Hannah and Emmett

More pictures and movies from around the recently-expanded Johnston household.















I wanna hold your hand...



























Two kids in tow while handling the stove.

















a) "Hey big guy, can you change a diaper?"
b) "Did you wear bonnets at my age?"
c) "I think that's my nose on your face."


A couple of videos of E playing with "baby SIS-der"










Playtime with Emmett's friend Daniel. Amazingly, Hannah slept through this whole affair.

Hannah Marie Johnston

On April 27 at 3:18 in the morning, a new little girl joined our family! It took a while to come around to the right name, but after lots of pondering, sleeping on it, and testing it out, her name is Hannah Marie Johnston. We had been planning on a couple of other names, but this was the one that seemed to fit. As for who she looks like, the jury is still out.

Emmett was uninterested in her for about 10 minutes, but after that has had lots of fun looking at her, talking about her, and pushing her around in the hospital cart. He formally declared her "Emmett's baby SIS-der" about 20 times.

Brooke and Hannah were discharged from the hospital today (Friday) around lunchtime. We're at home and everybody seems healthy, squirmy and tired.

Singing and running

playing around

Some birthday partying

Yes, on valentine's day, Emmett turned two years old. Unfortunately, he was unconscious for most of it. He had the nasty stomach bug all weekend, and he was only awake for about 3 hours all day on the 14th. Therefore, we declared his birthday to actually be on Friday the 18th! (He's two, he doesn't know...)

There were some presents, some cake, some friends, and lots of running around. Here are some pictures from the celebration - we're at our friends house, Ryan, Jenifer and Sophia (6 months old). You can also see Josh, Kris, and Katherine (20 months). The fellas are both classmates in the grad program with me, and helped us celebrate.

Study hall

Here's Emmett with his friend, Katherine, doing a little light reading. He's discovered how fun our digital camera can be, so there's always now a moment when he sees the camera and stops whatever he's doing...

Back inaction

Yes, friends, thanks for your patience. We haven't posted any videos for a while. I have lots of good excuses, most of them untrue. Here are some favorites:
- I loaned my computer to NASA to analyze images from space
- Emmett has been invisible to photographic imaging for 6 months
- We went to live with the Amish for a while
(Actually, none of these are true.)

Here's a video from tonight - fiddle practice and soccer: