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!

3 More Weeks!!

I love this little boy inside me, but it is definately time for him to come out! I need a break from the tailbone pressure and the hands and feet pain! It slows me down too much! I have had a couple requests for the belly update so here you are...Week 35

Oregon with friends!

The summer in San Diego ended for Ian on the scheduled date of July 24th. He graciously said I could extend my ticket for a while so I could attend a family and friend road trip to Oregon to see my Grandma, aunt and cousins that live there. So that is what I did...we all had a great time together!

We brought a 20' pontoon boat with us the whole way so we stopped in Sacramento on the way up and on the way back to run the river and so the girls (friends we brought with us) could have some time with their dad that is living near Sacramento.

Captain Jordan

Kim and Maddy getting some sun!



Uncle Gary and KT

We picked blackberries!

Once we got to Oregon we had lots a fun at Grandma's house too!

We all tried out Grandma's trike!

We wrestled and

rode horse back even when horse bucked!

We love floating the rivers on personal pontoon boats while we are there too!

The floaters were Kim, Gary, Todd, KT, Taylor, Jordan and Trajen

Taylor and Jordan were BFF's at 1st sight

We stopped to skip rocks on the way down

Kim learning the ART of OARING!

Todd had a boat full with both his kids but everyone had a GREAT time

Jordan had a loose tooth and decided she wanted Uncle Gary to pull so it would stop hurting her

One smooth movement

and the tooth was out without any pain at all...she was all smiles

She knows who to ask when another tooth is ready to come out!

Maddy didn't want to miss out on anything, but it was a little early for her!

The trip was TONS of fun

but the ride got long so we had to entertain ourselves how we could with water fights and seat protector hats at the rest stops!