Last Week in Kokomo, 27 Weeks!

27 Weeks! Hello 3rd Trimester!

How far along? 27 Weeks
Total weight gain: 30 Pounds, scale at the doctors office says more than the one at home!
Maternity clothes? maternity leggings are now my most favorite! I can't believe I didn't discover them sooner!
Stretch marks? no, knock on wood!
Sleep: still sleeping great, sometimes I wake up to leg cramps, almost like a Charley Horse in my calves!
Best moment this week: Getting to drive to Kentucky and visit my Aunt Connie and her family! I haven't seem them in almost 3+ years!!
Miss Anything? Some of the Kokomo Office went to Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH! I would LOVE to go on some HUGE roller coasters!!
Movement: Oh YEA! Little baby Johnson has discovered my ribs this week! I thought her ninja kicks to my belly were strong, ribs don't even compare!
Food cravings: This week consisted of XXL Grilled Stuffed burritos from Taco Bell, Slurpee's, donuts, and MILK!! I love the stuff and can't get enough! New to the table is Fruit and Veggies!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Had my Glucose test for pregnancy diabetes and the orange drink they gave me about sent me to the bathroom! It was like a warm orange Otter Pop! EWWW
Labor Signs: Nope, but the doctor said I should start to feel Braxton Hicks in a couple weeks!
Symptoms: I am starting to waddle, oh joy, and I still have a good amount of heartburn!
Belly Button in or out? About 1/4 inch more and it will be flat!
Wedding rings on or off? ON! Thank goodness, I feel naked when I don't have it on!
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY! Although it has been a rough few days with Bandit misbehaving!
Looking forward to: I leave Indiana on Wednesday next week to head back to Utah to Stefen! It is also bitter sweet because that marks the 2 month period I won't see Mike!! UGH!


Well this week has been a super productive one! I have been so busy trying to get stuff done and ready for me to drive back to Utah this week! Tire rotations, cleaning, oil change, post office, packing, cleaning ect... I will be leaving in about 3 days! I am so excited, yet I am soooo sad that I am not going to see Mike till the end of September! It actually gives me a little bit of anxiety, so I try not to think about it to much. The hardest thing now is just waiting till Tuesday to start packing the car up! I can't really pack anything until then because we already brought the bare minimum out here so we pretty much use everything everyday. But we had a fun date night, finally went to Outback for dinner after I had been craving it for months! We also went and saw the new Wolverine movie, that was very good and way better than Superman!

But this week has been a lot colder than last week, last week was 90+ and 95% humidity so it was pretty bad, especially for Mike who is out knocking doors all day! But the last few days have been much better. In the 70's to mid 80's. I do wish the weather was a bit nicer so I could make it out to the pool but I have so much to do that it is not a big deal!

Speaking of better, Bandit has been so good the last couple days which is nice because when we got back from Kentucky (Sunday night/Monday) he was seriously the WORST dog ever! He chewed a hole in the wall, and when I went to fix it he kept licking the wet spackle off the wall! GROSS, he probably ate about 2-3 table spoons of the stuff! We left our bell in Kentucky so he pooped on the floor, and it was kinda runny so of course it was freaking nasty to clean up! I even threw up after that one! He peed on the seat on the car it took 3 days of treating it with Natures Miracle and eventually taking the car into get the car shampooed for the smell to go away. He chewed up and DESTROYED the only pair of flip flops that Mike has, But I bought him a nice new pair that he actually likes better. He chewed up the volleyball we bought at the beginning of this summer.And to top it all off he chewed on the charger cable of the laptop the day after we bought it, still completely usable, but still, what the heck! But like I said earlier after that 1 day episode he has been really good, probably because Mike and I beat the crap out of him so good we put the fear of God into him!

I had a doctors appointment this week, little baby Johnson is doing well. I got to hear her heartbeat and it was about 130 bpm, so fast! I also go to do my diabetes test/glucose test. Apparently they give you this drink that tastes like a warm melted Orange Otter Pop, and then you have to sit for an hour while your body digests it and then they draw your blood. Well the drink they give you tastes disgusting, and it makes you feel like crap! I got super tired, and of course you can't lay down or go to sleep, it made me very nauseous, and of course you can't eat or drink ANYTHING, not even gum. Then to make you feel extra special they draw your blood...grrr. I hate having my blood drawn. Then I will go back to get my Rogam shot. But needless to say I did not feel very good for the rest of the day.

Anyway things are going well for us Mike is doing well with sales and super excited still about his big Linx Madness win! I am so proud of him and so grateful that he is such a hard worker and provides so well for us! My daughter is going to have the best Daddy! I really feel so lucky and am happy to say I am still so in love with him =D

Well enough of the cheesy stuff and Thanks everyone for all your love and prayers for us since we have been out here, we can truly feel the love of our friends and family! So take care and I will see you Washington folks NEXT WEEK!!

<3
Lindy & Mike

Mike is the Champion!! 26 Weeks!

26 Weeks and counting!!

How far along? 26 Weeks
Total weight gain: 25 lbs
Maternity clothes? wearing leggings most of the time - also looking extra sexy by flipping up my yoga pants fold-over-flap up over my belly!
Stretch marks? not yet, keeping my fingers crossed!
Sleep: sleeping great, I woke up in the middle of the night for the first time to pee yesterday! But my new maternity body pillow is AMAZING, makes it so I can sleep on my Stomach/Side!
Best moment this week: Had a baby shower with all the ladies from Linx, it was done sooo well and I had a blast! Lots of cute clothes for Baby Johnson!
Miss Anything? The guys in the office were talking about going to a water park! I would SOOO love to go on some water slides! OH WELL, better luck next summer!
Movement: I feel her pretty sporadically through out the day, but always when I get into bed or when I first wake up in the morning.
Food cravings: TACO BELL with Fire sauce and SLURPEES, although when I went this week they messed up my order and I was so sad that my craving wasn't fulfilled!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Only when I don't eat when I wake up!
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Still digging that heartburn, even with a glass of milk or something not hot! So imagine how bad it is when I have FIRE sauce on my Taco Bell!? Also I have started this annoying little thing sometimes when I sneeze...yup you guessed it I pee myself a little...gross!
Belly Button in or out? Still an inny, but it is getting shallower and shallower!
Wedding rings on or off? on - so surprised I don't have swollen fingers/toes yet. I barely get swollen ankles, but a quick trip to the pool with my legs up fixes it!
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY! I just feel so blessed that I have such a wonderful husband and great friends and family!
Looking forward to: Going to Kentucky this weekend to visit my Aunt Connie and family and have Mike finally meet them!

Aunt Connie & Uncle Ralph's back deck, LOVED the pool!!

Baby Show collage!

Well this week was a very good week! Mike WON his Linx Madness competition!! He did so well and I am sooo proud of him! The Linx Ladies also threw me a really nice baby shower! We played fun games and had good food! It was especially nice because all the ladies got together to do it and we dont ALL hang out together a whole lot so it was very nice. Mike and I also drove about 4 hours to Kentucky to visit Aunt Connie and Uncle Ralph! I visited with my cousins and got to see my Uncle Duane, who I probably haven't seen since I was about 12 years old! Mike also got to meet them which was worth the trip all in itself! Connie, Cassie, and Crystal even threw me a little baby shower! My daughter is going to be one good looking dressed girl!! But Bandit had a blast being able to run all over their property and getting loving from new people!! But the week was great and thanks everyone for your love and prayers!!

Love 

Lindy & Mike

Beach Day! 25 Weeks!

25 Weeks!!

How far along? 25 Weeks
Total weight gain: 23 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yes, but I have been wearing them since I was about 13 weeks because I can't stand the pressure on my belly!
Sleep: Pretty good, Bandit wakes up between 6-8 though!
Best moment this week: just feeling overly excited/happy about everything right now & the reality that baby Johnson will be here in less than 100 days (unless I deliver way late..) Just trying to soak it all in!
Miss Anything? I would LOVE a good Krispy Kreme to fulfill my donut craving! None in Indiana so I get to wait!
Movement: all the time, I finally can see her moving from the outside, or when her head is right in the middle of my stomach & we can see a big lump there!
Food cravings: Mexican Rice & Beans and Taco Bell, Slurpees, Nutella and graham crackers or strawberries, Good n Plenty's, and anything chocolate!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, I can finally brush my teeth without any hesitation!
Gender: Girl, has the ultrasound tech double check at our appt (Thanks to Daddy's teasing!)
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Some lower back pain when I lay down for too long, but worst of all - HEARTBURN. I get it a few times a day from anything I eat. If the old wives tales are true, little baby Johnson will be born with as much hair as I currently have right now.
Belly Button in or out? Still an inny, but it is moving on out!
Wedding rings on or off? ON!
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY! Although I did have a bit of a moody-pregnancy-meltdown the other day when we went to the beach because I wanted Fish and Chips soooo bad but the restaurant was 20 minutes out of the way!.
Looking forward to: Stefen comes home in 26 days, so i am looking forward to driving back to Utah then to Washington with my Mom to welcome him home!

Mike and Bandit taking a nap, 3 man stack, Lake Michigan!

Bandit pooed from the beach!

Happy 4th of July!!!

24 Weeks!!

Well this week was another good one! Mike every other week will drive the car to area, this week was my week to have the car! I had another productive week which is very fulfilling!
On Monday I went grocery shopping for the next 3 weeks!

Then Tuesday we had a repair man come from Safelight Auto and FINALLY replace windshield! What started out as a tiny dollar bill sized crack in the windshield in February, ended up almost stretching the entire length of the windshield by now, and if you are driving at the wrong time of day the sun would shine into that crack and shine into your eyes like a laser bouncing off a mirror! So not safe would be and understatement! I also got the oil changed and the car vacuumed out!

Wednesday was a little bit of a lazy day, but I still managed to clean the whole house and give Bandit a bath!

Bandit and Mike on our way to the park!

Thursday of course of our great countries day of Independence!! Happy 4th of July! Mike had the day off from selling so we got to stay in bed until about 1 pm and then played several games of League of Legends! Mike took me out for a very nice dinner to Red Lobster and then after we proceeded to blow off the $250 worth of fireworks Mike bought while I was in Utah! They had about 75 LARGE mortars to blow off as well as M-80's, Firecrackers, and Fountains! It was very fun!

Friday I had an ultrasound appointment with the doctor, the baby is very healthy and a good weight of about 1 1/2 pounds! The ultrasound tech also double checked and Baby Johnson is still a Girl! Which I am very excited about because Mike has been teasing me since I put all that work into the nursery for a girl, that she would end up being a boy!

Saturday we went to the park with Bandit and some friends who also have a puppy and we played Frisbee and Bandit managed to find a mud whole, so of course I had to give him his 2nd bath of the week! Today we also took Bandit to the park and tried teaching him the art of chasing, retrieving, and returning a Frisbee....he was pretty good considering the Frisbee is almost the same size as him! But we had a pretty good week!

Thanks everyone for your love and support and prayers take care!

<3 Lindy & Mike

Long Couple of Weeks!

Well the last couple of weeks have been quite the roller coaster! I got a call from my Mom on the Thursday before Fathers Day saying my Grandpa Stibal has had had a stroke! Although very scary she said he was going to be fine, he had no facial paralysis or permanent damage, but he would need to work with a physical therapist and was not allowed to drive. But she and my Aunt Tami would be making the drive up to Idaho anyway because it was Father's Day weekend and Grandpa was struggling with the idea that he would need to work with a physical therapist to get full use of his legs back. After their visit they left on Sunday afternoon to head back to Utah. Sometime Monday morning Grandpa suffered a heart attack, completely unrelated to the stroke, and passed away. So being surprised about his passing would be an understatement. It is the strangest feeling thinking you will have more time with someone, more time to tell them that you love them, more time to get to know them and have that all change in a single instant.


Due to a decision earlier in the year to sign up for a Southwest sky miles credit card I was able to book a flight to Idaho to attend my Grandpa's funeral and say goodbye. I am mostly glad that I was able to be there for my Mom during the week. But I am also  so grateful for the blessings that Heavenly Father gave my family of being able to see him one last time before he passed while he was still happy and overall healthy. The funeral was very nice, Grandpa served in the National Guard in WW2 and so he was burred with honors. Although the circumstances were not the best it was so nice to be able to see my family!

But my trip to Idaho was followed with a few days at home! And boy did I take advantage of that time! Mike and I planted grass in the back yard along the fence before we left to Indiana and it is coming in very thick and beautiful. But unfortunately it is being accompanied by weeds of every kind! But nothing a quick trip to Home Depot couldn't fix! I got weed killer and grass feed and pretty purple, red, and white petunias to plant in my flower bed (since the daffodils and tulips are long gone). I was very unsatisfied by the flow if my kitchen cabinets so I rearranged my kitchen and made it much more functional. I finally found a bedspread that matches the color scheme we chose and installed curtain pull backs in our room.  But I am most proud of the work I did in the nursery! I painted the room a beautiful milk chocolate brown color, and repainted the trim and window ledges white. I got the crib and changing table put together. I even decorated with a beautiful 8 ft tall tree with pink leaves and cream colored little birds! I personally love the touch of shelves on the tree branches! But it was a very productive trip back home, Mom said I was nesting, which according to Wikipedia says Nesting: refers to an instinct or urge in pregnant animals to prepare a home for the upcoming newborn(s). Which now having experienced it first hand I am a true believer in nesting! I would get up, with no alarm, at 9 am and stay busy all day until about 1 or 2 in the morning! Needless to say I crashed hard when I got back to Indiana!


But getting home was so nice, I missed Mike like crazy and of course my furry little babies! When Bandit saw me for the first time when I got home, oh man, he freaked out! He was howling and barking and rolling on the floor licking my face and nibbling on me. This went on for a good 5 minutes! I knew he loved me and thought I was his, but oh man I seriously under estimated how much he loves me! Mike was happy to see me to but that intense of a public display of affection did not happen, HAHA! But I have been feeling baby Johnson moving around more and more every day and Mike finally got to feel her kick on Friday morning! It was such a sweet moment for the two of us!

But I am glad to be back and I am VERY excited for the 4th of July next week! I love the fireworks, and the BBQ's and hopefully the sun! But that is pretty much all for the last couple of weeks, Thank you everyone for your love and prayers during this hard time for my family and we miss all of those we dont get to see on a regular bases!

Take Care!
<3 Lindy & Mike

Newest Johnson has ARRIVED!!

Such a happy puppy!

Nap time!!

 Well it finally happened! After asking Mike for almost 3 years he finally decided that he wanted a puppy! Our cats are a lot of fun so don't get me wrong but as of late Mike and I have realized we will never get the companionship from our kitties that we will get from a dog. So on Tuesday I drove an hour away and picked up the newest addition to our little family! He is a 4th generation pure bread Siberian Husky! He, as you can tell from the pictures, has black fur around one eye and white around the other! He even has white eyelashes to match! We have decided to name him Bandit (not because he stole my little heart, but because of the patch on his eye lol)! He is a super good puppy, obviously not potty trained but with my VERY careful supervision he has only had about 2-3 potty accidents in the house! We have put a small cow bell by the door and every time we got out to potty I have him hit the bell with his paw. Eventually he will hit the bell on his own when he needs to go to the bathroom (hopefully)! But he is only 7 weeks old so we can't expect A LOT right now!

Welcome Home!

Bandit and Ace Sleeping together!

But he is also very snugly as you can tell by the picture! He loves to sleep with us, and we love having him want to be with us which is why putting him in the kennel at night has been so hard! But we will get through it!


But in other news Mike had his biggest day of the summer so far this week! 5 accounts in a day, and the day before that he got 4! WAHOO!! Go Mike! So needless to say he has been doing really well!!

But that has been pretty much all is new with us, and thank you all so much for thinking of us and keeping us in you prayers.

<3
Lindy & Mike

Hospital Trip!

Hey Everyone!

Mike and I by the Riverbottom
AFTER the cave of death!

Well this week was a little slower going by but that is okay it was still really fun! Sunday we drove down to visit Mike's cousin Ann and her family! We stayed the night and the next day was Memorial Day! So we got up fairly early and went out on a hike! The hike was about 5 miles round trip, and we were actually hiking to a cave! The cave was dark damp and cold. It started out at ceiling height and then dropped to about 3-4 feet high, so hunching/squatting through was really the only option. Then it opened back up for about 10 feet and went back to a super low height of about 1 1/2 feet to 2 feet, which obviously required your best Army Crawl! Then after that was all said and done your final test was lifting yourself up and out of a very small hole  to exit the cave! Keep in mind I am 5 months pregnant, and since going back was not an option for me, I sucked in as best I could lifted myself out! Only a minor bruise was obtained during this adventure, but a lot of mud and dirt came with it also! After that was all said and done we went to an EXCELLENT ice cream place called "The Moose". We got the Black Raspberry Blitz...YUMMIE. Then we went back to Ann's house and had an amazing BBQ of pork chops and hot dogs! What a long day!

My leg bruise!

The next few days felt very dragged out as I was super tired from our adventure, but I also had developed on going nausea and a headache! Then on Wednesday night after eating dinner I decided to try taking a Tylenol to help with the body and headache, something triggered inside and it sent me running for the bathroom. I barely made it to the sink! I woke up 3 more times in the middle of the night to empty my stomach, and eventually it just turned into throwing up nothing. I tried taking a shower to feel better, which it did help until I tried to drink some of the water coming out of the shower head and about 5 minutes later I was throwing that up to! I called my OB here in Kokomo and she suggested I got to the ER. So I went to the ER, while Mike was at work and was admitted. They drew blood, collected a urine sample, and hooked me up to an IV for an hour. The also gave me some anti nausea meds, which made me have the taste if salt in my mouth! After the IV was done the nurse came in and informed me that I had a UTI and was dehydrated! When your pregnant symptoms of an UTI can include: lower abdominal cramping, nausea, headaches, backaches, and vomiting! So after 4 1/2 hours at the ER They gave me a Rx for antibiotics and nausea! But don't worry I am feeling MUCH better!

Mike's still been doing well with selling, the town he was knocking in this last week was about 1 1/2 hours away for he has been getting home pretty late! On the same night I went to the hospital the guy Mike was driving out to area with his car broke down on the way home. So Mike and the car group had to wait for someone to come get them and bring them back home! needless to say he got home even later that night!

But other than that everything is going well and were enjoying our summer! Thanks for all your love, support and prayers it means a lot to us!

<3
Lindy & Mike