Asa, my first year, in review

Wow, I am 1 year old now!

Look at all the fun I've had!

Mommy and me on our way to the hospital!

She sure was ready to meet me!

Here I am, Asa Daniel, 9lbs 6oz

My visit to the nicu,

the doctor said I had fluid on my lungs,

but I got better very fast.

My big bro, Micah, holding me when I first came home




Mommy checking me out



Here I am flirting with mommy when I was 1 month old


Mommy said I had sweet cheeks at 3 months



I did not like tummy time much, but it sure did make me strong!


Here is something I did like, learning to eat!
(except that one day...)


I learned to sit by myself. My sisters helped a lot,
they did not want me to fall and bonk my head again.


I learned to crawl, then I got to see lots more cool stuff!



My first ice cream cone,
Jiffy Treet of course!

I got big enough to have my own tub baths.
I'm a pretty good swimmer!


We had lots of fun in the fall!



Mommy made me sit in this pumpkin,
but she gave me some m&m's

I got to go trick or treating

twice!

Christmas was fun!

I got to give people presents
and open presents

We learned about the birth of Jesus

...and candy canes

we celebrated lots of birthdays

and I even got to have one!

I can't wait to see what happens this next year.

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to...

Asa celebrated his first birthday yesterday

Unfortunately he was not feeling very well

Overdue Update!!!

Almost 3 months have past since I updated the blog, yikes!

So what have you missed?

Lily turned 5 December 12

Christmas was great!

Gabi turned 3 on Friday

And in 2 short weeks Asa will be 1!

Last night was Geoff's annual awards banquet.

As requested, here are some pictures from the evening.

We had lots of fun, and even though we did not get a new tv,

We did get some nice prizes from the auction.

Can't wait to cook my Dream Dinners on my new copper fusion cookware,

and Micah and Lily are stoked to try out our new 3 room tent!

Hopefully I won't wait another 3 months to update our poor blog.

Happy Halloween!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

It's Time to Play...

...Do you know that Johnson baby?!

Who is Uncle Mikey holding in this photo?

Answer: Micah!

(people appearing in this photo are not eligible to participate)

A Week in Review

Things have been super busy around here

so we have not had much time to take pictures

or update the blog.

Here is what we've been up to this last week, enjoy!

Wednesday was Western Night at WNKOF

Here is a picture of my lil' cow pokes

all dolled up in there western gear.

The kids always have a lot of fun.

Micah has decided to be in the children's choir this year.

I am sure there will be some exciting performances

in the coming year!

Asa is finally able to sit pretty well all by himself.

We had a bit of a delay after his accident

because (A) I did not want to put him down and

(B) I would not let him fall.

So A + B = C

(C) Asa always assumed someone would catch him

and would dive at anything he saw

He is doing very well sitting now

and loves to sit and play his piano just like Wally.

Here is Asa and Wally enjoying their bomb pops.
Asa has been a bit cranky this week

and has been battling ear infections.

If you have not met Wally yet,

he is the international student that we have

the opportunity to host this year.

He has been a very good big brother to our crew.

We have been quite surprised.

I think we really just expected him to sleep,

eat, go to school, and study.

But, on the contrary, he plays with our kids a lot

and is really quite helpful and you might even say

protective of the kiddos.

(Like when Lily is about to fall off of the chair she is standing on

or Asa pukes in his bed and we don't know it)

I guess God knew we needed an extra set of hands around here :)

Grandma Peanuts (Geoff's mom)

used to pray with the kids when they spent the night

and she would ask God to let all the angels protect them...

"especially Wally"...

I think that is kind of ironic, eh?

Except, I think Grandma Peanut's "Wally"

was supposed to be a fish.

Oh well!

We are just hoping Wally can survive

a whole school year in our house.

It's pretty crazy around here!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOOTHLESS WONDER SAYS...

"Are you 100% glad I've got a tooth gone?"

Micah has been waiting a long time for this.

It has been loose for a whole month.

He finally just pulled it out today.

Now it's on to 20 questions about the tooth fairy!

A picture is worth a thousand words...

Asa just wanted to let you all know that he is doing lots better.

Thank you all for your prayers, please continue to pray for his healing.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

I am not a crafty,

but I was brave and went to sewing night at Jaime's house.

She was very kind to let me use her machine.

I was sure I would break it since my only sewing experience

was in jr high home ec. I think I fared OK.

I at least finished my bag and it only took 6 hours!

Thanks Jaime, Amy, and Jodi

for your patience.

Here is the pirate bag I made for Asa

I think he likes it and it fits him perfectly!

( yes, I already know I am a dork!)

Back to Life, Back to Reality

Well, we just got back from our family vacation

to the Northwoods of Wisconsin

(for those of you who don't know, that is where the hodags live)

...Go Hodags!

The kids did really well on the way up despite the 11 hour drive

and Geoff NOT getting lost twice ;)

Micah really enjoyed fishing this year and talked non-stop,

asking plenty of questions.

Gabi loved fishing too, Lily not so much.

Besides fishing, the kids had lots of fun

with their grandparents and cousins.

We visited a local wildlife park, did some shopping,

and ate lots of ice cream.

We found it very difficult to take pictures of our adventures,

with four kiddos there is just never a free hand!

Maybe next year Lily can be our photographer.

Uncle Mikey took some pictures you can see on his blog

http://michaelabbeybrooks.blogspot.com/

The trip home went well too.

We decided not to drive straight through on the way home

So we stopped just north of Milwaukee in West Bend

at a Country Inn and Suites

It was nice, I love hotels that include breakfast.

After we went swimming in the pool

and were figuring out our dinner plans,

I noticed a suspicious pair of pants under the chair.

They were obviously stragglers from a previous guest, YUCK!

We mentioned it to the front desk

and they graciously let us switch rooms

to the king size suite (I mean SWEET!) next door with the jacuzzi tub.

Asa missed out on all the yummy vacation treats,

but, now that we are home, we have started Asa on cereal.

As you can see he did pretty well,

guess you don't have to teach a Johnson how to eat!

He was helping mommy by the third bite.