8 Months

This month has been crazy, awesome and fun with a ton of new developments for the boys!

Both of the boys sit up really well. And now they are both mobile! It literally took off over night and each day they get faster and faster. I thought it was hard having two babies that just laid on the floor, but now I know its really hard keeping track of two crawling babies! 

Time lapse of da babies crawling.  

                                     

Our new favorite game is to have a baby race. We put a piece of food in the center of the room and see which baby will get it first. Right now Carter has been winning most of the races because he LOVES food. Nothing comes between that boy and food. 

This guy and this smile melts my heart. 

Jameson enjoys long baths, good food, and walks on the beach. 

 Jameson is a goofy baby. He's always smiling and making faces. Here are a few of his regular goofy faces.

 They started using real high chairs to eat their food. They are getting the concept of grabbing and putting the food in their mouths.  But they still get about 90% of the food on the floor.

They have mastered the art of teamwork. And they enjoyed the fruits of their labors. I am sure Carter was the brains behind this plan, because like I said, nothing gets in the way of that boy and food. 

My parents took all the grandkids to the movies. Carter was being a little fussy so my dad took him out of the theater. He came back in a little later with Carter and showed us the fun pictures they took in the photo booth. 

Overall they did really good for the first time at the movies! They did a lot better than they do at church!

This month Carter had a minor surgery. The hardest part for him was fasting all day before the surgery because of the anesthesia. And the only thing he wanted after the surgery was FOOD.

Matt gave Carter karate chop back massages to distract him before the surgery.  

The surgery went well and Carter is back to normal. They let him keep the anesthesia mask, which is one of the most fought over teething toys. 

We celebrated our 5 year anniversary up in SLC and we took the boys with us. 

We had really yummy food at the Cheesecake Factory. Did tons of shopping at City Creek and enjoyed the lights at Temple Square.

We went to the aquarium on our way up to SLC. The boys were fascinated with all the fish.

Then we stayed the night at a nice hotel in SLC. The boys did really good and loved playing on the huge bed! It was a really fun anniversary trip, and we loved spending it with our boys!

Christmas was a blast this year! We enjoyed every minute with da babies. 

Building gingerbread houses. 

On Christmas Eve we discovered Carter's first tooth!

Christmas morning opening their stockings.

The aftermath of Christmas. They were very spoiled babies. 

Matt's sister Alissa made these awesome beard hats for the boys. It was seriously hilarious to watch them look at each other with them on. They didn't recognize each other and would just stare at one another.

We got some family pictures taken for our Christmas cards. They turned out really cute, even if the babies refused to smile. 

Can't believe how fast the time is going, pretty soon my babies will be a year old! See you next month.

7 Months

Carter and Jameson are now 7 months old! This last month was by far my favorite! They are at a really fun age and Matt and I have had a lot of fun playing with them. We were also able to do a lot of really great stuff this month.



We started the month out by flying out to San Francisco to spend an early Thanksgiving with my family. We stayed at Scott and Jen's house in Tracy with the whole fam. with the exception of P&W and their fam, they were busy having a baby.

Flying with twins consists of- 1 big rolling bag, 2 back packs, diaper bag, laptop bag, car seat, stroller, and 2 babies. Traveling in and out of the airport with all our junk was the hardest part. Luckily Becca was with us flying to San Fran.  They both did really great on the plane. They played and slept for most of the flight both ways. We didn't know beforehand that the airline does not allow 2 lap babies on the same row, because there aren't enough oxygen masks. So Matt had to sit on the row behind me. It actually worked out really well because both our flights were practically empty, so we got both rows to our selves. 

We got off the plane and met up with Scott and Jen and Gracie and headed out to the beach. We went to Pacifica State Beach. It was beautiful and warm and amazing. 

Matt and Gracie loved playing in the waves. 

The boys loved the beach and loved eating the sand. Hated when we had to clean the sand off their hands and mouth and feet and face and hair. 

Becab and the beach!

The next day the rest of the family flew in. We met them in San Francisco and toured the city. In the previous times we've been to San Francisco we'd never gone to China Town. It was really interesting seeing how completely different China Town is from the rest of the city. And I am sure China Town will live in the memory of the whole family for a long time. 

The babies fit right in with their panda hats. 

At the top of Lombard Street with the whole fam. A few things to notice in this picture, Dad's mouth, Matt's hand on hip and Eric's arms. Good family pic.

 Then we checked out another cool beach that had amazing views of the bridge.

And of course we have to go to Pier 39 and check out the sea lions! 

The next day we went to a few different beaches. We first went to Bolinas Beach where we did a lot of cool tide pooling. It was a bit windy, we didn't plan for it to be cold so Carter got to hang out in my jacket to keep warm.

We found a few crabs, Jameson really enjoyed trying to eat them. 

The next beach we went to was Stinson beach and it was really warm and sunny. Matt and all the men went boogie boarding and skim boarding. As per typical Johansen gathering all the men had to make it a competition and try and one up each other.

G-ma and the boys hung out on the beach. Carter was not impressed.

Eric became the crab whisperer and caught some huge crabs buried in the sand in the waves. He took home the big crab and cooked it up. It was pretty tasty! And as fresh as you can get.

On Saturday morning we did a fit family 5k. It was a lot of fun and Scott even had medals made for everyone. We are all winners.

The last day we were there Scott had to work and the rest of the fam had already gone home. So we went to a cool little zoo with Jen and Gracie.

One of my favorite parts of the trip was when Eric would pull out his ukulele and start playing songs for us. Everyone would dance around and sing about butts.

We got home and next day little cousin Aria was born. The boys were very interested in the little tiny baby.

We had the first snow of the season and took the boys out to experience it and sled down the drive way. They really liked it.

We enjoyed our first Thanksgiving together as a family. The boys actually napped for most of the dinner, but woke up in time just for dessert. 

Jameson had the giggles the other night 

We ended the month by going on this cute little polar express train ride with my family and visiting Santa. The boys liked looking around at all the lights on the train ride. And they are not afraid of Santa yet! Win win!

Can't wait to experience next month!