My grandfather had an infamous habit of sticking his tongue out when he was in a state of deep concentration. I can still picture him sitting there putting together puzzles or shelling peas, with his tongue clenched between his teeth. Over the years, it's been the running joke whenever any of us kids would be caught doing the same thing, we'd hear or say, "Oh they must get it from Grandpa." Lately, I've noticed Rayna doing things with her tongue sticking out. Usually when she's running, which scares me that she'll bite it off if she falls. But I've also caught her doing it while she's reading books or playing with her Backyardigans' Circus. I love the idea that it's a family gene that she inherited from my grandfather. I know he'd get a kick out of seeing it, too. Whoever she takes after, she's full of personality that's for sure. I find myself biting my own tongue every day to keep from laughing out loud at some of the naughty things she does or says, like holding her finger up to me and saying "No, no, Mama!" or "Top (stop) it, Mama." Usually when she's naughty I blame Ryan saying it's his side of the family. When she's sweet and gentle, like playing with our cat Fred, and saying "Awww Fwed, awww Fwed" she totally takes after me!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
It's In the Genes
My grandfather had an infamous habit of sticking his tongue out when he was in a state of deep concentration. I can still picture him sitting there putting together puzzles or shelling peas, with his tongue clenched between his teeth. Over the years, it's been the running joke whenever any of us kids would be caught doing the same thing, we'd hear or say, "Oh they must get it from Grandpa." Lately, I've noticed Rayna doing things with her tongue sticking out. Usually when she's running, which scares me that she'll bite it off if she falls. But I've also caught her doing it while she's reading books or playing with her Backyardigans' Circus. I love the idea that it's a family gene that she inherited from my grandfather. I know he'd get a kick out of seeing it, too. Whoever she takes after, she's full of personality that's for sure. I find myself biting my own tongue every day to keep from laughing out loud at some of the naughty things she does or says, like holding her finger up to me and saying "No, no, Mama!" or "Top (stop) it, Mama." Usually when she's naughty I blame Ryan saying it's his side of the family. When she's sweet and gentle, like playing with our cat Fred, and saying "Awww Fwed, awww Fwed" she totally takes after me!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Go Eagles!
If there's one piece of advice I could give to a new mom, it's to make sure you have an extra outfit packed somewhere deep within the diaper bag for yourself! Let's just say I found out the hard way. As you can imagine taking Rayna to her first Eagles football game was a big day for her ... and her Papa. But if I would have had to guess who the first Johnson would be to throw up in the Linc, it wouldn't have been Rayna! Yep that's right... the poor little Eagles fan had too much excitement and at the very tippy-top of the stadium she decided to let it all out. Luckily we managed to escape being on the big TV! But, I think it's safe to say it will definitely be a memory we'll never forget. So for this year I think Papa will be watching the rest of the games from the couch.
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