A few from Halloween & November...

Our Front Porch & Her Halloween Parade at School (her bunny costume hadn't arrived yet!)

Hanging out at the Park, & Ms. Hotlips Pumpkin

Being Her Smiley Self!

Today, just a normal busy day

This morning I sneezed and Sabrina said, "Bless you, Mama." I thought to myself, since when does she say that?!? I guess they teach it at school, because surely she isn't listening to me!! Anyways, I replied "Thank you, Sabrina!" with a big smile on my face.

Then, just as I was enjoying the smugness of a proud Mom, she yelled at me for the sun shining in her face - "Eyes! Eyes!" I told her I was sorry, but I couldn't control the sun's rays and to shield herself with her blanket. I guess she succeeded because she ceased complaining.

Just another day... :)

When I think of life...

I think of parties and time spent with family and friends. Now I think of two people: Mr. Philip Louis Johnson and Miss Sabrina Blair Johnson (still Darby for another couple of months). Things have been great since we got married, albeit really really busy. The home we all share now is coming along nicely, but we still have a lot to do. Sabrina is absolutely in 7th heaven ever since we moved in. She loves everything about the house, the couches, the space, the floors upstairs and down that she can drive her car all around & run on! It's awesome! Most of all I think she's glad to have her Daddy around all the time. I know I am. :)

She began asking questions at the beginning of last week. The first question was, "Where my doggy go?" Me:"Outside." Her:"yeah." She actually ate some spinach with some very tart salad dressing a couple of weeks ago, but last night she just tasted it and then drowned the spinach in her cup. Then she asked me "What dat?" I told her it was the spinach she just threw in there.... She responded, yeah.... :)

My how time flies...

How is this possible? Same pool, all grown up baby!

Pictures from May, Saul & Sabrina playtime, then Sabrina and Harper learned to hold hands at Deep Eddy Pool in late July. :) So sweet

So... my sweetie is a big girl now and her Mommy is getting married! Kathie had a baby, Allison is expecting one in a few months, and so is Laura, my future sister in law. We went on vacation and fell for Philip's wonderful family and returned to get engaged. Now we are planning a wedding on October 17th, 2009 - Joseph William's 29th birthday - and loving every minute of our time together. Life is just going so fast. Sabrina and Saul are so old now, talking to us and telling us what they want. Sabrina understands so much of what we say to her now it is kind of scary. She has a ton of words, and will try to say almost anything you ask her to (as long as she is in a good mood!) :) I'm going to attempt to jot down some of her words (in order of favorites):

Mama

No

Daddy

Up
Please

Doggy

Kitty

Wawa

eat

In no particular order:

Yellow - this means she wants to color, not that she loves that color!

Red

Green

Blue

Purple

Elbow

Nose

Mouth - pronounce moufh!

ogurt - yougurt

cheese

keys

outside

car

all done

et - tv, she wants to watch it.

pool

rock

tractor

light

bath

night night

baby

ow

uh oh

nana

gigi

papa

hanna

nat

al

ross

finn

happy

mary

shoes

hat

purse

hi

bye bye

book

Anyways, I know I'm missing some obvious ones, but I'm really very proud and happy and full of love for her and Philip. Family time and family life is the best part of life for me without a doubt.

At Parks and With Saul

Signing

Sabrina signed "water" for the first time tonight with her little hand. It made me so happy! :) She also signs milk (since forever ago), all done, hat, dog, sleep, and eat. I think that's it, but I'm probably forgetting some. I'm telling you, its pretty darn cool...

Finally, sockhop pictures and Aggie Baseball

Yes, in that random combination. No doubt I'm just being lazy, but I'm really tired because we had the very busiest of days today. You know you're happy when all is well, and you had a great day, but sleep just sounds sooooooo good. That was today. Early rising, to Hanna and Jeff's to fetch them, and then on to College Station. A couple hours later and we were enjoying the fine gourmet cuisine served up at the Dixie Chicken. (Not by first choice, Zapato's trashcan nachos were unavailable, as apparently they had not observed daylight savings time!) Anyhow, it proved delightful and we feasted before the baseball game. Sabrina was a busy busy girl walking all round the stadium for 4 hours. Kid you not, and I think that's why I'm so tired... just not used to all that time on my feet! She made lots of friends and many discoveries. Totally unsure that she realized we were at a baseball game, but I guess that's really not the most important thing. Aggies did pull off a win, by the skin of their teeth, but it did make for a few tense moments there at the end. So, without further adieu, here are pictures... so slow to post...jeez....