All uphill from here

This past week has been even better. I am definitely hitting my stride in my new "two kid" world. Josie continues to adjust to Adam (and his crying spells) and I am even starting to find time to eat and shower. This is great!

In the meantime, here are a few photos of the brood from the past week.

Benjamin Button takes his first bath in a tub- no more sponge baths for this little guy! (And why is it that newborn boys all look like little old men?)

Thanks for covering up my parts, Mom!

Josie has been really into all things baby and she and her baby have been inseparable. On Saturday, Josie and I went to the park. I pushed Adam in his stroller, and Josie pushed her baby in her toy stroller. Josie is also fascinated by the baby bjorn, so when she discovered her baby's carrier could be worn like a baby bjorn, she was psyched!

Josie carrying her baby around everywhere she goes, just like Mommy and Adam!

Look what Russ does when I leave the room for one minute. I expect there will be many more pictures like this to come!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!

Today is a great day for the Johnson family because Josie is FINALLY recovered from her week-long flu (the worst flu she's ever had- great timing, kid!) that also infected Russ and me. And with fevers subsided, we actually pulled ourselves together enough to celebrate the holiday!

Yesterday Josie and I dyed eggs for the first time- no plastic eggs this year. Josie did a great job and only stained her shirt a little. :)

Before bed we set out her awesome eggs with some carrots and a little water for the Easter Bunny. Let the fun begin!

We knew we did not have it together enough to get all the family dressed and to Church, but Josie was too excited about wearing her Easter dress. So we got her all dressed up and let her dance around the house a bit. Then we went outside to look for eggs!

Hottie 2.0 gets in on some Easter fun by staying awake for more than 10 minutes. Way to go Adam!

Let the search begin!

Finding eggs....

Adam partakes in a little Easter Egg hunting. Too bad he's pretty much sleeping through it...

Searching for eggs is tiring....

The most hilarious egg- for some reason Josie was incapable of finding this last egg. Russ took a picture of her practically standing on it, yet still not seeing it!

Victory! All eggs are found and back in the house. Only a few casualties... every time Josie found one, she would spike it down into her basket in celebration. I don't think she really grasped the whole "real eggs are fragile" thing...

A successful first holiday as a family of four!

Welcome Home Baby Adam!!!

Tomorrow is Adam's 3 week birthday, and I can't believe how fast these past few days have gone! Its far past time to post pictures of my little man, so here they are. Feast your eyes on this stud muffin!

He's just so cute and snuggly in his bouncy seat!

Wide awake and checking out his new home (and listening to his sister talking!) He always looks so serious!

Josie has been totally into her new baby brother! After a few days she has gotten used to the crying, and while she definitely is adjusting to having less attention, she doesn't take it out on Adam. She wants to kiss him and "help" me take care of him all the time!

A little male bonding time. Russ is so excited that he will not spend the rest of his life surrounded by females!

Tummy time!