Blessing Day

Four generations of first daughters

Her blessing day was amazing. She had four generations on both sides supporting her. It is so amazing to see how much she is loved outside of her dad and me.

My Family

Poppa getting snuggles

Mimi and Poppa loving on Yummy

Great-Mawmaw Golemon

Poppa and Tio

I was so glad that my family was able to comeout to join us when Yummy was first born. My mom was able to be here for two weeks (phew). My dad, brother, and grandmother came out the weekend of her blessing. It was such a special feeling to have them here to share some time with their great-granddaughter, granddaughter, and neice. I appreciate the sacrfices that were made.

First Bath

Oh can I say I have never been so nervous to bathe someone or something in my entire life. Bless her heart. Cade and I were so nervous. It didn't help that she didn't like it at all. (still doesn't actually)

She's here!!!!

Savannah May Johnson decided that January 21st was the day she was going to make her grand entrance. Thursday night after some serious laughs thanks to the Peteresons, "Community" and "The Office", my water broke at 11:30. However, I wasn't too sure if it had or if I had a little accident so when I woke up at 1:00 to really use the restroom and there was much more than should have been, I went to my hall bathroom debating on if I should call my doctor or not. I guess in the time I was gone, Cade had gotten up to use the restroom as well. Realizing that I was not in bed, he came looking for me and found me in my stupor. I told him that I thought my water had broken, but wasn't sure. He said he would follow my lead and went back to sleep. I made the decision and we were out the door half an hour later.

After we got to the hospital's triage around 4:00 AZ time, we got the confirmation that my water had in fact broken and that I was having contractions that I couldn't even feel. I was admitted at 7:00 AM due to there being a million people having babies that night that there wasn't a clean room for me for a while. Once in my room, they started on me at Oxytocin and found out that I was at a 4. After 2 1/2 hours, I decided to get the IV medication that would take the edge. HA! That worked a whopping 15 minutes. So at 10 I asked for an epidural. They asked Cade to leave the room and I got the good stuff. Only problem was that my left side didn't numb completely. So they rolled me onto my side to get it numb. Five minutes later, Cade came in and I felt like I had to push. My nurse came in after Cade and checked me and I was at an 8. A few minutes later, I told my nurse again that I really, really had to push. She told me it was just pressure from the baby, but I told her "uh, nuh-uh". She checked me again and Savannah was right there. She ran to get the doctor and we got down to business. I started pushing at 11 and she was born at 11:13.

It was such an amazing experience. I am so excited to start this journey with Cade and to raise this sweet daughter of God.

Bella Notte

I have decided that I want to be a little more creative when I plan our date nights. Especially since Savannah is going to be here any minute, I have to change my mind set of what a date entails. So I decided that last night we would have an Italian themed date night. I made calzones for the first time with this easy recipe I found on Shine! http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/make-calzone-hearts-for-a-fun-valentines-day-family-dinner-2439922/print (if I may say so myself, they were pretty darn good) and some squash (one of Cade's faves). We lit a candle and enjoyed our candle-lit dinner. So fun!


Afterwards, Cade cleaned up the kitchen and did the dishes for me. (He is so sweet! {sigh}) I made a cake for dessert thanks to the egg replacer that Adena got me. Thanks Adena :) We sat down to watch the movie Ocean's Twelve as Cade loves Ocean's movies and this particular one was in Rome, Italy. We sat together and snuggled on the couch to enjoy some yummies and laugh. So much fun!

Baby Update

Just to fill everyone in, Cade and I went to doctor yesterday for our check-up. There is a little progress, but obviously not enough to put me into the hospital. Savannah and I are doing great, but Cade and I are so excited to meet her she is just taking her time to cook. We will let everybody know if anything progresses.

Pregnancy Photo Shoot

Cade and I decided to take a couple of pictures while I am still pregnant. I guess you could call it a maternity/paternity photo shoot. I was very happy with how they turned out.