Where have the time went?

You'll have to excuse the poor grammar in the post heading...it's an inside joke about an old minister at my church.

So where have the time went? It's been by far the longest time between posts, over a month-and-a-half, and it may very well be the end of August by the next time I post again! Over the last month or so I've been to a college graduation, charity golf tourney (came in 6th out of 20), Been certified for pre-marital counseling, graduated/honored 26 high school seniors at church, welcomed 4 new interns, an intern retreat, and that's on top of my typical 50 hour work week. I'm also about to enter the busy season for the life of youth ministers (summer time) and it will be the busiest season for me by far...with tons of travel (2 weeks in Abilene, Marble Falls, Colorado, and New Orleans)! I am looking forward to this summer for many reasons but one is to simply get through it.

Brodee Boy is getting H-U-G-E!! He's just shy of 8 months and is crawling all over the place, sitting up on his own, has 2 teeth in and working on 3 more from what we can see. He standing, with help, and starting to take steps. He's also laughing...ALL THE TIME, and beginning to "talk"...lots of "da", "ba", and "ma"

Since it's been so long and will be even longer (most likely) by the time I post again, I'll shut up and get to the new pictures of the Brodster.


Brodee loves eating...and his high chair too!


Two weeks ago we had a funnel cloud form over our house...this was the wall cloud.


Sitting up on his own.


Crawling...he loves hitting and kicking the china cabinet


Crawling some more!


Squeaky clean.


Taken today...he loves to swing...check out those chompers!


Swinging with daddy


Swinging with mommy


After chasing the ducks into our lake.

Nothing Really New

So not much has been going on here lately, just the same 'ol, same 'ol. Brodee is doing something new everyday and he's this close (picture my fingers being really really close together) to crawling AND...AND sitting up on his own. Neena's doing GREAT as usual and I'm plugging away at church.

We're really enjoying Austin and the new home. Our church is amazing and I really feel out of place on the staff because they're all incredible people! Other than that things are in a groove right now and we're cruising along. Summer is fast approaching which means...well...I'll be gone. So for now I'm enjoying my family, my home, and my bed. I hope all is well with everyone, leave me an update in the response section.

New Favorite Pic of the Brodster

Aren't toothless grins the best?

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Firsts

So it's been a week or so of firsts around the Johnson household. Brodee is officially a roller now and LOVES it! He can roll, from his back, to his right or left onto his belly and then back. He's now figured out that he can roll to things like objects on the floor and his new favorite, the coffee table. Brodee has also moved up to the exersauser! He loved bouncing and pushing and tugging on all the things that light up and make noises. Brodee's also discoverd that he can make things make noises with his hands. So anything he gets his hands on he moves them back and forth and scratches...then he lights up when he hears the noise. Brodee also ate his first "solid" food tonight! We've now graduated to rice cereal...which is disgusting, YES I tried it...did you even have to ask? I won't put anything in my kid's mouth this isn't tested first...it makes life more fun anyways. Brodee loves the cereal as you'll see in the pics below.

Brodee also is spending his first FULL NIGHT in his crib tonight. After Neena put him down, the first time, She bawled. It's no fun holding your wife in that state...but it was a very precious moment. Thank you God for a wife who loves her son that much! I mentioned the "first time" of putting him down...After he spit up, all over himself and the crib, we changed the sheets, put on new PJ's, and a diaper...gotta love solid food poop, we've now, finally, gotten him down for hopefully the final time. He slept a good bit and woke up mad because mom and dad weren't there to pick him up and play. It's the hardest thing to let your kid cry. Standing outside his bedroom door trying to convince yourself that its best not to rush in, swoop him up, and let him have whatever he wants. Mom and Dad are having just as hard of a time adjusting. It's going to be a long night for all of us. Neena remarked that he's too far away, as we're used to him sleeping next to the bed. I know he's ONLY 4 months old, but for his ENTIRE life he's been within arm's reach. My baby is already accomplishing his first in a series of leaving! Whoever said that Parenting was the greatest joy in life obviously forgot the first night in the crib.

The other first that happened this week is the Johnsons finally broke down and bought an XBOX 360...no we did not pay full price, thanks to the Kimberlins. We also bought Guitar Hero 3 and I don't think we've turned it off once...we're pathetic!

Other than the firsts, life is generally going well. Brodee talks ALL the time and its so funny! We'll try to get it on tape. He also loves playing and laughing...the kid is just a happy happy boy! The church and ministry is amazing. I get no grater joy than coming home and seeing my family, watching Neena be an UNBELIEVABLE mother and wife, and seeing Brodee grow way too stinkin' fast. Anything beyond this will be rambling and I get in trouble if I don't post pictures, so here's our boy. 4 months 26 in. and roughly 16 pounds!