly, and just move our car with a car moving company. It is costing us a lot more, but it is so much safer, and easier on a pregnant lady and a 3 year old.

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I am meeting with the movers tomorrow, and they are coming to move our stuff on Friday. The car movers pick up our car on Monday and then we fly out on Wednesday.
I am excited, nervous, overwhelmed, and relieved to finally be moving.

Picture Before/After

Someone commented and said I should try to fix the people in the background of the photo with Blake and Grace looking at the fish. Wow was that difficult! Not much to work with... but this is a quick rendition of a fix (not done by far!).

BEFOREAFTER

Blue Bloods

I just finished the Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz... Currently there are four books: Blue Bloods, Masquerade, Revelations, and The Van Alen Legacy. The fifth book, Misguided Angel is set to be released Fall 2010 and the sixth book, Wolf Pact is set to be released Spring 2011.
The books are about young vampires set in a ritzy Manhattan.
REVIEW:
Book: Blue Bloods
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
Series?: Yes
Genere: Young Adult/Science Fiction
Would I recommend?: Yes

I enjoyed reading this series, I am glad that there are 2 more books set to be released. I seem to have been reading a ton of Science Fiction lately, but I did enjoy this series. It, like the UGLIES, is written for young adults, and you can definitely tell, but I still found myself getting lost in the story. The book was a bit lacking for those who want a deep story, but it was a good book to get lost in.

UGLIES

I have been reading like crazy lately, and I thought I would share what I have been reading and if I would recommend. I am trying to figure more books to read, so if you have any ideas, let me know!

I don't want to really tell you about the book, because I hate reading reviews that give the book away.

The latest book/series I have been reading is called UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld. I have only read the first one (UGLIES) but I am so excited to go check out the next couple from the library today. It is set in a future world in which everyone is turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery upon reaching age 16.
Onto the review:
Book: UGLIES
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Series?: Yes - a trilogy
Genere: Young Adult/Science Fiction
Would I recommend?: Yes!

The book is definetly written for young adults, the writing style set for teens. I still enjoyed the story and the concept of the book.

Town Pass

For Blakes all day town pass (Sat, Dec. 12th), we decided to head out and see San Antonio.

First stop: McDonaldsNext up: Ripleys Believe it or Not MuseumThen, The Wax MuseumFinally, The Alamo

Another Before and After
I am going to make Blake write the next post, all about the airplanes we saw on Sunday! :D
Stay tuned!

Graduation

San Antonio is supposed to be warm, right? Yeah, not even a little bit. Friday, Dec. 11th was freezing. It was also the day of graduation. (I apologize for the photos... they are blurry cause I was freezing, and too high or too low, cause I was shaking!)Blakes Flight is in the middle...Right after Graduation, Blake had to go get his flight photo done, cause they were the Warrior flight, and they had to get a special photo done. :)

We got to go see Blakes dorms and why he got his nickname OCD.Grace struggled, because we told her that this was Daddy's bed. She cried for a long time, wondering where her bed was too... Cause daddy had a bed here, she should too.

Then, we checked into our hotel on base, and hung out there for a while. (And ate some more... (it seems like that is what we were always doing :D)
Afterwards, we went to IHOP and then sent Blake and his dad to a Basketball game.(Grace drank the whipped cream out of a cup. Silly girl!)
Stay tuned for town pass on Saturday!We went to the McDonalds (I know, pretty exciting...), Ripleys Believe it or Not Museum, the Wax Museum, and The Alamo!