Happy 10th Birthday, Makenna!!

I can't believe how fast time flies. It seems like just a few short years ago we brought our first little sweetheart home from the hospital. Now she is 10! Its just not right. On Saturday we had her cousins and a few friends from school get together at Nickel City. They had a blast. They each got a bunch of nickels to spend and win tickets and get cheesy prizes with them. Its amazing how fast they went through the nickels. You could definitely lose a lot of money in a hurry. After the games we had cupcakes and then went home. They all played at the house for about 1 1/2 hours after and had a great time. Its so much fun to live by most of the cousins and to get to see them all the time. That was the hard thing about living in St. George was that we didn't get to see them very often. Then on Sunday the actual day of her birthday we went to church and then over to see the Johnson's and have dinner. Grandma Helen made Makenna roast and potatoes and gravy. We had a great time with them. I love you, Makenna and I am so glad that you are in our family!!

More Cute Pictures!!

My brother in law takes pictures and he took some pictures of baby Jake when he was one month old. They are so cute. I really don't have lots and lots of pictures taken of the kids this early, but when you have people doing it for free, what can you do? Thought I would share :)

Pictures from the Hospital

This darling girl, Emily VanDyke, married a guy that grew up in my old neighborhood. She came to the hospital to take some pictures of Jacob for us. They turned out so cute that I had to share!! If you would like to check out her blog it is evandykephotography.blogspot.com

Our New Addition

I had the baby on Tuesday the 5th at 2:30 in the afternoon. I got to the hospital at 7:00 in the morning and was induced. He was 7lbs and 9oz. A big boy for me. MY others were all under 7 lbs. We decided to name him Jacob David Johnson. Jacob after Joe's brother and David after my brother. He is so sweet. He isn't much of a crier. So, I had a terrible experience with the epidural. The guy gave me what is called a wet tap. Its where it pierces the spinal sac that they aren't suppose to pierce. Then he told me that I would get a spinal headache. It was the worst thing ever. I couldn't even stand up the pressure was so intense. Honestly it was awful. The next day another anesthesiologist came in and gave me what is called a blood patch to patch the hole that they had made. Its where they put the enormous needle back into your back and draw blood from your arm and then put the blood into your back. Then you have to lay flat and hope that it clots and stops the headaches. Well I thought that it had worked and by that night the headaches were back. It was so bad. I was going to just go home and they said it could last for up to 2 weeks. I couldn't even stand up. That wasn't going to work so Joe decided that I should get another patch done. He added even more blood the second time and then made me lay flat longer and the pressure in my back was so bad, but it worked. I have a seriously sore back, but I can walk and no headache. I had no idea it would be so bad. Good thing I am done having kids. The worst of it is that the original epidural wasn't all that great to begin with. I felt all the things at the end that you don't want to feel, hence the reason for the epidural. I guess you live and learn, right? I am so glad to have him here!!

Holiday Flood and a break in

This weekend Joe, Seth and his dad decided to go ice-fishing. It had been pretty warm here the past few days, so they went to Vernal. I had choir practice in the morning and then Makenna and Maddie and I decided to go to Sandy to visit Grandma Helen and Anna's kids. Anna and Cody had gone to Memory Grove for a Wedding luncheon and so Helen had her kids. When they got back from the luncheon, Anna said that someone had shattered her side window and stolen her purse from the car. It had everything in it, of course. Even her social security card and temple recommend etc... She was supposed to go the wedding later that afternoon, but couldn't. Well not an hour after Anna had her incident, I got a call from my mother telling me that a water pipe had broken at my house. I was in a panic. I was a half an hour away from home and Joe was out of town. I jumped in my car and while I was on the way, my dad called and told me that the storage room window had broken and there was about 2 inches of water throughout the entire basement. I was not a happy camper. Here I am 9 months pregnant and pretty emotional anyway, so it was not good news to get.

I have wonderful neighbors that showed up and turned off the water before my dad got there and were over with their shop vacs when I got home. They are seriously so great. I think I would have had a nervous breakdown if I had been all alone. There were toys, clothes and crap from hell to breakfast, and it was all swimming. It was so bewildering. Thats the best word to use to describe it. I just started picking up what I could and we were vacuuming up what we could. Lucky for me Anna had the 2 girls for me. Makenna would have had a heart attack seeing all her stuff wet. It was hard for me and it wasn't even my stuff.

I have been thinking for the past few days that I needed to get rental insurance because of that family in Orem that lost everything in a fire a few days ago. My agent was out of town and so I thought I would wait until Monday. Well isn't it always how it works? We get the idea and then when we need it the most, we don't have it? I have to say that we were really lucky. Most of the stuff was just toys and crap that weren't all that important. I am so grateful that it wasn't worse. It can always be worse. Thank you neighbors and family for all your help. The disaster cleanup crew is here now and that is good. Anna also has the kids for the night so that takes a ton of stress off my shoulders. All I can say is that I am glad that my dad has insurance. It would totally suck for him. He just finished remodeling the entire house. What a pain. His famous line is that if is worth doing, its worth doing twice. I guess thats what we have here...

All Tuckered Out

So as most of you know, those that read a few blog posts ago, we have been doing a wee bit of moving in the past year or so. My sister and her family moved about 1 month and a half before we did and we got to be major players in the move. WE helped with their move and then turned around and did our own. This gets better... My parents decided after 19 1/2 years that they needed to move to a smaller place where they take care of the yard for them etc... Then we find out that Mark (my brother) is going to be moving in to my parents home. The best part is that my mom had major back surgery 3 weeks before she was scheduled to move, so she couldn't do any boxing or lifting or really much helping. So lets just say that I got to be a major player in that move too. My sister from New York was here for 10 days visiting, and needless to say most of her vacation was boxing up crap. Mark and Kristen were tons of help too.

So I had my house only 3/4 unpacked and I am packing up their house. Then I got to help them move and then unpack. WE still have tons and tons to unpack but none of us are in any real hurry. I got to help with Mark's too but he had Kristen and her family to do lots of helping.

All I have to say is that moving is for the BIRDS. Not recommended if not necessary. Don't do it!! Take my advice and stay away from it. I am really glad that my brother and his family live so close to me now and my parents are only about 1/2 mile away from where they used to live. It is really great. The process, not so great. All I have to say is that I am sick and tired of moving and if I see another moving box anytime soon, I may lose it!!

Last week Joe went hunting up in the Vernal mountains and we decided to join him on the weekend. We had a great time. The kids love it up there and camping in a tent!