Emmett's Baby Blessing

Emmett received his baby blessing today. Chris' parents have been in town visiting so his dad was able to participate in the blessing circle as well. I was told Emmett started yawning in the beginning and as soon as Chris started giving the blessing, Emmett fell right asleep. I'm sure it's because the words were so comforting. Chris did a wonderful job as always. He blessed Emmett to have faith to seek after Heavenly Father's ways, receive the priesthood and serve a full time mission and some day marry in the temple. Emmett was also blessed to have a sense of humor that would bring joy to those around him. Also, to have compassion for people and to really see them as his brothers and sisters. Those were just a few of the things mentioned. 

We look forward to seeing Emmett grow and develop into his own person. He's been smiling more and more and is still a calm baby. Lila and Calvin already love Emmett so much and I'm sure all of them will be the best of friends. 

Here's pics from today.

What Next?

Well, what started out as a family fun outing to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday, ended with us taking Calvin to the Emergency room and finding out he broke his collar bone. He was running and having fun in the corn maize when he fell. I knew something was wrong when he continued to cry longer than normal and wouldn't let us put him down. We left and headed to the hospital. I can't believe this is our second trip to the emergency room this year for broken bones. Neither Chris or I have ever broken a bone and now 2 of our kids have broken bones before the age of 3. I'm going to start giving all of our kids calcium supplements and hope that does the trick. It is horrible seeing our Calvin in pain. He is handling it like a champ. I just hope he heals quickly. Here are some pics I took with my phone while we were at the hospital.

They can't put a cast on due to the location of the break so all they can do is put his arm in a sling to help immobilize it and offer pain medication. They told us he will heal just fine but I'll believe it when I see it. He's such an active little boy and has already fallen and bumped his shoulder multiple times. We go on Thursday for another x-ray and I'm hoping it just hasn't gotten worse.

  After a little Motrin and he was all smiles on the way home.

1, 18, and 33

 Emmett is 1 month old today. We made it through the first month! Yay, for us:)

We took some pictures of the kiddos to celebrate.

Emmett is sweet and calm. He's an eater and I'm hoping he'll get the hang of sleeping soon.

We all love him. 

Calvin is 18 months old. He's our big baby. Our adorable, big baby.

Lila is 33 months. (I don't normally say her age in months.) She is our sweet pea. 

I love this picture of our 3 kids.

Came and Went

I miss my folks.

They were here for a week and a half and the time just went by too fast:( 

I only took one picture the entire time they were here. That's how busy and how much fun we had. No time for picture taking when you're livin' life.

My mom was the best helper! She did the dishes, the laundry, got up in the morning and fed the kids breakfast so I could sleep. It was so nice having her here. Lila and Calvin loved going on daily walks and stopping at the park to swing and go down the slide with grandma. They miss their grandma and grandpa just as much.

It's a bummer we don't live closer. Maybe someday:)

Party of 5

Emmett Reed Johnson is here!

Born on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 3:40 am. He was 8 lbs. and 20 inches long.

Isn't he beautiful!?

He's been here for almost 3 weeks now but life is busy with 3 kids. Speaking of, I can't believe we have 3 kids. There are more kids than parents in the house. While this all seems so strange to me, I also feel like Emmett has always been a part of the family. He fits right in and goes along with whatever. Not that he has a choice though. He's been very calm and content so far and I'm very grateful. We love him and are so happy he is finally here.

Here's pics from the day before he came. AKA: The day I thought he would come.

 I started having contractions Saturday night after a long day of apple picking, cleaning, and preparing for our new arrival. I don't know why I had it in my head he would come early, cause clearly we don't know when things are going to happen, but I did. Saturday morning I woke up with a feeling like I was gonna work this baby out with walking and cleaning. Sure enough that evening, I started feeling contractions but they were not close together at all. I told Chris before bed, he better get ready cause we're having a baby the next day. He probably thought I was crazy and I did too, a little. 

Early Sunday morning I woke up to more painful contractions that were closer together. I kept track for a little while and it seemed to me this labor and delivery was going to mimic Calvin's. He was born on a Sunday afternoon after having contractions throughout Saturday night. We strolled into the hospital around 9 to get checked and I was dilated to a 6/7, and he was born a few hours later. It was a great experience and I was hoping for a similar one this time. Well, we dropped the kids off at a friends house and headed to the hospital to get checked around 10ish. I was surprised when the nurse said I was only at a 4. She consulted with my doctor and said I should walk for 2 hours and they would check me again. So, Chris and I walked and walked. Nothing had changed so I was sent home where I could eat and be more comfortable. We felt weird leaving the hospital still pregnant but fine with it because things happen when they happen. Soon after leaving,  my contractions felt stronger and became closer together again but didn't stay consistently close. However, the pain was consistent. That I will pay more attention to next time. Anyhow, after being sent home, I wanted to be sure things had progressed before going back again. I couldn't handle two rejections in the same day. So, I waited and waited. The pain increased little by little but they were never consistent with timing. After going to bed at 9 and being woken up from the pain 2 hours later, I couldn't take it anymore and we got to the hospital around 1. I got checked and was at 7. The pain was way more intense this time and I asked for an epidural immediately. I do not handle pain well AT ALL and never want to feel that much pain again. I'm so grateful for modern medicine and after getting the epidural I was comfortable and calm and excited to meet our new baby. They checked me again at 3am and I was dilated to a 9 already. My doctor came in and said she was going to break my bag of water (I thought it was funny she said it like that, 'bag of water'.) and I was going to hold my baby soon. This doctor had a different approach and was really slow moving with the pushing and what not. Just something Chris and I noticed. We were both surprised when my doctor said we had a boy. Emmett came out screaming but has been calm ever since.It was a blessing we waited to find out the gender until the birth, but I won't ever do that again either. 

Here's pics from the day. 

My friend Holly watched Lila and Calvin for us and they colored these pics for Emmett.

I thought the answers to the questions were funny

Thanks Holly:)

This pic sums up how much Calvin is interested in Emmett.

Lila is always asking to hold Emmett.

He's just so cute!

This pic is how I imagine our hectic life is going to be. Trying to juggle these three, active, busy, and wonderful children of mine is going to be tough at times. I only hope the smile stays on my face:)

How You Like Them Apples?

 We drove to Flat Rock, NC yesterday to pick apples and enjoy beautiful scenery. It was very beautiful and we had a lot of fun with good friends. First, we tried the famous 'made right in front of you' apple donuts. They were delicious! Then, the kids played on the playground while we waited for our hay ride. Which should have been called a tractor pull because there was no hay, but whatev. Then we started the apple picking. Lila kept saying things like 'let's go pick apples off the tree!' and 'hey momma and daddy, we gonna pick apples off the tree!'. She really enjoyed it for the first little bit, but when she was done, she was done. Calvin enjoyed the playground, the donuts, and watching Chris jump up to reach some of the apples high on the tree. We picked about 25 lbs of apples, so the trip was well worth it. I just hope the pies and applesauce we make, which I have never made before, turn out. All in all, we really enjoyed our trip and plan to do it again next year:) Here's pics from the day.

Our Secret Climber

Lila started crawling out of her crib last week. When we asked her how she did it, she said 'um, I don't know'. Chris even placed her back in her crib to have her show him what she did but all she could say was 'I don't know' and smile. (We'll just let her keep her little secret.) Obviously, it was time she moved on from her crib. So, Chris switched the front part of the crib out for the toddler bed rail the crib came with. Lila loves sleeping in her new, big girl bed. She's done pretty good about staying in bed for nap time and bed time. She's growing up so fast! Here's some pics of our cute little/big girl in her bed with all her animals she loves to sleep with.