A Few Firsts for Bowen

Everything these days are firsts for Bowen! It's so fun to experience each new thing with him. He had his first car ride on the way home from the hospital, first bath at home, first doctor's appointment, first morning snuggle and cartoons with Bella, and first snuggles with the boys! He's been such a good baby, easy going, eating and sleeping great! He had gained all but one ounce of his birth weight back at his doctor's appointment so we don't have to go back until his 2 month check up! He had also stretched out another 1 1/4 inches. We had his newborn pictures taken on Saturday and he was an angel. He wore his first tie that Aunt Val made for him for the special occasion! I also just have to say that he has amazing hair! haha, I love it! Maybe that's due to being in the breech position? Probably not, but I'm going to say so anyway!

Bowen meets Bella and Benjamin

Bowen eagerly anticipated meeting his older siblings as he got dressed in his little brother onsie! They arrived and the craziness began! Benjamin couldn't wait to hold Bowen! "Me first, me first"! Bella wasn't thrilled to hold him, I think she just wanted more of our attention or a baby sister still. :) Bowen gave them little treats in an Olivia metal lunch box for Bella and a Thomas one for Benjamin. They brought him a little orange monkey which he loves!

Bowen's sweet visitors!

We've had lots of sweet friends come visit us in the hospital and since we've been home. It's a huge blessing each time to see faces from the outside especially since I won't be able to drive for awhile. Thank you all for all the sweet gifts, play times for the kids, help running errands and laundry, treats, and meals we've already received! I couldn't do this without you all!

Bowen Lynn Johnson

The drama of this pregnancy has been going on for awhile, but the the real excitement all started when I went in on Aug. 27 for my last prenatal appointment. The sonogram showed Bowen was still breech and my amniotic fluid was too low. Dr. Schieber said, "How do you feel about meeting back up here tonight after we get our kids to bed and we do this C-section sooner than later?" I said, "Great"! Brandon was in town for the week, baby was healthy, no more reasons to stall this delivery! So for the next couple of hours I was calling Brandon to tell him the big news and to ask his help to pack all of our bags! I wasn't quite prepared for this day! He was playing tennis of course and finally called me back. So we got the kids stuff together and dropped them off at Papa and Gigi's and we headed up to the hospital. Since we weren't on the schedule we had to wait until about 10pm before there was room for us. I got all prepped, and finally wheeled down to the OR. There was quite a team in there and I felt very well taken care of. We all guessed what time he would be born and Brandon got it at August 28 at 12:02am! Later they weighed him and Brandon guessed it again 7lbs 2oz! Our littlest nugget of course that would have been a piece of cake delivery after the other two! Ugh! God had different plans so I trust there was a very good reason for this! He was perfect and of course immediately handsome! We stayed the full 4 nights to recovery and I'm so glad I did! At times the hospital got a little claustrophobic but I'm glad we stuck it out and I wasn't home distracted by everything and trying to walk too much. We had some very sweet nurses and a great doctor. We also had wonderful visitors that helped pass the time and gave us a sense of reality from "the outside". I'm so overjoyed and blessed by what a sweet gift Bowen is! I look forward to raising him and seeing the plans that God has for his life!

Bella's 1st day of Pre-K

This year Bella is going to Stepping Stones Preschool at Lee's Summit Christian Church. She has school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Fridays, Benjamin gets to go with her which they both love! Her teachers name is Miss Jaime and she has such a fun room! Bella got to pick what we had for breakfast and she picked chocolate chip pancakes. Yum! When we got there we took a picture by the sign and she was excited to go in! She even told me I didn't need to go with her, tear! But Benjamin and I went anyway. She found her name and hung up her bag and knew exactly what center she wanted to go to. I had to ask her to come over and give me a hug goodbye and Benjamin insisted that he give her a huge hug too! It was too sweet!