A happy birthday with miracles!!

Abby's birthday was yesterday and the NICU pulled some strings and let us bring our family to see our little man. Bentley and Abby were so excited to see their baby brother.Owen wasn't too excited but managed to do okay. Maybe he felt the hospital atmosphere and was ready to be back home!Bentley and Abby both got to hold him and they loved every second of it.
Now for the BIG miracle! Our little guy is drinking from a bottle!!! We are so excited! I think he wants to come home as fast as he can. Plans were changed yesterday from heading to Primary's to coming home from Logan when he is ready. I almost could not believe them over the phone when they told me he was eating from a bottle, I had to see it for myself. Last night I got to feed him and it was amazing. What a miracle! He is doing great. His muscle tone is still very low, but we will take whatever improvements we can.

Thank you for all your prayers!

Today!!

Today: More improvements were made by our little man, (still with no name). Last night they took him off CPAP and he is still off and being weaned off the high flow. He started digesting food today. We are trying not to get too excited just in case but it sure is hard. I came home this afternoon and when I left he was more alert, wanting to suck a binki and moving a lot more. I never thought you could be proud of a baby but I sure am. I can't believe what a little fighter he is. It was so hard to leave him there but I knew I had to get home to celebrate Abby's birthday tomorrow and just being home is a comfort. I knew that he would have an amazing nurse tonight so I knew he would be okay.
This sticker is right above his bed and the nurse picked this room for him because of it.

This is what I left today, man was it hard!! Again I know he is in good hands. Thanks Ainsley.

Everyone asks "what can I do?", well I am actually going to ask for something. Please keep the prayers coming, they are being answered. I do believe in miracles.

Thank you to everyone already. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.

He's here!

Baby boy Johnson is here! He was born yesterday, March 30. We are in the NICU and I am posting this on a nurses personal laptop and I am not so laptop savy. Our little man does not have a name yet but he is a precious little one. He was born with the cord wrapped pretty tight around his neck. He also has low muscle tone and a heart murmur that seems to be sounding better.

He immediatly needed CPAP to keep his lungs open but since 4:45 tonight he has been on high flow nasal canula and his doing great. (I hate to even get excited!)

He weighed 7 pounds 13 oz. and was 20 inches long.

We will post more pictures and updates as much as we can.

I am at the hospital and Lenn is home doing everything so if we don't answer your phone calls be patient and we will return them when we can. Thanks for your love, support and prayers.
A big thanks to a great nurse tonight for trusting me with her computer!

Thanks Tracy and Vonda for helping with Owen and everything else you have done with Abby and and house. You are great!!

Whoever said boys grow up????

Lenn wins!! I am not sure who needs the congrats, me or him? This little beard thing started as a little competition with a buddy. Lenn outlasted him so I guess he is the winner. He finally decided to shave, but to do that he had to have a little fun with it. (Lenn keeps our house exciting, it is never dull when he is around!).He laughed with joy between each shave and Abby was busy hiding behind things saying, "he looks freaky"! He couldn't wait to show his Mom because he knows it drives her crazy, so he left this one. He went down to show her and she was gone, so he left it and actually went to Bentley's pinewood derby with it. I could have died, but that is just silly Lenn. He wore 'chaps' on his face for a few days.

This one is where he is right now. I would say it is a huge improvement!!

This is from last fall when Lenn decided he wanted to have a John Lennon do and grow his hair and beard out. (Yeah not sure what crisis you call this!) He gets a kick out of it so I have learned to just wait it out. The quieter I am the quicker it goes away, as long as the is no harm in it, right? I finally convinced him that he was way beyond being able to do the John Lennon thing and he let me cut it, but not without the fun.

The comb over!!

The mohawk!

Finally back to Lenn! And they say we have no entertainment!! Yeah right, we have Lenn, we will always have entertainment!! It would get pretty boring without him.

What is going to happen this year for the BIG DAY?

As you all should know my BIRTHDAY IS A BIG DAY around here. I always thought it should be a national holiday! So lo and behold my birthday made it on the marquee board in Cokeville. That was 2006.





2006, oh what a year. We were building the house, changing jobs, and having a quarter life crisis. I shaved my head and some of my poor hair never came back..





2007, I thought nothing would top my quarter life crisis, but this year even got better. Still trying to grow my hair back and celebrated my birthday at Grandma Johnson's funeral. Yup, got to be a pall bearer on my birthday.




2008, with all my grandparents funerals behind me this was the year to celebrate! Then Owen was born. Spent the months leading up to my birthday in the hospital and a good deal of them after there too. This was the year I spent MY holiday in BED sicker than a dog. The entire week was spent by a huge bowl, room spinning, and a shot in the butt (thanks Karen).. Sounds great huh?

2009, funerals done, sickness done, this is the year to kick up the ole heels! This national holiday was spent in Houston.... Yup, in Texas. I flew home and celebrated early with the kids. I did have a really large piece of prime rib at salt grass steakhouse and a homemade pecan pie to myself, but it wasn't home...

2010, IS THIS THE YEAR? Already cut the remaining hair on my head and moved it lower to my chin area. Not in Texas, no funerals yet, and I am as healthy as a horse! What is going to happen tomorrow? The anticipation is killing me!

A side note-Happy Birthday Dr. Chan, you were a special family friend long before we knew we shared birthdays!