Acupuncture anyone??

As I was cutting the pieces out for Amberlee's dress, I look over and see Bridget putting the pins between her toes. "Look, pretty" she says. What a nut!

Where's Bridget?

This girl can sleep anywhere! Sometimes she will actually climb into bed for a nap but sometimes she is just so busy playing she will make a bed from anything; a chair or even a plastic storage container as you can see. I will also include a couple of videos. It gets quiet when the camera comes out... :)

Food Storage

So we decided to use some of our tax return to invest in a rotation shelf thing for our food storage. We still don't have a lot but it's a start. We didn't really want it out in the garage so it's in our kitchen. It looks a little odd because our kitchen is small already but it's convenient and we always know what we have on hand and need to buy more of. Anyway exciting stuff for us!

Tiger Lily

Meet the newest member of our family. We had been talking about getting a cat again but since I had received a hamster Dave said no more animals. 'Luckily' that hamster didn't make it through the night and we were able to get a kitty. We went on Tuesday to the animal shelter to look at cats. We all found one we really liked but then I suggested that we could always come back another day and see if there were any others we liked better--Dave asked when they usually got more cats in. (Thursday is the day by the way.) So Dave said oh so you put them in the back room and switch them out? The girl got this look on her face, like no... then said they get put down. Dave then got a soft spot for this kitty and wanted to save her life. We adopted this sweet cat. She is loved by all! She is picked up and carried by a 2 yr old and not even one bite or scratch yet! She has a cute meow too, not the annoying kind, but she is still quiet. Oh and the kids picked out the name Tiger Lily, from Peter Pan.

The Hamster

So, there is a website called freecycle, where one obtains things... for free. Last night, against my wishes, and even despite my telling her no, Amber gets this Hamster for free. The Johnsons have extended their love and kindness to a new animal... i'm not sure it had a name, and if it didn't... it never will. I just received a IM from my wife, explaining that Travis my #2 kid went to go play with hammy ( just gave it a name) and it wouldn't move... After some contemplation, he made the connection... You know how Grandpa Belnap died cuz he was old, well I think the Hamster was like Grandpa Belnap.

I took this opportunity to make sure my wife knew that I had told her no, and to solidify my position as the pants wearer in the family. Good thing we have a comfy couch. :)

And so in under 12 hours the Johnsons went from being a Hamster Home, to being Hamsterless. My Oldest is as school, and doesn't know yet. I figured we should cover it up, and tell her it was all a dream. Tell her we never got a hamster.

6 month check up

Today Zach had his 6 month check up. We totally missed the 4 month so these are his current stats. Height he is 25 1/4" in the 15th percentile. His weight is 15lbs. 12 oz. 70%, and his head is 43cm 70%. I don't get why the measure the head anyway but I think his head looks pretty normal. He is doing really well. I brought the whole gang along for this trip and only had one issue at the end. Usually I'll let the kids pick out a sticker if they are good. Well they were taking forever choosing (mainly Travis, he was looking for an Optimus Prime) so I said ok, see ya later which made Amberlee put the stickers back on the counter and Travis break down. Then he was screaming at Amberlee I hate you! And punching and kicking her... he's gonna be in bigger trouble when daddy hears about this. Anyway he keeps carrying on as I am trying to set up another appointment. Oh the fun times of being a mom in public. Yeah I have some of "those" kids. They aren't usually too terrible, but they sure do have their moments. :)

He's a movin'

Zach is now crawling. Oh yeah, he is 6 months now. First he started out doing an inch worm type crawl getting up on his hands and knees moving forward then lay on his tummy then get up on his hands and knees again and then tummy. So with a few days of the inch worm crawl he picked up regular crawling really fast. He sure can get there fast especially when there is paper to be eaten. He also cut his first tooth yesterday, finally. He's been kinda cranky with teething but not terribly bad. He is such a happy boy. (well Dave might not think so, but he is for me!)
ETA: Zach just got his other bottom tooth yesterday too. So 1 on Sunday and 1 on Monday. I wonder if there will be any more soon.