June 2010

Well Asher is nearly one year old! June has been a great month, and big changes are happening. Our woobie popped his first tooth at the beginning of the month (front lower left), right before our trip home to Indy. Now as the month is nearing an end, the front lower right tooth is making it's way through. He's a pretty good sport about teething, and I have yet to ever use any meds for our little guy, for teething or anything else. We are so blessed to have such a happy, healthy little boy.
We took a couple of trips this month, first Asher and I flew home to Indy for a week and it was just fabulous. It's been a cold and wet spring here (the nice way of saying miserable) so the muggy sunny, midwest was a most welcome change! We walked around the neighborhood every day, and Asher got to swim every day as well! Saleh bought him an little whale pool which we used instead of nightly tubbies and of course we hit the Rivi's baby pool a couple of times too. He just LOVES the water. Our visit was naturally very social, it was his first time home and the grandparents were of course eager to show off their grandson. A cook-out brought over all the family from both sides, and we visited with The Davis family, Stephanie, Elizabeth and Avery, the preschool teachers, the swimnastics girls, even the bank tellers had their chance to meet Asher. Whew. Good thing he's so social, I mean, he is a Johnson:) I loved going home and showing my son where I grew up, even if he can't yet understand how awesome it is. Actually, I think he gets it. We will be back again with Roger in tow, for Jared's wedding. Yay!
At the end of the month we went to Lake Chelan in Eastern Washington with 3 other couples and all the kids. We rented a huge house with its own pool and we had a blast. We feel so fortunate to have such good friends out here, and we love that all our kids will grow up together.
On the mobility front, our little man is walking! He's taking about 6 steps before squatting back down or falling forward. His balance is excellent and he's been standing now freely for a little over a month. That's it, you can do it Asher!
Another milestone, and this is huge, he's sleeping through the night! Turns out if you just leave him alone, he can do it. After a super busy day at the clinic and an exhausting day of phone calls I decided to put in earplugs, turn off the moniter and give myself the much needed gift of sleep. I did this 2 nights in a row and he might have woken up for a minute or two and cried, but after 2 nights, we're all sleeping really well. Ahhhhhh.
He is really engaging now and while he can entertain himself adequately, he much prefers interacting and playing with someone else, mostly mommy and daddy. He enjoys being read to, and laughs and laughs when you let him stick something in your mouth. His mouth is still a very effective tool for exploration, although we are really looking forward to the end of this oral phase. He managed to find a piece of broken glass on the kitchen floor the other day, and I nearly had a heart attack after exctracting it from his mouth. It miraculously did not cut him. Not only is he eating glass and other unwanted floor finds but he is doing better at eating actual food! He's gobbling up raisins and he actually ate pancakes and cream cheese with lox. This is very exciting considering how little interest he's shown in anything other than nursing. Well, we look forward to our second year with the most amazing boy in the world!