1st Airplane Ride

Destry Jr. had his first airplane ride, and I think it was harder on Mom and Dad than it was on him. On the plane he was great. He slept most the time, and when he was awake he was happy and not too loud. We were worried he would start screaming his happy screams like he does at home, but luckily he didn't.

The hardest part was managing all the bags. We each had carry on bags, plus my purse, a diaper bag, Destry's car seat, our jackets and of course little Destry. It was a handful, but only got harder when we had to go through security. We had about 10 bins full and all our stuff, plus Destry (dad not baby) kept getting stopped through the medal detector. I was trying to get on my shoes and gather all our stuff while holding little D...it was a funny sight. Once Destry got through it was fine and we bonded with another couple that was going through with a little girl.

Destry and I will all our bags!

Destry Jr. sitting in a TSA bin while Destry and I gather all our stuff.

Waiting to board the plane. Sitting on mom's lap as we get ready to go to Idaho.Checking out his surroundings.

Waiting for the plane to take off -- we had a little delay.
Asleep on the plane...yeah!

Yummy!

The other day Tiff cooked up some squash for Little Destry. Now he loves the squash baby food but as you can see, he did not care too much for this.

Baby Tessie

Lori, Samantha (10 months), Destry and I visited our college friend Jennie today to meet her little girl Tessie, who was born on Nov 30th. She's so cute and slept almost the whole time we visited. It was so fun to visit with Jennie, Troy, and give them a sneek peak into what it's like to have a 8 or 10 month old!

Destry and Samantha getting ready for the ride to see Tessie!

Tessie - she has so much hair.

Troy and Destry having fun.

CWU Gals and their kids.

Playdate with Kai

Little Destry and I visited Kai and Andrea (an old coworker from BDA) to have a play date. It's one of the first times Destry has been with another little guy his age and they did great. They played nicely so Andrea and I could catch up and have lunch. We had a great time and can't wait to visit with them again.

Ravioli

It is a Johnson Family Tradition to have Ravioli on Christmas Eve. No Chef Boyardee here, it is all hand made. Every year we all get together a few weeks before Christmas to make homemade ravioli. After Thanksgiving, we stayed at the cabin for a few days and everyone came over on Friday to make ravioli. It is always a lot of fun and we get to spend time with everyone. Here are some photos of the crew at work.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We went to Tiffany's aunt's house for Thanksgiving this year. We were excited because this was the first time Little Destry would get to meet his second cousin Sadie from Maryland. They had a great time playing with each other and we had a wonderful time visiting with family and eating! It was really great to see Tiff's cousin Michelle, her husband TJ and Sadie.

Cr-Apple Cup 2008

Football in the state of Washington is a bit subpar this year. Going into this past weekend, the Seahawks were 2-8, the Cougars were 1-10 and the Huskies were 0-10. That's a pathetic 3-28. This years Apple Cup was renamed the Crapple Cup. The good thing, one of the teams had to win this week. Brian had a party so we went over to watch the game. We had a great time hanging out with everyone and were even treated to a good game. In the end, the Cougs won 13-16.

Little Destry Has Been Busy

He's at it again. This weekend he started sitting himself up and he recently started standing up holding on to something. Today, he pulled himself all by himself! The bad thing, it was so he could get into something he shouldn't. This past Friday and Saturday night he stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Johnson at the cabin. We went down to pick him up on Sunday. While we were there we celebrated Jeremy and Bob's birthdays.

Here are a few photos of him standing up.

Here he is pulling himself up for the first time. He has done it several times now so we had to lower the mattress in his crib.

Here he is playing with Great-Grandma.

Playing with Uncle Brian and Bob.

Destry and Natalie.
Playing with Uncle Scott.

Uncle Scott brought Destry a fun toy from his trip to the Beijing Olympics. He loves his Ni Ni doll.

Anyone Need Some Water?

We have plenty! After days and days of rain and some flooding this past weekend, we got the big one today. Two of the roads leading out of Duvall were closed and the last one out was backed up as everyone was trying to get out. I left for work this morning at 7:30 but wasn't able to get out so I went home. Despite not getting more than a few miles from home, I didn't get back until 8:30. They are saying the Snoqualmie River is approaching record levels but was expected to crest near Carnation at 10:00am at a flood stage of 60.3 feet! As I am writing I am watching Fox News and they just showed aerial footage of the flooding here. Here are some photos I took this morning of the flooding in the valley.

These photos are of the road I usually take across the valley on my way to work. The bridge crosses, usually, the Snoqualmie river.

You can get an idea of how deep the water is with these signs.

You can see more photos in my gallery HERE.

It's Been Awhile

I figured I'd better post since it has been awhile. Not much new and exciting going on. Little Destry has been eating like a horse, he really loves apples and bananas. Actually, he pretty much likes anything we give him. He is crawling around like crazy and getting into everything. I posted some new pictures in the November Album.

Check out this picture I took the other day. Destry was eating an apple and it slipped through his fingers. I caught the apple mid-air.

We Got a New Camera

I am so excited! I have wanted a digital SLR camera for some time now. Back when I was in High School I got into photography and really enjoyed it. For some reason, I stopped and have probably not touched an SLR for over 12 years. Now that we are taking so many pictures (one of the side-effects of having a child) I have wanted to get back into photography. Here is our new camera.

Even Tiff has been having lots of fun with it (much to my surprise). Here are some of my favorite photos we have taken so far with our new camera.

All I Want For Christmas...

...is my two front teeth. Check out the little boy's pearly whites! Beleive me, getting a picture of these was harder than getting the first shot of the Jolie-Pitt twins.