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Thursday, June 28, 2012

My Big Gril at 4

Caleb, Kaylee and Devyn! These are the 3 musketeers! They are always together and love to play :)

Devyn's other friends! (Aiden, Anthony, Devyn, Caleb and Matthew) Devyn and Anthony are also best buddies!

Devyn's 3's class preschool teachers (Ms. Jeanne and Ms. Joan) Devyn LOVED having them as teachers!

Devyn and Caleb at the Fresh Beat Band Concert! They had a great time and keep asking to go back!

A picture Devyn colored in preschool. I was pretty impressed at how well she stayed in the lines :)

She also loves to paint. She's doing a fun little trick that preschool taught her- paint her hand and make hand prints. Too bad this ended up in purple hand prints all over the house, dog, windows, Caleb...everything!!

3's class Picture (Oct. 2011)

Devyn opening presents from Grandma and PaPaw on her birthday!

Devyn is so grown up at 4 years old! It amazes me all the things she can do! Here's a rundown of her favorite things and things she can do as well as somethings she's still afraid of or doesn't like very much!

Favorites:

- Barbies!
- Princesses- her favorite one changes almost daily- but Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella are always at the top of the list.
- Fresh Beat Band- her favorite music and TV show (she LOVES to sing their songs)
- Make-up and Jewelry! She loves to put on lipstick and to wear pretty necklaces- plus she like to prance around in my high heels
-Reading books- Her tag reading system that helps her read on her own
-Pre-School!- She loves going to school and playing with all her friends
- I-pod/ I-pad
- Wearing dresses and skirts- she ALWAYS wants to wear a dress!
- Coloring
Things she can do:
- Brush her own teeth
- Get herself dressed
- Make her own waffles in the morning- get them out of the freezer and put them in the toaster oven. Plus she can get the butter and syrup out!
- She can read a few books and knows most of her sight words
- 48 piece puzzles all by herself
- Ride her bike
-Spell several words including: mississippi, grandma, purple, pink and all her family and friends names!
-Swing by herself at the playground
-Cartwheels
Things she's working on:
- Tying her shoes
- Reading and learning more sight words
- Monkey Bars- She's SO close! She can do a few bars, but not the whole way- she still gets a little nervous

Things she's still afraid of:

- New places/ new people/ big groups of people

- Performing in front of others- singing or dancing - either at her preschool performances or when we just ask her to sing for someone- she gets very bashful and usually puts her hands over her face or in her mouth

- The dark- not completely, but she gets nervous to go into a room if it's dark

Monday, December 5, 2011

Ryleigh- 1 wk old

Our 1st photo shoot as a family of 5! Ryleigh is exactly 1 week old in these pictures. And this might have been the most miserable photo experience EVER!! Ryleigh cried throughout most of the picture taking. The photographer had us stop twice so I could breastfeed Ry to try and get her to settle down. Devyn and Caleb were extremely restless so they were climbing up on the shelves, taking out all of the props and basically just destroying the entire place! Ughhh... we were supposed to be there an hour and we ended up being there for 2! Brandon hates family pictures anyway, so he was miserable and giving me the death stare the entire time we were there. I do have to say though, now that I've seen the pictures, all the misery was well worth it! :) I'm so glad we have these precious family pictues

Devyn turns 4!!

Dance Party at the Noblesville Community Center!

Devyn and MaKenna- summer play group buddies!!

Devyn so into Princesses! She is such my girly girl! I'm not sure where her love for dresses, make-up and all things girl comes from

Makenna, Bryan, Kaylee, and Kyla all helping Devyn blow out her candles!

All of Devyn's friends singing Happy Birthday!

Devyn blowing out her candles

Devyn's 4th Birthday Party! All she wanted was to have a dance party! So we hired a DJ and just rented out a space where the kids could dance and have fun. This ended up being, who can hit who with the balloon! They also played a lot of hide and seek, by hiding under the tables.... they did a whole lot of everything except dance! But all in all the kids left happy whether they danced or not :) Can't believe my precious little girl is 4! She has turned into such a great kid.... it amazes me everyday all the things she can do, how smart she is and how helpful she is around the house. I love her more and more everyday!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Ryleigh's Birth!

Beautiful baby girl!

Just love this picture. I love her so much already!

Welcome to the world! We are your big brother and sister and we're looking forward to teaching you everything we know :)

1st family picture!

Ry and her paci- I hope she continues to take this... always so helpful with a crying baby

But in this picture she's moved on to sucking her fingers.... only time will tell what she prefers- paci, like Devyn or fingers/thumb like Caleb

Just the girls!

We welcomed Ryleigh Margaret-Shia Johnson into this world on October 26, 2011 at 4:31pm. She was our little chunk muffin weighing in at 9lbs 3ozs! She was also the longest of the 3 kids measuring 21 3/4 in. My water broke at 5:30am the same morning that she was born and my labor was very similar to my labor with Devyn. But this being my 3rd time I was quick with the epidural and labor went very well! :) I LOVE the whole birthing experience and being apart of such a magical and miraculous event. Holding my little angel at the end of the long, exhausting process always makes everything so worth it.