So sweet...by Kayleigh Johnston

caanon daniel elijah and nathan are finily here ! we are so glad. we went to the park and stayed about 15 minuts then went back . all thogh hot,hot,hot of cource . is'nt nathan adorible i was so glad to meet him .i'm glad i could do this post, kayleigh

My other two treasures...

So precious I can hardly even stand it! Here is Kayleigh and Ethan's Easter's photos.

Joel's 10 months old!

Our little Joel is 10 months old! How is that possible? I've been a terrible blogger lately, so I thought I would put a few pictures of him up so you can all see what he looks like now. I took these today as the 'official' Easter pictures. I never got any really good ones on the actual day, so that's what I spent the morning doing. Isn't he beautiful?!

Look at those beautiful lips! And those cheeks! Ah!

"Jolly Good!" "Cheers!" "Cheerio!" from abroad...

LONDON BABY! What a fun city! My parents, my brother and sister-in-law (Jana), Jeffrey, Kayleigh and I just spent a week in London, England for spring break. It was Kayleigh and Jana's first time to visit so we hit all of the major sights. It was so fun seeing Kayleigh see everything for the first time. She was especially interested in seeing Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and riding in a double-decker bus. The clock even chimed at noon while we were there, which she was so excited about. Pretty awesome to hear!

"Hello, Mum and Dad!"

At Buckingham Palace

Hello Big Ben!

The horse guard in front of White Hall

Jeffrey and Kayleigh at Trafalgar Square looking toward the National Gallery

Kayleigh at Trafalgar Square looking toward Big Ben

Silly Uncle Erin on one of the four giant lions at Trafalgar Square

Me and Aunt Jana

Yes kids, that's THE QUEEN!!!!

At the British Library
Highlights of the Library worthy of noting, all of which were originals:

Magna Carta
Gutenberg Bible
Chaucer's Canteberry Tales
Jane Eyre
Jane Austen's desk, glasses and some manuscripts
Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream
Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March'
Handel's 'Messiah'
Mozart's marriage contract
Ravel's 'Bolero'
Alice in Wonderland
DaVinci's notebook, mostly containing his thoughts on advanced engineering
Beethoven's tuning fork

At the British Museum

THE Rosetta Stone! The actual Rosetta Stone! This ain't your Barnes&Noble brand of translating, kids!

Shopping at Harrod's, um, yes please! And the Food Hall...how can you resist?!
http://www.harods.com

In the Underground at Green Park, our tube stop by the apartment...I mean flat!
Mind the Gap!

St. Paul's Cathedral

Jeffrey and Kayleigh at St. Paul's Cathedral

Uncle Erin, Aunt Jana, me and Jeffrey at the Tower of London overlooking the Thames River and Tower Bridge

Me and my love at the Tower of London

Kayleigh and a Yeoman Warder at the Tower

Mom and Dad, A.K.A. Papa and Gigi, trying to stay warm at the Tower

At the Natural History Museum! Whoa!

After dinner at Simpson's in the Strand, so yummy!
http://www.simpsonsinthestrand.co.uk/

Our last dinner in London, at Hard Rock Cafe! It was just a couple blocks from our apartment

Kayleigh's letter to the Queen! She was so proud of it. Mom and dad got her some nice stationary to write it on when we got back to the apartment one night. Maybe she'll get a reply!

Joel's 8 months old!

My little boy is 8 months old! How is possible that he's closing in on a year? He's really getting mobile now, though not officially crawling yet. He mostly goes backwards when he tries. It's pretty funny. He rolls most everywhere and gets to anything he wants that way. He has sat himself up and has pulled himself up! So exciting! He is such a blessing to our family. His smile and his sweet little personality are the absolute most precious. Here's what he's looking like these days:

Kayleigh's 7!

Our precious Kayleigh is 7! These are a few pics from her family party.
We tried to do her party with friends from school, but she got her biggest birthday wish, it snowed...for four days! So, we had to reschedule if for this week. Hopefully I'll have some good pictures from that to share later this week.

So serious.

A little something all the way from East Asia! Money! She was so excited that y'all sent her something! Thanks Auntie Caanon, Uncle Daniel, Elijah and Nathan!

The last gift of the party, and what a surprise it was! Just what she was hoping for, the bed for
her American Girl doll, Rebecca.

officially, 6 months old!

Hello handsome.

Joel's 6 months old, well, close enough!

Joel got this hat for Christmas and I think he is the cutest thing! He'll be six months old in 6 days and it seems so hard to believe that we've had him that long. But then, like with a lot of things, it seems like we've always had him.

Here's Joel's personality and details at six months:

He is just the happiest baby, always smiling. He loves to chew on his toes and is, I think, starting to teethe. He has really started reaching for everything. He tried grabbing my plate last night at dinner and ended up catching some mac and cheese, which of course, I panicked, worrying about his milk allergy. Not quite sure he if he is over that or not yet. He's only getting half of the Zantac he was once taking now, and hopefully in a few more weeks, we can have him totally off of it. He is still taking his Prevacid once a day though. He is rolling over all of the time and has little interest in sitting, this boy wants to stand! He's ready to start chasing Kayleigh and Ethan. He loves bath time. He's figured out how to splash and it cracks him up. It's so funny to watch. Hopefully tomorrow we will try cereal again, but with a much better result. I got a different type this time, so hopefully this one will be better. His doc appointment is in a few days, so I'll add his stats when we get them. Isn't he the cutest?!