The Johnson Clan

Last week we had our first babysitter, closely followed by our second. It was awesome! Tuesday night we went out to see Captain Marvel. We asked a laurel in our ward to come “babysit”, though the girls were already in bed so all she had to do was sit on the couch for a couple of hours. Easy job. She was nervous though. In the end it went perfectly. No one woke up, and she was fine.  We were planning on having a Pi day party on Thursday, but we canceled it because I caught the flu. Big bummer. Clayton stayed home to take care of the ladies on Friday, and by Saturday I was completely better.  Saturday we had our second babysitter. A sister in the ward has told us every week during church for months that we need to have her babysit, so we decided to take her up on her offer. Clayton and I have been in the process of getting our concealed carrying licenses. The last part of it was two hours of gun range instruction. It went well, and we finished the course. Sunday I woke up and felt absolu

Can we just get rid of daylight savings already? Who benefits from it? Definitely not babies who are on schedules. I’ve been slowly trying to adjust Ruby’s and Cora’s nap times and bed time, but it’s not going well. We might just be a hot mess for the next week or two.  We woke up this morning to a loud buzzing sound coming from our furnace and a burning rubber smell. I was worried it was time to replace our super old furnace, but luckily it just needs a new motor.  We took the girls to the pool today. Neither one of them is fond of water. It took a long time for them to enjoy baths, and even now they only like short ones. However, I’m determined that no daughter of mine will be afraid of water. I took swimming lessons my whole life, I was on the swim team in high school, my friends and I spent every single summer day swimming in our backyard from sun up til sun down, and even today the smell of chlorine is an instant mood lifter for me. So of course I want them to love the water too.

Somehow these cute girls are 11 months old now. They are so sweet and funny. At our last appointment they measured 20th percentile fit weight, 30th for height, and 60th for head circumference. I’d be interested to know how they compare on an adjusted age scale though. Both girls are standing on their own, turning off lights every time we pass a light switch, eating lots of food, and emptying every drawer and cabinet they can get into. Ruby and Cora have been “sleeping through the night” for many months now with the help of an 11 pm dream feed. Usually you drop the dream feed around 6 months, but because my girls are small sized and low on the growth charts I kept the dream feed to give them more opportunities to get more calories. I was hesitant to drop the feeding because I didn’t want to jeprodizs their consistent good nights sleep, but they’re 11 months old now, so it was time. I read up on the best ways to drop it and decided that cold turkey was the best.  The first night went pre