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Zach fetish!

This afternoon while Kaden and Isabel were at school, Zach and I were at home. I was busy working and I noticed that the house was quiet...too quiet. Zach new fetish is to change his clothes ALL day long. So being lazy I just yelled at him and told him if he was in his drawers changing his clothes I was going to call Santa. He yelled back I'm not Mom. About ten minutes later he still hadn't made an appearance. So again I yelled at him but this time told him to come into the kitchen. Well he wasn't in his drawers was his excuse!!!!! This is one of JaKobe's outfits that even JaKobe CAN'T FIT IN!!!! It's a 0-3 month outfit!!! I laughed my head off. So I'm sure he'll do it again. I just had to get a picture and share!

Stolen camera

Yeah that's me...completely oblivious of the camera!

I had taken some pictures a while back and decided I needed to add them to my puter, when low and behold MY MEMORY CARD WAS FULL!!!! What?!?!? I hadn't taken that many oictures!(Mind you I have 4G memory card...that baby holds like a million pictures!!!) So I start going over all the pics...you'll never guess! Okay so maybe you will...ZACHHHHHHH!!!!!! I love him! Here is some of his handy work!

Okay so...

Okay so I hated being private...I guess I must be impatient! I had to log in, blogger would never remember me and every time I ran into someone I couldn't tell them to go to my blog because I had to invite them!!! So there you have it! I'm an open book for the world to read, and I'm okay with that(because I;m impatient!)

I am going private Nov 15th!!!

I put Google Analytics on my blog to track where the traffic was coming from. It has opened my eyes. It will show you down to city and the time they were on. It will show if you came directly to my blog, from someone else's or a search engine. I cannot believe everything on there. Someone in another state visits my blog on a daily basis and spends an average of 15 minutes!!!!! Freaky! Because I don't know anyone in that state! So if you want to be invited to my blog please leave a comment with your email but leave it this way, example(at)email(dot)com. That way it's not a link. Thank you all for your patience and understanding. The date will be Nov 15. Love to all:)

??!??Going Private??!??

So I'm kinda nervous about my blog being looked at by people I don't know, so I am considering going private. KSL did a story on staying safe and it got me thinking. I put a tracker on my blog to see who is looking and for how long. I'll let you know over the next couple of days how it goes and whether I go private! Thanks:)

Followers

If you love my blog, sign up as one of my followers! To do so, click on the link in the side bar under followers. Thanks...Love to all xoxo

New glasses for our Princess

Okay so Isabel needs new glasses and these are our choices...

First are Barbie B-513 in strawberry...Second we have Barbie B-510 in grapesoda(cute name)...

And last but certainly not least Barbie B-509.

I'm putting a vote on the blog to see what you people think.
GO GET YOUR VOTE ON!!

New family pics!

So for my bday I wanted to get new family pictures. So I called my absolute favorite photographer and set it up. On Monday Oct 20 we took the kids out of school early and headed to Memory grove. Emilie did a FANTABULOUS job. I love her!!!! Here is a sneak peek! Enjoy:)

P.S. here is a link if you're interested in getting some pics taken of your little fams!

http://www.photobyemilie.blogspot.com/

Girly Do's

My favorite hair blog is getting deleted because blogger thinks she's a robot. So she has transferred everything to a new blog. I have updated my link but if you need to here is the new address. Hair do away my friends:)

http://girlydohairstyles.blogspot.com/

Hopelessly in love...

I am so hopelessly in love with my baby!!! Don't get me wrong I love my other three too it's just that JaKobe still can't talk or fight or scream. He is such a wonderful baby. If you know me very well you know that I love babies so I am so sad that I can't have anymore. I am trying to enjoy my sweet little man every second. I love being with my children. I love being a Mom. There is nothing more rewarding and challenging in the world. I look forward to every up and down that the future holds for me and my beautiful family. I am so grateful for my faith and my Heavenly Father for this very difficult year. Every trial we have been through has made me a very strong person. It makes my faith grow trying to search for the reason for the hard times. And how rewarding it is to feel stronger for going through them. I want to tell all my family and friends and ward family how much you mean to me. There is no way I could have gotten though this year without you. You will never know how grateful I am to each and everyone one of you. Thank you for your prayers. There is NOTHING stronger than prayer. I love you guys!

Girly Do's giveaway

Hey y'all. Head on over to girly dos and enter her giveaway. Scroll down to tinks links and you'll find a link to her blog. She has some way cool prizes. Don't forget to mention tinkerbell sent you! Happy hair doing:)

First Day of School 08-09

Kaden's picture is on the way.

Isabel really doesn't start school until the second but we had orientation. She was very nervous.
Zach just had to have a picture. He is so funny, he keeps us in stitches:)

The LAST update

I'm finally where I belong!!

JaCoby was released from the hospital on August 19th. We are so grateful to EVERYONE that has helped us through this. We're extremely grateful to all the nurses and doctors that took care of our special baby. JaCoby is the best baby. He is so content. I think I was neurotic enough for the both of us during my pregnancy!!! He only wakes up once at night to eat and then he goes right back to sleep. What a great way to end this chapter of our lives. We love you sweet baby.

Kaden is SEVEN

Under Constrution...waiting on pictures:)

Update on JaKobe...again!

Hopefully I don't have to do this post too much longer. Oh no did I just jinx us. On Saturday(8/9) I went to the hospital to see my baby and received some GOOD news. JaCoby was looking really good and his doctor didn't see a need to make him suffer longer than necessary so they are going to start the count down of NPO(yada yada only know it means nothing by mouth)from the day he got there. Which means instead of it being day 3 it was day 5. He gets to eat on day 7, more good news. So today(8/12)he got to eat 6 ml's every 3 hours. They have to start slow to see if he tolerates it. I fed him from a bottle this morning and he did great. Once he gets closer to a full feeding they will let me nurse again. YEAH more pumping:{ So all in all we're getting there!!

@@(:HaPPy BIrtHdaY ZaCH maN!:)@@

Zacha turned 3 on August 11th. He had such a fun day and of course he got spoiled!This was his cake that a lady in our ward offered to make. It was fantastic and he loved it!
It's just a card but it made his day...Lightening McQueen. Need I say more?
Transformers...awesome:)
Again...Lightening McQueen!
And a new bike! Happy Birthday Buddy! We love you:)

PICC line...owie:(

This is JaCoby PICC line. I have no idea what it stands for but I know the whats and the whys. Newborn babies have very small veins...I know I know you already knew that but what you didn't know is that their veins are very fragile...okay so you knew that too. Having that out of the way, it is an IV line that they put in a larger vein in the arm and feed though closer to the heart. Like I said their veins are very fragile and the fail very quickly especially with the fluids they are giving him. TPN(again don't know what it stands for yada yada)fluids that they make individually for each baby. They draw blood and see what the baby's body is in need of and then they make the fluid. Lipids which is basically fats. They are doing this because he can't eat ANYTHING!!! So so crappy!! I know you're asking yourself, he has to be losing weight. Oh no he is gaining weight but yes he is VERY hungry:( Anyway when they have this central line in they are able to give him more concentrated doses because the amount of blood in your heart can dilute the fluid more quickly. Hence...a PICC line. What a decision to make for your 3 week old baby!
Summary: The whats a central IV line

The Whys less poking!

Krystal going to the chapel...

Okay so I don't have a picture of Krystal, but as soon as I do I will post it. She looked absolutely beautiful and the day was perfect. This is a onsie that Marcus' cousin made. She has a website so if you're interested it is http://www.doridoo.etsy.com/ We are so excited for Krystal and Jeff! We love you guys!

Update on JaKobe 8/7

We've hit a bump in the road. On Monday JaCoby's nurse changed a diaper that looked off to her so she decided to send a sample to the lab to see if there was blood in it. His belly was tender and measuring the same as before but she wanted to be safe not sorry. That night I went in to nurse him and the NNP(Neonatal Nurse Practitioner)said that it was nothing and she thought it had been cancelled. Tuesday morning Dr. Bentley called and said it came back positive for blood but they weren't too concerned because his lab work looked good and the xray looked clear. He told me to start preparing to bring him home. An hour later he called and said that they found something on the xray that looked like neumatosis(sp?) That is an infection in the bowels that can be life threatening. I was terrified. They told me they were moving him to Primary Children's Hospital. Marcus and I arrived at LDS at 11:30 and they had him ready to go. Another Dr. showed us the xray and told us it wasn't as serious but they still didn't feel comfortable keeping him there. He was going to be moved to the new IMC in Murray.
They have been taking xray's of his belly every two hours and last night August 6 the neumatosis was gone. Now we have to wait ten days on bowel rest which means he can't eat anything. It is so hard to see him struggling and crying for something to eat. But at least we know he is clear af the infection. After the ten days they start up feeding again but slowly. We are looking at another two to three weeks in the NICU.
Please keep JaCoby and our other children in your prayers. This has been so difficult on all of us. Thank you so much for everything you've done for us.

Update on JaCoby

JaCoby is doing very well. We're hoping he will be home this weekend. He just needs to master all his feedings on his own. Thanks to everyone and their support and love. We are so grateful to all that participated in the fast and have kept JaCoby and our family in your prayers. Heavenly Father has definetly heard them. JaCoby is our little miracle. When he was born he was in real bad shape. To see where he is in two short weeks is amazing. He is so strong and healthy. Thanks again to everyone. We LOVE you!

Update on JaCoby July 22

These pictures are from my cell phone so they aren't that great. His billi rueben went back up to 15:( So back under the lights we go. He absolutely would have nothing to do with the googles so we had to prop up a burp cloth over his eyes. He is off forced air and is breathing room air at 90 to 100 percent oxygen. Yea JaCoby!
They had to put his IV in his head because he keeps pulling it out! Monkey:) I got to nurse him twice today and he latched right on. Great job buddy!

Update on JaCoby July 21st

On Monday JaCoby's billi rueben dropped to 13, so he was off the lights! Yipee! He was at 2 1/2 liters of forced air and the oxygen they were giving him was between 20 to 30 percent. His feeding went up to 12 cc every 3 hours.
This is his bed. The nurse's that take care of him are wonderful! I love LDS Hospital.
It was so fun to see him awake! He is so sweet. Now I have 4 boyfriends!

Update on JaCoby July 20th

This was JaCoby on Sunday July 20th. He developed jaundice. Which means his liver is overloaded so his skin turned yellow. This is very common in preemies and not very serious if you get the right treatment. The lights help drop their billi rueben. His count was at 15. The lights don't hurt their eyes they just use them so he can sleep because the lights are very bright.
He was very comfortable. He loved the heat from the lights.
I'm afraid that someday he's going to use that toe to pick his nose! Or one of his siblings nose:)
I HATE seeing all these lights and tubes attached to him!

He is SOOO little compared to my 9 lbs 1 oz Kaden!!!

JaCoby Marcus Johnson

JaCoby Marcus JohnsonJuly 17, 2008 11:26 p.m. 5 lbs. 15 oz. 19 1/2 in
The proud Big Brother
Isabel's new baby:)
He's a little angel
I can't wait to bring you home Sweetheart!

Happy 5th Birthday Isabel or should I say Tinkerbell?

She was so excited for a day dedicated to JUST her!
And of course she got spoiled:)
Happy Birthday Sweetheart! I can't believe you're 5!

Mayhem at Steven and Ditty's

Isabel, friend, Nicole and Kaden waiting for a turn from Uncle Steven on the caterpillar of death! And darling Abby. I love her to pieces!


Zach doesn't like fireworks at Uncle Steven's. See one would think that if you blew a finger off with a firework you would be a little less crazy with them. Not HIM!

And the mayhem begins. I have to say he was a little less crazy this year! We had so much fun. Thanks Steven and Ditty!