Scrap Page Catch Up

My New Year's Resolution last year went really well! I only had a couple pages to catch up on at the beginning of this year before I was able to make our 2013 book. So of course this year I made the same resolution, but am totally slacking! I just can't get in the groove. I sit down to scrap and end up on Pinterest! Oh well.. here are some pages I'm trying to catch up on from January til now.

Back in January we celebrated Luke's birthday! He was so excited to open his presents. Crazy how he is just turning into a little man!

Also back in January, Johnny turned 18 months. He starting going to nursery, at church, and hated it! Now he loves it.. most days. But he does love playing outside and helping daddy work on stuff.

 

One morning in March, Mark came up to me while getting ready for school and said, "mom there is a steer head on my nose!" He scrunches his little nose up and sure enough the outline of a steer head shows up! I decided to scrap this memory and call it "Born a Cowboy" .. cows are in his DNA!

 

And in April we went to the fair! We love the fair! The food, the rides, the rodeo, the food.. oh wait I already said that! We had a blast!

 

These next two scrap pages are the more recent memories. ^^Mother's Day! Me and the kiddos :)^^

 

and Allie's Spring Violin recital. The recital was only two days ago, so 10 points for me for not procrastinating! Allie did great. She is loving violin and we plan to add the piano this Summer to switch things up.

Whew! Now I need to scrap Mark's birthday, May Day and lots of camping and canoeing trips!!

My Little Monsters

Design Kit: Monster Mayhem by Megan Turnidge and Tickled Pick Studio 
Template: Rhapsody by Little Green Frog Designs
 
Mark, Luke and Johnny are wild and crazy!

They love riding their bikes in the road next to our house, playing outside and of course getting dirty!

Luke laid in the road and said take my picture!

Mark figured out how to make skid marks! He was so proud of himself.

Johnny is getting so big and tries to keep up with the big boys as best he can. 

It seems like every time I look over Luke is peeing on something!

Mark always takes time out of playing to bring me a flowers.

I love my little monsters!

Johnny

Johnny at 11 Months

Design Kit: You're So Rad by Megan Turnidge

On sale at Scrap Orchard!

Template: Week 28 FREEBIE by Megan Turnidge

Journaling:

Johnny turned eleven months old on May 13, 2013. He loves to eat bananas and he usually rubs his messy hands in his hair, giving himself a crazy awesome spiked look!

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Johnny turned 11 months old last week!

Dustin cut Johnny's hair the night this picture was taken. I loved his spiked hair and miss it, but I don't miss the banana mess he would make in it!

At 11 months Johnny::

:: hasn't cut that eighth tooth yet, but its coming!

:: is sleeping through the night. YAY!

:: starting to walk. He takes steps but won't get serious and walk from place to place.

:: gives kisses

:: is so small. I can't believe he'll be one soon! He's just a tiny string bean of a kid.

:: waves and claps

Johnny | 10 Months

These are actually pictures from Johnny's 9 month photo shoot, but I just got them back and I love them and had to share, and he pretty much looks the same anyway!! 

How was that for a run on sentence??

Johnny turned 10 months old on the 13th.. almost a week ago! 

But I can't keep up with life lately. Its a whirlwind of fun.. and the blog gets little time these days.

At 10 months Johnny

:: has 7.5 teeth

:: is going through a screaming phase

:: loves the bath

:: crawling up stairs (see above photo. eeek!)

:: loves to be outside

:: loves four-wheeler rides

:: hates small animals.. deathly afraid of dogs and cats but will sit on a horse and feed a cow.. lol!

:: got his first hair cut (pictures to come!)

9 Months | The Littlest Cowboy

Johnny is 9 months old!
I can't believe we're only three months away from his first birthday!

Johnny has really gotten big this last month.
He's lost a lot of his little baby qualities and is quickly changing into a toddler!

He's finally sleeping all night again. Yay!!

He's also cutting a second tooth, his bottom right. So he won't be my "one tooth wonder" anymore.

I can't help compare him to Mark and Luke at 9 months -- My boys are little clones of each other!

Love you Little Feller!!

8 Months | One Tooth Wonder

Since we are quickly approaching Johnny's 9 month mark, I thought I'd better get these 8 month pictures posted!!

Eight months has been really fun!

At month eight, Johnny::

::is pulling himself up on everything

::is into everything

::puts everything in his mouth!

::crawls with his tummy off the floor

::still only has the one tooth -- so I've nicknamed him my "one tooth wonder"

::is into everything

::takes two naps

::has mastered the sit from a crawl -- one of my favorite milestones!

::feeds himself. I can't throw food at him fast enough

::is into everything

::is basically Mr. Independent! 

::Oh and did I mention he's into everything? Can't leave a Coke out around him any more!

Johnny's first tooth!

 

Oh, and if you couldn't tell, he likes to feed himself.

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To keep up with my scrapbooking goal, I decided to make a page really quick!

Design Kit: Toothless by GG Digital Designs

Template: Sarah E. Template Set 1

Text reads:

Allie lost a tooth the same week Johnny got his first! So we're all smiles around here!

Johnny's Baby Book!

I think I'm ready to order Johnny's baby book!

Anyone want to proof it for me???

Army Crawl!

My little feller is 7 months old!

Johnny is becoming a wild man. I've got to keep my eye on him close! He's army crawling and occasionally he'll push up on his hands but he gets around before I can blink an eye!

On top of that he's cutting his first tooth. The little razor blade is just peaking through his gums. I'll miss his little toothless smile!

Journalling reads:

Johnny started army crawling around Christmas time. He scoots all over the place now! At first he’ll just be sitting and playing and then he’ll spot something away from him that he wants. He gets a determined look in his eyes and drops down to his hands and scoots to it with all his might! When I was taking these pictures of him, he was crawling after a toy. Then he saw my camera and changed course! He army crawled right up to the lens, until he was out of focus and had the neck strap in hand! Crawling is always a fun milestone. My baby is getting big!

Johnny's First Chrismas

I'm finally going through my Christmas pictures!

Before I tackle the Hardy Party, Christmas Eve, gingerbread houses, cookie decorating, tree hunting and such..(phew I'm tired just thinking about all that).. I thought I'd scrap Johnny's first Christmas!

Journalling reads:

This was Johnny’s very first Christmas! While he was just six months old when we celebrated, he enjoyed the season to the fullest. He helped make gingerbread houses and was the center of attention at every party! He also enjoyed hearing dad’s voice as he read Christmas stories to us every night. Johnny only tugged on the tree lights a couple times and definitely made the nice list!

Design Kit: Megan Turnidge Whimsical Christmas
Template: Megan Turnidge Template Tuesday Week 40 Freebie

Rub-a-Dub Dub!

I'm trying to stay true to my New Year's scrapbook resolution!!

Here is a layout featuring Johnny in the tub. 

There is something simply adorable about a baby in a tub. Wouldn't you agree?

The text reads:

As soon as the babies can sit up, mom bathes them in the sink! 

Johnny loves sitting up and splashing. Its good to be clean after a messy meal!

Design kit: Rub a Dub by Traci Reed

Johnny 6 Months | That face!

Yesterday was Johnny's half birthday!! 

Yup, my little man is 6 months old.

I love this face he always makes. Almost a smile and kinda mischievous!

We had a photo shoot planned for today, but we had to take a raincheck. I love the rain. Especially desert rain. But it sure does wonders for the corral. Its a mud bog around here. And since I was planning on have his pictures taken on the hay stack, that isn't going to happen today! 

Since I haven't posted anything on the ol' blog since last month... Johnny's 5 month update, to be exact... we improvised and I took him out on the porch and snapped a quick pic for this month's update.

At 6 months Johnny

:: sits up for about two seconds and then topples over.

:: is still nursing! But is getting a little aggressive.

:: loves solid food.

:: finally settled into a sleep schedule. 

He takes two long naps during the day and sometimes a short one in the evening. 

And he's sleep for longer stretches at night. 

Most nights he goes to sleep at about 8:30, then he'll get up around 4am to eat and then go back to sleep til 7.

:: scoots and rolls and pivots around the house. 

He's becoming a little mover. Not quite crawling yet though!

Sure love this little guy! Happy half birthday little feller!!

5 Months!

I was talking to my aunt the other day and she asked me how old Johnny was and I said, "Oh he's almost five months." Then we got talking about Johnny's birthday and how it is close to my Grandpa Glen's, on June 13th, to which she responded,
"Well today is the 13th!" 

I hadn't even realized that it had been five months!! 

It seams so surreal that my little feller is 5 months old! Where did the Summer go??!

At five months Johnny

::loves to use his hands and tries to grab everything!

::has totally regressed in the sleeping through the night thing.. he's up at least three times. 

Thus, the bags under my eyes.

::rolls over

::babbles

::loves toys and chewing on everything

::kind of gave up on solid foods... but still nursing great! We'll try more solids next month.

I joke and say that my boys are little clones of each other, but they do look a lot alike!  

Here is Luke at 5 months. 

Now if Johnny would sleep like Luke as much as he looks like him we'd be in good shape! ;)

3 month pictures | Tongue!

About a month ago Johnny got his three month pictures taken by Kiss a Frog photography. Home boy would not keep his tongue in his mouth!! Tongue or no tongue, he's pretty cute!  Probably the most drooly of photoshoots ever too!