It was this time last year when Gib got excited to go to the rodeo. He had a make believe horse he had named Brownie and would talk about going to see him there. It was also this time last year that Gib didn't make it to the rodeo because we spent the night at Urgent Care taking little plastic Pixos out of his ears.....(JY put them in there. His claim...he was giving Gib earrings. Apparently he needs a lesson on where exactly earrings go.

Now...once again

It is that time of year when Gib is getting so excited to go to the rodeo. He still has his horse named Brownie that he is talking about going to see. We have already made our hospital visit and spent a long night in Urgent Care. (SEE PICTURE) We now have 2 hours to go before we officially leave to the rodeo...let's hope nothing else happens.

Bella, Bella

Bella seems to grow overnight these days. She is still loved by everyone and mauled by us all. She got her first tooth last week and had a rough night last night getting her second one. She cried and cried in her sleep (she never cries at night). I saw it poking through in the morning. She loves to be the center of attention and wishes for lights out by 7:30 every night. TOday the kids giggled at her long and hard because she started twisting her little back to see the toys around her. WE LOVE HER!!

SUPER MARIO GALAXY

When Friday rolls around my kids always ask what we are doing for "Fun Friday". I guess my response wasn't good enough this last time around. They disappeared for a VERY long time and were playing without any arguing....HMMM. THey came down to show me what they were playing...SUPER MARIO GALAXY. Compliments of the costumes from Maddy. Princess Peach, Mario, and Yoshi played nicely together all night long. This is what GIb wants to be for Halloween, that is of course when he doesn't want to be a REd Eyed Tree Frog???? Where does he come from??

growNG, grOWING, GROWING

My little Bella is getting so BIG. It makes me completely sad to see her first pics and how fast it all goes by! I wish I could just stop time and freeze my kids for a little while. I don't want them to grow up big.

Baptism Blessing Pics

Maddy was baptized and Bella was blessed on the same day in Utah. Everyone from both sides of the family were there including all great-grandparents. Neat experience!

Late Summer Posting

It is time for a Johnny Ferry Family update:

June: School Out, Utah Visit, Becca Visit
July: Maddy Baptized / Bella Blessed, Utah Visit, Birthdays
Aug: Back to School, Bella Update
Sept: Gibson School, Bella Tooth, Baseball

Let's visit the above listed topics through pictures and videos. Jen and I were looking how much our kids (especially Bella) have grown the past couple of months.

Gibson has been completely enthralled by his baby sister toy "Hey Bella Sue" he calls her. His in-your-face-approach to Bella has earned him plenty of time outs, but more and more he is settling in to the fact that he is no longer the little baby of the family.

Secret Admirer

Before Bella... I used to go and help in JY's class every week. They have this little art corner set up where the kids go during the week to create masterpieces. One week Gib sat by me at my little helper table saying "Mom, look it says JY" He always made this comment when he found JY's art on the wall so I didn't pay much attention. Once I did look it turns out this was a masterpiece on the art wall only...not JY's. Good thing my little JY is clueless to his name written down with hearts. Now to find the real culprit. Wouldn't you be embarassed to have the mother of the boy know you were the one writing such things AND in kindergarten.

Bella's Bath

Bella's cord fell on Friday leaving a perfect outie Belly-Button. This allowed us to give her her first bath which She thoroughly enjoyed.

The real thing.

It has been a week since I announced on this blog the name of my daughter Teri Sherri Ferry. Many of you have grown partial to the name. It has probably made it through all of both Jen's and My family circles as a topic of family conversation: "Did you hear what Johnny & Jen did to their baby?...Did they really?? Poor thing...What were they thinking??!" Then gracefully you were reluctant to confront the seriousness of the name. You accepted the partial craziness of Johnny to do something like that. You then probably questioned your faith in Jennifer? This didn't come from her...did it??

You were careful in your blog responses and telephone calls of congratulations not to snicker or question the seriousness of naming a child. Even now it brings a smile to my face to think of all the joy little Teri Sherri Ferry could have brought to the world just in her name.

In fact, it almost happened. I almost had Jen convinced. It even made it to our ward bulletin & ward web site. Up until this morning when I took the pulpit at Church, it was nearly a reality. But as I announced over-the-pulpit that there will always be a little Teri Sherri Ferry in this child, her true name will be:

Isabella Suzanne Ferry

We'll call her "Bella" or "Bella Sue".

So give it one last say out loud "Teri Sherri Ferry" and it will give you one last smile...the name that almost was!

What's in a name?

I woke up one morning several weeks ago with what I believe to be a bit of revealation. A new baby girl was on the way and it was almost Mother's Day. One mom raised me and the other raised my wife. What better way to show love, than to name my last child after them.

And so, Teri Sherri Ferry was to be her name...

...almost...

New Pics

Presenting...

Name: In honor of both her Grandma's (Sherri Merrell & Teri Ferry). We have decided on the following name: Teri Sherri Ferry.

Born: May 12, 2010

Time: 10:41 AM

Weight: 6 lbs 14oz

Height: 21 Inches

Hair: Black

Eyes: Dark

Mommy: Survived

Daddy: Happy

JY: "She looks like me."

Maddy: "She looks like me."

Gibson: "I told you it was a boy."

2 days in a row!

Whoa. We are posting two days in a row...This is Gib and JY in the black sea bath. They found their crayola colored bath water tablets. You are supposed to use just one tablet per bath...they used the whole container.

It was actually more of a purple color. It reminded me of purplesaurus rex koolaid...mmmm purplesaurus rex....

JYF

The 3rd

Gibson is our easiest eater. He says one of two things after he tries something new:

"That's Funtastic!"

or

"That's Disgusting!"

When I put the kids to bed at night we have our ritual of first I say "Goodnight Potato" and then Gib will answer "Goodnight Durito" and then JY will say "Goodnight Taco".

Jen will say to the kids "I love you to the moon and back" and Gib will answer "I love you to infinitity and back!"

JF

Shake Shake Shake

Wwwaaa???!!!!!....Could it be.....a new posting.....

Nine Months of catch up.

First: JY Loves you.