Snakes

Emmie has nightmares every so often just like any other kid. Sometimes she gets really bad night terrors that we can't wake her up from and those suck because sometimes it can take almost an hour of her screaming and kicking and going ballistic before we can get her to come to and calm down. Last night we put her to sleep in a different room because we were hoping to be able to finally paint her room. She wasn't liking being in another room and kept telling us that she didn't want to go to sleep. She kept telling us that the snakes would get her. After telling her over and over again that there were no snakes and that she would be fine she still persisted. So finally I told her we would just make sure to include in our prayer that Heavenly Father make sure no snakes would get her and she wouldn't have any bad dreams about them either. Darren and I went to bed last night, without getting her room painted since it was then too late to do it, and we fully expected that she would probably have a nightmare about snakes since she was talking about them before bed. Luckily we weren't waken up during the night so that was nice. Darren was here when she woke up this morning and was talking to Emmie and said, "you slept well last night huh?" and she said "yep Heavenly Father helped me and then I said, thanks so much" We had a good laugh at the cuteness of that. Maybe we'll just have to make specific prayers more often so she can sleep better every night.

What we've been doing

I know I haven't posted in a while but sometimes the daily life doesn't really seem blog worthy but just for the sake of keeping up here is what has been happening since the last post. (or at least what I can remember of it) and just an update on us

We have been trying to go to the gym a couple nights a week

I met up with an old friend that I haven't seen since high school and met her little boy for the first time
I went shopping and had lunch with my sister in law Jen and two of her kids and Emmie and Allie
I read the book The Wednesday Letters. I LOVE to read but don't really feel I have much time for it so I just pounded it out in my free time in 2 days. I just read when I nursed Allie so I had to be sitting anyway. I really enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone who wants an enjoyable light easy read.
I have been trying a couple new recipes that I normally wouldn’t cook but that were yummy
I have just been trying to keep up with the never ending task of cleaning and laundry. Why when I only have two kids do I have to do the laundry ever other day? That seems like a lot with just two. I can't imagine what people with more kids do. Do moms with 5 kids just never leave the laundry room or what!?!

Emmie has been able to play in the back yard finally since the weather has been really nice so she has enjoyed her sidewalk chalk, her car that she is way too big for but we haven't figured out if we want to buy her a full out bike with training wheels or a trike style bike to replace it yet. She has also been having fun with her mesh basketball hoop that she can toss around back there and we don't have to worry about her breaking it. We also got her a soccer ball and football this week that she is LOVING. (except when dad tackled her too hard and she hit her head, she had to come into the house to tell on him for that one)

Emmie has also become quite the helper in the kitchen and has helped me make every dinner for the last two weeks. She loves to measure and stir and crack eggs while mom isn't looking and then say "oops it was an accident" even though it wasn't.

She has also been such a dream for the last couple weeks. (minus yesterday and today. For some reason she got messed up on sleep. She didn't wake up today until almost 11am) She has been so lovey though. All through the day she tells me "you know I love you mommy right?" And is always helping Allie when she gets sad by saying "it's ok Allie, Emmie's right here don't cry" and will then rub her back, kiss her, and get her something to play with. The other day when I cleaned the bathroom Emmie came up to me the next day and said "mommy I am proud of you for cleaning the bathroom yesterday" and kissed me. She is so sweet

Allison has been crawling or slithering/army crawling for a while now but I guess I haven't blogged about that. She is getting really fast though so Emmie is having to learn to pick up all her stuff that Allie can put in her mouth and choke on before Allie can get to it
Allie's new obsession is cords. Any chance she gets she will speed crawl across the floor in search of an unattended cord to the lamp or computer or she has been known to unplug the cable cord on the TV a few times while Emmie is watching some show
We think she is finally teething. She has been SO clingy and tired but doesn't want to stay asleep for more than 20 minutes during the day. At least she still is sleeping at night (knock on wood) also her gums are red and she has a runny nose poor thing

Darren has been working , boring sounding I know but he is enjoying learning new stuff and being able to hang out with his brother at work. And being able feel like the man of the house and earn his keep.

Upcoming things that will be on our minds and taking up our time are
Having our friends come and visit next weekend and take the kids to an Easter egg hunt

Emmie, Allie and I going to Oregon the beginning of April to meet my new nephew and visit family

Hopefully my friend from Idaho coming and spending Spring Break with us (yep that's you Becky)

Trying to figure out something fun for our 5 year anniversary in August

So there is the too much information but keeping you all in the loop update!

About my Hubby, Tagged by Lyza

All about My Husband
What is his name? Darren Michael Johnson

How long have you been married? It will be 5 years on August 23rd

How long did you date? We only exclusively dated for 3 months before we were engaged but we went to church together since I was in 5th grade and hung out since I was in 9th grade and through the years went on casual dates

How old is he? 26

Who eats more? Depends on what it is. I can out eat him on sweets any day. With meals he can probably eat more though.

Who said I love you first? He did

Who is smarter? Again that depends on what we're talking about, but all around smartness...I'll be a nice wife and say him

Whose temper is worse? Hmm I think his when it comes to the kids but mine on little things

Who does the laundry? Me, Darren HATES doing the laundry

Who does the dishes? I do most the time but every now and then Darren will either help out or unload the dishwasher

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Looking at the bed from the foot of it he does

Who pays the bills? Me

Who cooks dinner? I do. During the summertime Darren does most the cooking on the grill though

Who drives when you are together? Darren likes to but I have to if we are driving on curvy roads since I get so car sick

Who is more stubborn? Me most the time but Darren has his days

Whose parents do you see the most? We see Darren's dad every week

Who proposed? He did

Who has more friends? I think we have about the same

Who has more siblings? I do, I have 5 and he only has 2

Who wears the pants in the family? Its a toss up. He's the man of the house but I can overpower him sometimes.

Emmie, tagged by Sam

8 Things about Emmie

1. She thinks any kid is automatically her friend just because they are a kid
2. From the time she wakes up until she goes to bed at night she is never holding still, she has to be constantly moving and doing something all day long
3. She has a blanket that my mom made her that she has to sleep with every night (along with her baby named Axel)
4. She remembers and hears EVERYTHING!
5. Every time she eats broccoli she has to stand on her chair after each bite to show us how much she grew from that bite
6. When she was just learning to stand she fell in an Old Navy store on the concrete floor and seized and passed out so we ran to the car and drove 500mph to the hospital cause we were so scared. She came to as we were running but she kept closing her eyes on the way to the hospital so I grabbed a pop can and told her to keep looking at it the whole way there
7. Every night when she prays she asks Heavenly Father to bless her (stuffed) puppy to sleep well
8 It only takes her 3-4 times of us reading her a children’s book before she has it memorized and can “read” it back to us word for word

Emmie tags Hailey, Abby, Rachel, Joe and Logan and Ashlynn

Allison, tagged by Sam

8 Things about Allison

1. Allison loves to look people straight in the eye, she could be happy all day if you just sit there and stare at her

2. She was born not breathing and completely blue

3. She cannot keep from having at least two "blow out" diapers each day

4. She has really soft, squishy, floppy ears that are fun to play with

5. Her favorite toy is a little doll that she likes to suck on its head, arms, and legs

6. She HATES the ocean

7. She is probably the most popular passenger to ever have traveled Holland America Cruise Line (we made more friends on board then we have ever made in our lives thanks to her)

8. She loves her mama, she wants me all day long and whenever I leave a room she follows me with her eyes

Allison tags Jayden and Ryleigh, Taylor and Mason, and Grace

No More Excuses

Eh who am I kidding, I'm sure there will be tons of excuses but oh well at least I'll attempt to go. So Darren and I finally took a long look in the mirror and after a couple wheezing attacks up the stairs we are now the fine owners of a gym membership. We'll see if we can bring some life back to our out of shape selves. So any chance you get harass us and make sure we are getting our smokin' hot summer bodies we are now hoping and paying for!

Hanging around

Today was just a lazy day hanging out with the girls. We picked up a friend at the airport this morning and then just hung out around the house the rest of the day. Allison seems to be going through a growth spurt every other day and just wants to sleep so we just decided to lay low today. Emmie was being sweet and singing to Allison while she was in her walker today and it was making us all laugh because Allie was trying to sing along and getting really excited about it. I tried to take some pictures of her excitement but our camera sucks and is too slow to take a picture of what you actually want to take it of. So here are just a couple of them hanging out. I love the second one because you can see how blue both of their eyes are.