More from our little guy

Noah loves to smile at us. I keep trying to catch it on camera but always seem to just miss it. This photo catches him in the act a little bit.

Three weeks old

I realized I've been quite tardy at updating the blog lately. It's so hard to believe Noah is already three weeks old! I get so excited to see him learning and growing and then at the same time my heart aches to get those early days back just when he was born. Time is just going by too quickly.

We loved having Noah here for Christmas and getting to have my parents here to join us was a special treat. While Noah was mostly in good spirits, I thought this photo was too funny to not put on here. Wouldn't you feel this way if you had to wear reindeer ears too???





Here is Noah and my dad asleep. How sweet.

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.

Happy belated Thanksgiving!

Well it's been almost a month since our last blog so I figured it was time to write. We've been keeping busy for the past month. A group of about 16 ladies that I get together with once a month threw me a surprise baby shower at the beginning of November which was a lot of fun. It's hard to believe Thanksgiving has come and gone and soon baby Johnson will be here! We had so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. The Lord has definitely blessed us with so much and we are so thankful for the support of our friends and family.

Even though we're just approaching December our weekends are already getting filled up with Christmas activities. I'm hoping that will definitely make the time go faster! Our house is all decorated and we're definitely getting into the Christmas spirit. It's finally cooling off here, I think this week has been in the low 70's! I'm refusing to turn on the heat just yet, however, I do seem to be carrying around my own little portable heater already.

We've had the nursery done for a little while (except for changing out some photos in frames) but I've failed to remember to take photos to post so I've finally done that for those who have asked. Sorry the photos are a little dark. We've got everything ready...all we need now is our sweet baby.

My next doctor's appointment is on Tuesday. We'll find out whether I've progressed at all. I can already tell the baby has dropped. Lucas noticed it too. I'm going to will this baby out early so we're able to spend Christmas as a family!

Our "baby"moon

We wanted to get one last getaway in just Lucas and I before the baby comes so we headed to Greer, AZ (greerlodgeaz.com) for a little R&R. It was so pretty there and the weather was wonderful. We spent a lot of time just walking around (which was really good for me), fly fishing, playing Scrabble and just being. It was cool at night so we were able to have a fire every night we were there. That's so unusual here for us in Arizona so we had to take advantage of it. It was hard to come back!

We've been having fun!

We've had such a busy, and fun two weeks! A good friend of mine threw me a baby shower so we celebrated our coming arrival two Saturdays ago with some close friends (and a few there in spirit). I felt so special and blessed to have so many people love our child already.
Then my work surprised me during my last week of work with a mini shower as well. What fun! Then it was off to my parents house for a week visit. We had such a good time and it was hard to say good-bye. I just love being at their house. It's so relaxing.





One of the games we played was guessing what type of melted candy bar was in the diaper. Some were daring enough to taste the melted mess. If only diapers really smelled and tasted so good!


While I was gone, our friend Mike came to visit and keep Lucas company. They went backpacking and did various things around our area. They also were kind enough to paint the baby's room while I was away. (Thanks Mike for letting us put you to work. We'll have a longer list for next time!)