Scotty

On January 29th, 2013 my little brother, Adam, and his wife, Tonna, welcomed their new baby boy into the world.  His name is Scott Dean Johnson and he is perfect. Anyone who knows much about my family knows that babies do not seem to come easy for us.  My parents have 7 children and Scotty is only their 9th grandchild, the oldest being 19 years old.  So, ya, babies are few and far between around here and therefore EXTRA exciting!!!

The first picture of mommy and son.  Seriously perfect!

Adam and Tonna live in South Carolina, so we first met Scotty through Skype.  We get to see lots of pictures and are so grateful for modern technology, but they finally came into town and we got to meet him in person.  He is SUCH a doll!  He is chubby and sweet and totally looks like his mommy and his daddy (they kind of look alike, so it works).  We have loved having Adam and Tonna here and especially getting to know little Scotty.  We all spent the weekend in St George (which I will post about separately) as a family and I am already not looking forward to them going back.  It's just too far away.

The oldest and youngest Johnson grandchildren.  

The Johnson grandsons

Tonight was a special night.  We all had the opportunity to be there when Adam gave Scott a name and a blessing.  They decided to do it when they were in town so that all of the family could be there.  I am so glad they did.  My brothers were all able to be in the circle as well as Adam's brothers in law, father in law and his dad.  Adam gave his baby boy such an amazing blessing.  The spirit was strong and I was so proud of my little brother.  I am so grateful for the gospel and the family I have.  We are blessed!

Benson wasn't sure of what he thought of the baby.  Obviously Scotty isn't too concerned.

Don't love this of me, but I wanted to document our little family and Bensons future favorite cousin.  I think they will be best buds.

Father and son

Grandma and Grandpa Coleman

Grandma and Grandpa Johnson

The Johnsons

Love!

Scotty was named after my dad and also after my Grandma Johnson's brother, Dean, who was killed in World War II.  Those are some big shoes to fill, but if his blessing tonight was any indication of the amazing person he will be, I don't think it's going to be a problem.  

Welcome to the world Scotty!  We are so happy you are part of our family!

First Haircut

This little guy got his first haircut today.  He has always had a nice head of hair, not crazy thick or curly or anything of that sort, just good and even.  Lately it has just started to look scraggly with long pieces here and there so we decided it was time.We took him to this cute store, Cookie Cutters.  They have adorable toys as chairs and tv's at every station.  The TV kind of worked, until the clippers closed in on his ears, and then the screaming began.  The girl ended up having me pick him up and hold him for the final touches.  He was mad! I was so impressed with  her ability to continue to cut his hair while he was squirming trying to get away from her.  All in all it was a good experience. 

 We even got to keep a cute little baggy with a few of his hair clippings (which I will probably lose, despite my best intentions, so below is a picture)

Benson is growing up so fast!  We are loving experiencing all of his "firsts" with him.  Can't wait to see what is next.  

Handsome as ever, before and after

He's Walking!!!

I know that I have a million things I need to post and it has been WAY too long.  But, if I keep waiting for the time to post about Benson's first Christmas and New Years, being sick, his new baby cousin, etc etc etc then I probably will never blog again.   So, I am starting now and might get to those posts someday.  But, in the mean time, Benson is WALKING!

He had taken a few steps here and there between Ben and myself over the past few months but that was it.  He was content to crawl everywhere.  Then, just in the past few weeks, I started walking with him holding my hands and he loved it (my back was not loving it). This last weekend we were visiting Jessica and Avery in St George and playing outside.  He was in HEAVEN.  I have never seen him so happy and excited.  He loves the outside and just needed a bit of sunshine (so did his mommy, hence the trip to St George and Vegas).  He was playing with a ball and just like that he just stood right up, which he had never done before.  That started to be his favorite "trick".  He was SO proud and would clap for himself every time.  Such a goof!  I guess the next step was literally taking steps because last Thursday night, February 28th, right after his bath he stood up and....WALKED!  It was SO exciting and still is!  YAY Benson!

His first time standing up completely on his own!

This video was taken March 1st, the day after his first steps. 

By the way, Happy 14 months to our boy!  Love him so much!

12 Months Old

Benson's 12th month was full of fun. We had big events, Christmas, New Years, his birthday and we spent almost two weeks in Oregon. It was a fun month. 

He weighed 18lbs 6oz at his 12 month appointment. He was 28.5 inches. He is still in about the 9th percentile for both height and weight.  

He learned a bunch of new things this month, things like how to give five, blow kisses and stand on his own (did it in the bathtub for the first time, although he still doesn't like doing it).  He has started to really like playing with the latches on his car seat as well as his high chair.

I have included a lot of pictures of the month as always. 

12 Month Pictures. 

 

Benson discovered his love of cats at Grandmas.  His daddy wasn't so happy about that, but Benson LOVES the kitty!

Ben thought it was funny to take a picture of Mommy and Benson with our "bottles"

Benson's first time playing in the snow

This is the face that brightens my day, every day

This boy discovered that he LOVES Mexican food, cheese, tortillas, tomatoes, ground turkey, avocado. 

We drove to Oregon for Christmas.  Although the weather was horrible and the roads were icy, Benson did AMAZING! 

One of a few visits to "Word of Mouth" (yummy).  Benson literally left teeth marks on the table, haha.

He really loves his uncle Archie and especially loves his music.

If I pull my camera out he comes straight for it

Benson has started pointing at EVERYTHING.  It's kind of awesome that he is starting to communicate and point to what he wants and where he wants to go.  (Benson and his Lolo are buddies)

He has started having these cheesy smiles. While we were in Oregon if he was around a group of people laughing he would start laughing, so then we would all laugh more.  He has quite a sense of humor.

Opening his first present, Christmas Even PJs

Benson seems to love hygiene.  He blows his nose, loves to brush his hair and this month started brushing his teeth.  We got him a toothbrush for Christmas (not the one pictured)

Bensons first Christmas Eve.  Our first family Christmas.  Look at that grin. 

His first Christmas morning

He has been trying to put our shoes on his feet so we figured we should get him some of his own (plus its cold).  He loved them, but when he tried to walk in them he was fumbling like crazy and it was so funny to watch

Starting our trek home, holding his first birthday money from Lolo and Lola

This kid LOVES toilet paper and destroying everything in his path.  He pulled out every single tissue from the box in the bathroom and was so proud of himself.

We got so lucky and he really slept well in the car on the way home as well.

Still not a fan of facial hair (sorry Nolan)

He is starting to love eating and especially feeding himself

He finally started wearing his Jordan's I bought him (really bought as a gift for daddy when we found out about Benson)

He has started kissing mommy and daddy

and he learned how to blow kisses

His new favorite sitting position

In the morning I use Benson as an alarm for daddy.  It's so cute how happy they both are to see each other.

This is my view for much of my day....he LOVES holding onto mommy's legs

His hair has started getting crazy, especially when he first wakes up (probably cause he sleeps with his head down and his butt sticking up)

Look at that concentration.  Benson has started to really focus and try to do things and he definitely gets frustrated when he isn't able to do things.

Hanging out with friends on New Years Eve (Olivia Seitzinger, Shannon Lynes, Benson Crisanto).  Benson actually leaned over and kissed Olivia on the mouth this day.  It was ADORABLE!

Our little boy on his one year birthday.  

These monthly posts are so much fun because I get to keep track of all of the new little things Benson has done and how much he has grown.  The biggest struggle I have is trying to pick pictures because I have seriously a million each month.  He is just too adorable and I can't help taking SO many pictures.  We are absolutely in love with this boy.  He is so funny and sweet and seriously makes us smile all of the time. My favorite part of the day is walking into his room when he wakes up and seeing him standing in his crib with that huge grin and feeling myself lighten up.  He makes everything better.  We love you little man.