North Pole Express and the "S" Word

The entire Johnson clan except for Cousin Cole went to the North Pole on the North Pole Express last night. Graham loved the train and has a growing obsession with trains. However, he had a total melt down when Santa arrived (as he did a couple of weeks ago when he got his picture made with Santa.) In fact, you cannot even say "Santa" in front of Graham or he starts to get upset!







Here's a picture from our Santa visit earlier in November. As you can see, it was traumatizing for all of us.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so blessed...

New Cousin!

Graham has a new cousin, Colin Elijah Franks. Colin was born on November 17 at 4:23 pm. He weighed 7 lb 3 oz and was 21 inches long. That is almost the exact same time that Graham was born and size that Graham was when he was born! 21 months is also the same age difference between Daddy and Uncle Jared. Mommy and Daddy went to see him in the hospital on the day he was born and Graham got to meet Colin today. He was like a little tornado but finally gave Colin a sweet kiss on the forehead after everyone had put their cameras away! Mommy is pretty sure at one point Graham said "Up!" and was telling Colin to get up and play with him!

Colin is so precious and another beautiful Franks boy! Congrats to Uncle Jared and Aunt Ginny!

21 Months

Graham turned 21 months on November 2nd. I said 15 months was bad, but if this isn't the terrible twos, Lord help us! He is very independent and does not want "help." "No" is still is favorite word, but he is saying short sentences too. Often, his commands are just verbs. "Up!" while tugging on your clothes, hair, etc., means "get up and play with me!" Similarly, "C'mon ____" means "Come play with me!" Fill in the blank with Daddy, Mommy, Papa, etc. He has sat on the potty once at home and really tried to go with no luck.