Kissy Face

Our baby girl is 10 weeks old. It's just amazing how time flies. I'm trying to be better about taking pictures so we will always have tons. Abigail grows and changes so stinkin fast! We love her more and more each day. She has such a fun personality that is coming out slowly but surely.



She's got the best pouty face. I just wanna kiss her chubby cheeks when she makes it.



We just love her so much!

Baptism

A couple of weekends ago, Charlie was able to be baptized! It was such a fun day for Paul especially... He was able to baptize and confirm Charlie and member of our church. Here are two pictures from the great day!

Jake was in heaven feeding Abby. As you can tell... :)
We are so proud of your decision, Charlie! Congratulations! :-)

Giggles

My loves :)

Two Years and 26 Days...

I've been a real slacker when it comes to posting on my blog. I've been thinking about posting this particular post for 26 days now, and finally I'm getting my rear in gear to do it..

Paul and I have been married for 2 years and 26 days :) I looked through our computer and facebook and photobucket, and these were a few of the pictures that I could come up with..

We never really had the "boyfriend-girlfriend" title, but we've been "together" since I turned 16. From the time Paul got back from his mission we've been inseparable and have many wonderful memories! It's so fun that we get to spend the rest of eternity together... I'm sure we will look back in 100 years and think "Wow, life has gone by so fast!" because that's how I already feel. It still seems like I'm 15 waiting to turn 16 so we can FINALLY go on a date. :) Well, sorta..

Paul is my best friend. He knows all my deepest darkest secrets. He knows my fears. He strengthens me when I feel weak. He encourages me when I need that extra *umph* to get going. He makes me laugh harder than anyone I've ever met. He loves me unconditionally no matter how big of a fool I am sometimes. He is motivated and has done many wonderful things. He's a wonderful, patient father and man. And he's all mine :)

Watching Talisa Jo preform when I was a Junior, Paul was a senior.

My 17th birthday party

Bowling... I can't remember how old we were..

Adam... Always getting those candid shots..

One of the 3 proms we went to together.. My senior prom :)

Bowling with Chelsea and Doug after we got engaged.

An engagement picture, winter of '07

Paul would pick me up (even though it was way out of the way) and we would ride to singles ward together every single Sunday from the time he got back from his mission :) Some of our favorite times together.

Our wedding day, March 22, 2008

On our cruise for our honeymoon.

Our wonderful little family:)

Happy Dreams

Abby has been driving me nuts since yesterday. It's been non stop crying day and night and when she sleeps it's only for an hour tops, but usually less then 30 minutes. I hate it. Hopefully it's just a phase.

She's got this place in between sleep and being awake that she visits often when I'm trying to feed her. I love this place because she smiles a lot. Big, tooth-less smiles and sometimes if I'm lucky she giggles. This video shows just a couple smiles... Not lucky enough for a giggle this time, but one day I'll catch it on camera. When she's driving me nuts and she falls into this place that's not quite her sleeping place, it's like a breath of fresh air and recharges me for about another hour so I can deal with the fussiness a little longer. I thought it'd be fun for all my family to see that lives so far away!

A Big, Fat Loser!

I want to feel better about my weight. I know I had a baby 7 weeks ago, but it's time to get my butt in gear. I feel motivated and I know I can do it! Today is my first day and I am so excited! I did weight watchers without signing up a little over a year ago and lost a little less then 10 lbs. I feel like maybe since I'm actually paying for it now I will do a lot better at it!

If any of you have any good weight watcher recipes or any good tips, PLEASE leave them! My goal is to lose 30-35 lbs (15 of them are baby weight).

I'm not just going to diet, I'm going to start exercising, too. It's time to get back in shape! If my tummy still jiggles a little, that's fine. One day it wont! :) I feel like if I do a little bit of physical activity every day, I will feel more awake and determined to do more. It will be a great way to start off my days! So any exercise tips are welcomed, too! Really, any tips are!

I wanted to find a cute picture to put on here... and I ran across these two that just made me giggle. Enjoy :)

I can't wait to be A BIG, FAT LOSER!

Easter Time :)

We hope everyone had a very Happy Easter! Here are a few pictures we took this weekend!

Look at my cute new Easter dress :)
Aunt Sandee and Nanna gave me these Easter baskets today! Good thing the only way I get to eat the candy is if my mommy eats it first!

Look how chubby she's getting! I guess I need to look for some ankle socks or something so this doesn't happen all the time. The bigger socks that I have for her just fall off.
Lounging at Uncle Doug's surprise party.

Birth Story

Abigail Renee Johnson...

is now 6 weeks old. I'm such a slacker on writing on here and now I'm really kicking myself for it!

Abby was born on February 17th at 4:59pm. On the 16th was my last doctors appointment and when he checked to see how far a long I was, I was only dilated to 1cm so he had me go into the hospital that night to start a cervix softener. It was a liquid version that I had to drink every hour and every 4th our it was doubled. By the time I had Abby, I was drinking a whole dixy cup full every hour. It wasn't so bad at first, but about halfway through I just had to gag it down.

At about 7 am my doctor came and broke my water (terrible experience), and about 7:30 I started having severe back labor. It really felt like my back was slowly breaking. Longest 30 minutes of my life. At 8 I finally got my epidural and hated getting it. I was in so much pain and the nurse didn't even let Paul hold me, she held me instead. (Kind of made me frustrated, but at that point I didn't even care anymore.)

15 minutes after I had my epidural, I was out cold. I didn't realize, till I couldn't feel from my waist down, how exhausted I was. I've never been so comfortable in all my life. It was SO wonderful. (Next baby, I'm getting my epidural as soon as I get to the hospital! ;)

From the epi on I slept almost the entire time only waking up to take some more cervix softener. At about 4:15 or so the nurse checked me and I was bleeding (not normal) so they had me start pushing to force my cervix to 100% effaced. Then there was more bleeding... So they contacted my doctor and he headed out. The nurses stayed super calm the whole time which was great or else Paul and I would a have been freaking out for sure.

After about 15 minutes of pushing, the nurse then told me if I didn't deliver Abigail fast, I would have to have a c-section because of the bleeding. They couldn't figure out where it was coming from. My doctor got there and he immediately got me started pushing for him.

During this whole time I was so super relaxed. I couldn't believe how calm I felt (internally) from the time I started pushing. I just knew everything would be fine so there was no need to worry. I totally accredit that to the blessing Paul gave me before I went to the hospital. For a while before I started pushing, I started getting really nervous and freaked out. It was a drastic change mentally from "How the heck am I going to do this? I really just want to stop, Abby can stay in me" to "Lets get this on the road, I can't wait to meet my little girl!"

I only pushed for 30 minutes and then Abby was here (falling asleep while I was pushing- I'm telling you, I was SO relaxed). She came out with her arm right by her head (arm flopping out first!) so she's got a nice little birth mark on her elbow and ring finger of her right arm.

I couldn't wait to see her. Paul went over and started taking pictures immediately and I was trying so hard to see her. She had/has the sweetest little cry. She wasn't swollen like most newborns, she wasn't wrinkly at all, she was just PERFECT and still is!

The next two days we had a good amount of visitors. We loved showing her off even though I was falling asleep most of the time people were there. It was so hard to stay awake after.

Getting in and out of bed was the worst. I was so sore I could hardly stand it (even though I didn't tear at all during delivery). I even asked the nurse for one of those donuts! It didn't help at all... We couldn't get enough of Abigail. She was being held 99% of the time from the moment she was born. So precious.

All in all, it was a wonderful experience. Paul was fascinated by the birthing process (he watched from the couch because there was a nurse and a specialist on both sides of me because of the bleeding). I was blessed to have a very easy delivery and I'm so thankful for that!

Anyways, I thought it was about time I finally typed all that out. Theres so much more I need to post, but that will have to wait for another time!