1 Week Old!

Well Kate is officially 1 week old! It is amazing how time goes really fast. Her first week was a little traumatic for us. We had her doctor's appointment where we were told to take her back to the hospital. Okay to hear that I went to melt-down mode. Our doctor was concerned about her color and weight. She dropped almost 10% of her birth-weight in the first few days so she was down in the 5lb range. With that the doctor was concerned about her color and jaundice. So we took her to the hospital and then made an appointment to the lactation consultant at the hospital to really see how much she was eating. Come to find out that her jaundice levels are fine but she was having a very difficult time eating. So we are working with her on eating and as of Friday she is back to her birth weight! Yeah!! Other than that, big sister Lucy loves Kate! She is always taking to her and giving her kisses. It has been a challenge this week to be on my own with these two but Lucy and I are staying busy by cooking! She loves to help me cook and wash dishes. More pictures to come later!

Kate Elizabeth Johnson

Well after 9 hrs of hard labor, she finally decided to grace us with her presence. She arrived at 6am weighing 6lbs 6oz and 18in long. She is beautiful baby but of course I am not biased! More pictures to come.

Woohoo!

Mathew is back!!! No more Iraq finally and he is here in time for this little girl to make her arrival. Can't wait to see him and for things to get back to somewhat normal for him and Elizabeth!

4 weeks left!

So according to my due date we only have 4 weeks left until this baby girl makes her appearance. I will settle for 2 weeks! Brian and I had a slight scare this week because I thought something was wrong. I woke up about 4am with extreme pain. It felt like labor with Lucy. I waited around until about 5:30 to see if things would go away and they wouldn't. It was like non-stop pain so we decided to go to the hospital. We got checked out and everything is fine. I was told that I over-did myself and need to slow down and take it easy more. Right like I am able to sit on my butt with a toddler and my classes of freshman! It will be interesting to see how this is going to work out. I kind of have a feeling that this little girl will be coming early since the nurse said I am already dialated and this child seems to want out. As long as she can wait another 2 weeks I think I can too.

Dirt!

So this what happens when you get a huge pile of pea gravel.

Baby Vawter is Here!

My sister Jennifer had her daughter on Saturday at 9:24. She was 7lbs 1oz and 18in long. She was about 8 days overdue so we were all waiting her arrival. Delivery went very smooth and mom and baby are doing really good.

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