As Beth was gone to a dentist appointment, I put Keller down for his nap this afternoon. He didn’t seem to be in his normal nap mood, but heaven knows he needed it anyway. So I left him in there for about 60 seconds talking and banging around in his crib. But then there was a rather loud crash followed by screaming. I dashed from my office to the other side of the house about 95% sure I knew what happened. Sure enough, I opened his door and there he was sitting on the floor next to his crib rubbing his head and crying. He had made it over the guard rail and landed on the floor with one stuffed animal.

We weren’t quite sure if it would ever happen this way… but alas here it is. Time to graduate to the big boy bed now I guess.

As indicated previously, a lot has been going on at the Johnson house in the past few months. Our apologies for the delay, but in the end, I think you’ll understand. I’ll try to keep the details brief to keep from making the post too long.

It started with the decision to sell our house back at the beginning of the year. Since I’m working from home now and we foresee wanting to grow the family soon, it made sense to investigate the option of more square footage. After months of a roller coaster ride, we ended up successfully closing on June 25th. Beth found a great house for us to rent in Winter Park and with a week of overlap, we painted, packed and moved just in time for the 4th of July. I say “just in time” as if we planned on celebrating somehow. Our celebration involved unpacking a few boxes, shoving  some food down our gullets and falling asleep wherever we hit the floor. Exhausting.

Keller also turned 2 during the hullabaloo (June 10th). We had a small party with some friends and my mom was also able to come down from Indiana. It’s been so loney toons that I literally just relalized I hadn’t downloaded the pictures from my camera yet. Here are a few from the party.

Some days it’s hard to believe he’s only two. Others, we can’t fathom how recent the bottle feedings and Baby Bjorn feel. At his 2 year checkup, his doctor measured his height 3 times and actually said, “Well, if this is right, then we have to get into all kinds of bloodwork for hormone tests and stuff like that, so let’s use the scale that takes an inch and a half off.” People talk to him like he’s 4, but then realize once he opens his mouth that he’s much younger. Today as I was changing his diaper, he was kicking those long legs so hard I’m sure the look on my face resembled that of looking down a loaded shotgun. He doesn’t fit in a pack-and-play anymore. His head pushes on one end and his feet on the other. He’s in the largest size of diapers and doesn’t seem to be taking any interest in potty training yet. He’s quite a thing to behold.

So, this is where it gets interesting. On top of all this excitement, two weeks before we moved, Beth found out she was pregnant. It was relatively surprising, and very unique timing. While her pregnancy with Keller was seemingly easy, this time around has been incredibly difficult. She’s basically been as physically down as if she had an 8 week flu (losing 14 lbs since getting pregnant) and ended up in the hospital the week of the move. She wasn’t able to pack, unpack or keep up with Keller at more than about 15 % of her capacity. And for anybody that knows her knows how incredibly frustrating it’s been for her.

But, all things considered, life is sort of coming back to normality. A  few unpacked boxes and un-hung pictures still remain. It’s nice to have a little more space now. The past couple days have been a little better for Beth as she nears her second trimester (her due date is Feb. 19th).

More updates to come soon I’m sure!

It’s almost as if he’s judging me with those eyes. Just because I took care of getting my third cup before I got his milk ready for him…

So, after a long delay, I’ve finally gotten my mobile blogger app set up to post from my phone. I don’t know if this will help the frequency of posting or not, but here’s to hoping.

Due to the madness that is our lives, we owe a rather sizable update soon.

More to come….

My brother Brandon and his wife Rachel drove down from Atlanta and picked up Ryan in Savannah to come to Orlando for the weekend. We had a good time hanging out and Keller loved it immensely. We hung out at the pool a lot, played ball in the yard, cooked out and hit up some of the shops. And I don’t think we’ve mentioned it here, but Rachel is pregnant as well and so it was fun to try and explain to Keller that his little cousin was inside her belly.

Ryan (getting his Masters in Photography from SCAD) spent a lot of time taking fun pictures which can be seen in the Picasa gallery

We had the opportunity to go to Cocoa Beach for the week and stay at a friend’s condo right on the beach. It was much needed with all the craziness in our lives lately and was our first summer vacation since the first year we were married. The weather was amazing, the seafood fantastic, and we got to see the final Atlantis shuttle launch on our last day there. Keller really let his legs go and did an incredible amount of running in the sand. At one point, he literally ran 3/4 of a mile in under 25 minutes. He also love splashing, trying to catch minnows (at one point, I did catch one in a Solo cup), and building sand castles.

Here are a few pics, but you can see many more in the full photo gallery if you like. There’s also a video below, mostly of zooming legs, with little pieces from my camera phone.

“circle run circle run daddy circle run circle daddy circle daddy circle run circle run circle daddy”

Beth’s brother Chris and his wife Ali along with Zoe and the newly released Charlotte (pardon the tech announcement format in lieu of the leaked 4th generation iPhone). We got to spend a week with them and had a great time. Keller LOVES his big cousin and was always asking for her when she wasn’t around.

These pics are a bit overdue at this point, but I wanted to post them nonetheless. My mom and dad came down a couple weeks ago for their spring break and hit both my brothers and I in one loop through the south. They had a great time and were good to have around for a little while. In addition to the aforementioned dancing incident, they got to see Keller do some other fun stuff too.

So, my parents are in town this week and got to experience one of the funniest Keller events we’ve had yet. Imagine him eating only his second chocolate intake ever (a pretty decent serving for a 33 lb. kid) and then watching that sugar rush flush itself out after his bath while he danced naked for 10 straight minutes to some Jay-Z and Lupe Fiasco songs. Seriously, my head hurt by the time it was over from laughing so hard.

We got it all on video, however because of the nature of his indecency, we decided we can’t post it here, even after I tried keyframing a censor bar over everything. But if you just laugh really hard for a few minutes until you have tears streaming down, it’ll be just like you got to see it. Or, you’re more than welcome to come visit for a private screening.