I said so what. . . I'm still a ROCKSTAR!!!

Today was Miss Pretty's 9 month well baby checkup with Dr Dreamy! He is so good with her! He seriously is one of the best Dr's I've ever been to! He never makes you feel rushed or stupid for any questions that you ask! And he explains everything very well! Plus the added bonus that he's handsome! :)
Here's Pretty's stats:

Weight: 17lbs 12oz (I swear she weighs more than that! But he said it's normal for her weight to level out a bit because she's becoming more active)
Height: 29 in
Head Circumference: 44 cm

He said that she's doing great! I told him that I was concerned that she's not crawling and he just said "You know, about half of the babies her age crawl by now. . . and obviously the other half don't. Don't worry, she's doing great." This is me. . . "uh huh. . whatever you say. . "


Here she is in her new rocking chair that Gma and Gpa J got her! She rocks herself pretty good in there!
This week is Slick's 30th Birthday!!

How much wood could a woodchuck, chuck. . .

And last but not least. . . Before the year ended I thought it would be fun to get all 4 of my wisdom teeth out! Not really, but it had to be done, 2 of them were impacted and another was almost coming through. So on Tuesday, Doug took me to the oral surgeon and they knocked me out and pulled the suckers! It was quite an interesting experience! Doug said that when he came in to see me and wake me up, I said "What up DOG!!" I don't remember too much until I got home and became a bit more coherent! My good friend Heather called me sometime during that doped up time and I don't really remember talking to her. Sorry Heather! So for New Year's Eve, my dad made Prime Rib like he always does, and for the 2nd year in a row, I couldn't have any! (last year I was prego and yacking) We came home at 9 and were asleep by 10! What a bunch of party poopers eh? I vaguely remember all the neighbors letting off fireworks and waking up Hailey.

So for this next year. . I've made a couple of New Year's resolutions:
1. No surgeries! Boo!
2. I'm running my half marathon in April!!
3. Gain a stronger testimony of my Savior and Heavenly Father!! Definately go the temple more!
Happy New Year Everyone! Enjoy my Chubby Bunny pics!


And here I am today. Yes that is swelling and not just fat! (although there is a little of that too.)

Mommy's lil' Helper!

So this past Saturday, I decided to do some batch baby food cooking because I had a ton of yams left over and some squash and broccoli to cook. Hailey decided to be big helper and knock over whatever she could reach!

Our sweet potato masterpiece!

She's so proud too!
Afterward, I let her feed herself! What a cutie!

So I totally love making her food and it's been quite economical for us too! You might be wondering what I'm puting her food in, in that picture. . .that's my silicone snowflake ice cube tray. I've found that's the best way to freeze the food! They come out so much easier! It's only snowflake because that was on sale at JoAnn's. So if anyone if wondering what to get me for my Birthday. . .silicone ice cube trays! Can we say Nerd Alert?!

Ho Ho Ho!

Hailey's first Christmas was so much fun! We went up to Pocatello for the week. She did quite well, just had a hard time sleeping, which didn't fair well for mommy! If anyone has any tips on traveling and getting them to sleep okay, please do share! I tried to make a slide show of all of these pics, but it wouldn't work, so here they all are! She got lots of cute toys and clothes and jammies and fun stuff!
Before we left, Doug and I opened our presents from each other. This is his lovely wrapping job! It's one of those cool food choppers, the magic bullet! (Yes Jenn, they sell those at Khols!)
This is the best present that we got this year! Baby Hailey!Here she is waiting to open all of her presents from Santa!
We woke to a blizzard on Christmas morning!

She loved the paper! Probly would have eaten as much as she could if we'd let her!
Fun toys!
Hailey and mommy cheezin it up for the camera!
She was having so much fun just hangin' out with Grandma and Grandpa!
Grandpa Johnson was singing her some Beatles songs and she kept tilting her head to the side to get him to look at her! It was too cute!

Mommy and her ham!

Me and Kyr chillin' on Christmas day!

My work of art! That sucker had to weigh like 25lbs! I even had a lovely dancing pole on the side of the house with a Gingerbread man shakin' it! Gotta have a little fun sometimes!

It was a fun week! My in-laws are the best!

9 month pics already!!

Today I took our princess to get her 9 month pictures taken. I am so proud that she actually smiled in these ones! I even went to ghetto Valley Fair and they were the best that we've been to yet! She was hilarious and cheesin' it like you wouldn't believe! Enjoy!

I felt so bad, the first time that we put her on the bench, I let go and she took a nose dive off. But she recovered quickly!

I swear when she knows it's picture day, she plays Freddy Kruger and gives herself a gash or two! Luckily this one's on the side of her head, but you can see it in this one. Let's just say, I promptly trimmed the nails after she woke up with that sucker!

Oh my heck! I can't believe how cute she is!

I'm all signed up!

It's official, I'm all signed up to run the half marathon representin' East High School in April! There's no backing out now! I've felt really awsome since I began changing my habits and moving more! Hopefully I make it through the 13.1 miles. If not, I know that Brynn will carry me! :)

I will have to post some pics later when I get some loaded onto the computer. We got the internet today, I know, I know, welcome back Kristy! I feel like I'm reconnecting with an old friend. . .give me a minute. . . okay, we're good.

We're getting ready to head up to Pocatello for the week on Monday. I am excited, but also a little anxious as to how Miss Hailey will fare while we're away from home. It's always a challenge to not be at home and have her in her own bed. Plus, she's been cutting her first two teeth and on top of that she sounds like "snuffluffagus" this week, because she's had a cold :( boo. Hopefully she'll be over it so that she can enjoy the major spoiling that's going to take place from Grandma!

Hope that you all have a MErry Christmas! I'll post some Christmas pics from Idaho and I'll also post some lovely pics of me next week when I get my wisdom teeth out!

The Long awaited updates!

Okay ya'll!! It's me the slacker! Life's been busy and of course we don't have the internet, so it's hard to find time to come to Jenn's to "network". But here I am, totally redeeming myself. If you look below, I posted 3 other blogs of life here on the Johnson Ranch. Lots of exciting things happening!

Doug and I will be celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary this Sunday! We don't have any plans except to put Hailey to bed early and "watch" movies :).

As for our little Hailey, she is now 8 months old!

She is eating lots of yummy foods and we are getting ready to introduce Tofu! I just love her so much and she's so much fun!

In case you couldn't tell by some of my recent pics, I'm really packin' it on! So i've made a goal to lose 30 lbs by Hailey's first birthday! And I'm running the half marathon with Brynn in April! It's been a challenge to get back into an exercise routine and it's hard to find the time! But I've really been making it a priority the past 3 weeks and I'm up to 3 miles already! I'll be posting my progress as I go on and hopefully I'll be fitting back into my old pants again!

Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving and I promise to post more often!