Our sweet baby boy

Well he's here! Noah David Johnson. He arrived on Friday, Dec. 14 at 11:52a.m. (9 days early). My delivery story is rather long so I won't write it all here but will tell you individually if you want. After complications I ended up having to have a c-section. Once Noah arrived I had more complications and was in surgery for two more hours while the doctors worked on me.

Noah weighed 7lbs 12.5 oz, 20 inches long and is beautiful! He has a very sweet temperment. I think the Lord let me have such a good baby to give me a chance to recover from the surgery. Nursing has gone extremely well also. We think we've even got him on a 3-hour schedule already, hooray!

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Progress being made

One of the neatest things about being pregnant during Christmas time is hearing the story of Jesus' birth and just envisioning what Mary must have gone through. I couldn't imagine Lucas telling me right now that I am going to need to ride a donkey just when I'm close to giving birth!

I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and I'm now 1cm dilated and 50% effaced. I realize that doesn't tell me much about when this baby will be arriving but it's nice to know that there is progress being made!

We've been keeping pretty busy lately with Christmas parties, nesting and just lots of random things. Lucas surprised me and took work off on Wednesday so we could just spend the day together. It made me even more excited for the time he'll have off with our family after the baby arrives. My mom flies into Phoenix this Saturday and will be here for the next three weeks! I'm looking forward to her being here and my dad coming over Christmas.

Hopefully the next time I post it will mean a baby has arrived! We can't wait to make that big announcement.