"TOOT"

Tonight's dialogue between me and Abigail:

"TOOT" (passing gas)

Me: "Abigail, did you pass gas?"
Abigail: "No, I didn't.
Me: "Are you sure?"
Abigail: "Mom it wasn't me because I don't have a toot in my booty."

Must have been Daddy!!!

Summer Fun

I am sorry so much time has passed since I have updated this blog. I am not even sure how many people even read it, but for me, I try to keep it up to chronicle my children's lives to have for years to come. Hopefully, nothing will ever happen to blogspot! Here are just a few things that have been going on in our family this summer. Enjoy!


Cake Baking with Mom

Flying a kite with Daddy

Jumping the waves

I promise Rachel was not being tortured here although it looks that way. That carrier just is hard adjust!
In this video, Abigail decided she wanted to gather all the instruments/toys in the house that made noise and took them into her room to put on a "show" for us. Here is her production:

And another (sorry about my really annoying laugh at the end)...

In other news, Rachel is 7 months and crawling all over the place. She went from not even sitting up by herself in mid June to crawling in mid July. Abigail walked at 9 months and I bet she will too. In fact, the other day I went into get her out of her crib after her nap, and she was STANDING! We had to lower her crib to the lowest setting that night! That's been our summer in a nutshell!

7 years

On Monday, Jonathan and I will celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary! These seven years really have been the happiest of my life. I am so thankful to have a husband who is a faithful provider and leader to our family. He works very hard so I can work part-time and stay home with our children. I love the way he rubs my back at night until I fall asleep, plays with our girls, keeps track of our finances (because I have no idea), makes a special trip to gas up my car (I mean van :)), grills up a mean burger, and brings me home Starbucks frappachinos. There are so so many more. In these 7 years, we have moved 4 times, lived in 3 different cities, had 6 cars, adopted our first pet, survived 3 years of seminary, and produced 2 very beautiful, wonderful, precious little girls. And this, my friends, is what 7 years of marriage will do to you!!!

I love you, baby! Happy Anniversary!!! Love forever and ever, Johanna

Bi-vocational Abigail

Today while Jonathan was putting Abigail down for her nap, she was talking about our jobs. Jonathan told her about our jobs and that Mommy was a Speech Pathologist and Daddy was a Minister. When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she replied " I want to be a speech padologist AND a lizard".

Dad

Today is Father's Day. I am so grateful and blessed to have my Dad. On November 3, 1985, my Mom married Paul Huggins. He is my step-dad. He jumped into our family and began raising my brother and I as if we were his biological children. This is the Dad who taught me how to ride a bike. This is the Dad who taught me how to swim. This is the Dad who helped me with my highschool math homework until 11:00pm until I got too frustrated, began to cry, and just went to bed. He is the one who used to call me his "little princess". He is the one who will do any handy man job without complaining. He is the one who started a Roth IRA for me with "babysitting money" when I was 13 and had no clue of the importance of investing. He is the one who, together with my Mom, paid for my entire four years of my undergraduate degree. He is the one who walked me down the aisle on my wedding day 7 years ago. I may not be related to him by blood, but as far as I am concerned, he is my Dad.

From the mouth of babes...

Since Sunday, Abigail, Rachel and I have been down here at the beach while Jonathan is at Beach Blast with his youth kids. Tonight we snuck into the pool of the Royal Garden Hotel to swim. While I was holding Abigail and attempting to teach her how to swim, she was holding onto my underarms and begins to make a funny face. This is how our conversation went: '
Me:"Why are you making that funny face?"
Abigail: "Because I am touching your scratchy hair."
Guess it's time for a shave!!

A few quick pics of Rachel

Photography by Creative Portriats by Cha.