39 Weeks! I can see the end!

How far along? 39 Weeks
Total weight gain: 47 Pounds...I gained 2 pounds this last week!
Maternity clothes? Yup but I am still rocking maternity jeans at least and not only leggings!
Stretch marks? Yes
Sleep: Sleeping like an angel with good amount of energy during the day to!
Best moment this week: We finally finished everything on our Pre Baby To Do List!! Nursery is all set up, car seat installed, Freezer meals all made, pre-registered at the hospital, Hospital bags all packed ect! We are very prepared!
Miss Anything? Nothing really this week, I will be excited to start up a exercise routine once the baby comes! Walks are not cutting it anymore!
Food cravings: Craving candy, and milk shakes!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, although Mike threw up picking up the dog poop, which I usually do but I was to tired so he offered to be helpful...I feel awful!
Labor Signs: Yup, finally able to tell the cramping and stomach tightening I have been having are contractions. Though not painful at all I am dilated to 3cm and about 80% effaced!!
Symptoms: My belly is still numb! But other than that mild heartburn and thats it!
Belly Button in or out? Flat but still an inny!
Wedding rings on or off? ON!!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Very happy and anxious!
Looking forward to: We have an induction date of Wednesday, October 23! So we can finally see the end of the journey of being pregnant!

 Well this week has gone by so fast! It seemed like everyday we had something going on or planned which is nice because as easy as my pregnancy has been I am definitely starting to be ready to be done! I am starting to be uncomfortable and dread going up and down the stairs! I am still trying to find joy in cooking dinner and doing chores though, we don't have the money to go out to eat so cooking is a must!  

But we got the car seat all installed which was fun, The car seat has a detachable base so the car seat can freely come in and out of the car without the hassle of having to install it each time! We also have a back seat mirror we installed so we can see her in the back seat even if only one of us is in the car! Its funny how much I feel like a mom already driving around with a car seat in the back seat, even with no baby! HAHA!
We also attended a breastfeeding class on Tuesday night, that was very informative and interesting to say the least! The instructor had a visual aid, which was a pillow like, stuffed breast. It had a nipple and everything and the instructor shamelessly would demonstrate how the baby would do an appropriate latch and feed. Mike and I were both a little embarrassed by seeing a grown woman demonstrate this. But when the class was over Mike asked me " So, what was your favorite part of the class?" Without missing a beat I replied "watching the teacher demonstrate the nose to nipple technique". He also confirmed that was his favorite part also!
One thing that I have greatly enjoyed the entire 5 years that Mike has been apart of my life is his never ceasing ability to make me laugh. There is NEVER a dull moment in our house and I wouldn't have it any other way!
We also got an early visit from Santa this year! He brought us a nice new camera! Its a Nikon D3200. It has a 24 megapixels, 2 zoom lenses, can take 1080p video, and has a wifi adapter so we can transfer pictures right from our camera to our smartphones! That is Mikes favorite part! Santa new we would want a nice camera because of Baby Johnson. But Santa was very clear that we would not be getting anything else this Christmas...haha.
But to conclude the week I had my weekly doctors appointment. I before the exam asked the doctor how far past my due date I would have to go before they would induce me. He said that it was an incredibly hot topic in the medical field right now about first time moms after they hit 39 weeks. He said that it depends on how ready the mom is, so lets check you out and see how your doing. Well I am now dilated to 3 cm and about 80% -85% effaced. HOLY COW! The doctor said that I am where many first time moms are when they are stuck in the hospital. So I am doing really well and he has no problem setting up an induction date for WEDNESDAY!!! Thats right, by Wednesday next week I will be moving on to the next phase in my life. Granted the doctor said I may not even make it to Wednesday, but he let me set a date non the less! I am so excited and so thrilled!
But I still need to make it to Sunday for our insurance! So I am praying that if she does want to come on her own that she at least wait until Sunday. I feel like I have been so blessed my whole pregnancy, it has been very easy going and I for the most part feel very unencumbered the entire 9 months. We were fortunate enough that we qualified for prenatal Medicaid so if anything goes wrong with me or with the baby we won't have a mountain of debt as a result. Something that has happened to many people I know and love!
So again thanks everyone for all your love and support! We will keep everyone posted! If anyone would like a birth announcement next week please send me your email address so I can make sure it gets put on the list!!

Love you all!
<3 Lindy & Mike

38 Weeks! A Sudden Realization.

How far along? 38 Weeks
Total weight gain: 45 Pounds, I haven't gained any weight in the last 3 weeks!
Maternity clothes? Of course!
Stretch marks? YUP! But I haven't noticed that they have multiplied this week!
Sleep: Still sleeping through the night with ease, but I have started waking up about 7-8 am to go potty!
Best moment this week: We did our maternity photos on Monday!! It was SOO much fun! I had my baby shower hosted by my Mom & Aunt Tami! It was fun! We also went to Idaho to visit my Grandma! It was so fun and the 4 hour car ride was NOT bad, I was surprised!
Miss Anything? Nothing really this week, couldn't watch the Seahawks game on Sunday but that is totally pregnancy related!
Food cravings: sweets (surprise!) this week's main menu consisted of brownie batter, Cake Pops, Jolly Ranchers and Ice Cream with the cooked brownie batter!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Labor Signs: Not that I can tell, I am still dilated to 2 cm and 85% effaced. had some low back pain over the weekend in Idaho, but nothing terrible!
Symptoms: I am still getting heartburn, but now my belly actually is numb! about 4 in radius right above my belly button has no feeling, very very weird! My ankles are swelling a little from time time as well!
Belly Button in or out? Flat but still in
Wedding rings on or off? ON, I apparently haven't had any swelling in my hands and don't need to take it off!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy & EXCITED to say the least!
Looking forward to: Making the final preparations for little Baby Johnson! Need to install the car seat, Pack my & Mike's hospital bag, and clean out the car (we took Bandit with us to Idaho, and to say he got a little bit of hair in the car would be a lie! It looks like he shed his entire coat in the back seat!!!)

Maternity Photo Preview

Maternity Photo Preview

This week was a weird one for me, I had a sudden realization. I had the thought the other night driving home from my baby shower that in about 2 weeks or less this little person that has been safely growing inside me for the last 9 months would be out here, in the big, bad world. 

She would be living and breathing. She would grow and learn to crawl, walk and talk, run, she would have a first day of nursery and school. She would have likes and dislikes, she will have friends and meet people who wont be nice to her. She will have her heart broken and fall in love, a few times. She will someday go to college, get married, buy a house, have kids of her own. 

All of these thoughts were so over whelming to me considering I just recently experienced them myself. I thought to myself I wish I could shield her from all the bad and hard things I went through in my life, protect her somehow by placing her in a bubble, similar to the living space she is currently occupying. I cried and sobbed at the thoughts of her having her feelings hurt because of something someone said, or an award she didn't win, an athletic team she got cut from, a boy who didn't like her back, silly things, but still things I had went through and experienced. Things that hurt and made me cry. I never wanted her to feel down or sad or alone. 

But I started to smile when I thought of times I had cherished in my life. Singing songs in the car with my Mom and brothers as we drove "The Loop"  to and from school, time spent and my grandparents houses playing games and bonding. I thought about all the fun I had in High School and how accomplished I felt when I got my drivers license and first job. How talented I felt when I made the school team and did well! Laughs I had with my friends and all the adventures that came with. Moving to Utah and meeting my sweet husband at the tender age of 18, which of course came with infinite good times. The moment I found out I was pregnant and how I knew that things would never be the same but in the best way possible. I guess that is life though, you can't have the good without the bad. 

I want so badly to teach her good principles and be a great example of how the gospel is so important in our lives. I want to have patience with her that I haven't had with anyone else. I want her to know that her father and I love each other more than anything (but her) and we would do anything we could to help her if she needed it and we will always be there for her. But with all these wants and desires I have for her, the kind of person she will be, it all starts with me. I for the next several years will shape, mold and design the person she will become. 

I am sure every parent has had this episode at one point or another happen to them. But it happened to me and someday it will happen to her. I love this little person so much already and she isn't even here yet. I am so grateful for the opportunity that I will have to be a mother, and even more grateful for the people in my life that have shaped and molded me to be who I am. I think I turned out alright. 

Thanks for all your love and support and we will keep everyone up to date these next couple weeks!!

<3 Lindy & Mike 

37 Weeks!! Almost Done!

This week was SOOO busy while Mike was gone, good thing to! I had less time to think about him being gone! Stefen and I tackled the Kitchen Cabinets with GREAT success! Mike was so surprised and so happy I was able to do that HUGE project while he was in Kansas City! It took about 4 days start to finish, and it was really fun to do with Stefen, but I was SO glad to be done by the time we finished! I also finished all my freezer meals, so I have 20 total for after the baby comes! I also had mind to double the recipes so hopefully there will be leftovers! I washed all Baby Johnson's clothes and blankets with Dreft laundry detergent (gentle and hypo allergenic specially for babies)! I finished my photo collage in my living room, with the exception of a few frames that remain empty until we have our first family photo session after Baby Johnson comes! We hopefully will hear back about our Medicaid application this week, it will be retro active back to the 1st of October even if they don't approve it till next week, or even after the baby comes, but it would be soooo nice to have heard about it by now! So keep us in your prayers that it will all work out!

But this week should keep us pretty busy as well, We had our maternity photo shoot tonight tomorrow we are having some friends over for dinner, Wednesday I have activity with the Young Womens, Thursday I am having a shower that my Mom and Aunt is throwing, and Friday I have a doctors appt and we are driving up to Idaho to visit my Grandma! On top of all of that we need to finish packing our hospitals bags, install the car seat, and finish any final laundry bits! We are getting so excited to welcome this little baby it seems like she is all i think about! Thanks everyone for love and prayers and support!

How far along? 37 Weeks
Total weight gain: 45 Pounds, lost a pound last week!
Maternity clothes?Yes, but I am enjoying finding cute outfits to wear with BOOTS!!!
Stretch marks? Yup...and finding more daily
Sleep: Sleeping sooo good, thank you DoTerra oils to help with my stuffy nose!
Best moment this week: Finishing the kitchen cabinets, and the wall art in my living room! PS MIKE CAME HOME!!!!
Miss Anything? being comfortable!
Movement: lots of major movements & rearranging... I'm sure she is pretty darn cramped in there! Lately I can even feel her hands and feet moving!
Food cravings: Still want fruit for every meal...other than that, not much of an appetite.
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: I am dilated to about a 2.5 and 80%- 85% effaced! But no contractions, but lots of dull aches in my mid back.
Symptoms: Week 37 is when I officially hit a wall. My back has started to ache, my stomach feels tight and I am having pain right above my pubic bone wear my jeans usually sit!
Belly Button in or out? Flat like a pancake!
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Maternity photos!! We had to reschedule because of Mikes impromptu trip to Kansas City, but he is back now!!!

Before and After of the kitchen!

Newer Photo collage, with updated pictures!