Update

Thank you so much, all of you who have been praying! Travis is awake now. They removed the breathing tube and he is not on the sedation medication anymore. He is still on some other medications for pain, etc. so he is still having some "amnesia." He is becoming more able to talk but since the breathing tube was in for so long his vocal chords are going to take several days to get back to normal. Please keep praying for him, his doctors, nurses, and family as they work with him and as he learns of his situation (he has to be told over and over again because of the amnesia). God Bless!

Please Keep Praying

Travis and his girlfriend Kaitlyn are still in the PICU at Children's Hospital. Travis had a blood clot on his brain but PRAISE THE LORD it has not changed at all so they will not have to do surgery on it and it will hopefully just go away. Their main concern is his back injury. Two vertebrae are actually perpendicular to the rest of the spine. They are calling it a "complete" injury, however they have not confirmed that the spinal cord is severed so we still do have hope. With God, ALL things are possible!!! They wanted to do surgery Monday to straiten the vertebrae and put a rod in to give him support because right now he couldn't sit up or anything. Also, last night he developed a fever (101.5) and has some infection in his lung, he cannot raise up and cough it out so he is on antibiotics. They will not do surgery until he is well so this is not a major concern right now but it is a complication. Please pray he will be able to walk again someday and that his infection will clear up quickly and completely so he can have the surgery.

Kaitlyn his girlfriend is doing better. I do not know many of the details about her but I do know she needs our prayers. She is moving all her limbs but has had to have 2 surgeries, one of which was to remove blood on her brain. Her brain is still swollen but I believe has gone down some. If you read this and would like regular email updates email Levi at elevijohnson@gmail.com and he will add you to the list.

Much Needed Prayer

Good Morning, We are in need of your prayers today. My brother in law Travis and his girlfriend were in an accident involving a 4 wheeler. They are both in the hospital but she is not doing very well and he has a major spinal cord injury. Right now we are waiting on additional tests to know really where we stand but some of his vertebrae are separated in his back and have caused a lesion on his spinal cord. I will post as soon as we know more. The doctors are just doing testing right now. Please pray for both of them. She is 15 and he will be 17 in a few days.

Thank you and God Bless
Katie

It's a GIRL!!

We had our second ultrasound yesterday and found out that we are having another girl!! We don't have any names picked out yet but we will be working on it! Chloe is VERY EXCITED!!!

Dress Up

Chloe always plays dress up and is almost always a princess. When she came to me the other day in this outfit I was curious because it is not nearly as glamorous as usual and I asked her who she was and she looked at me like I should know and she said," I am a grownup!" :)

Planning anyway

Well, even though I don't know if my baby is a boy or a girl or an OWL... I am still planning. I have bought some of the CUTEST newborn clothes. Chloe was SO SMALL when she was born that the "0-3" months just swallowed her til she was 4 or 5 months old and I didn't realize until after she was past that stage that they made "newborn" size. So I have stocked up on several cute onesies for newborns- they are white/polka dot/some green/yellow but I think they are pretty neutral as far as a boy or a girl could wear them. If its a girl maybe I will just put a big bow on her head when she wears the green ones. Although, people have come up to me when Chloe was a baby wearing PINK and asked, "How old is he?" weirdos. :)

Cleaning

Well I guess I am starting my "nesting" or something. I spent hours yesterday cleaning out every nook of Chloe's room. I am going to set up the baby bed in there and have them share a room for a while because I am not ready for her to move to the downstairs bedroom... its so far away!! :) Plus I am planning on the baby sleeping in the bassinet in our room mostly, like Chloe did. (Til she was way too big and almost fell out...) Anyway, I threw out 3 trash bags full of.. well trash. I cant believe how much stuff she has!!!! I am going to make it a point to not get her and the baby ANY and EVERYTHING I think would be neat.. it is just stupid. Not to mention, half of it breaks!!! Well, I think I have learned my lesson...it took forever to get it all cleaned up. Now the baby has a drawer in chloe's dresser, space in the closet for clothes and space above for extra diaper/wipes storage. I am so excited! Now I could really clean out the storage space of Chloe's old clothes if I could just know whether its a boy or a girl... if its a girl i'll keep the clothes, if its a boy.. OUT THEY GO!!!! I am in a cleaning out MOOD!!! :)

It's a mystery....

For my next post I was planning on making the title, "It's a boy/girl!" but the baby was not cooperative at the ultrasound so it's still a mystery! :) Doc says everything looks good and there is only ONE in there.... so thats good news! :) I will have another ultrasound in a few weeks... don't worry Lanhee I will tell you when as soon as I find out! :)

I just love Summer!

I dont love hot weather but other than that I wish it would stay summer forever. Everything seems so laid back and fun. I'm sure Chloe misses all her activities (gymnastics, dance, mission friends, etc) but I love not having to rush everywhere every day! We have been swimming MOST days and are going again this evening. Tomorrow we are going to the Museum of Discovery with my aunt and her grandson, Jack who is about Chloe's age. It will be fun, I havent taken her there yet since she was old enough to actually enjoy it. Then we are going to Oklahoma for several days to visit my other aunt and uncle and then back a few days and then off to Mt. Magazine for a family reunion.. it is BEAUTIFUL up there and they have a new huge lodge and great cabins to stay in! After that is VBS at church then my birthday then everything will start up again in august... I cant believe how time flies....

Fun Busy

Wow, since my "most relaxing week" we have been very busy!!! Chloe had her dance recital a few weeks ago and it was SO fun! Levi's dad came and stayed with us for the weekend so he could see her dance. She had the cutest little pink and green outfit with a hat that had this HUGE pink paper daisy on top!! I will post pictures as soon as I can get them onto this new computer... it is always a learning process for me to figure out memory cards/cameras/transferring to the computer.... so I will slowly but surely be able to post more pics of us. Since then we have been swimming NON STOP it seems like. My parents have a pool so Chloe and I go there most days, Levi takes her after he gets home from work and she can now swim by herself with NO help and NO FLOATIES!!! She is very independent and not scared of anything!! I was scared to go to the deep end much less jump off the diving board into the deep end of a pool til I was like 10 I think and she does it without thinking. She just amazes me!! Levi is on a camping trip with a friend from work and so Chloe and I are doing NOTHING today- the first day we have had to chill around the house in a while! We went to "Old Mcdonalds" (Mcdonalds) for lunch and that was fun and now she is napping. I love days we just get to hang out together, it will be strange but WONDERFUL to bring a new kid into the mix but I think I will miss hanging out with just Chloe sometimes;) I find out on July 8th what I am having. I really have no feeling on what it is and neither Levi or I really care... we both want either one!! So it will be fun to find out and know neither of us will be disappointed if its a boy or a girl... we both hope and pray of course that its healthy whatever it is! I am having fun NOT knowing, but I want to find out just so I can prepare Chloe and also get prepared with the right clothes, blankets, etc.

A Most RELAXING week!

I am so excited this week! Yesterday was obviously the holiday, and we have NO activities going on as far as dance, gymnastics, etc... Levi doesn't even have school this Thursday evening! My house isnt even a total disaster so there is not just tons of work to do there either. WHATS GOING ON?!?! :) Yesterday was fun, Chloe got a little inflatable pool to put in the front yard and she and her daddy had a lot of fun, she would splash him then he would dunk her and that went on for hours I think. I will have to post some pictures today or tomorrow.
She just did the CUTEST thing... she came in here in a T-shirt and panties with high heels and a huge purse carrying her cell phone and her doll and she said she was taking her doll to school. She put the doll on the sofa and said ok, have fun! Then walked back to her room. Kids are a hoot!

New Computer

Thats right, I am typing from my new computer that my GENIUS husband put together!!! I am so excited to have a nicer computer finally- the other ones need to be put in the dumpster! :) Well, maybe that is an exaggeration but anyway, I am grateful for the new one!

Today was a fun/funny day with Chloe. AT LEAST 2x maybe even 3x she unstacked my empty laundry baskets I had ready to take downstairs and put a her baby dolls in it with about 59 blankets. She is so cute, when she plays dolls or dress up- she is REALLY the character. She has a great imagination! Well, I cant wait to test out my new computer more so I will post again in a few days!!

This week

I have been having a pretty darn good week- for one thing we are getting a new computer! I AM SO EXCITED, we have 2 ANCIENT ones that don't like to work sometimes... I guess that is the HIGHLIGHT of my week. Also I am just happy tomorrow is FRIDAY!!! This weekend we are going to my neice's high school graduation, its so weird because I feel like I should be that age but no- I graduated 9 stinking years ago. I am getting old, its depressing.. Anyway- I am looking forward to a fun weekend with Chloe and Levi, we got some new netflix in the mail yesterday so I guess we will be watchin movies and putting together a new computer!!

First Dr.'s Appointment

Well I had my first prenatal appointment this afternoon with my OB. He took 1 little ultrasound picture- it looks like a bean :) I hope it weighs at least 5 pounds already since I have gained that much weight :) ha ha. No I need to be more careful or I will weigh 400 pounds by the end. My OB said for sure it would be another C-section and he does it about 10 days early so that means sometime around Dec. 1st we will have the baby. Poor Chloe- her birthday is Dec. 20th so we might have to do her party a month early or something this year so her moment isnt taken over by the new one. Lots of time between now and then, I'm sure I will think of something special for her, for now I am going to concentrate on NOT EATING MY ENTIRE HOUSE!

The Weather

What awesome weather we are having!! I just love it when it is sunny and cool. I can't believe its this cool this late in the year though- it seems like it is usually 1000 degrees by now. Chloe is ready to go swimming though, we already got our new swimsuit and my parents are going to open their pool next week so she is just ITCHING to go! I am sure we will be spending lots of time at their pool this year- I guess I will be swimming in a T-shirt because I refuse to buy a maternity swimsuit... some of the ones I have seen are HIDEOUS!!!! If anyone has any other suggestions about what to wear swimming while pregnant, let me know!

Guitar Hero

My fingers are so sore!!! Levi and I have been playing Guitar Hero 3 the whole weekend (I know, lazy bums, right?) Its pretty fun tho actually! We are borrowing a Playstation 3 from one of Levi's buddies who is gone for some Army training so we got an extra guitar and boy are we good... I'll let everyone know when we sell our first concert tickets!!! Heehee. Anyway, I was not very productive this weekend because of it so I really need to get in gear starting tomorrow! I hope it warms up and is nice weather this week...

The Sickness!!!

Oh my goodness!! I have never had this bad of a cold in my life! Chloe and I have whatever sickness is going around- maybe its a Sinus or Ear Infection- my head and ears hurt so bad, and I can hardly hear out of one of them. I am also 6 weeks pregnant and cant take ANYTHING, so I am using saline solution nasal spray and eating about 500 cough drops a day. Chloe is not as bad thank goodness but I wish she would learn what it means to let mommy REST :) If anyone is reading this please say a little prayer, I know there is real suffering out in the world but today I feel like I'm in that category. Have a good week!

It's been a while....

I have not posted in a while! Well, my job (fortunately) is coming to an end today. The person I was filling in for is returning MONDAY! I miss being home with Chloe and she does not like getting dropped off at daycare too much. PLUS---WE JUST FOUND OUT CHLOE IS GOING TO BE A BIG SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I am ready to be at home with her and spend a lot of time with her this summer. God may have other plans though, because I have an interview for a REALLY REALLY great job next week. It would be a lot more money for us but a lot less time with Chloe before the new baby is born, plus I did not want to work when I have another baby because I regretted not spending all of that time with Chloe. So, we have much to pray about. Please feel free to join us on that :) Have a good weekend!!!

Working Girl

Well, I am a working girl again. God works in mysterious and surprising ways sometimes. We had not even been talking about me getting a job but a job literally fell into my lap this week. If you knew me when I had my last job, then you know that it literally drained my soul from me. When I finally was able financially to quit it was by the skin of our teeth but it was just too much for me. Not only did God literally hand me this job on a silver platter but it is a wonderful situation. I could not IMAGINE people better to work with. My boss is the most professional kind man I have met and there are three other ladies in our office that are all just SUPER wonderful. The job in and of itself has been a little difficult to learn but it is so interesting and I really do LIKE what im doing. It is a temporary (though full time) job because the lady I am filling in for is away on FMLA leave basically because her husband is very ill. They have two grown children. It is a very sad situation and I hope all who read this will keep that family in your prayers. Also please pray that I can keep her work done well enough that she will not have a big mess to clean up when she does return. All of this just reaffirms that God IS always at work. Bless all of you this week!

Potty Training

Chloe woke up today with a dry pull up!!! This is wonderful because night times have been such an ordeal. I thought kids were ready to potty train when they started waking up with a dry diaper but Chloe never did-she sleeps in so late its always too late :) (However, I am greatful to have always had a good sleeper!) Anyway, the past few days have been dry so I am excited. This potty training thing was WAY harder than I thought it would be! Its a Praise to God that we are basically through now! :) With God (and a little bit of bribery) all things are possible. Ha Ha, Just kidding. Well, it is early in the day so I may post later but I am excited about Spring Break week coming up, we don't have Mother's Day out at church, dance, Mission Friends, and Levi is out of school so we should be able to get a lot of things done... maybe even some SPRING CLEANING! :-P HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

NO POWER!!

Well, Chloe and I are hanging out at my mom's house today because the storms knocked out the power at our house last night right around bedtime and it STILL isn't on. I called Entergy and they say it should be back on by 4:00PM!!! That seems sort of like a long time to me but oh well. At least I got to come to my mom's and mooch for a while! Free coffee, breakfast, and lunch is not a bad deal! Chloe is being a wild animal over here! She must think it is just a free for all :) I must admit it is nice also to be in a different setting and not feel like I have to be cleaning or doing laundry every second. I hope the power is back on in time for me to shower and fix my hair before mission friends. I just love teaching the little four year olds, they are cute as a button and it's neat to see them do the pledge of allegiance I think. It is amazing what little kids can learn and memorize. Well, I guess I should get off the computer for a while and make sure Chloe isn't hanging from a ceiling fan somewhere...

Yay! I started a blog!

Ok, I used to consider myself somewhat computer savvy. I have figured out that I am anything but!!!! Blogging is new "to me so you will have to bear with me as I get the hang of it. I guess I will just start out that today we had the girls Bible study at church and we mostly talked about housekeeping and cooking, etc. and I feel like a big loser! My house is a mess most of the time and I only cook a few nights a week and make my family eat leftovers or fend for themselves sometimes :) I realized the other day I had forgotten to feed my dog for a whole day... when she started sniffing my breath and trying to like my face for crumbs I realized what the deal was. Poor thing. Well Chloe just ran down the hall naked so I better see whats going on.