Welcome Spring!

Since my last post we have enjoyed St. Patrick's day...I made corned beef and cabbage for the first time ever and I thought it was good, but it made a lot so we were all eating it for a while. Patrick and I went to San Felipe Mexico for a long weekend, we went to the desert for my cousins and nephew's birthday, and Ian got to go to Utah for the weekend of his mission reunion.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Spring has come and daylight savings time has been in affect so it stays light a little later. Last Friday a girlfriend and I went to the beach for sunset, it was nice end to a week of hard work. We have had some rain here and some cool nights, but mostly great weather as usual. Ian is still working hard to get more side jobs and I help him with them. I also work for All Clean Sweeping as their marketing person and I also try to sell things that everyone else buys!

Patrick is growing up so fast. He is almost in Nursery and talks pretty clear...he screams very clear! Loves balls and cars, we have fun, he likes it most when we get to play with other kids. Till next time, Love the Johnstons

This week has been full of work and as much play as possible. Patrick and I went to play group our ward does on Tuesdays. He really likes to play with the kids. For the weekend we had lots of fun including my uncle Gary's birthday party. Ian also did the swap meet all morning Saturday, he is trying to sell some things he bought at a storage auction...so far its going slow.

Happy Birthday Gary!

Patrick loved all the kids he had to play with...

but none as much as his friend Ethan! He was kissing and hugging Ethan :)

Our sweet friend Robyn Welcker made Gary a cake that looked like a sand dune with a couple buggies, so cute and Yummy!!

Sunday we went for a nature hike at Black's Canyon. It was beautiful and had lots of water running since we have had all the rains lately.

Another friend Patrick is most fond of is Jordan...she can make him laugh just by looking his way with a smile!

Our friends that came were; Paco Jordan Kim Madison Ian Gary Patrick Robert and myself. I love this beautiful earth Heavenly Father has created for us to enjoy.

I looked at my last blog and realized...I gotta get better at this blogging, so that will be one of my new goals! As you can imagine MUCH has changed in my cute little Patrick man since the last blog. He is 16 Mo old, walking all over the place...he really took off with that during Thanks giving in Arizona. I have taught him some sign language so we can communicate simple things he needs so he says Please, Thank you, More and All done in sign language. He says, "Thanks, This, Mommy, Daddy, Up, Some, Yumm, Wow and Uh-Oh" verbally too. He blows kisses and waves Hi and Bye too that makes me melt of course!

We had some really warm weather just before Christmas so we went to the beach one sunday morning and had fun taking christmas card photos. We enjoy living in the sunshine of San Diego. Ian loves to be close to the ocean for early morning surfing sessions before work. We are both working hard every day to better our lives little by little. We love the adventures we get to have with Patrick and other family and friends.

8 Months Flys By

I can't beleive it has been 8 months already! Our little Patrick man is so adorable and smart we enjoy him so much every day. Some funny things he is doing these days are he sings real high pitch and then goes to a growl real deep in the same sentence. He smiles so easily and is very friendly to passers-by that stop to tell him how cute he is! He makes motor noises with his mouth like a pro and even does the lips up and down with his own hand. I'll have to show you video!

He loves things dangling above him, (like the string for the fan), keys, steering wheels, and markers or remotes are the toys of choice!

We went to Idaho for my little brothers wedding in April...

so he learned what cold really feels like! We were sure thankful for the Cozy Cover;)

He is eating more and more solid foods...he loves avocado, bell peppers and grahm crackers. Otherwise he eats the baby food meat and vegtables and oatmeal and fruit in the mornings.

He LOVES to stand up to things...he crawls backwards or on his tummy, but he prefers standing. He doesn't quite get how to pull the legs forward to go forward when on his hands and knees so that turns into fussing frustration. Just stand him up and he starts moving those legs where he wants to go!

He checks things out with his thumb..it is really funny. Quite often we see him thumbing things.

Over all we are so happy together as a family and love our little happy Patrick man! We are looking forward to the next 8 months too!

It's been a long time since my last post, so I just wanted to share a couple things we have done since being back in San Diego. We have taken Patrick on our adventures with us...he is the best baby in the world! He likes the dez, mexico and the hot springs too!

Dad and Patrick
Mom and Patrick

Dad going for ride!

Uncle Rob going for ride!

BYU Hawaii Graduation

Ian Graduated BYU H 12-18-09

He got a degree in accounting and Patrick was looking into becoming a plumber! Ha Ha

Christiansen Family, Baird Family and Johnston Family all graduating and leaving the island!

Bishop Chan was such an amazing man

Congratulations Ian

Patrick Benjamin Johnston

Patrick Benjamin Johnston

Born Oct. 14th 2009 at 730am. He weighed 7lb 2 oz. and was 20 inches long. He was delivered by c-section after 24 hours of labor but not coming out. He was stuck in my tailbone just like I said!! He came the day before we were supposed to get induced. So...

Dad got there that night! He got on an earlier flight to try and make it for the birth, but just got there the night of the 14th.

Mom LOVES to kiss those CUTE cheeks!