Ginder Family: September 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Soccer

Jordan no longer wants to play soccer.

She has been begging us.

I really would like for her to finish out the season. She knows no one on her team and I think that bothers her. Last year she knew everyone on her team and they had the best time. She has a game on Saturday morning. I'm really hoping she wants to go! However, I'm not going to force her to do something that she does not enjoy.

Thanks Aunt Jayce for the picture!

Jordan in action!!

Her team won this game!!

They say it's your Birthday

Today our "big guy" is celebrating his 1st Birthday!

He has been saying "mom" for about the last 2 weeks! ;)

Just for the record Jordan's first word was "dad".

I took these pictures yesterday afternoon!

Johnson Montgomery Ginder

Sept 30th, 2008

St Anthony's Hospital

11:51 AM

7 pounds 11 ounces

21 inches

Happy Birthday Johnson!

His one year appt is on Friday.

I can't wait to see how much he weighs and how long he is.

He has been standing on his own for awhile

Will take one step. More with help.

Says baba and mom

Wears 24 months and some 2T

Size 4 diapers

Crawls like the speed of light

Loves to dance

Has 7 teeth

Monday, September 28, 2009

A trip down memory lane

If you have been reading my blog, you know that Johnson will be 1 on Wednesday. I have a busy week, so I thought while he was taking a nap, I would do a post..a trip down memory lane!

Jerry and I tried for 3 years to have another baby
In November 2007 we both had some testing done...I was the reason we were not getting pregnant
Our awesome doctor went over our options with us
In January 2008 we had a fertility procedure done on a Saturday morning
10 days later...we found out we were having a BABY
Original due date - October 6th, 2008
Doc had told us about possible twins
The day we went in for our first ultrasound, Jerry was white as a ghost - he asked the doc "how many do you see?"
The day we heard his heartbeat was a miracle
I was sick, sick, sick almost the entire 9 months
My labor sucked...no other way to put it
Doc told Jerry to sit down - he thought Jerry was going to pass out
I think all my screaming had done freaked Jerry out
Johnson Ginder - mommy, daddy and sissy love you more than you will ever know!!!!

Jayce's wedding.

May 31st 2008.

I was 4 months pregnant

7 months pregnant

8 months pregnant

Our baby shower at the lake - I was 8 1/2 months pregnant

Welcome Johnson Ginder

Proud big sister!

Proud daddy!

Proud mommy!

Happy (early) Birthday "Big Guy"

Middle names

Sometimes I get asked how we came up with Jordan and Johnson's middle name. I thought it would be a neat post.

Jordan's middle name is Mason. Mason was my great-grandma's maiden name on my mom's side of the family.

Johnson's middle name is Montgomery. Montgomery was my great-grandma's maiden name on my dad's side of the family.

We knew we wanted "J" names to keep up with the Ginder tradition. hehe!

I wanted middle names to come from my side of the family - so there ya have it..that is how we got Mason and Montgomery. Now, check out the last picture.

While I was pregnant with Johnson, we took a long weekend and went to Kentucky. As we were pulling out of our hotel this was the road we were turning onto!

How crazy!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

1st Birthday!

Saturday evening we had a birthday party for Johnson. We had planned on having it at the lake, but with all the rain we decided to have it at our house. We had such a good time. Good times with family and friends! Johnson was a hoot the entire evening. We are certain he had FUN!!

The "FISH" cake!!

Awesome or what?!?!

A big thank you goes out to Kate Kistler-Patterson for making this for Johnson. All the kids loved it...well, and so did all the grown-up's.

It was just too cute!!!!!

"Focused" on eating all that cake!!

Present time!!

Johnson's new ride from mommy and daddy!

Johnson's new ride from grandma and grandpa Ginder!

Let the after party begin!!

Thanks to everyone who helped

make Johnson's 1st birthday a great one!

We love you all!!

Fall Festival Fun

Star Dance Studio performed at the Fall Festival on Saturday morning.

The girls did a great job!!

Jordan and her dance buddies!

Silly girl!

Readers!!

Every week a newsletter gets sent home with Jordan from her 2nd grade teacher....I was a proud momma when I read the following!

We have some great readers in our room. The following students take an AR test every day. Carolyn, Autumn, Jordan and Faith. Keep up the great reading!!

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Johnson

Oh, Johnson Montgomery Ginder....you keep mommy on her toes!! I can't believe you are going to be "1" next week. I hope that the rain stays away so we can have your birthday party at the lake!

And, I can't wait for you to see your fish cake!

He pulled all of Jordan's clothes out so he could get in.

Mr. Brave Pants!

This is the look I got when I pulled him down!

He loves pudding!

Johnson watching Jordan run the soccer field!

Johnson and his buddy Blair.

Her and her mommy Tiffany came to visit us one day last week.

We really enjoy when they come visit!

Jordan

My Jordan Mason Ginder is a busy one! She seems to really be enjoying school. Her favorite subjects are reading and spelling. She has dance practice one night a week and soccer practice one or two nights a week. Soccer for her this year is not as fun as last year. She knows no one on her team.

She also spends a lot of time with Aunt Jayce. Jayce leaves to go back to Florida in November. What will Jordan do without her here?!?!

She will miss her like crazy.

Jordan before a soccer game!

Jordan doing some homework!

Avery, Carsyn and Alivia

As I mentioned a few posts ago, I am doing a little babysitting. It's so much fun! Avery, Carsyn and Alivia are the names of the little ones I keep. They are all part time and it's going very smooth. Avery and Carsyn have been coming since August and Alivia just started last week.