Broken Arm

So spring break got off to a little bit of a shaky start. We had planned to go down to St. George for most of the week, and as I was doing hair Monday morning, we had an accident. My cute friend Jennifer was over having her hair done and I thought that Makenna and Seth were watching baby Jake. Well as soon as I was finished washing out Jennifer's hair, I heard a tumbling or something going on. As I ran out of the hair room I saw Jake hitting the last of the stairs and landing at the bottom. His arm was turned all funny and I started to scream. At first I thought that his arm was dislocated so we hurried up and ran to Grandpa Doctor's office.

Grandpa checked the shoulder and didn't think that it was dislocated so he sent us over to the hospital for an X-ray. We went over to Orem Community Hospital and had it X-rayed. We waited about and hour and a half for them to call Grandpa with the results and when they finally did, my dad came in the room and said..."I'm afraid we have some bad news. His arm is broken and it has to be set by an orthopedist. He probably will have to have surgery".

He felt so bad, but of course I felt worse and we headed up to Primary Children's Hospital. We got there around 3:00 but couldn't have surgery until he had been fasting for 6 hours. We had to wait until 6:30 and then he was taken back to have his arm pinned and wrapped. He had the nicest doctor, I do have to say. I felt lucky that we had the doctor that we had. Today I went back to get the hard cast put on that he has to wear another 3 weeks. Lets hope that we can wait just a little while before someone breaks something else ;)

I am feeling really sad because he just had his leg cast taken off in February and is starting to get back to "normal". He is a good sport, however. What a cute boy. I just love him.

A year later...

I am the worlds biggest blog slacker. Its not that I haven't had anything to write about, I just haven't taken the time. A lot has happened since our little Jake joined our family.

When Jacob was born, his right foot turned out to the far right and he had what is called vertical talis. He was in a cast to "correct" his foot several times in the first year of his life. They were stretching the tendons and helping the foot to turn in or stay in the center. He was such a trooper through all of it. Of course that is why they do it when the kids are so young so they don't know any different. Jake developed pretty much normally and didn't have too many issues with his foot that he could tell. He even started walking/running at 10 months. He hasn't been slowed down too much with his casts.

When Jake turned 1 they did surgery to correct the talis issue. They cut the achillies tendon and then moved the talis bone back in to place. Then they stuck a huge pin it. He was such a good. baby. We stayed at the hospital for a few days and then he wore a cast for 5 1/2 weeks. He even started to walk on the cast after a few weeks. It was so cute. He got his cast off in March and has been cruising all over again. He doesn't walk totally normal but he is getting around pretty quickly. He wears a little walking shoe/brace thingy and sounds like he has heels on. I am so proud of how fast he has healed and what a good sport he has been. Oh how we love this baby.

Jake is already 4months old!

Where has the time gone? I can't believe how fast it is flying by. It really seems like only a few short weeks ago we brought the little guy home. He is getting so big! He really is. At his appt. last week he was just over 16 pounds and 25 1/4 inches long. We call him our little chunk. Can you believe it? He does have a big cast on, but it can't weigh all that much. WE get it off for good next Tuesday. I don't know what the future holds with his foot, but as for now we are getting the cast off and going to have a brace that is removable. It will be so nice!

I just love his big open mouth grins and how happy he is all the time. He makes the cutest clicking noises and is always eating his hands. He spits his binky out everywhere and puts the hands in. He loves to hear himself make noise. He is always making the cutest noises and loves the kids. Makenna is his favorite. She can calm him down when she sings to him. He really likes her singing. I am just so happy that he is a great baby. He really is happy almost all the time. What a joy he is.

Baby Blessing

I realized that I never posted anything about the baby blessing. Jacob was blessed Sunday, March 7, 2010. Church started at 1:00 which was a very good thing for me. Getting the family ready and myself has turned out to be a lot harder than it used to be. The baby needs to eat when I need to be doing my make-up and or my hair. Joe blessed Jacob and it was very nice. We had lots of family there. I am so glad that we live so close to family so they are able to make it to things like this. I don't think that my house has EVER been as clean as it was that day. Joe spent all week working on the tile that went behind the sink and all around the counter top backsplash. It looked so nice. I was so proud of how great everything looked and turned out. Helen made the yummiest chicken salad sandwiches and Max brought ham and cheese buns. We also had salad and dessert. I am so grateful to have such a wonderful family and to have Jake in our home.

Cute friends and family.

Notice the nice tile behind Karlee. It looks so much better than the plain old wall.

Sleeping little angel, but he wasn't sleeping during the blessing.
Cute boy that we were together for...

3 months old

Jacob David Johnson or Jake is 3 months old. I can't believe how fast time is flying by. I just realized also that I didn't even post a 2 month post. I have lots of pictures but I don't know what ones are the "official" two months. I am kind of a slacker. I guess I am a frazzled new mom that can't get it all done in a timely manner.

Jake is so cute. He is all kinds of smiley and coos all the time. He loves to kick his feet and eat his hands. He spits his binky out whenever he can and puts the hands in. He wants to be held all the time, and loves to EAT! He is always trying to sit up. He wants to jump out of the car seat or out of your arms. What a strong boy he is.

He has a cast AGAIN. He will have it for 5 weeks this time. He is such a good sport about it. HE doesn't really know how much better it is without because he just gets another one put right back on. I tell you what, it is such a pain when it comes to bathing him. This is the one kid that has not been bathed as often as the others, but he still smells fine. He's a baby and they don't really stink. I can't even describe how much I love this boy. He makes me smile and makes me so happy even when I don't feel like doing anything or getting out of bed. HE has kept me going. What a sweetheart he is. I am so lucky to have him in my home and in my life.

Happy 10th Birthday, Makenna!!

I can't believe how fast time flies. It seems like just a few short years ago we brought our first little sweetheart home from the hospital. Now she is 10! Its just not right. On Saturday we had her cousins and a few friends from school get together at Nickel City. They had a blast. They each got a bunch of nickels to spend and win tickets and get cheesy prizes with them. Its amazing how fast they went through the nickels. You could definitely lose a lot of money in a hurry. After the games we had cupcakes and then went home. They all played at the house for about 1 1/2 hours after and had a great time. Its so much fun to live by most of the cousins and to get to see them all the time. That was the hard thing about living in St. George was that we didn't get to see them very often. Then on Sunday the actual day of her birthday we went to church and then over to see the Johnson's and have dinner. Grandma Helen made Makenna roast and potatoes and gravy. We had a great time with them. I love you, Makenna and I am so glad that you are in our family!!

More Cute Pictures!!

My brother in law takes pictures and he took some pictures of baby Jake when he was one month old. They are so cute. I really don't have lots and lots of pictures taken of the kids this early, but when you have people doing it for free, what can you do? Thought I would share :)