First Tooth & Pictures from the Phone

Jessica got her first tooth last friday... the day before her 9 mo. birthday (just like crawling and 8th months).  It is still working its way out, but that was when we felt it first.

Not much else is going on except I am working on packing up all my things, trying to finish some projects that I know I will not be getting around to for a very long time if they are not finished before we close on the house.

Oh!! Almost forgot.  I chopped off my hair.  I had been thinking about getting a haircut for several months, so while I was in Snowflake I went to Showlow to the NPC cosmetology clinic and got my hair cut.  I was able to donate 10 inches to Lawks of Luhv (I know the spelling is off here but I don't want to be showing up on tons of search engines... already have had a couple visitors because of it...) (Yeah!! I was thinking about it already but just decided to cut my hair and didn't realize I could donate it there until one of the instructors asked if I wanted to since we were cutting off so much)

Here are some random photos that were on my phone.  Enjoy!!!

Sleepin on the job.  Seriously, how hard can eating be?

Hey Mom, what are these?

I want to go for a ride!!

Tryin' to reach the toy in the walker.

Cousin stare down.

Being held by Grandma H.

With Grandpa E.

The things Daddy and Grandma will do to make the baby happy.

Trying on Halloween Costumes.

Christmas tree cutting at Old Sunrise.

Who cares about the tree? Dot's gotta keep her nails clean... and Gertie has to take pics of the whole event.

And for the talented sisters (Christy made the "BE" blocks, and Gertie made the photo blocks)

Jessica Walked!

I think the VIDEO says most of it.  My hands are close to her, but not touching, and today was the first time she has EVER taken a step without holding onto something... and she goes all the way across the room.

Hopefully she will do it again when Dad gets home from work.  If not, he will just have to settle for the video.

Lovely.

April 11

Tax day?  No, thats the 15th....

Birthday?  No, thats later this year....

Anniversary? Nope, already past this year...

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April 11th is the day that I get to call this:

Mine.

Jessica Crawls... I am in Snowflake...

This is a few weeks late, but Jessica started crawling last month, the day before she turned 8 months old.  HOORAY!! .... Now she is getting into quite a few things, but not too much.  The first week or so she kept wanting to crawl to the TV stand with all the electronics and their pretty lights.  She got close then kept reaching out to grab things, and I kept putting her hand back on the floor and saying "no".  After about the 6th or 7th time, she realized I was serious and started to cry, at which point I turned her around and gave her a different toy to play with.  Thankfully it only took 5 or 6 times of doing that for her to quit trying altogether.

She is doing really well with crawling over steps.  From the Family Room to Arizona Room, there is a five inch drop and she has face planted on the tile several times, but now she goes over the drop no problem except when she is tired. 

Jessica has become so attached recently.  If she is not with someone she knows (grandma, grandpa, mom or dad) then she gets hysterical.  I left her in the nursery when we had our Relief Society luncheon last Saturday, and she lasted maybe 5 minutes.  And with my Mom and sister today, she is only happy if I am in direct sight, and sometimes only when I am holding her.

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So this morning I was sitting down for breakfast, and my mom in law asked what my plans were for the day and I did not really have a response except ... uuhhh.... uuhhh.... SO, I thought about what I wanted to do (since this is my week off from tutoring because of spring break) and I decided to come up to Snowflake.   I had planned on it earlier in the year, but had never made official plans, and pretty much decided against it last night, but then I changed my mind this morning about 7:30, by 9:30 I had washed the dishes, packed and headed out the door, leaving the hubby behind to fend for himself for a couple of days.

Jessica slept all the way to Payson, had a bottle, got a diaper change in Forest Lakes, Graham Crackers in Heber then fell asleep while finishing them off and slept the rest of the way to my parents place.  It was a fabulous trip.  I LOVE that she can feed herself now!!! I just hand back the crackers, and she devours them.  So much easier than having to stop every time she gets fussy.  Just pull out a cracker!!  Should have named her Polly :).

So for Snowflake.  I don't know what I am going to do while I am here, but it doesn't really matter, it is just a change of pace and it is wonderful.  So far I got to help my mom edit her essay, build a fire (first try!! wahoo! I am so talented!!), watch my nieces and nephew and chat with my hubby while he was on his way home from work.

Fabulous.

Jessica talks!!!

Hear Jessica say Grandpa, Dad, and All Done HERE

Any Resemblance?

So here is what I found when I was looking through the pictures we took while we were in Sedona:

You'd think we all like to smile or something :)

I LOVE the colors we saw on the hike. Reds, Yellows, Greens, Pastels. Beautiful!

These berries were completely dry. So beautifully preserved!!!

Now what would a trip be without pictures of the clouds?

Our stop at Montezuma's Castle on the way home.

So ready to be done.

LATE POSTING: She is here!!!

Who: Jessica Lynn Johnson
Day: Saturday June 20, 2009
Time: 2:47 pm
Weight: 8 lbs 3 oz
Length: 21 inches
Pictures:






Sorry it has taken me so long to get this posted, I don't really have an excuse other than I have someone that depends on me for absolutely everything... you know how it goes. Anyway, for those of you who have absolutely been dying to hear the gory details of the delivery here it goes...

Saturday morning I woke up about 4:00 to go to the bathroom, and on the way my water broke. Soaked my clothes half way to the knee. Lovely feeling, I know. I did not want to wake up Jacob right away because I knew it was going to be a long day for him, so I got a few things together, and then I woke him up. We got to the hospital around 4:30 a.m. and sat in the triage room until close to 6:15. I hate those small, uncomfortable beds in there so I was glad when we finally got a room in Labor and Delivery. I was dilated to 5 by 7:30 (at which time I got an epidural), and stayed that way until they gave me pitocin (around 10) to speed things up. By ......


So I never finished this post. So here is a rough (8 months later) finish.

They gave me another dose of the epidural around 11:00 or so because it was wearing off and I was feeling the contractions although I though I was just feeling the pressure. I was getting tired really fast and when I started crying over nothing they told me I was getting more medicine. 5 minutes later I was talking and laughing again like nothing happened. About 1:30 they decided I was dilated enough so they prepped the room for the delivery and had me start pushing about 1:45. An hour later Jessica was here. I needed a few stitches, but everything else went really well. It made me cry to see Jacob holding Jessica and the way he looked at her. He was smitten from the first moments.

I was so happy to have so much family there with me in the Delivery room. Jacob, Mom (both of you), Deanna. And all of you waiting in the lobby. That was such a special day and I am glad so many of you could share that with us.

By the way, I loved the epidural. My mom kept looking at the monitors, then looking at me and asking, "and you didn't feel that?" ... Mine was the first delivery she has witnessed with an epidural.