Blowouts and Bed Diving

We've set a record: 5 blowouts in 30 hours. I'm really not sure how he's managed that, but apparently I need to keep more extra changes of clothes in the diaper bag. :)

So yesterday Isaac experienced a Rite of Passage (as a kind friend on Facebook called it). He fell off the bed. He'd been up there for about fifteen minutes with me while I folded and packed clothes for a weekend trip to my grandparents, and I just hadn't noticed that he'd slowly inched his way to the edge of the bed. All of a sudden he pushed off hard with his legs, and THUD! Down he went. It took me a second to realize what had happened - I looked around thinking "what was that noise?" before suddenly noticing that Isaac was missing! He hadn't started crying yet because he was still working up momentum for the big whail. Poor kid.

New Job......Again

What?! Deja vu? Am I reading an old post? No it isn't just you, and yes we really did accept a new job.....again. Well, I guess you could say it's a new, old, new job. (I know, this IS getting a little ridiculous.) Walt's original employer, Procerus, made him a really good offer to come back to them after he accepted a new job at imSAR. So Walt went back to Procerus. Turns out that there was misunderstanding (to put it diplomatically) about what that offer included (lesson learned: put all offers in writing and SIGNED), and they couldn't come to a consensus on it. The other job was still happy to have Walt come back to them, and Walt starts full time with imSAR (again) on February 1st. (Final Answer.) I know that didn't need parentheses, but I'd used so many already, why stop?

Isaac and I have started swimming lessons (okay, more like learn to be comfortable in water lessons). Walt met us there to document the event. I thought it was awesome that two other dads were there taking pictures, too. Last week we worked on submersion, and Isaac did great. This week I can't go to one of the lessons, so Walt is taking Isaac instead. Walt is so excited about it, which I think is adorable. He's such a good dad.


Our little turtle:


Warming up with Daddy:

Pictures and Video

Isaac's latest trick: sitting up





Isaac's foot in mouth trick I blogged about a month or so ago:




Kade making Isaac laugh:

Thanks

Got it! Thanks Nicole and Laura!

Blog Help

I'd like to change my blog so that the "links to family and friend blogs" shows when everyone's blog was last updated. Anyone know how to do that? Thanks!

Happy New Year 2010

My awesome sister-in-law changed our Merry Christmas card to say Happy New Year since we didn't get it out until now. :) Thanks Sarah! If you've been reading our blog for long, you have most of the updates on us for 2009, but here's the year in a nutshell:

April, 2009: Spring Break trip to Phoenix to visit four of Walt's siblings and families and my aunt's family.
May, 2009: I quit work as a School Psychologist to be a full time stay-home mom.
June, 2009: Walt and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary and welcomed our son, Isaac, to the world. We also welcomed his "twin cousin" Samuel on the same day! How cool is that?
July, 2009: Visits from Grandpa Johnson, Aunt Charlotte, and Aunt Anna, a greater Johnson family reunion, and Walt's High Adventure trip with the scouts to Death Hollow.
August, 2009: Isaac's baby blessing. At some point this month my ankles reappeared and I actually fit into tennis shoes again. It would be another month or so before my church shoes fit. :) Also this month I did not go back to work. I loved my job as a School Psychologist, but this motherhood business takes the cake!
September, 2009: Third annual Graden Family Retreat and the birth of a niece, Aliyah.
October, 2009: Mountain biking trip to Moab with Walt's brother, Stan, a few of his friends, and Walt's co-worker and wife.
November, 2009: Thanksgiving with family in Phoenix!
December, 2009: Christmas at my sister's house in Tooele with the whole family.

It's been a really wonderful year. Our lives have changed dramatically with Isaac's birth, and boy is it better than ever! I've been realizing again how much relationships mean to me. We need each other. We need people to cheer us on, give us support, teach us, learn from us, help us develop love and patience, and generally refine us. Thanks to all of you for the role you play in our lives. You mean so much to us. Above all, thanks be to God our Father, from whom all our blessing flow and who is our constant guidance and support.

Happy New Year!

Love, Julie, Walt, and Isaac

Newest Trick

Isaac's newest trick is sitting up by himself! He LOVES it. He's been in a much better mood now that he can sit up and roll over. It was driving him crazy to have so little mobility and so much curiosity!

My newest trick is coupon shopping. Okay, so I'm not very good at it yet. I've spent hours poring over blogs and websites trying to figure this game out, and slowly the pieces are coming together for me. So far I've gotten a subscription to the Sunday paper ($.75 a week)and a binder to keep coupons in. Today I shopped at Walgreens and got 2 packs of 3-blade womens razors ($10 normal price), 2 5-ounce bottles of Aveeno baby cream lotion ($11 normal price), and 2 tubes of Neosporin ($11 normal price) all for $9. I'm so proud. Those are all things I have around my house and use on a regular basis anyway, so it's nice to have them in my year's supply now. Yay!

I'm a Fan

I'm a fan of New Years Resolutions. The start of the new year feels so fresh and optimistic to me, and I love to take advantage of that feeling to do myself some good. One of my goals this year is to get my 5-A-Day (5 fruit or vegetable servings) Monday through Friday. What about Saturday and Sunday, you ask? Well, maybe that will be next year's goal. For now Monday through Friday seems realistic to me seeing as how we're starting from ground zero here. Not that I don't eat any fruits and vegetables, but I average more like 3-4 servings a day, rarely 5. If anyone has any good recipes for vegetable dishes (mostly side dishes), I'd love to have them.