Jeter Davis Johnson 10-19-2010

Our baby boy is Here! Jeter Davis Johnson born Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 10:07 AM 7 lbs. 5 oz. 20 Inch. And SUPER CUTE!

How it all happened:

So I poster earlier about being induced-well scratch that plan :) Monday night I started having those contractions again by 10:30 pm they were about 5-6 minutes apart but I kept saying to myself-I'm being induced-this is happening. I think I was scared deep down because I knew. Well I have these contractions and at about midnight Kameron and I are thinking we might have to just go, but I'm still just sticking it out. about 12:30 am I have this really hard contraction and my water breaks! Strangest sensation ever! So Kameron jumps out of bed and I go into change and my mucus plug falls out (TMI but that is how this whole experience goes...) we get to the hospital about 1:00am and get checked in. I was dilated to 4cm and get to 8cm by 3:30 am-ish. My mom, Brianna and Janel and little Killian get there and things start to slow down. We waited till about 6ish till I get to 9cm. My dad gets there and we just kinda wait. There are so many physical, emotional, and mental details this could go one Forever. I start to feel ready. Not a lot of pressure but just ready. By about 9am I am at 10 cm and ready to go! I was actually terrified to push. I was just so nervous! but they start me pushing and they say I have a lip and my pubic bone was in the way so I eneded pushing on my side the rest of the time. I got a window of pain-the epidural just stopped working there--it actually was in the same spot as my mom had with me. So I push for about an hour and finally this little dark haired baby is born and I have the most relief rush through me! It was insane! Crying and hugging and just this amazment of what just happened.

I think the main thing through all of this is you have to know things are not going to happen the way you think. Pretty much everyone stayed in there with me through everything! Not what I had planned but I wouldn't want it any other way.

So here are pictures of our adorable little boy and the crazy day of October 19th!

We took this right as we got settled in. No machines or epidurals yet

my excited face

He came out with his eyes wide open

me and Jeter

Grandma Tina, first little grandbaby

the happy little family

The proud daddy and his baby boy

Grandpa Kevin and Jeter

Janel and nurse Nikki. She was awesome! I couldn't have asked for a better delivery nurse. She had some humor that was a nice change from the high emotions going on. She was just awesome.

And Janel was an awesome birth coach too! I seriously Never could have done this without my amazing family. I don't have a picture of Bri, but she was so supportive, rubbing my feet and getting me to my happy place...chocolate cake :)

All ready to go home! The nurses were awesome. I did't especially like staying in the hospital, but it was a good place to get so much helpful information and make sure me and Jeter were healthy.

Now we are getting to know this handsome little boy and learn how to be good parents. With the help of my mom for the next two weeks. I could never do this without her! The first night at home went fairly well. Who needs sleep right?

It's Go Time!

Part One:
October 18th 3:30AM-I wake up from a dream of a little girl crying to her mom because she's in pain, little did I know that was me in pain! Dreams are funny. I was having contractions...first of all Do I even know what a real contraction feels like? Nope. But whatever was going on hurt real bad and was coming every 6 minutes. Count it out for about an hour. Finally Kameron is awakened by my moaning, and from there on they get further apart..6, 7, 8, 9 minutes. Talk about a let down! Kameron was able to go back to sleep-lucky-but I would fall asleep for a few minutes than be woken up by pain. This goes on until Kameron's alarm at 6:45am. Get up-just have very irregular "contractions" some strong and some not.
Part Two:
Finally get about 45 minutes of sleep, but once again pain wakes me up so I just lay there wondering why I have to go through this and why is this not the real thing?! But I do have a Dr. Appointment at 11:20 to check the baby and talk about "options" So finally I am at the Dr.'s and she asks if I'd like to be induced. Let me tell ya, I was so prepared to hear "Go home, wait it out" But the little guy scored an 8/8 on his well-being test! And she says I can be induced Tuesday at 5am. I'm so caught of Guard I start rambling about who knows what. Thank goodness Kameron was there to help me sort my thoughts and make the plan to be Induced on Tuesday Morning!
Part 3:
So now I'm having menstrual like cramping that intensifies..contraction? every so often and getting more and more nervous that by tomorrow night I will have a baby in my arms. A little helpless person I am responsible for. Why have I been pregnant for 9months and this is just coming into my head?

Well the next couple of chapters of this adventure are yet to come! I thought "I am ready for this!" now I'm like "Whoa I don't know what I'm doing!" Probably one of The most scariest things I've ever done. But I just know it'll be worth it in the end!

TWISTER

No, not that twister....

Yesterday Four tornadoes hit Bellemont, about twenty minutes outside Flagstaff! The whole town was on alert pretty much all day. The girl I work with, her house was damaged. I cannot even imagine! I am terrified of tornadoes. When we drove through Kansas a long time ago, I stayed on the car floor the whole state. No Thanks!


Now the skies are clear but these poor people have lost their homes! Four tornadoes in Flagstaff's backyard...never would've thought.

Baby Shower!

I begin to Blog with a dirty house all around me...this cannot become a bad habit, I will clean I promise! I have put this off too long anyways and now I can't remember everything I wanted to blog about.
So the fun thing that happened in September was my Baby Shower! Kameron wasn't able to come down with me because of work (Boo!) So I drove myself down early Friday morning and met my mom at Ikea and did a little shopping for a changing table. That was a success! And the most important- I didn't get lost in the big city even changing driving plans and takeing different exits All By Myself. I'm pretty proud of myself for this accomplishment because I've had some pretty bad experiences in the past, anyways!
It was Janel's Birthday! So we went out to eat and funny story, I come back to the table, grab my moms purse to get by and between my belly and her purse I proceed to dump over two, count 'em Two glasses of water All over the table and onto Emily. Can we say embarrassing? So the waiter comes and is like "okay who needs the sippy cup?" Me. So this picture is displaying me and my cup with a lid. Thanks waiter guy!

The baby shower was on Saturday, everyone was working like crazy Friday night and Saturday morning. I seriously have the awesomest family ever! To see everyone working so hard to give you a party. Wow! And since Emily was here from Utah she got to do my hair, which turned out awesome! I sat in the salon most the time and held Killian. No complaints here! And trying not to swell and cramp which happened because of traveling at 35 weeks.
I'm still waiting for pictures...So there will probably be another post relating to the baby shower, but this is what I got:
Cute Onesiese. Including a Jeter onesie, SO cute!!

The awesome sport diaper cake! And notice the baseball cake balls and delicious cupcakes!

The entire food table made up of all kinds of dips! Yum! Cheese ball, fruit dip, spinach dip you name it, and it was probably on the table!!

The banner was awesome! And I got to keep it and it's going up in Jeter's room! Love it!!

It was so fun seeing old friends and my girls from T-town! And thanks to Robyn Kleinman for sharing her house and being so generous! And thanks to everyone for the awesome gifts, Jeter is going to be sporti'n some cute outfits!

AND! Little Killian...Sleeping peacefully, sadly he had an upset stomach through the whole shower, poor little guy. I miss him, can't we all live in the same town??! Brianna is an awesome mom and I can't wait for our little guys to play together AND especially when they get to play with their other two cousins (Aiden and Max!)

Speaking of other cousins, we are so excited for Cade and Caryn And Natalie and Jacob (Kam's bro Cade and sis Natalie) to have their babies!! So many babies! His cousin Nicki is due um Today actually!

So now I'm in the waiting game. My Dr. says he is probably in the high Sixes for weight...and that was almost two weeks ago! I measure my week-belly size perfectly. Since my "awesome" job still puts me into positions to work 7 1/2 hour days, even though I'm so supposed to be cutting back, maybe the walking and working will help things along, maybe. I can hope right? :)

Kameron is doing good in school and work. Don't know how he does it. But we are both getting more and more excited for this new adventure!

labor day

For Labor Day we went to Lake Mary and camped out with Kameron's family. The weather was great and we had a wonderful weekend overall! Don't picture me camping because I didn't :) Lake Mary is about 15 minutes from our home so that's where I stayed. We actually camped at another campsite and found a picnic area be the lake. I was a horrible picture taker, so all I have is Kameron's excited face as he fishes...

The boys went wake boarding and I raised my blood pressure playing wizard, oh and we can't forget Kameron beating me in cards by one point. Can't wait for next year when we have a bunch of little kids running around!!

I'm 34 weeks...about 6 weeks to go!

I am defiantly feeling the changes going on as the end comes into sight. I have to give a shout out to my work, they've been so nice and have been very helpful. My mind is saying work! but my body says No way, so they've let me make a schedule that will work for me and I'm still planning on going back with the baby when the time is right.

The 18th is my baby shower in Mesa, I feel like it's a milestone for me. Super excited! And my boss Nicole wants to give me a baby shower in Flagstaff Oct. 2nd. If you havn't received an invite to either one and you want one let me know! I'm mostly excited to get together with friends and family!!!

My nephews asked what a baby shower was for at Brianna's baby shower and we summed it up as a "pre-birthday party" So I can't wait to celebrate this very exciting occasion!

And how could I forget! Brianna had her little baby Killian. So SO cute. I just love him to pieces! I'll defiantly get pictures of the little guy next weekend.

We are still adjusting to this "new" schedule. It's a challenge but it's not forever. I just keep telling myself that. And it really is a blessing for how things have worked out.

Before and After

Finally! I can post the finished results of the boat!!! Here are some before and afters:



And the afters:

I'm so proud of Kameron for all his hard work! He did so much and stayed consistent. Didn't give up with the going got tough. It's nice we live close to a lake (Lake Mary) so we were able to take it for spin.

Other stuff, I had a GREAT weekend with my mom!! Just what I needed. How is it that moms are so awesome? We went to some antique stores and talked and talked and we went to Real Deals and pretty much found the perfect piece of furniture for a changing table/storage/will be so fun to have when it's not a changing table! It's probably good the store is only open Thursdays and Saturdays or else I'd be there wayy to much and want to spend too much money. But we had a great time! Kameron had a good time out hunting, didn't get anything but he had a good time. He starts his new schedule this Saturday. It's going to be tough but Kam is a trooper.

We went through the hospital the other day to pre-register. Made it all so much more real! Jeter is defiantly growing! And so is the belly, we can't wait to meet the little guy!

On-Going Projects

So I went through this little craze of, marshmallows? I decided I wanted to try to make some. I messed up the first batch, but was determined to find a better recipe and try again, so batch number two turned out pretty good!

Now I just have a bag full of marshmallows sitting in my pantry! They tasted good and it was fun!

The Boat:
So because of all the rain Kameron has had to postpone working on it so it seems to be dragging on, but he does a lot of the work at our humble abode, which means our house smells of carpet glue and there is carpet everywhere. My one project I was given was to re-do a seat cover. At first I was like yeah sure I can do that (no sewing machine) so when Saturday rolled around I was like uh yikes! But it actually worked out really good (for a seamstress of my level)

I took the back off and a side piece, by the time I decided I needed to document this adventure I'd already sewn on the side piece. The left side is the new piece.

Kameron working endlessly on carpeting lids to compartments.

This is a funny picture, but I didn't know what else to do. Here is the new back piece and side piece all put back together!

So obviously the boat project is still ongoing but we hope to have it done by the end of the week!
It's been hard work (especially for Kameron-he is one dedicated guy!) and thanks to Cade (his bro) for helping with carpeting, but I know it will be so rewarding in the end.

So this super nice patient that comes in at the Chiropractic office, mentioned how she had some baby stuff she'd like to give us. Whoohoo! Some of it's super tiny and some is 3-6 months. Shoes, and little hats, So SO! cute. I made Kameron sit with me and go through it all (one big huggies sized box!) What a sweet husband, anyways, here are some little booties she gave us (how did she know Kameron really likes Michael Jordan?!)

I can't believe how nice family and friends have been. Giving us free stuff that would usually cost lost of money and just making all this seem possible (it's a little mind boggling sometimes)

So thanks to anyone and everyone who has helped and I know will help us. We are just surrounded by such giving people. Thank you!!!!!!

ps-Good News! My mom is coming to spend the weekend with me, and Kameron will be out hunting! The best of both worlds for the each of us!