New Daddy

Walt has been such a wonderful husband and daddy through the past few days. I changed my first Isaac diaper yesterday because Walt did all of them up until then. Isaac is getting daily daddy tummy time, and their first mountain biking trip together is already planned for next week apparently..........

Isaac Graden Johnson

Friday morning 3:00 AM: checking in at the hospital after my water broke at home. So exciting! The labor was long and slow. The doctor finally ordered me on pitocin at 1:00 in the afternoon to get contractions going stronger and harder. After increasing the pitocin 4 times and me on 2 hours of sleep, no food, 12 hours of labor, and at least another estimated 5 hours to go, I finally got an epidural. At that point it was the right thing for my body. At 8:00 PM I started pushing. 2 1/2 hours later, the poor baby still had a ways to go, and his heartrate was dropping and taking a long time to rebound after each push. The doctor recommended an episiotomy, which I agreed to. He cut it, and I began to throw up, which propelled the baby out hard and fast, causing 3rd degree tearing beyond the episiotomy. Ouchie.












Baby was here!!! all 8 pounds, 4 ounces of him. It was very exciting! I'll have to write more later.... :)

Belle Petite Photographie

I was just browsing my sister-in-law's new photography website/blog and was so impressed I wanted to share it. I didn't realize until now that she had the website, and it is fabulous. She also does adorable photo collages, so if you need pictures taken, you might want to call her! She's local. Click here to view her site.

Hot Date

Last night Walt and I went on a super date since it may have been our last chance to get out and do whatever we want together for a while. We ate a frozen pizza at home, then caught the 8:00 Comedy Sportz show. It had been years since I'd been there, and we got lots of good laughs in. I thought if I laughed hard enough maybe labor would start, but nope. :) Afterward we got shakes at the Malt Shoppe. I asked them what their most chocolaty shake was and ended up getting a chocolate shake with brownie and cookie dough. Good thing I hadn't eaten any other desserts that day because that had to have counted for at least two. Yum! It was really nice to spend time with Walt. I lucked out with him. He is such a good husband.

We finished painting the office, hallway, and a few doors, so that leaves just 3 more doors left to complete our projects. Wahoo!

My sisters-in-law came over on Friday and helped me make three freezer meals and brown 15 pounds of ground beef (on sale at Buy Low for $.78/lb through Tuesday) for after the baby comes. It was so nice to get that all done and just to be together.

I have a cold. Anyone know of pregnancy-friendly ways to relieve congestion/sore throat?

Getting There

We have new carpet! It's kind of like walking on new socks all the time. Ahhh. The baby room is all ready now except for the closet doors being put back on and pictures being hung. We painted the family room yesterday and moved the furniture back in, and we got a coat of primer on the office walls. We're getting there!

Walt had the very creative idea of painting two walls in the office deep red and two walls dark blue. He was so excited about it. I, on the other hand, was not excited about it. But I had told him earlier that, since the office is primarily his domain, he could choose the wall color. My veto powers seemed to have little effect, and he insisted I would love it and it would make him happy. So what is a wife to do? In the eternal scheme of things, the color of paint on the office walls makes no difference, right? So I gave the (reluctant) go-ahead. Yesterday when we went to Home Depot to get the paint, he pulled out only the red sample, said, "Happy Mothers Day", and proceeded to order only red paint. What a sweet boy! I always know he loves me, but there are certain times when the proof is undeniable. This was one of them. :) (Another is when he washes my flexible cutting boards for me. He hates washing those.)

Chaos - the first step to order

Sometimes things have to get pretty chaotic before they can be effectively organized. That's what I keep telling myself about our house these days. With the exception of the bathrooms, our bed, and the kitchen, there is no usable space in our house until the carpet gets installed this week. At least, no space with either no furniture and no flooring or all the furniture piled up. Just 2 more days. Yay! There is method in this madness. I can handle it pretty well if I just remind myself that all this chaos is just the first step to more order. It'll feel great!

This baby is getting big. When he moves I feel bad that he seems so cramped. I've officially gained 50 pounds (gasp!), and it must be going somewhere besides my legs, so I'm guessing he'll be a big boy. Please take my poll and let me know what your guess is! :)

Also, I'm wondering what things I'll really wish I had with me at the hospital when the time comes. If you have any input, I'd love to hear it.

Walt took the Varsity/Venturer scouts on a mountain biking trip to Moab this week. They had a great time!