Jamie's Wedding

Jeff's sister, Jamie, got married on Saturday. The wedding went smoothly and was beautiful albeit, very, very hot!! We welcome Matt to the family and wish him, Jamie and her daughter, Renee every happiness. By the way, the Ring Bearer might just have been the cutest Ring Bearer ever...

Happy 22nd!

HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY HEATHY!!!!!!!!

You are the best sister any girl could ever ask for and the boys are so lucky to have you as an Aunt. Thank you for all that you do for us. I'm sad that we won't see you today...the first birthday that I haven't shared with you:( But, we'll be thinking of you and can't wait to see you soon. Have a great day...be proud you're living your dream!

Love,

The 4-iveaus

Luke's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Luke's 1st Birthday in 2 parts...his actual birthday was July 8th but we didn't have his big family party until the 12th.

PART 1:

Jeff, Matthew, Aunt Heather and I helped Luke celebrate his actual bday with a special bunny cake (a Johnson tradition) that Matthew helped me decorate. We then opened presents...Luke got lots of cute outfits from Aunt Heather and a dump truck from Matthew (he decided about a month ago that he really wanted to give Luke a Tonka dumptruck just like his...I thought that was sweet).

Matthew's masterpiece (all his idea, I just did *most* of the gel work...he told me where and what!)

*Do not try this at home* This was a staged pic! I do NOT let Matthew push him around like this!!! Hahaha.

PART 2:

We had Luke's family party in at the cottage. Thank you to all that made the trip over. We even managed to have nice weather (something nearly impossible this summer). Luke got some really nice gifts and we are so grateful to have such wonderful families.

A little more my style:)

Yes, Luke is in fact, holding a toothbrush. Cake followed some outside time playing on the beach, in which my darling husband let Luke get completely soaked and covered in sand (keep in mind he WAS wearing an outfit that matched the decor but had to be changed...I know, I know not a big deal). So, I had to wash him up in the bathroom where he grabbed his toothbrush and under NO circumstances was he going to let me take it away!!

Yup, he still has the toothbrush...

Still holding it.....

Not sure when he let go of it but as you can see, he hung onto it for awhile...

Despite being devastated that my baby is 1, we had a great time celebrating Luke's birthday and are so, so lucky to have such a happy, healthy boy. The finale? Nana's trip down this weekend...she missed the party but we're excited to see her on Sunday:)

Unbelievable!!!!!

It is absolutely unbelievable to me that this picture was taken a year ago today!! A YEAR AGO!!! Yes folks, that's right...today is Luke's 1st Birthday!!

July 8, 2008

I continue to try to wrap my mind around my baby turning one and I just cannot for the life of me believe how quickly this year has passed by. I have very mixed emotions about this birthday...so different from when Matthew turned 1! Then, I felt excited...this time, while I'm happy to be celebrating a year of having Luke in our lives and the joy and love he has brought us, I'm reminded of how fast time is passing by and that makes me really sad.

My sweet baby boy

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my little buddy Luke. We love you so much and look forward to another year of watching you grow.

Our little 1 year old!:(

Thomas the Train and July 4th

Last weekend we went down to Edaville USA to ride on Thomas the Train. I knew Matthew would really enjoy it but wasn't expecting Luke to react one way or another...boy were we surprised!!! He LOVED it!! I think that we (mostly I) forget that he is not a baby, baby anymore:(

We had a great 4th...did a BBQ here with some friends and then went over to catch some fireworks. Matthew had a blast running around with his buddies and really enjoyed the fireworks. Luke on the other hand, was very frightened of them at first but after a bit, did a complete 180 and decided that they were great! He was clapping and waving and having a blast!!:)

A tribute to my Mom on what would have been her 63rd Bday...