This is one of my favorite pictures of Grant. He looks so grown up!

This is Grant's Christmas Eve outfit. He likes to make this grumpy old man face.

Grant with Great-Grandpa Grant and Grandpa Dewy.

This is Grant's preacher pose. Praise the Lord!

Grant had his 2 week check-up on Thursday and got raving reviews from the doctor. He is now 9 lbs 5 oz. He has grown 3/4in and is just a wonderful little boy! His umblicial cord fell off on his eighth day of life so he got to take a big boy bath that night! Here are some pictures to document. He wasn't so excited about this bath at first but now, a week plus later, LOVES it!

In the last week, Grant his met his Great-Grandpa Grant, Great-Grandma Jan, Great-Uncle Pat, Great-Auntie DeAnn, his 2 year old cousin Jack, and two of his Aunties--Beth & Court

Some more pictures of Grant's first days! Enjoy!

Grant Jeffrey Johnson

Jeff and I welcomed our baby boy on Wednesday December 5th at 12:08 p.m. He weighed in at 8 lbs 10.5 oz and is 20.4 inches long. We came home from the hospital today and are enjoying being home. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers throughout our pregnancy! Here are some pictures! We'll post more soon! :)

Ready and waiting at 39 weeks...

We got the crib together, the room officially ready and now we wait! Here are some pictures taken a little over a week ago.

Jeff starting to put the crib together.

The finished product, so cute huh?

This is me from the back...

and from the side...

I have had some more hilarious reactions to my stomach recently. My mom and I were at Sam's club and a woman offered us a sample of cappuccino. Well, as we kept walking (around the counter) the woman instead of reciting her product information, was in shock at my stomach. She actually gasped and exclaimed, "WOW, YOU'RE PREGNANT! YOU MUST BE DUE SOON!!" It was too funny!

Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures of our new little family member soon! I am so ready to meet this person!

Baking Craziness!

This past weekend was the last weekend of hunting for the MN hunters and the first for the UP hunters so my mom came over to keep me company. We decided to make it a Christmas cookie baking weekend and could not have done it without the help of my Grandma Grace and Aunt Connie. Thanks for coming! Here are some pictures from the weekend.

We made 8 different cookies in a day and a half!

Here's my stomach at 37 weeks!

A huge thanks to my mom, grandma and aunt! I wouldn't have any Christmas cookies without you!!

true story...

I was bagging my groceries at Cub and an old man tapped me on the shoulder and said, "I just have to ask, are you trying to steal a pumpkin?!" I just laughed out loud, I didn't know what to say. That little old man made my day. Here's the latest pictures of me and my pumpkin!

Speedy Delivery!

(OOPS, not the baby...s/he is still chilling out inside for now)

So we have a miles card, and with this miles card you can buy stuff. Once we realized that the car seat and stroller we wanted was available we were super excited! Then we checked into a couple details and well, the delivery time was 4-6 weeks. YIKES! Our baby should be here in about 5, so that's a little scary right? Before we put our order in we secured a back up car seat plan with some friends. WHEW! Crisis averted. Wednesday I put in our order online and didn't think a thing about it. About a half a hour ago the doorbell rang...it was UPS with our travel system!!! I am so impressed! All that worrying for nothin'! Now we have to figure out how to install the carseat because before we know it...it will be occupied by one little johnson baby!

A Little Toots or Jetty Jr.?

In just a few short days I will be at 34 weeks and as we countdown the days we're preparing for our little one to join us. Here are a couple of precious pictures of Jeff and I.

I love this picture of Jeff! Apparently he used to do this a lot when he was a baby. Anyone suprised knowing Jeff now? It looks from my picture that I should have taken his lead and done some push-ups of my own! Look at those thighs!!

Jeff was 7lbs when he was born and I was 9 1/2lbs! We just can't wait to see how much our little one weighs and who he or she looks like! :) As I write, I have a foot sticking about a half inch out the left side of my tummy. This baby is definitely running out of room!

Kitchen Facelift!

Jeff and I have been slowly changing a few things around our house. We finished our kitchen a while ago but I was having a hard time getting the before picture to cooperate. It kept wanting to be horizontal! I finally got it to stay the correct orientation and so here's our kitchen facelift!

before

after

Two Cousins and a Farm

In the last seven weeks my two cousins, Danielle and Kaylan got married and my Grandma Grace bought the farm she grew up in with her parents and 6 siblings. The Larson side of the family has been busy!

Danielle, Linnea, Kaylan & I at Danielle's wedding. on Aug, 18th. And the four of us at Kaylan's wedding on Oct. 6th.

Jetty & I at the ceremony site in Hudson, WI.

The Homestead in Quamba, MN

The day after Kay's wedding we spent the afternoon at the farm.

This past weekend we had our good friends Alison and Daniel from Minneapolis come to visit us in Duluth. Alison is a week behind me with her pregnancy so I thought we should document the visit with a much loved belly pic!
Alison is 27 1/2 weeks and I am 28 1/2 weeks.

27 weeks...can you believe it??

we sure can't!

Today marks the beginning of my third trimester! So in honor of this momentous occasion I decided to post a belly shot. Its kinda fun at work right now, our toddlers are starting to realize that I am pregnant. Some of them will come up to me and touch my stomach and ask "baby?" I love it!

Aimee & Aaron got married this weekend! They had a beautiful outdoor wedding at Enger Tower Park in Duluth and a wonderful reception in canal park. I don't have many pictures but here are some snap shots from the day! Hopefully I'll get some more pictures soon!

24 weeks pregnant, 3 years married.

Jeff and I just had our 24 week appointment with the doctor. The baby is doing great, its little heart beating away and its little limbs kicking like crazy. Its so funny how now I think so often in one year from now terms. For instance, a year from now when Jeff and I go out for an anniversary dinner we'll have to get a babysitter (I'm sure we won't have a problem finding someone :) for our 8 month old little boy or girl! How crazy is that?

Here's a couple of pictures from our visit with the Strom family. I can't believe it was a week ago already! We had such a blast, thanks for coming to see us!

Jeff's folks watched Jackson while we took Caleb to the playfront playground.

We stopped to watch a boat pass under the Aerial Lift bridge.