He thinks he's funny.

A few days before I came down to Texas I had a dream that Jon had taken on a new lifestyle while he was down here by himself and had shaved all his hair off and gotten tattoo's all over his body. So when I pulled in the driveway, Jon came running out and sure enough, he had buzzed all his hair off. Jon has never had his hair this short and I hated it at first, but its growing on me now.

And... yes indeed he has Tattoo's all over his body.

Crazy 8
Apparently he's in to crosses now also.

Grim Reaper

Don't worry, they'll be gone in a few days and hopefully his hair will back in a few weeks.

PS. Ill never trust Jonathan Forsyth to cut his hair again...

We made it.

Parker and I have arrived in Texas. The drive was long but Parker did great and pretty much slept the whole way. We stoped in Albuquerque and visited with our friends Jenni and Kendall. Jon was pretty excited to see us. Well he was excited to see me and ECSTATIC to see Parker. We are getting settled in our house and putting things together. Ill post some pictures when we get everything put away.

Parker got pretty sick of this seat by the time we got here.

This mirror was a lifesaver. It was nice to be able to actually see what he was doing back there.

A little Daddy-Son bonding time.

(Yep, Parker's mostly a bottle baby... I wasn't so blessed in the milk production department.)

So happy to just lay out and stretch.

PARKER SCOTT TOLMAN

After keeping everyone waiting for pictures and the story,

we are happy to introduce

Parker Scott Tolman

September 10, 2009

8 lbs 2 oz

20 in

10:50 pm

Head full of dark hair

We checked into the hospital at 12:30 am. He was born at 10:50 pm. Lets just say it was a long day.

8 lbs 2 oz
Fresh out and already holding on to Jon's finger. So sweet.
Cone head. I was afraid he was going to have it for a while, but it went away after a few hours.
Meeting Mommy

Proud Daddy

Meeting the Grandparents (minus one) First family picture! Excuse the sweaty, swollen, just had a baby look. :)

Close up of the hair.

-Going Home-

We put this vest on and he must have loved having it up next to his head. He held on for dear life to the collar and wouldn't let go for anything.

Size picture next to the "Love Duck"

4 Days

My Update!!

Hello everyone. Well for those of you who don't know, I'm currently in Pueblo CO at the Air Force Initial Flight Screening program (IFS). I arrived here on 3 Aug and was supposed to be here until 3 Sept. However, after a hard 2 1/2 weeks of study and flying, I have come to the realization that flying is not for me. I feel that I lack the passion as most of the other officers here at IFS have towards flying. I commend them all for their ability to complete a hard course in flying. I want to thank everyone who prayed and thought of me while I was here. I could not have made it as far as I did without your help. I really want to thank Shannon for being so strong. She gave me the best motivation to stick to this program. We have talked things over and she said she will support me in whatever job I do next for the Air Force. I'm excited to get back to Laughlin AFB, Del Rio and get started on selecting a new job. I'm also very excited to take some leave and go to UT and be there with Shannon when our baby is born. His birth has been on my mind constantly, and I love Shannon for her strength in enduring so much, with so little help from me. She truly means the world to me. I hope I didn't let anyone down, but if I have or if I have offended anyone, please forgive. I hope there is some way I can make it up to you. Again, thanks everyone for your prayers and thoughts to get me through as far as I did.

Reunion Survivor

(Sorry for the lack of interesting pictures, I really didn't take that many.)

Every other summer Jon's mom's side of the family has a big family reunion. This year it was held at Grant's Pass, Oregon. I, being the nice (or crazy) girl that I am, said I would go by myself to the reunion becuase Jon was here in Alabama for training and couldn't leave. Not that I don't get along great with my in-laws, but 9 days is long time to be at a reunion without the actual member of that family.

I flew to Portland and met up with my sister in law Christi. We then met up with the rest of the family and drove to Umpqua Lighthouse State Park and camped for two night. It was close to the ocean, so we were able to enjoy that one afternoon. Jons family renting a bunch of dune buggies and 4-wheelers and went out on the sand dunes. I started out with Christi on the dune buggy thing taking the kids for rides. Then, I did take my turn on the 4 wheeler. Protective Daddy Jon was not so happy with me when I sent him a picture on my phone. Hey, a little pregnant 4-wheeling never hurt anybody, right?

I started out in the three man things above. Although this trio had a little accident, but at Kailey and Madeline have a good story to tell.

This picture is actually Heidi, (she has pictures of me). Just imagine that little black dot is me. I don't understand why Jon was upset. :)

Funny story... we were at the campsite one day and Heidi, Christi, Jared, and I were playing cards. It was pretty cloudy and a little cold so I said well at least its not raining again.... DUH... of course not 2 minutes later it was a downpour.

The actual reunion was at Cascade Lodge. It was a really nice place and a lot of fun. I ended up with my own room which was nice so I could take naps or have a little alone time. They always also do fun activities which I loved at my first reunion two years ago. Well, this year I had to miss out on the river rafting and zip lining festivities due the extra person Im cooking. So I volunteered along with my Mother in Law to watch all the little kids while everyone went river rafting. Lets just say it was real good birth control...Just a few months too late.

One of the activities was a Baby Shower for Little Parker. The kid got spoiled and we got some good loot. Lots of clothes, toys, and a Pack-n-Play.

We played the infamous, candy in the diaper game. Well, Maverick was sitting in the corner and apparently no one was paying any attention to him. I looked down and he had gotten a hold of one of the diapers and was going to town on the chocolate. It was funny. A little disgusting, but funny.

After the reunion Christi and I had an extra day to spend before I flew back to Utah so we went down the the Gorge and hiked around all the waterfalls. They were all beautiful. I don't know why it never dawned on me that we would be hiking but I wore flip-flops. It was still fun though. We saw about 6 different falls, but I cant remember what any of them, except Multnomah, are named now. So if you've been there you know what Im talking about and if you haven't been there then you really probably don't care. ;)

For the reunion they always have cool T-shirts made for everyone and this years said

"Johnson Family Reunion Survivor".

I am claiming the title of "Ultimate Reunion Survivor" becuase I survived my time with the crazy Johnson clan alone.

Chiggers and a Farmers Tan

So last Thursday I was out playing games with a bunch of other wives and I thought I got bitten by a bunch of mosquitos. Well come to find out they were actually Chigger bites. So I have these lovely little marks all over my legs. By Saturday morning they had all swelled up to quarter size. They look like little bruises and from what I hear they aren't going to go away for a while. They haven't scabed up like mosquito bites, but now their smooth and have a small pinsized bump in them, which is the Chigger. I feel like I have some kind of skin disease. Gotta love the South.

(Excuse the chubby legs, Im pregnant remember).

http://www.medicinenet.com/chiggers_bites/article.htm

Jon has also picked up something lovely while here too. This beautiful Farmers Tan. Its what you get after you have to be outside for a week straight and then having to be outside all day today in his PT clothes in 97 degrees.

Road Trip Day 5,6,7

The internet is finally sort of cooperating so here is the rest of the trip..

So after we left Carthage we drove to St. Louis, MI and went to the Gateway Arch. It was pretty cool and another fun stop. Its defianetly not something you would want to do if you were at all claustrophopic or afraid of heights. You ride to the top in this little tiny bubble thats not even big enough to stand up in.

Notice the sign says 630 feet.

We stayed the night at Scott AFB in St. Louis and the next morning we headed to Nashville, TN. First we stopped at the Grand Ole Opry House but weren't really able to see anything because of course the A/C was broken in the museum and there wasn't a concert that night. So we headed to downtown Nashville and went to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Jon was really not interested in this was a good sport and tagged along with me. It was still fun, but if I knew more about 'old' country singers then I might have actually been a little more interested in most of the museum.

The camera battery died right after we got inside so about the only picture we got was of the wall of gold, platinum, and silver records. There were tons of them on every floor.

After the museam we walked down the street and looked at the "Honky Tonk Bars".

We finally arrived at Maxwell AFB on Thursday June 4th. Overall we had a good trip and were glad to have some time together before our weird schedule these next couple months. We managed to drive through Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. And you better believe I made Jon pull over so I could take a picture of each sign. Ha!