Moved, 10 months and more!

We moved to Frankfort Memorial Day weekend and I think we are finally getting settled in. There were some issues at first. The air condition quit working and we spent 3 miserable days in the heat. We did get a hotel one day and enjoyed the pool. Ryan loved swimming in the big pool. And he did great sleeping in his pack-n-play; which I was very worried about. Plus, due to some miscommunication our place wasn't cleaned when we moved into it. But we got that all settled and our rent price was knocked down a bit due to the issues. We have been slowly unpacking boxes and I think we now have the majority of the things we are going to unpack out. We are all really loving the short commute to work now. Ryan doesn't get car sick in the morning anymore (huge praise!). We found out that our closing on our house has been pushed back to June 25th due to a miscommunication in the lawyer's office that is handling the closing. We were pretty bummed about that because we have been stressing a little about it and were looking forward to getting that pressure lifted off our shoulders. But we have been reassured everything is still set to go, that the buyer has been approved and that he still wants the house. We are praying everything goes smoothly from here on out.


Ryan turned 10 months old on June 2nd. He is growing and developing wonderfully. Every time I think it isn't possible for him to get quicker or to be more active he continues to prove me wrong. And he isn't even walking yet so I know I have a lot more of it ahead of me. He is crawling and getting into everything! He pulls up on almost everything and there is nothing that is safe from his little hands. Jonathan has gotten frustrated because he can't keep anything on the coffee table anymore, lol. He rarely sits in one place anymore. When he plays he kneels and moves all over the place. Ryan also got his first top tooth on May 31st. He has three now but I think he may get a few more in soon. He has been having more problems with his ears and I had to take him back to the doctor on Monday. He had another ear infection and they put him on a different antibiotic. Because he has had so many (I believe 6) and they think this one has been around since March. We have tried several oral antibiotics and the shots but nothing has cleared up the infection. So, we had to see an ENT on Friday about his ears and possibly getting tubes. The doctor was very nice, explained everything to us and looked at Ryan's ears. He let me hold him while he examined him; which made Ryan very happy. One look and he said that he would highly recommend getting tubes put in. The doctor also said that there is so much fluid that it is probably affecting the way Ryan hears. And it's important for us to get this cleared up soon so that it won't effect Ryan's talking development. Jonathan and I had already discussed what we wanted to do at this point and that was to get Ryan feeling better as soon as possible. So, we have surgery scheduled Tuesday morning (have to be there at 6:30 and the surgery is at 7:30) for Ryan to have tubes put in. We are praying that this helps him feel better and clears up the infections. I realize this is a rather simple procedure but I still don't like my baby having surgery. I know it's for his best so I am going to be brave.

Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Ryan loved having all the extra boxes around while we were moving.

Jonathan and I have often joked that we brought home a puppy from the hospital because Ryan makes some strange noises. Well, here he is proving us right, lol.

Poor little guy drooled so bad with this top tooth while it was coming in. I believe I changed him three times a day while it was coming in (yes, I know the easier thing to do would have been to keep a bib on him but I don't like keeping a bib on him, he just tries to eat it).

He is getting so tall. And he is so happy that he can just grab these toys now.

Playing in his "corner". We keep his jumperoo in the corner of our new living room and he will drag all his toys over there and play next to it and under it. So funny!

He loves putting his toys up on the shelf and then getting them down now that he can reach it.

He loves that he can kneel now and play with the tops of his toys. Such a different view.

Very active!

We found a place to move to and will be moving (hopefully) this weekend. Thankfully, it's a long weekend so that will give us some extra time to unpack and get settled in. It is a 3 bedroom townhouse with a garage on the east side of Frankfort. The living room and kitchen are on the first floor along with a full bath and laundry. The 3 bedrooms are on the second floor along with another full bath. Only the living room, stairs and one of the bedrooms (the one we are using for storage) are along the adjoining wall that is shared with the other connected townhouse. Since it is a two unit house we still have a yard! I am so happy that we can still take Ryan out in the yard to play. We are very excited about this new adventure and living so much closer to work. Our commute will be less than 10 minutes!

Ryan's ear infection did not go away. So we had to take him back to the doctor last weekend and they put him on antibiotic shots. He had to go in Saturday, Sunday and Monday for shots. The nurse who gave him his first shot was a lady we go to church with and she said that the shot was very painful but had a numbing agent in it; however, it took a couple of seconds to work. Ryan had us both in tears after because you could just see the pain in his eyes (and the look of "mommy, how could you let her do that to me?"), poor little guy. He calmed down quickly after I got to pick him up though and did really well for the second and third dose. I think it took a couple of days but I am very hopeful that the ear infection is now gone. But if it isn't or he gets another one within the next couple of months he will have to get tubes.

Ryan and I did go to my niece's sixteenth birthday party Thursday night. It is so hard to believe she is 16 now! I still remember her as a little girl with these beautiful blonde curls in her hair, love you Jess! The rest of the weekend was spent packing and playing with Ryan. He is getting in to more and more every day. And it's amazing to see how he learns. Jonathan commented how much like a sponge he is (I said, "um, yeah, that's how babies are" lol) because he learned how to open the cabinet doors while watching Jonathan open it once. He has gotten very good at getting into a sitting position from lying down and usually when I go into his room to get him out of the crib he is sitting up now. He is starting to push up on all fours a lot more as well. He still doesn't really crawl that way (usually does the army crawl) but is starting too. And he has also started to pull up on things. He first started doing this in the bath tub of all places (making it scary for mommy). I haven't gotten a picture of him standing up after pulling up because I am too busy catching him (and worried he is going to hit his head).

Below are some pictures I have taken of Ryan over the last two weeks.

He has learned how to put his toys up on the slide all by himself.

Working his lungs! He flaps his arms like a bird when he does this too, lol!

Helping Mommy with laundry, by riding in the laundry basket.

He is really enjoying this book right now.

He has enjoyed all the boxes in the house.

Sitting up in his crib.

After eating spaghetti one night. He made such a mess.

He is getting really good with using a sippy cup. Although some times he gets carried away with leaning backwards and will tip over.

We put his pool up and put him in it. He didn't know what to think of being outside and in the water.

But he quickly began to enjoy it. The pool came with this little floating whale sprinkler. He really enjoyed it.

He had fun covering it up.

Trying to get the water while Daddy was spraying him.

Trying to get Mommy wet.

Splashing with his tonuge hanging out.

Jumping in his jumperoo. He still really enjoys this (for about 10 to 15 minutes). He will jump for several minutes straight, he is a crazy baby!

9 months and more!

Ryan turned 9 months old on May 2nd and I took him for his check-up on May 6th. He weighed in at 19lbs 6oz (29th percentile) and was 28 ½ inches long (56th percentile). Unfortunately I took him in a day before our appointment was actually scheduled because he was showing signs of another ear infection and sure enough he had another double ear infection. We are giving him another round of a different antibiotic hoping this will get rid of it; however, a week later and I am still noticing some signs that point to the ear infection still being there. He only has 3 more doses of this antibiotic so we will see what happens. Praying these ear infections go away so he doesn’t have to get tubes put in. Also, due to the extra fluid in his ears throwing his equilibrium off he has been getting car sick and throwing up every morning on the way to daycare. One day he covered me in puke, not fun! Unfortunately, there isn’t anything we can do about it right now either since he is on antibiotics we can’t give him anything. He is being a real trooper through this whole thing. He doesn’t fuss in the car from not feeling well and after he gets sick he feels better and goes to sleep. Spoke with the doctor again about his conjunctivitis in his eyes and he said he wants to wait until Ryan is a year old to decide if we need to do anything about it (he said they would go in with a wire and unclog his tear ducts if need be, sounds scary to me so I am also praying that this clears up). Despite how the above sounds, he is doing great! He is a very happy baby who babbles all the time and is in to everything. He is never in the same spot you put him in five seconds later and has found a new curiosity about cat food, lol. We are constantly finding new things that he can get into and reach; which is driving Jonathan crazy. I had a wonderful first Mother’s day with my baby boy. Ryan said mama for the first time over the weekend, made for a great present! We had Ryan dedicated at church on Mother’s day as well. We are packing and getting ready to move hopefully at the end of this month. So far everything has gone smoothly. The appraisal was approved and the inspection was completed with only one request to fix an outside electrical outlet. Huge praise because we were worried something would come up we didn’t know was wrong (as I am sure all homeowners go through that worry). Now we are just trying to find a place to move to.

Ryan's 9 month professional pictures are also available to view. Go to http://carlislephotography.smugmug.com/Proofs click on Johnson R. 9 months, password is johnson.



We got Ryan a step start walk in ride. He really enjoys being pushed around on it but hasn't figured out how to use it to walk yet.

Here he is crawling everywhere; he doesn't think anything can stop him.

Eating his first bites of real food; banana.

He was having some trouble picking up the banana since its sticky so he decided to smash it.

Ryan and Mommy after church on Mother's day.

Ryan with his new bible and dedication certificate. I am very proud of getting such a great picture of him but it took several tries of him eating the bible or grabbing the certificate.

We finally put the baby bath away and gave Ryan a bath in the "big tub". He loved it! He "swims" all over it and splashes every where.

He even made a new friend in the big tub.

I hope you can see his friend in the mirror.

Crawling!!

Ryan is officially crawling. He has been doing a sort of slither for awhile now but has just within the last week or two he has gotten really good at doing an army crawl. And over the last few days he has gotten very quick at it. I am really surprised at how quickly he learned to go so fast at it! He has been in to everything lately. We have had to put the outlet plug covers on and put up all cords. We are trying to figure out what to do about the fireplace but for now just try to keep him away (we were trying to wait on baby proofing until we moved so we didn't have to do it twice but that didn't happen). He has learned how to open drawers and cabinets now as well. While I cook dinner he has been enjoying playing with some dishes. This keeps him content for awhile so I can get dinner made or clean up. He has also started pulling up on a few things. But is still very shaky on his legs. Also, our big news (if you haven't heard) is we are officially under contract and have sold our house! We have already had the appraisal and the inspection. The inspection went really well and the buyer wants us to fix only one minor thing. We haven't gotten the results back from the appraiser but he told the buyer's realtor that he didn't see any problems. Praying that goes through smoothly. We have begun looking in Frankfort for a place to rent and are hoping to move at the end of May or the beginning of June (our closing date is set for June 15ht). Right now the plan is to rent for a couple of months and then have a new house built. Here are a few pictures of Ryan from the last two weeks.






We went to the park one day. He wasn't for sure what to think of the swings but enjoyed being outside.




I took him down the slide a couple of times. He seemed to find it fun.




Crawling! He is getting much better at his form and speed.




Here he is eating some of the food off the tray that I dropped. Appearently he didn't want to miss one bite, lol!




He has started standing much better and even uses me to pull up a little.




Playing in the kitchen with our dishes.




Eating the spoon.




I put the package of toilet paper in front of the drawer to try to keep him out of it but he got sneaky. He enjoyed playing with the toilet paper and then realized he could get up on it and still get to the drawer.




You can't really see what he is doing but he is chewing on the tag of his toy. You can give him any toy and he will chew on the tag. He searches for tags on just about anything to chew on it.




He has now learned how to scope water with his cup and drink it. All his cups have holes in the bottoms of them to let the water out but with this one he has learned that if he is quick he can drink the water.

8 months!

Ryan turned 8 months old on April 2nd, he is getting so big and is so much fun!! He babbles all the time (da da, ba ba and na na are sounds I can decipher so far). He still isn’t crawling but he does an army crawl and is getting better and better at that. He rolls every where and turns in circles. He is doing great at sitting up and is getting more graceful at laying down when he decides he is done sitting up. He knows his name and when you are talking to him (and has done all this for some time I just haven’t written it down). He is such a happy sweet baby and I feel so blessed to be his Mommy.

We celebrated Ryan turning 8 months by going on a picnic. Ryan enjoyed being outside, feeling the breeze was a new thing and it was so neat to watch his face. We sat by the lake and fed the ducks. We had a great Easter. We gave Ryan his Easter basket that morning and he was so excited (although I think that had more to do with Jonathan and I being excited and he was playing along). We got him his first bible, a Veggie Tales Golden book, a stuffed bunny, a new rubber ducky for the bath and some Gerber puffs. Our church had a wonderful service and then we had lunch with my family. It was so nice to see them and catch up. It was entertaining watching Ryan try to eat the puffs. He would get frustrated if they stuck to his hand and couldn’t get them in his mouth. But as the week progressed he got really good at picking them up and getting them right in his mouth. Now he is a pro.

Ryan has had a rough go of it this last week though. He came down with a cold about a week and a half ago. The cold moved into his eyes (as it usually does) so I took him back to the doctor and they gave him some more eye drops. After using those for a few days his eyes cleared up. However, the doctor said that if he continues to get conjunctives we will need to see a specialist (he has had it multiple times so far). We found out Ryan now weighs 19 lbs 5 oz. Over the week he began to feel better; however, over the weekend he started getting worse. I knew something was wrong because he wasn’t acting himself so I took him back to the doctor (at the risk of seeming like an over protective/hypochondriac mommy). And I am so glad I did! He has a double ear infection and an infection in his throat. They put him on some antibiotics (again) to help. He had two rough nights were he woke up multiple times during the night just wanting to be held. I can’t remember the last time he woke up once in the middle of the night let alone multiple times so I knew he was in pain, it was heart breaking. But, praise God, he is starting to feel better and had a peaceful nights sleep last night.


Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.


My backwards baby. He loves chewing on the bottom of his ring holder.

On our picnic Jonathan was trying to get Ryan to look at the ducks, he just wanted to look at his Mommy!

Ryan and me getting ready to feed the ducks.

Playing in the grass for the first time.

My cutie pie!

Easter morning getting into his basket.

His expression when he got his bible. He looks shocked.

His Easter outfit. This is the best picture I could get at the time, he was more interested in my cousin's dog.

Trying to pick up the puff.

Success!!

He made the basket all on his own.

Sitting in his big boy car seat. He really liked it. We haven't installed it in the car yet (our car seat goes to 22lbs so he is still under the weight limit) but I think we are going to this weekend since he liked this so much.