Busy, Busy, Busy!

The Johnsons have been so BUSY!  So you know what that means, a VERY long and VERY overdue blog post.  Settle in (if you have time!), grab a cup of coffee, and catch up with us!

The week leading up to Halloween was a crazy one.  We had one event after another and it was so much fun.  As Brad says, "Holidays are SO much more fun when you have a child!"  Ha!  So true! 

We started out with a visit to the pumpkin patch.  I think Field really enjoyed it.  What do you think?

                                 

Then we had a fun lunch with friends and babies.  All 5 of the babies will be in the Class of 2029!  I hadn't ever done the math on when Field would graduate high school, but there you have it. 

All 5 mommies are good friends from high school.

And all 5 babies will be BFF's too! 
In order from youngest to oldest: Anabelle, Mateo, Harper, Sutton, and Field 

The grandmommies are all close friends too! How special!

 

Field and Sutton...just 6 weeks apart.

I love this boy so much!

That same afternoon (yes, it made for a LONG, but fun day!) we went to a Halloween playdate with my dinner club group. All of the babies and child ren wore their cute costumes.  Field was our little lobster and he LOVED wearing his costume.

Field and his girlfriend, Anabelle. She was a hula girl. :)

All the cute Halloween babies!

Then we went to a Halloween playdate in Boerne with more good friends. There were babies and children of all ages.  The cool thing about this day was that we got to see our VERY special, new friends.  We met a sweet family when Field was born and in the NICU.  The Walkers had Mclain just one day after Field was born and he also had to be in the NICU for about as long as Field.  Erin and I and our hubbies bonded through the difficult experience of the NICU.  (I have a whole blog post to write someday about the heroic mommies of the NICU.)  Not only had we just given birth, we were dealing with surprising health issues, trying to learn how to breastfeed while our babies were hooked up to all kinds of wires and without much privacy, and then being discharged without our babies.  Erin has become so special to me and I am so thankful already for her real and true friendship.  I love that we have only known each other for a few months but we are honest with each other about the struggles of being a new mom and our back and forth texting is so fun!  Can't wait to hang out again, Erin and Mclain!   

Field and his mommy and Mclain and his mommy.

 

Best buds already! And Mclain's daddy is a professional golfer so we are hoping to get some free golf lessons for our Field one day soon. How soon can we teach our baby how to play golf, Jimmy?

We went to the Oak Hills Halloween party.  It was fun, but Field didn't last long after such a busy week!

He slept in his stroller through a few games of Bingo, a costume contest, and lots of music.  Impressive!

Finally, Halloween was here.  We had dinner and trick-or-treated with both sets of grandparents and my sister and her family.  The 3 cousins were dressed as an "under the sea" theme.  Cousin Caroline was a mermaid, Cousin Ellie was a crab, and Field was a lobster. 

Daddy, Field, and Caroline, the beautiful mermaid

Cookin' on the stove

Lobster!

The lobster and crab.  Sweet cousins!

"Mom, why'd you put me in a pot on the stove?!?!"   

Field and his grandmothers.  He is a lucky boy.  Aren't they pretty? 

Our first Halloween as a family of 3.

Love this sweet boy!

I'm exhausted today, but thankful for our fun and "normal" life lately.  :)  These are the things that I will never take for granted.  After all that we have been through and will continue to go through, I praise God for days when we forget about Field's heart and can enjoy life as "normal" with our precious son.  Thank you, God, for giving us a fun first Halloween!