Poppy in the Potty...

So Johanna pooped in the potty the other day. We got her up like every other day and asked her if she wanted to go on the potty, and she sat down. To our surprise, she sat on the potty without having a tantrum. She sat there calmly reading a book, which she loves to do. It was amazing! Then after about two to three minutes, Shane yelled down to me to come upstairs. He said he heard a plop! Then after about six minutes, Johanna was done and she had pooped in the potty and had many more plops after the first one! We were so proud of her, we clapped and made such a big deal. Johanna was so proud of herself, she was smiling all over. Then after we praised her, she went back in the bathroom and would point at the toliet and say poop. We are so proud of her. She even pooped on the potty the next day in the morning, it seems like it is becoming a habit. I took a picture, but I do not think everyone would want to see that:)

18 months

Mommy and her girl!

Beautiful Family take one!

Peek a Boo!

1, 2, go daddy! That is the game Johanna and daddy play together. Shane says one, then Johanna says two and then go, she jumps and Shane catches her! She loves her daddy.

My beautiful family take two!

Our friend Lyndsay so graciously took Johanna's 18 month pictures at Legion Park. She did a great job! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful friend with such great talents! Even though Johanna did not want to look at the camera much, the pictures turned out great. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do. I cannot believe how big Johanna is getting. She is starting to look like a little girl and acting like one too:). She says many words such as kitty, duckie, mommy, nana, pappy, binkie, juice, anna, ci ci, no, uh oh, up, peese, "I poop", baby, where you go, ball, bear, shoes, book, boo, de de, and some other ones that I cannot think of. She also can point to all of her body parts and is able to take directions such as go throw this away for mommy, and she puts it in the garbage can. She is also sitting on the potty and saying "I poop" but still having a hard time getting her to go on a regular basis. She also is starting to understand more and verbalizes if she wants something or not. She also loves to color. She is growing up so fast and getting bigger and bigger every day. It is so much fun to interact with her now, hear her laugh and run around. She is such a loving little girl, she loves to give all of her friends hugs and loves to blow kisses to people. She has such a wonderful personality full of life and love.

Celebration Sunday!

So today November 9th is celebration Sunday at our church, Pleasant Valley Assembly God. It is such a wonderful day to celebrate God's love and faithfulness. In the midst of our budget crises in the world, God's budget is plentiful! He is such a gracious and wonderul God. He is bigger than finances and we should never forget that! God will never forsake or forget his people, he wants to bless them. So with that said, our church has truly been blessed by God with a project they have undertook a year ago. God has done numersous miracles in the face of disappointment and in the face of a project that seemed unsurmountable. But God showed his awesome power and performed miracles to make a city better! God is so good and great! It is awesome to see him work and revel in his handy work. I am so thankful that God puts projects in our hearts and that our church took his nudging and are walking faitfully with him to finish the project. To read a little bit about it please go to http://www.pvag.org/11th_Street.html.

Halloween 2008

Cheese!

On our way to Trick or treating, got a picture before we went

Grandma Rydbom and Johanna

"Aunt Carrie" and Johanna...They match and it was not planned:)

Ci Ci, Johanna, and Livi, Johanna loves them! They are her babysitters daughters!

View from the back!

I am ready mommy, in the back you can see her elmo basket to carry candy!

You are so silly mommy!

I do not want to come down the stairs.

So this year Johanna was a tinker bell princess...She looked so cute! She did not like having the hair piece so we were not able to add that to her outfit. She went trick or treating for about an hour around my parent's development then she got too cold and melted down. She got a lot of candy and was able to actually reach for the candy herself and put it in her elmo basket. Overall, she loved it and had a good time. Looking forward to many more years of dressing up and getting candy!

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