I called boys down for dinner. John enters the kitchen with a serious somber face. He says, "I have something to tell you."
Uh-oh.
"I broke up."
"You mean with Jillian?"
"Yes."
"Did you break up with her?" I asked. He seemed sad about it so I thought maybe she dumped him and he'd been crushed.
"She still wants to be my girlfriend."
"Well you can always just be friends, right?
"I just feel like I'm too young." He says, his eyes now welling with tears.
"Oh, Hunny, are you sad? It's ok."
"I just feel like I'm not ready...I think I may not be the right boy for her."
"Why do you say that?"
"I don't know." He shrugs and now is fighting his tears and won't eat his dinner.
"John you can stay friends, right? You told me you were "best buds" and she's the best girl you know."
"I just feel like I can't do it." He says.
"Well you don't have to do anything you don't want to do and this is why sometimes it's just best to be friends."
"She still wants to be my girlfriend."
"I'm sorry John, everything will be ok."
Cut to 5 minutes later...
John shouts, "Hahaaaa! Got ya!! Hahahahaaahhaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"What?!" I ask totally confused.
"Jillian is still my girlfriend. I just wanted to trick you! Did you think it was real?"
"Ummmm yeah!" Ugh! He totally had me fooled. He even teared up! And had his super-sad-depressed-as-hell-John-face on.
"Wow John. That was some good acting. Are you sure you weren't telling me the truth?"
"Hahahhhaaaaaaaa! I was thinking of when Peter Parker told Mary Jane he couldn't be with her anymore. That's what I thought of."
"Oh wow." I was dooped!
"Don't worry, mom, Jillian is still my girlfriend, everything is just fine."
(Ok good, because I was so worried;)
...Then Jake BURSTS into tears. "Mom!" he sobs. I mean SOBS. Screaming, crying, tears flying. "I'm sad you don't think I'm a good actor!"
"Jake, you are a good actor too. But John just really had me going and that's why I'm so impressed."
Then, Boom! Just like that he stops crying and starts laughing and says, "Got ya!"
Me and John are like, what is happening here?!
"I can totally fake cry!" he says with pride.
John says, "But you have tears on your face and eyes and you're all red in your face."
"I can totally make myself cry. Anytime I want. Haaahahaaaa!"
"Dang. Now I know you can really fake it, Jake." I tell him.
"Well, I actually do cry for real sometimes, like when people hurt my feelings."
"I know, Jake."
Then Jake asked, "So do you think I was a better actor or John or the same?"
"The same, Jake." :)
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
My Sweet Sensitive Little Man
At our Wilson-side Christmas celebration I showed Johnny and Will a picture of Grandpa and Grandma Wilson. I said, "do you know who this is?" They didn't. When I told them who they were they asked me some questions like "did they have electricity?" And "did they even have a house?" (kids:) I told john, this is my grandma and grandpa. It's your grandpa's parents. John wondered why he never met them. I said they passed away a long time ago and live in heaven. He looked at me and said, "mom, please don't make me emotional!" I told him I was sorry that everything is ok. He started to cry and said "it makes me so sad for grandpa that he doesn't have his parents" he then sobbed. Poor little man. Always feeling it.
Today I asked John if he got the note I wrote him in his backpack. He nodded his head, smiled, and then I noticed his eyes getting teary. I asked him if he liked it and if it made him happy. He said yes and then tears flowed and he said "it made me cry at school too, mom" whoops! #moty
It was a little note that said "I miss you and can't wait to see you after school, I love you, mom"
Thursday, January 3, 2013
A little slice of John at 6 years old
6 years old.
Full of energy.
Super funny. A laugh a minute.
Tender at heart.
Very affectionate.
Does a perfect Cart-wheel and other random flips and flops and summer-salts.
A climber. Hence, the broken arm.
Naturally athletic. Runs fast. Throws fast long spirals. Rides a razor scooter like he's 10 yrs old.
Full of compliments for others. (Especially Mom:) Loves to comment on how beautiful girls are and their hair and nail color, etc.
In love with his brother. Very protective of him.
Has a little OCD. (we'll discuss this one later.)
Loves to write his name over and over and over!
Loves to draw pictures of football players and skateboarders.
Loves to rockout. Guns n' Roses is his favorite band.
Loves Kindergarden and his teacher Mrs. Espy!
Learning math and reading and doing great.
Loves to dance to Lady Gaga. Quite the breakdancer.
Natural drummer. Natural rhythm.
Obsessed with Star Wars/Lego/Wii Star Wars Lego Complete Saga. New obsession is Madden Football.
Bites his nails to the knuckel. (It's winter 2011/2012 and he no longer bites the nails!! YAY!)
Loves scary movies.
No fear.
Loves sour food and candy.
Adores his kitty, "Mcqueen" and kitty, "Padme." He is very sweet and gentle to them. He confides in them.
Loves to wrestle rough with his Daddy.
Does not go to sleep early. Does not sleep in. He's not a fan of sleeping.
Had acid reflux the first 8 months of his life. He cried in pain for 8 months. And so did I. My poor baby.
Full of energy.
Super funny. A laugh a minute.
Tender at heart.
Very affectionate.
Does a perfect Cart-wheel and other random flips and flops and summer-salts.
A climber. Hence, the broken arm.
Naturally athletic. Runs fast. Throws fast long spirals. Rides a razor scooter like he's 10 yrs old.
Full of compliments for others. (Especially Mom:) Loves to comment on how beautiful girls are and their hair and nail color, etc.
In love with his brother. Very protective of him.
Has a little OCD. (we'll discuss this one later.)
Loves to write his name over and over and over!
Loves to draw pictures of football players and skateboarders.
Loves to rockout. Guns n' Roses is his favorite band.
Loves Kindergarden and his teacher Mrs. Espy!
Learning math and reading and doing great.
Loves to dance to Lady Gaga. Quite the breakdancer.
Natural drummer. Natural rhythm.
Obsessed with Star Wars/Lego/Wii Star Wars Lego Complete Saga. New obsession is Madden Football.
Bites his nails to the knuckel. (It's winter 2011/2012 and he no longer bites the nails!! YAY!)
Loves scary movies.
No fear.
Loves sour food and candy.
Adores his kitty, "Mcqueen" and kitty, "Padme." He is very sweet and gentle to them. He confides in them.
Loves to wrestle rough with his Daddy.
Does not go to sleep early. Does not sleep in. He's not a fan of sleeping.
Had acid reflux the first 8 months of his life. He cried in pain for 8 months. And so did I. My poor baby.
Monday, November 5, 2012
John at 7 years old
John Michael Allison is a 7 year old!
Here is a little about John and his amazing personality...
John's Favorites:
Color-"Green" he says. But everyday it's blue. :)
Animal-His cats Padme and McQueen, and big dogs. He would die to have one.
Sport-"Karate" (He's never tried real Karate but loves to watch) He has his first Basketball practice this week. I hope he loves it as much as Baseball....FFWD- he does love it! He had a great time with his team "Swag" playing Rookies Baseball. Team Tigers with his buddies.
Video Game-"LEGO Batman 2" he plays "The Amazing Spiderman" a lot too
TV Shows-Kickin' It!! Ninjago, Regular Show and Adventure Time- (which he only gets 1 a week now because I think they're too old for him,) Looney Tunes, Hotel Translvania, Wild Kratts, Imagination Movers, Charlie Brown, Lab Rats.
Movie-The Amazing Spiderman, We watched E.T. recently for a family movie night; John was extremely affected by this movie. When E.T. was dying, John bawled and could barely watch. The Avengers!! Diary of a Wimpy Kid: dog days!
Friends-Karsten, Ryder, Dylan, Joachim, Drew, Griffin.
School subject- "Math" he says. He excels at Reading. 80 words a minute in first semester 1st grade.
Food-French Fries, Pizza, Cheeseburgers
Candy-"Extreme" Sour candy, airheads
Dessert-chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin pie, cupcakes
Toys-LEGOS. Club Penguin! Puffles.
Books- he just got into Chapter books and LOVES Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He reads it at school in a silent circle with his friends.
A little more about Johnny and his personality...
John is a good, sweet boy, who cares immensely for other people. I think that is one of the best traits a person can have. John is doing great in school, with especially high marks in reading and behavior and friendships. Math, writing, music, science, art and the rest he is performing average or above average. Mostly, he enjoys recess and P.E. and Computer Lab. He talks about his friends at school everyday, and most days he tells me, "I made another friend!" On Tuesday he told me that his class was to get "A new kid. A boy whose name starts with a Z." Then he went on to tell me that he was worried this new boy would be nervous. He said he would say to him, "Hi, my name is John. Will you be my friend?" He talked about what he would say to this boy the entire 5 minute drive to school. When he got home from school, he was excited to tell me that Mrs. Soucy asked John to show the new boy where the bathroom was. It was a long and detailed story! He was so proud to have helped him.
John wakes up early everyday. He does not need an alarm clock; unlike his dad and brother. I set it for 7am and 9 times out of 10 he is up in the TV room playing Wii, or lying in bed waiting for me to come in. He is a morning person and is ready to get dressed and eat and tackle the day. When John returns home from school he is always ready to play with his brother. They love to play Wii games together. John and Jake get along great. They fight every so often but they know I'll freak out when they do so a lot of the time I'll hear them yelling at each other and then John will say, 'ok, ok! I'm sorry I'm sorry! Don't let mom hear you cry'...etc. And then they work it out, move on and are happy again. John can be a little you-know-what to Jake sometimes, but mostly he takes care of him. Every time he has a little treat or art or prize that he brings home from school he always gives it to Jake (unless Hailey gets it first:) This is a big gesture from a boy who loves his candy. On Halloween he had suckers and play- doh and tattoos from school, and gave them all to Jake.
Speaking of Halloween, this year John was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. We got the costume a couple years ago from Linda; who knew that the Ninja Turtles would make a comback? He went Trick-or-Treating with Dad, Jake, Jacob, Mia, and Miss Jennifer.
On John's 7th Birthday, the Martinez Family came over for Pizza and Cake. The kids had lots of fun. So did the grown-ups! We have a couple friend for the first time here in Washington and it is very cherished:) The next day, Killian and Angie came over for more pizza and more cake and more fun. John was in heaven. For weeks, John's bottom tooth has been loose. I'd been begging him for a couple days to pull it out because it was very ready. But he was not. Grammy sent him the cutest little tooth fairy pillow. A bat; John named him Dre. (After the Karate Kid.) John is so in love with Dre. He sleeps with him nightly and talks to him. When Killian was over, they were wrestling, or pillow-fighting, or both and Killian hit John with a pillow which forced him to push his tooth with his tongue and out came the little toothy! They ran downstairs to tell us and John was so happy and proud; he said he didn't feel a thing! Then he dropped the tooth and me and Angie spent 10 minutes on hands and knees searching for it on the jute rug. It was a needle in a haystack. The tooth fairy came on November 3rd, 2012 for the first time! John got a dollar in his little bat's wing. He was so happy.
John is my sushine. I feel sometimes I am too hard on him. I just want him to be a good boy; which he is. He is sweet, loving, generous, kind, thoughtful, smart, funny, silly, sensitive, grateful, and affectionate. He still obsesses over weird things. But when he is done obsessing, he's done. Pokemon cards, Money, whatever it may be, he will constantly talk about it and then one day he is just over it. He's a little forgetful sometimes and not organized at all. The task of putting dirty clothes in the hamper is like torture for him. He can never find anything, even when it's in front of his face. He's sometimes clumsy and always moving moving moving and flaling about. It drives me nuts. I'm always telling him stop tipping your chair, stop kicking the wall, stop climbing the couch, stop knocking everything over...etc. All these flaws are balanced out by his sweetness. I don't know what I would do without him. He brings joy to my heart. He is so very loved by me. I could cry just thinking of how much I love and adore my son. My sun. My Johnny.
Here is a little about John and his amazing personality...
John's Favorites:
Color-"Green" he says. But everyday it's blue. :)
Animal-His cats Padme and McQueen, and big dogs. He would die to have one.
Sport-"Karate" (He's never tried real Karate but loves to watch) He has his first Basketball practice this week. I hope he loves it as much as Baseball....FFWD- he does love it! He had a great time with his team "Swag" playing Rookies Baseball. Team Tigers with his buddies.
Video Game-"LEGO Batman 2" he plays "The Amazing Spiderman" a lot too
TV Shows-Kickin' It!! Ninjago, Regular Show and Adventure Time- (which he only gets 1 a week now because I think they're too old for him,) Looney Tunes, Hotel Translvania, Wild Kratts, Imagination Movers, Charlie Brown, Lab Rats.
Movie-The Amazing Spiderman, We watched E.T. recently for a family movie night; John was extremely affected by this movie. When E.T. was dying, John bawled and could barely watch. The Avengers!! Diary of a Wimpy Kid: dog days!
Friends-Karsten, Ryder, Dylan, Joachim, Drew, Griffin.
School subject- "Math" he says. He excels at Reading. 80 words a minute in first semester 1st grade.
Food-French Fries, Pizza, Cheeseburgers
Candy-"Extreme" Sour candy, airheads
Dessert-chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin pie, cupcakes
Toys-LEGOS. Club Penguin! Puffles.
Books- he just got into Chapter books and LOVES Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He reads it at school in a silent circle with his friends.
A little more about Johnny and his personality...
John is a good, sweet boy, who cares immensely for other people. I think that is one of the best traits a person can have. John is doing great in school, with especially high marks in reading and behavior and friendships. Math, writing, music, science, art and the rest he is performing average or above average. Mostly, he enjoys recess and P.E. and Computer Lab. He talks about his friends at school everyday, and most days he tells me, "I made another friend!" On Tuesday he told me that his class was to get "A new kid. A boy whose name starts with a Z." Then he went on to tell me that he was worried this new boy would be nervous. He said he would say to him, "Hi, my name is John. Will you be my friend?" He talked about what he would say to this boy the entire 5 minute drive to school. When he got home from school, he was excited to tell me that Mrs. Soucy asked John to show the new boy where the bathroom was. It was a long and detailed story! He was so proud to have helped him.
John wakes up early everyday. He does not need an alarm clock; unlike his dad and brother. I set it for 7am and 9 times out of 10 he is up in the TV room playing Wii, or lying in bed waiting for me to come in. He is a morning person and is ready to get dressed and eat and tackle the day. When John returns home from school he is always ready to play with his brother. They love to play Wii games together. John and Jake get along great. They fight every so often but they know I'll freak out when they do so a lot of the time I'll hear them yelling at each other and then John will say, 'ok, ok! I'm sorry I'm sorry! Don't let mom hear you cry'...etc. And then they work it out, move on and are happy again. John can be a little you-know-what to Jake sometimes, but mostly he takes care of him. Every time he has a little treat or art or prize that he brings home from school he always gives it to Jake (unless Hailey gets it first:) This is a big gesture from a boy who loves his candy. On Halloween he had suckers and play- doh and tattoos from school, and gave them all to Jake.
Speaking of Halloween, this year John was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. We got the costume a couple years ago from Linda; who knew that the Ninja Turtles would make a comback? He went Trick-or-Treating with Dad, Jake, Jacob, Mia, and Miss Jennifer.
On John's 7th Birthday, the Martinez Family came over for Pizza and Cake. The kids had lots of fun. So did the grown-ups! We have a couple friend for the first time here in Washington and it is very cherished:) The next day, Killian and Angie came over for more pizza and more cake and more fun. John was in heaven. For weeks, John's bottom tooth has been loose. I'd been begging him for a couple days to pull it out because it was very ready. But he was not. Grammy sent him the cutest little tooth fairy pillow. A bat; John named him Dre. (After the Karate Kid.) John is so in love with Dre. He sleeps with him nightly and talks to him. When Killian was over, they were wrestling, or pillow-fighting, or both and Killian hit John with a pillow which forced him to push his tooth with his tongue and out came the little toothy! They ran downstairs to tell us and John was so happy and proud; he said he didn't feel a thing! Then he dropped the tooth and me and Angie spent 10 minutes on hands and knees searching for it on the jute rug. It was a needle in a haystack. The tooth fairy came on November 3rd, 2012 for the first time! John got a dollar in his little bat's wing. He was so happy.
John is my sushine. I feel sometimes I am too hard on him. I just want him to be a good boy; which he is. He is sweet, loving, generous, kind, thoughtful, smart, funny, silly, sensitive, grateful, and affectionate. He still obsesses over weird things. But when he is done obsessing, he's done. Pokemon cards, Money, whatever it may be, he will constantly talk about it and then one day he is just over it. He's a little forgetful sometimes and not organized at all. The task of putting dirty clothes in the hamper is like torture for him. He can never find anything, even when it's in front of his face. He's sometimes clumsy and always moving moving moving and flaling about. It drives me nuts. I'm always telling him stop tipping your chair, stop kicking the wall, stop climbing the couch, stop knocking everything over...etc. All these flaws are balanced out by his sweetness. I don't know what I would do without him. He brings joy to my heart. He is so very loved by me. I could cry just thinking of how much I love and adore my son. My sun. My Johnny.
First present opening, 7am, gift from Jake, 2 LEGOS
The first early morning birthday hug
Happy with what brother picked out for him
he literally just woke up, happy as can be on his 7th birthday
Yay! Presents!
John at 730am waiting to go to school on his birthday
Just a few moments after the tooth came out!
John bought this giant LEGO with his own birthday+saved money
Ninja Turtle and Power Ranger for Halloween
Friday, October 19, 2012
Last Night
After John's emotional reaction to what he thought was mom and dad ignoring him and comforting Jake....
He told me sobbing and hurt with deep unseen before facial expressions that he felt "no one understands me" I held him and told him I would always understand him, even if he's older and thinks I don't, because he's my first born son. I jokingly told himI baked him in my belly and birthed him out of me and nursed him from my "boobies." He finally let out a chuckle--it's all about the potty talk words--We laughed and hugged.
Jake whispered in my ear, "Tell John I understand him." I die. It was so heartfelt. So sweet. Such brotherly love and...so much more. I know when he's feeling mom and dad and the world don't understand him he will always be able to count on his brother to be there and understand.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
John- 6 Years Old and a Kindergardener!
Johnny started Kindergarden this year at Deer Creek Elementary in King City. It's a beautiful school and John is proud that the mascot is a Buck. Dad likes that too:) His teacher, Mrs. Espy is fabulous! She is super fun and cool and kind and when I talk to her I just can't stop talking I want to hang out with her. She is a huge Duck fan which is awesome. She's been teaching for 20 years and has taught K through 8th grade. She loves teaching Kindergarden; she loves the kids so much and it radiates from her.
John loves school and his teachers; he is learning a lot. He goes 5 days a week for 2 1/2 hours. He catches the bus at 11:35am which means he still sleeps-in everyday and gets to play for awhile before we get ready to go. We pick him up at the bus stop at 2:45pm so I get 3 hours and 10 minutes with just Jake and me.
After school, John is excited to see me and Jake; he hugs and kisses us both and holds my hand immediately. About 20 kids pile out of the bus at his stop and me and Jake are the only people waiting for a kid. When we walk back to the house John always tells me he has "cool stuff" to show me. It's usually a lot of art work. He loves to draw pictures of football players and skateboarders. When homework is sent home in a packet monthly (they don't return it to school) he wants to do the whole packet at once and usually will finish it before I even know he was working on it. He loves to count to 100 or 200 or more as fast as he can. He loves to try and read . He loves to write his name and names of things he loves like Vikings Football or Super Mario or Star Wars and Anankin.
John is growing so fast. He has his dad's long legs. The size 6 jeans he got for school clothes this fall are now high-waters (growth spurt!) so we are onto size 7s. But he still has the waist of a skinny 5 year old. No fat on his wirey body. He loves to wear Jerseys: Ducks and Minnesota Vikings. He is super into Ducks Football and the NFL. He'll say he is "John 'LaMichael' Allison" He will sit and watch football with Mike and is learning a lot about the game. His favorite Wii and DS games are Madden Football, Star Wars Lego and Harry Potter Lego. His favorite movies/shows are Harry Potter movies, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 & 2, A Christmas Story, Charlie Brown Cartoons, Looney Toons. He still loves to quote movies and immitate voices.
John is very wiggly and can hardly ever sit still. Even when I'm reading to him he is moving all around and fidgeting, but he is listening to the story because he'll comment on it. He loves to wrestle and dance and flip around and show me his gymnastics moves. He loves to play tag and catch. He is athletic and good at sports but he is also very clumsy. He always knocking things over and running into things and tripping over toys. "Whoops! I didn't see that there!!"
John turned 6 years old November 2, 2011. Had a Power Rangers theme surprise party at Papa's Pizza in Beaverton. Grammy and Grandpa, Wilson Family, Farkas Family, Waples Family and Leslie came. John was surprised to see everyone and get lots of gifts. The kids had fun and John was very thankful. On the ride home he said, "I sure had a great birthday party!"
This Christmas John asked Santa for "The new Lego Harry Potter Wii game, a Minnesota Vikings Jersey, and a Spiderman Lego Mini figure, and a Lego airpane." Santa was good to him. Jake gave him the Spiderman Mini Figure. Santa also gave John a Harry Potter Lego, a Pittsburg Steelers uniform, Skylanders Wii game, and Madden Football 3DS game. He got SpyGear walkie talkies and watch from Will, Halo guy from Aunt Leslie, Mario Galaxy Wii game and a book from Grammy and Grandpa, Harry Potter DS game and Star Wars Lego from Grandpa and Grandma Allison.
John is still a tender hearted little man. He'll sometimes cry because he misses his Dad or he's thinking about going away to college or me dying or something. He'll ask me if I will stay with him forever "even when I'm married?" So sweet. He loves Jake, John will look at baby pictures of Jake and tear up and say he misses "that baby Jake." He loves his kitties and treats them very special. He confides in them when he is angry with mom. He can also be a pill and I yell at him a lot for being naughty. Mostly John is silly and funny and happy and polite and respectful. He wants to please me and dad and loves the praise when he does well. He is a sweet boy who loves his family immensely.
John loves school and his teachers; he is learning a lot. He goes 5 days a week for 2 1/2 hours. He catches the bus at 11:35am which means he still sleeps-in everyday and gets to play for awhile before we get ready to go. We pick him up at the bus stop at 2:45pm so I get 3 hours and 10 minutes with just Jake and me.
After school, John is excited to see me and Jake; he hugs and kisses us both and holds my hand immediately. About 20 kids pile out of the bus at his stop and me and Jake are the only people waiting for a kid. When we walk back to the house John always tells me he has "cool stuff" to show me. It's usually a lot of art work. He loves to draw pictures of football players and skateboarders. When homework is sent home in a packet monthly (they don't return it to school) he wants to do the whole packet at once and usually will finish it before I even know he was working on it. He loves to count to 100 or 200 or more as fast as he can. He loves to try and read . He loves to write his name and names of things he loves like Vikings Football or Super Mario or Star Wars and Anankin.
John is growing so fast. He has his dad's long legs. The size 6 jeans he got for school clothes this fall are now high-waters (growth spurt!) so we are onto size 7s. But he still has the waist of a skinny 5 year old. No fat on his wirey body. He loves to wear Jerseys: Ducks and Minnesota Vikings. He is super into Ducks Football and the NFL. He'll say he is "John 'LaMichael' Allison" He will sit and watch football with Mike and is learning a lot about the game. His favorite Wii and DS games are Madden Football, Star Wars Lego and Harry Potter Lego. His favorite movies/shows are Harry Potter movies, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 & 2, A Christmas Story, Charlie Brown Cartoons, Looney Toons. He still loves to quote movies and immitate voices.
John is very wiggly and can hardly ever sit still. Even when I'm reading to him he is moving all around and fidgeting, but he is listening to the story because he'll comment on it. He loves to wrestle and dance and flip around and show me his gymnastics moves. He loves to play tag and catch. He is athletic and good at sports but he is also very clumsy. He always knocking things over and running into things and tripping over toys. "Whoops! I didn't see that there!!"
John turned 6 years old November 2, 2011. Had a Power Rangers theme surprise party at Papa's Pizza in Beaverton. Grammy and Grandpa, Wilson Family, Farkas Family, Waples Family and Leslie came. John was surprised to see everyone and get lots of gifts. The kids had fun and John was very thankful. On the ride home he said, "I sure had a great birthday party!"
This Christmas John asked Santa for "The new Lego Harry Potter Wii game, a Minnesota Vikings Jersey, and a Spiderman Lego Mini figure, and a Lego airpane." Santa was good to him. Jake gave him the Spiderman Mini Figure. Santa also gave John a Harry Potter Lego, a Pittsburg Steelers uniform, Skylanders Wii game, and Madden Football 3DS game. He got SpyGear walkie talkies and watch from Will, Halo guy from Aunt Leslie, Mario Galaxy Wii game and a book from Grammy and Grandpa, Harry Potter DS game and Star Wars Lego from Grandpa and Grandma Allison.
John is still a tender hearted little man. He'll sometimes cry because he misses his Dad or he's thinking about going away to college or me dying or something. He'll ask me if I will stay with him forever "even when I'm married?" So sweet. He loves Jake, John will look at baby pictures of Jake and tear up and say he misses "that baby Jake." He loves his kitties and treats them very special. He confides in them when he is angry with mom. He can also be a pill and I yell at him a lot for being naughty. Mostly John is silly and funny and happy and polite and respectful. He wants to please me and dad and loves the praise when he does well. He is a sweet boy who loves his family immensely.
John on his 6th birthday getting a happy meal
John's birthday party at Papa's Pizza
Carson, John, Will, Hudson, and Jake
John on Halloween at Linda's house-she bought him the Mario costume, he was so excited.
John 'LaMichael' Allison
John at Kindergarden with his buddies Sage and Jose and Jake
MY SWEET BOY THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE
Sunday, August 14, 2011
First Broken Bone
John broke his arm on June 6, 2011. He was hanging in a little tree in front of our neighbors house with his friend Daniel in the tree too. He fell out of the tree and I heard a crack on the pavement. I was weeding in the front yard talking on the phone with Stephanie. John started to cry a little and was walking toward me.
"I have to go! John just fell out of the tree!" I said to Stephanie.
"Oh my gosh!" She said.
I hung up and took one look at John holding his right arm with his left hand. It looked contorted because his humerus bone was sticking out above the crook of his elbow. He was saying, "Ow ow ow ow ow! It hurts! It hurts!"
I said, "Oh my goodness. OK. (breathe) We have to go to the hospital." As I'm dialing 911 with my iPhone. I calmly tell the operator that my son broke his arm. Our address. Within one minute we could hear the sirens in the distance.
John was in tremendous pain. "I want to watch a movie." He said as he tried to walk inside the house. He was confused. Maybe in shock. I held him on my lap and we listened to the sirens get closer and closer. Within 4 minutes from my 911 call the Fire Truck and Ambulance pulled up. There were about 6 men looking at John's arm.
One EMT said, "Ooh. Which hospital, Mom?"
"I don't know."
"We recommend Legacy Emmanuel Children's Hospital. They have the best surgeons."
I'm thinking, surgery??? Oh dear lord.
One of the Fire Fighters went in the house to find my purse to get my keys to open my car to get the car seat out for Jake. Our neighbor Pam came over to help.
They hooked up that car seat inside the ambulance in 5 seconds flat. Impressive. By this time John has an air cast on his arm, a Cat and the Hat stuffed animal that he chose out of 10 other animals, and he's on a gurney headed into the ambulance.
Getting his IV in his hand was sad to see. His right arm hurt so badly while he's crying out about the pain of the needle too. The pain medicine worked well and fast and in no time he was closing his eyes and feeling OK.
"Is it feeling a little better?" EMT asked.
"No." John replies.
"Does it still hurt?" EMT asked.
"No." John replies.
We chuckle.
Jake was chit-chatting the whole 27 minute ride. He was having an exciting ambulance ride! At one point John asked if the truck was driving by itself. He was confused that the EMT was with him. Who was driving us? The other guy, we told him. He closed his eyes again.
The EMTs told me to start recording the ride because this was "serious scrap booking material." So I did. I called Mike and Stephanie and Megan. Mike was going to meet us in the ER.
In the ER, he was given Morphine which helped him sleep a little. He would close his eyes for a few minutes and wake up to cry or puke. We were waiting for a surgeon to look at his X-rays and then get the OR ready for him. We were in the ER for a couple hours.
His Surgeon, Dr. Barmata, was great. He said if he couldn't place it perfectly he would go in make it perfect. He was able to position his bone perfect and place 3 pins in his bone to hold it in place. By 9:30pm John was out of surgery but it took him til 12:30am to wake up.
John's nurse was super sweet and she loved John. She gave him goldfish and Popsicles and at 1am he watched Toy Story and Toy Story 2. We shared a room with an extremely sick little boy. The boy cried and wheezed and coughed and choked on his own flem the whole night. They were sad and very disgusting noises. I couldn't sleep through it. John slept OK but he did wake up now and then because of the boy's horrendous noises. John said, "Mom call the nurse, he's creeping me out." It was creepy. But I felt so sorry for him and his parents. They were non-English speaking and were unable to spend the night with their child. Whatever disease he lived with was obviously a huge strain on their family. It put things in perspective for me. John's ordeal was stressful but his broken arm would heal soon and he would be as good as new. The other little boy seemed to be in misery for his entire life. So sad.
The next day Grammy came to stay with Jake while Mike came to pick us up from the Hospital. John had 4 weeks with a cast for the first month of summer. No swimming, no sprinklers, no playgrounds, no bikes, no scooters. We made a calendar to count down the days. He X'd the days until his appointment for cast removal on July 5th, 2011. He was a good sport about it most of the time. He had some mental breakdowns throughout the 4 weeks-"I'm SOOOOOO bored! I want this cast off!" But he used his left hand and arm like it was no big deal at all. He never asked for help getting dressed or going to the bathroom or writing his name or anything at all. He was an instant expert at using his left arm only.
July 5th, 2011. Cast comes off, pins are removed. That's a whole other story...
Before the pain medication. He's in tremendous pain.
Jake's ride in the Ambulance. He was talkative the whole ride. "You know, I've never been in this truck before...I have a friend Noah..." and on an on.
"It hurts, it hurts!"
Johnny telling me he's scared. :( He just got his IV and it hurt a lot.
John wearing the EMTs sunglasses on his head
This pain medication made him close his eyes and he was loopy.
John getting his pain medication through his IV in the Ambulance.
Poor kid. He would wake up every 5 minutes and get sick or cry from pain.
John in the ER with his broken bone in an aircast. Waiting for the his Operating Room. He is in and out of sleep at this point from the morphine drip. He's holding onto his beloved Cat in the Hat that the Fire Fighters gave him.
Jake waiting in the ER next to John's bed. The Fire Fighters gave Jake a Cheetah to keep. He loves it. Jake was a brave boy too. He saw his brother in a lot of pain, watched John poked with needles in his hand, throwing up from the morphine, and being at the hospital for 5 hours...and never once did he act out or misbehave or whine or complain in any way whatsoever.
"I have to go! John just fell out of the tree!" I said to Stephanie.
"Oh my gosh!" She said.
I hung up and took one look at John holding his right arm with his left hand. It looked contorted because his humerus bone was sticking out above the crook of his elbow. He was saying, "Ow ow ow ow ow! It hurts! It hurts!"
I said, "Oh my goodness. OK. (breathe) We have to go to the hospital." As I'm dialing 911 with my iPhone. I calmly tell the operator that my son broke his arm. Our address. Within one minute we could hear the sirens in the distance.
John was in tremendous pain. "I want to watch a movie." He said as he tried to walk inside the house. He was confused. Maybe in shock. I held him on my lap and we listened to the sirens get closer and closer. Within 4 minutes from my 911 call the Fire Truck and Ambulance pulled up. There were about 6 men looking at John's arm.
One EMT said, "Ooh. Which hospital, Mom?"
"I don't know."
"We recommend Legacy Emmanuel Children's Hospital. They have the best surgeons."
I'm thinking, surgery??? Oh dear lord.
One of the Fire Fighters went in the house to find my purse to get my keys to open my car to get the car seat out for Jake. Our neighbor Pam came over to help.
They hooked up that car seat inside the ambulance in 5 seconds flat. Impressive. By this time John has an air cast on his arm, a Cat and the Hat stuffed animal that he chose out of 10 other animals, and he's on a gurney headed into the ambulance.
Getting his IV in his hand was sad to see. His right arm hurt so badly while he's crying out about the pain of the needle too. The pain medicine worked well and fast and in no time he was closing his eyes and feeling OK.
"Is it feeling a little better?" EMT asked.
"No." John replies.
"Does it still hurt?" EMT asked.
"No." John replies.
We chuckle.
Jake was chit-chatting the whole 27 minute ride. He was having an exciting ambulance ride! At one point John asked if the truck was driving by itself. He was confused that the EMT was with him. Who was driving us? The other guy, we told him. He closed his eyes again.
The EMTs told me to start recording the ride because this was "serious scrap booking material." So I did. I called Mike and Stephanie and Megan. Mike was going to meet us in the ER.
In the ER, he was given Morphine which helped him sleep a little. He would close his eyes for a few minutes and wake up to cry or puke. We were waiting for a surgeon to look at his X-rays and then get the OR ready for him. We were in the ER for a couple hours.
His Surgeon, Dr. Barmata, was great. He said if he couldn't place it perfectly he would go in make it perfect. He was able to position his bone perfect and place 3 pins in his bone to hold it in place. By 9:30pm John was out of surgery but it took him til 12:30am to wake up.
John's nurse was super sweet and she loved John. She gave him goldfish and Popsicles and at 1am he watched Toy Story and Toy Story 2. We shared a room with an extremely sick little boy. The boy cried and wheezed and coughed and choked on his own flem the whole night. They were sad and very disgusting noises. I couldn't sleep through it. John slept OK but he did wake up now and then because of the boy's horrendous noises. John said, "Mom call the nurse, he's creeping me out." It was creepy. But I felt so sorry for him and his parents. They were non-English speaking and were unable to spend the night with their child. Whatever disease he lived with was obviously a huge strain on their family. It put things in perspective for me. John's ordeal was stressful but his broken arm would heal soon and he would be as good as new. The other little boy seemed to be in misery for his entire life. So sad.
The next day Grammy came to stay with Jake while Mike came to pick us up from the Hospital. John had 4 weeks with a cast for the first month of summer. No swimming, no sprinklers, no playgrounds, no bikes, no scooters. We made a calendar to count down the days. He X'd the days until his appointment for cast removal on July 5th, 2011. He was a good sport about it most of the time. He had some mental breakdowns throughout the 4 weeks-"I'm SOOOOOO bored! I want this cast off!" But he used his left hand and arm like it was no big deal at all. He never asked for help getting dressed or going to the bathroom or writing his name or anything at all. He was an instant expert at using his left arm only.
July 5th, 2011. Cast comes off, pins are removed. That's a whole other story...
Before the pain medication. He's in tremendous pain.
Jake's ride in the Ambulance. He was talkative the whole ride. "You know, I've never been in this truck before...I have a friend Noah..." and on an on.
"It hurts, it hurts!"
Johnny telling me he's scared. :( He just got his IV and it hurt a lot.
John wearing the EMTs sunglasses on his head
This pain medication made him close his eyes and he was loopy.
John getting his pain medication through his IV in the Ambulance.
Poor kid. He would wake up every 5 minutes and get sick or cry from pain.
John in the ER with his broken bone in an aircast. Waiting for the his Operating Room. He is in and out of sleep at this point from the morphine drip. He's holding onto his beloved Cat in the Hat that the Fire Fighters gave him.
Jake waiting in the ER next to John's bed. The Fire Fighters gave Jake a Cheetah to keep. He loves it. Jake was a brave boy too. He saw his brother in a lot of pain, watched John poked with needles in his hand, throwing up from the morphine, and being at the hospital for 5 hours...and never once did he act out or misbehave or whine or complain in any way whatsoever.
He was a perfect angel.
John's X-ray. Ouch
He doesn't know he has a cast yet
John sleeping after his surgery
Our Brave Boy
John's X-ray. Ouch
He doesn't know he has a cast yet
John sleeping after his surgery
Our Brave Boy
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
John's 1st T-Ball Game Ever!
PRE-GAME PICS
Johnny Ball Player 
John & Sammy
Noah & John
Jake, Sammy, Riley, Noah, John, Jonah
Sammy, Riley, John
WARM-UPS
John taking direction from his awesome Coach Adam
Playing catch
YESSS! Caught it!
GAME TIME!
GO WHITE SOX!
4 Innings OR 1hr 15min gametime
Playing Left Field--John reading his shirt
Teammates
playing in left field waiting for some action to come his way
John running to 2nd base...Noah is already there; Noah forgot to run to 3rd, so this is what happened next...
John and Noah on 2nd base together!
Batting line-up
John running home!
After he scored a run :)
Playing 1st Base
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