"Goofing Around"?

This picture is what Jabon considers "goofing around." I'm looking forward to when we are all healthy and off work so he can "goof around" taking pics of the entire Johnson clan.

I haven't updated on the kids lately except to complain about them being home for way too many days. That's not very nice of me.

(Another of Jabon's "goofing" photos:)


Millie is getting too big for her britches. Her first top tooth has just popped through and the other one is on its way. With her bottom teeth, she was such a little angel that I didn't even know she was teething until I felt the tooth itself. So not the case this time. This little girl is loud and forceful. Her personality is strong. Very strong. She's pretty much guaranteed that everyone around her knows that she's not so comfortable. And the drool. Oh, the drool! Remember the Tom Hanks movie Turner and Hooch? 'Nough said.

Millie has also begun pulling herself up and cruising along the couch or the loveseat or the tv table or the kitchen table benches or the...well, I think you get it. Josh said yesterday that she spends more time standing up than she does crawling around. I think he's pretty close to accurate.

Millie and Ashton (Tara's youngest boy who turns a year old tomorrow, Oct 22) are quickly becoming good friends. They gravitate towards each other. Ashton even followed Millie and me all the way to my room at the front of the house so he could be with his favorite cousin. The other day Millie was standing at the couch. Ashton came over to her to be by her and put his hands on the couch and knelt up as high as he could. He's still working on the standing part, so he was having difficulty imitating Millie completely. Instead, he fell back onto his bottom, surveyed the situation, grabbed Millie by the bum, and pulled her onto the floor next to him. As long as they don't become Kissing Cousins, we're good.