Class Picture

Just wanted to share a very momentous day in Luke's life...his first class picture day at school! Can you believe they take class pictues in the creeper room?! I'm sure the photographers know us moms are suckers and are going to buy the photos. Luke was all dressed up and nowhere to go. Here's what he wore...

Easter!

Oh how I love Easter! I will still keep 4th of July as my favorite holiday, but Easter has so much spiritual meaning. The holiday kicked off with Luke's party at school. The parents signed up to bring different snacks and as you can see I think Luke enjoyed them all!

We had a great weekend! Brian and Joy came into town so the guys could go to a football scrimage and the girls could go shopping and eat! :) Saturday, Tim and I drove to the lake to spend the evening with my parents. Mom prepared a wonderful dinner and we took a boat ride on their new boat! The lake was beautiful...just a tad chilly. We went to the Easter Vigil mass and it was awesome! So beautiful and hopeful, now Christ is risen!

On Easter morning, Luke "found" his Easter basket. He was very excited about his new toys. He got his first wallet since he loves digging through mine and pulling out all of my money (which isn't much). We ate breakfast and enjoyed some down time with my family.

We left the lake at early afternoon and headed to Clanton to celebrate with Tim's family. We met them for lunch and had a great time. We went back to Paw Paw's house to have our annual egg hunt with all of the cousins. It always crazy, but fun! The competition for the prize eggs is fierce! Since Luke is still not walking on his own, we had to lead him to the eggs. I don't think he fully got into it this year, but I have a feeling next year he will be racing his older cousins for the eggs! And hey, it's major improvement from last year....he was only 2 months old and fell asleep hunting eggs! :)

Spring Break!

Being a school teacher has a few perks, one being, still getting a spring break! Woo Hoo! Tim took the week off as well and we went down to Navarre Beach, FL with my family. Luke was getting over another ear infection and I was taking an antiobiotic for a sinus infection, but we were on the road to recovery. The first night at the beach, we all cooked a BIG dinner and ate fresh fish! It was delicious. Monday, it was very windy and somewhat chilly but we decided to brave the weather. I sat on the balcony for about an hour or an hour and half. And no, sadly I didn't wear any sunscreen. Tim and I went and laid on the beach later on and this time I lathered up on the gunky stuff! I came in that night and was badly sunburned, but thought it would get better. It continued to get worse and Tuesday I could barely walk. It was painful. We drove back to Auburn on Wednesday and my ankles began to swell. I went to the doctor to make sure the antiobiotic didn't make me more sensitive to the sun. He put me on steriods and gave me pain medicine After several days, the swelling went down and I finally started feeling like myself again.

Tim says I could be the poster child for the importance of wearing sunscreen. My mom had melanoma so I need to be extra careful and from now I WILL wear sunscreen, even if I"'m only going to be out for an hour!
We also had a great dinner at the Back Porch in Destin with my cousin who I haven't seen since we were students at Auburn. Sooo good to catch up with her.

Robbie's baby shower

The ATL girls went to Atlanta to spend the day celebrating the upcoming arrival of baby Stroud! Robbie is due in May and we know it's a boy! We had a great day and it's always fun to see old friends!

Catching up

Whew, time has slipped by me yet again! So, here I blog about things that happened to us months ago. Oh well! A fun surprise happened on March 1st...SNOW in Alabama! It was beautiful and was the most snow I had seen in Auburn. Tim and I woke up early and went to mass with Luke. We usually eat breakfast after church. I told Tim to drive by Samford Hall so we could see it covered with snow. You wouldn't believe how many families and univeristy students were out there enjoying the white stuff. Look who else we ran into!



Aubie! If only, Luke was looking at the camera, this could have been our Christmas card! We took some great video of Dansby and Luke enjoying the snow. We didn't keep Luke out too long for fear that he would get sick. School was even cancelled in Troup County on Monday! Fun times!

Some firsts

Luke had his 1 year old check up in mid January. I was starting to get a tad anxious because he wasn't crawling, creeping, or walking. The doctor reassured me that he was progressing just fine and not to worry. Well, about a week later Luke started crawling. For awhile he had this gimp crawl going on where he'd keep one leg under him to scoot on. It was quite comical. And you can imagine that by now he is all over the place. Pulling up on everything and getting into anything he's not supposed to. He loves getting into the refrigerator and pull out all of the condiments. Go figure! He is also now pointing at things which is a very funny when we're out eating and he decides to point at someone!

He had a little Valentine's party at school. However, he had been feeling a little under the weather and running fever so I checked him out of school early and took him to the doctor. The doctor did find some fluid in his ear and prescribed some medicine. His congestion started getting a little better, but his eyes started looking really bad. Whenever he would take a nap or wake up in the morning, he had so much mucus in his eyes he could barely open them. Poor little buddy. So we called the doctor's office again and they felt it was conjunctivitis (pink eye). They prescribed some eye drops. He is doing so much better, but we still didn't feel comfortable having them go back to school. So, thus I'm here at home today updating the blog, while little Luke naps! :)

Hopefully, I will get better about updating this blog.

Lots of milestones

Whew...it's been a while since I've posted. Let me get you caught up to speed!


Christmas season

Luke had a fabulous first Christmas. Tim and I did a photo shoot around campus to make our Christmas card.





We attended Tim's office party in Montgomery and we were able to sneak in some time with Santa. Luke was scared of Santa at first, but warmed up and we got some great pictures!






Luke had a Christmas program at First Baptist in LaGrange. He was presented to the crowd. So cute!!! Tim, Luke and I and the grandparents all went to Callaway Garden's Fantasy in Lights. Luke was mesmerized by all the lights. It is so fun to experience Christmas through a child's eyes. We all went to Christmas eve Mass and then left Santa some cookies. Notice they almost got eaten by Dansby! :)








We woke up and had Christmas morning here in Auburn. Luke got so many presents including a rocking horse and his Tonka truck that he loves!






We then went to Clanton to celebrate with Tim's family and came back to Auburn to celebrate with my side of the family. What a busy, but fun time!


First Birthday!!!

Just three weeks later, Luke celebrated his first birthday!!! Wow, I cannot believe it's been a year since we were blessed with this little angel. We had a fun party at our house. Check out the beautiful and delicious cakes Tim's sister, Jacque made. She's so talented.

At first, Luke didn't know what to do with the cake. It was almost like he thought he was going to get in trouble for eating it. Then, he got the hang of things and realized how good it tasted!







Luke received lots of presents and needed some help opening them. Thank goodness for friends and cousins!


We then went to the Auburn Alabama basketball game and enjoyed the Auburn victory. We even got to meet former AU football player and current Seattle Seahawk player, Will Herring!

I love this time of year!

Christmas has to be one of my favorite times of year besides 4th of July of course. I love decorating our house and listening to the holiday music. Isn't it fun to discover Christmas decorations that you have forgotten about while they were packed up in the attic?
Last Sunday, we took Luke to pick out our Christmas tree. Luke loved feeling the branches and has enjoyed playing with the ornaments. So cute! We still need to get Luke a stocking!
Tim and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on the 4th. Unfortunately, I had class and Tim and I had to settle for a romantic dinner at Burger King. But, we are officially celebrating next weekend with a trip to Orange Beach. Yeah! It's a much needed break for us! I cannot believe we've been married for 4 years...time flies, especially now that Luke is here!
I'm officially finished with my course work at Auburn. Now, it's on to my field project research which I will begin in January and hopefully finish up in the summer. Pray for me!
On a side note, Tim and I are so sick about Coach Tuberville resigning/being fired as Auburn's head football coach. We truly feel like we've lost a member of the family. He has done so many great things for Auburn (run a clean, winning program and been a mentor to our players). Let's hope we can find a good replacement , but something tells me we let the best guy go.

Slacker

I know, I know...I'm not very good about keeping our blog up to date. It is very hard to find time to do anything these days. Luke, Tim, work and grad school are keeping me very busy. But, the good news is that I only have 3 more weeks of grad classes this semester. Next semester I will complete a field study project which hopefully won't be as demanding. We are doing great, despite Auburn's not so great football season. We have attended most of the home games with the exception of Southern Miss...too hot for Luke and I. Tim and I even traveled to Oxford to watch the Auburn/Ole Miss game! Luke has done great at the games he has attended and I think he already loves tailgating!









We had a wonderful first Halloween with Luke. He was a little monkey and in our humble opinion was the cutest monkey around. The Halloween festivities kicked off the week before Halloween when we made a trip to the pumpkin patch and syrup soppin' festival in Loachapoka. Thursday night (the 30th)we took Luke trick or treating in downtown Auburn. The stores stay open late and give out candy. Luke got some candy, but don't worry he didn't eat any of it! We then went to his godparents house to get a special trick or treat...a stuffed Tiger! Friday morning, Luke had a parade of costumes at First Baptist daycare...so fun seeing all the kids dressed up. We also hoped to make it to the College of Architecture pumpkin carving contest Friday night, but we were all exhausted!


This past weekend Luke got to meet his newest friend, Caleb Brunson! What a precious baby! Sorry, I don't have any pictures.
Luke continues to be a sweet, laid back little boy! We are so blessed and cannot imagine what we did with our time before he was born! I will hopefully get better about posting more frequently, but if not, Happy Thanksgiving!

There's a first time for everything!

Well, here we go. .. I've never kept a blog, but since everyone else seems to be doing it, I thought I'd join in on the fun. I think this is a great way to keep friends and family informed on the happenings of the Johnson clan...especially little Luke. What a great scrapbook for him when he gets older! Luke is now a little more than 7 months old. Tim and I are so blessed to have such a laid-back, sweet baby. We don't know what we did with our lives before he was born!

I also wanted to chronicle the 2008 Auburn football season since we are rabid fans. This will be Luke's first taste of SEC football. I'm afraid he doesnt' have any other choice than to be an Auburn tiger! We are very excited that kickoff is less than 5 days away. We are taking Luke to the game...don't know how long he will last, but we're giving it a try.


Since I am working and taking two courses at Auburn, I don't know how often I will be able to update. Here's a more recent pic of Luke from the 4th...one of my faves!