Johnson Journal

Lindsey is going to have a complex! I'm just sayin'! Literally every time we go out to a store or restaurant, someone stops me and comments on "those beautiful eyes"! EVERY TIME! I am so amazed that so many people say the SAME THING! Not just "cute baby", but "Oh! Look at those gorgeous big blue eyes!"

Tonight, we went to Rosa's Tortilla Factory for dinner and Steve and I were feeding Lindsey little pieces of our food. Then, this sweet little lady comes out of the kitchen with a plate of cut up chicken and rice for Lindsey! I swear...giving our baby free food! Steve said, "It's just like the guys that will be buying her drinks when she is 21!" Seriously! How often does that happen?

I don't know if it is just Waco that is filled with super nice people, or what! Last week, we went to Whataburger for dinner (hmmm...do you notice a pattern here?), and this elderly couple stopped us on our way out to tell us how wonderfully well behaved our children were and how nice it was to see children acting that way for a change. OUR KIDS??? I guess!? We've actually had a few other people tell us that over the years... It shocks me, though! I mean, we're just eating!! Try telling them to turn off a video game, or take a nap and see how well behaved they are! Ha!

Happy New Year! It's been awhile since I've had time to post anything! Lindsey is crawling around like a pro and pulling up on everything! She keeps me on my toes these days!! She likes to pull open the kitchen drawer and take out all of the coupons and phone books in there. In addition to being much more mobile, I think she has a couple of "words" now: "Duck" and "Dog" (which sound very similar)! Our neighbors got a new puppy, and we went outside to see her today and Lindsey kept saying "Daw! Daw. Daw? Daw!" It was cute!



We had a great Christmas! Jared and Lauren both got a Nintendo DS from Santa. He also brought a replacement PS2! Then, Mimi and Pa gave them a Wii. Needless to say, they have plenty of technology to keep them entertained! Lindsey was really into the present opening, and she was really excited by some of her toys. It was fun to watch!
























I celebrated another birthday, too. At least it was an excuse to have a mom's night out with my friends at Ninfa's! Fun! Mom, Dad, and Laura came in for the weekend. Leslie came up Monday and we went out to lunch at the new Chuy's here in Waco...yum!


































Jared and Lauren also got rollerblades for Christmas. The weather this past week was gorgeous, so they got outside and try them out. They were really starting to get the hang of it! Jared was invited to a skating party this past Saturday, so he got even more practice in! Maybe there is still hope that they will turn into ice hockey players like their daddy, after all! (Nah!)



Jared has been playing Upwards basketball again, and his little team has been doing so well! It is amazing how far they've come since last year!! He's also still in cub scouts (with Steve as den leader).

Lauren is still dancing her heart out, and is loving Kindergarten. I love it when she comes in the door after school and tells me, "I got on your favorite color today!"- (which is blue, and means she went above and beyond). We had a little incident today, however. She decided to give herself a little haircut for some reason! I guess it could have been worse... You've got to have SOME funny stories to tell when they get older...right???