Johnny's Recent Vocab

First Sentence!

At the beginning of this video Johnny is signing duck and saying "Quack, quack". He is really excited because he is playing with Playdoh and he keeps saying "Oooohhh". At the very end if you listen carefully he says, "happy birthday to you". I know what he is saying because he said it earlier when Miranda and I were playing and singing "Happy Birthday".

So We're Thinking...

Concentrating
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...Johnny...

Showing Mommy His Artwork
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...Might...

Holding Pencil2
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...Be...

Holding Pencil1
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...A Lefty?

Lefty?
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Like his great-grandpa John.

Snow-Covered Mittens

Snow-Covered Mittens
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Back from the land of Goshen...for some time now actually, but things are just now starting to get back to normal. The last couple months have been pretty crazy...Dan's broken foot, flying north by myself with two children, and the "flood of 2009" in our apartment, But we survived...

Speaking of surviving, I have taken my parenting to a whole new level of self-sacrifice and steadfastness. I have not only watched my child throw up, I have caught vomit with my bare, cupped, hands. I have been dreading the day when one of my children would throw up...it goes way back to my own childhood and my phobia of throwing up. I've always feared I would just abandon my poor sick child in their moment of desperation. But now the day has passed and I must say I wholeheartedly attended to the situation. (However, there really wasn't any place to which I could flee being wedged between two car seats in the van.) Once the adrenaline wore off I did have to pop a mint and have cold air blown in my face to ward off the nausea and anxiety, but still the fear has been met and conquered. Thought you'd like to know.

"Where Did My Boot Go?"

"Where Did My Boot Go?"
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Neigghhh and Weeee!

Neigghhh and Weeee!
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While we were in Indiana we visited good ol' Shipshewana. They have a great Carousel there. Miranda would have ridden on it all day I think. Grandma treated her to a second ride while the rest of us were in the toy store. I noticed she and the horse have similar expressions.

Johnny on Carousel

Johnny on Carousel
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Such a big boy! He loved this!

Princess Miranda

Princess Miranda
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One of Miranda's christmas presents