Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

It has been an eventful week here at the Johnson household. Shelby started rice cereal this weekend. Our doctor told us to wait until 6 months but we did not listen. Shelby started sticking her bottom lip out and crying when she would see someone eat. I felt like I was eating infront of a starving orphan and I could not handle it anymore. I would hide from her to eat. I felt like I had some sort of eating disorder! She has not quite got the whole eating thing down but she is working on it. We have video of her first feeding. I will have Ross download it tonight and put it up.

Well, that was Sunday and then Monday Shelby woke up with a fever. All I could think was please don't let it be RSV again. Nope, she's teething. The little tooth has broken thru the gums and it is working its way out. It is one of her top middle teeth. It has been very painful for Shelby. Shelby woke up crying this morning at 1am and was pretty upset. We gave her some tylenol, oragel and cold pacis to chew on. I stayed up with her until 2am. She wanted to be held. I eventually got her to sit on the floor with me and play. Once the tylenol kicked in she was ready to eat and go to bed. She is all smiles this morning and trying to break her jumperoo!!!!

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Johnson for the valentines. Shelby is so spoiled rotten! Her daddy went to babies r us and bought her a baby einstein video and a new toy. Then he went next door to Best Buy and finished off his Christmas money buying Shelby Disney movies for her to watch in the future. I bought Shelby Cinderella. Shelby has quite the DVD collection and she is not even allowed to watch TV.

Cousins

Shelby's cousins Tyler and Cooper came to visit on Saturday here are some pictures.

Tyler and his teddy.
These two look like they were caught doing something wrong. Shelby was doing that thing with her arms all day. It was so precious, Cooper tried to hold her hand.
Isn't he cute?!?

Smiley Johnson

So Proud!

Shelby's Uncle Charlie leaves for Iraq tomorrow so we wanted to post and let him know how very proud we are of him. Charlie is a Second Lieutenant in the marines and is in an AAV (amphibious assault vehicle) company. I think I have that right? He will be back in May, just in time to enjoy the beautiful summer in Southern California. Charlie and Kelsey (Ross' sister) are stationed in San Diego. We hope Aunt Kelsey will come stay with us while he is gone. I really need a nanny that will work for room and board! Hahaha!! We will be anxiously awaiting Uncle Charlie's return with stories and his take on it all. I think Ross wants to hear about shooting all the big weapons and all that guy stuff. Uncle Charlie we will be praying for you!

Feel free to leave Uncle Charlie and Aunt Kelsey a comment. I am sure they would love to know who is out there thinking of them!

Charlie and the AAV. Note the AAV is bigger than it appears. Charlie is super tall!

Jumperooing

Well it's official. Shelby is learning new things by the day. Last night she would sit in her jumperoo and play with the toys. Every once in a while she would pull her feet up and bounce. Tonight I came home to a clone of Tigger. Kim said she sat in her jumperoo bouncing and laughing for an hour straight today and as I am writing at 9:30 at night she is doing the same thing and has been since 9. I am tired just watching her. I do have to admit, it does look pretty fun though. She is getting more fun by the day. The only thing we need to work on is her going to bed a little earlier. It is wearing her mom and I out.

Hoohoohooooo

Our Little Jailbird

I got my stripes for drooling in a no drool zone.

Rossetta!

Shelby and Cousin Cooper

Here are some pictures that I had in my video camera and some video we took today. I know the peeps in my family cannot get enough of the blogs, especially the videos. Shelby has started reacting to our tickling which makes our interaction with her much more fun. She has also decided that she loves it when I snap as you will see in the video. The last video is one I got of Cooper at Christmas, Travis said that, at the time, he had never heard him giggle like this.

Shelby giving her patented TU sucks symbol. She came up with this all on her own; I was pretty impressed.

Cousin Cooper and Shelby at Christmas in the Valley

Shelby in her Jumperoo with Mom doing the tickling

Shelby loves it when I snap my fingers at her.

This is a great video of Cooper. We didn't get it on video, but Cade was the first one to get this reaction and then Travis took over.

My Daddy's Home

Shelby knows when someone comes thru the front door. She watches the doorway into the living room to see who is on their way down the hall. Whenever she sees her daddy she gets a big smile on her face. She loves her daddy!

I see my daddy!

I got a big slobbery kiss just for him!

The Gerber baby has nothing on me!