Its a boy!!!

We finally had the baby!!! Andrew Brent Johnson was welcomed into our family on Monday June 28, 2010 at 8:41 pm. He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 21" long.

(Only an hour old and already sucking on his hands)

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I started contractions around 3:30 am that morning and headed to the hospital at 10 am. My sister Georgette was kind enough to take work off to watch Garret for us so Brent could go with me. The contractions were pretty strong so I thought I would be dilated more, but no. The Dr. stripped the membranes to try and help me dilate more. He came back later and checked me and I was just over 2 centimeters. That's when he broke the water and hooked Andrew head up to a sensor/microphone thing that lets you know the heartbeat more accurately. In the next couple hours I only dilated 2 more centimeters. I got some pain meds and then the epidural to help me through the contractions. They gave me pitocin to try and help my contractions get stronger and help me dilate more, I'm glad I got the epidural before the pitocin. They weren't happy about how slow I was going, or that Andrew's heartbeat was not being consistent or reacting how it should to the contractions, so they gave me an oxygen mask. The nurse had me switch sides I was laying on to see if that would help him react better, at that time the nurse also checked me and said I was only a 4+ still. 45 min later the Dr comes in to check me, says I'm at an 8!! That was at 6:45ish. An hour later I was starting to push, then an hour later he comes into the world. Just over 17 hours from start of contractions to delivery. I think my epidural was wearing off a little at the end, I could feel a lot more than I did with the c-section last time. We found out why Andrew's heart rate didn't react well to the contractions or pushing, after his head came out they noticed the umbilical cord was around his neck. There was also meconium in the amniotic fluid that came out when I was pushing, as well as on the placenta, don't know why the fluid was clear when the other Dr broke it. There had to be a respiratory team there to clean him up and make sure the meconium didn't get in his lungs. He was just fine. We are both doing well. I'm trying to heal up from the episiotomy as much as I can before I get home. I told the Dr afterwards that I think I'm gonna do c-sections for any other kids we have. I would rather have a sore stomach with stitches than the area I sit on.

Garret and Brent are doing well too. I think Garret is a little anxious about this baby brother thing. He is still excited to have him, but is noticing that Andrew is getting a little more attention at the moment than he is. I think too that he is just bored in the hospital room and is not acting like normal. I think once I get home he will do better. He's not used to having me not there when he goes to bed and when he wakes up. Andrew and I will be heading home on Wednesday the 30th. We are very excited and happy to have this little guy with us. He is already showing us his personality. He came out wanting to eat his hands and is always looking for them. He sleeps pretty well, just gets startled kinda easy. My problem right now is trying to keep him awake when I feed him, we'll get the hang of it.
(Mommy and Andrew)(Daddy and Andrew)(The boys)(The whole family)
I'll put some other pics up later of Andrew after we get home.

No baby yet...

We went to the zoo today to try and walk the baby out...so far hasn't worked. The counter on the side of the page is now counting the days I'm overdue :P

June so far...

First off we had Garrets birthday to celebrate. Brent and I took him to a place in Draper, UT called Boondocks. They have mini golf, bumper boats, go-karts, arcade, laser tag and a soft play area for kids. Brent took Garret on the go-karts first, so G could drive a race car. I think he loved it. They let you drive for a good 10 or so minutes. (Go-karting with daddy) Then he wanted to do the arcade. He loves the games that you get to shoot stuff and the car ones. He also loves the Deal or No Deal game (he actually waited 5 min for someone else to be done playing this before he got his turn, he was very patient). Brent and Garret played air hockey. Garret did pretty well until he helped Brent score a few times, he loved it though.(Playing air hockey with daddy) He played in the soft play area for about an hour or so, it had some fast slides and was really big. After we got back to the house we let him open presents and play for a while (a really heavy rain storm came through).(Cheeser showing off the present) That evening we went to McDonalds for dinner with Ralph, Nancy and Dustin. After we were done eating we let G play for a while.

On Sunday we had his birthday dinner with family. We were happy to have all that were able to, come and celebrate Garrets birthday with us. I was glad the rain stopped and the sun came out just long enough for some to eat outside so we had enough room. He loved having Happy Birthday sung to him and being able to blow out his candles.(Birthday boy with his cake)
The other part of June is waiting (not always patiently) for the baby to come. I will be 40 weeks (full term) on Wednesday the 23rd. I wasn't expecting to last this long, but as far as I know I might go longer than my due date. I guess we will have to wait and see when this kid decides to show his face to the world.
(39 weeks) (Mommy and Garret. Trying to show how tall Garret is at 4 yrs old)

Brent is busy studying for the BAR here in Utah. He has recently caught a cold, so studying is really hard for him. We are really hoping he gets over this cold before the baby comes so he can be there and hold the baby sooner than he held Garret. He got sick a day or so after I had Garret and couldn't hold him for a few days.