When all of our immediate family were in Duluth after Christmas and we went to Bentleyville. A family in Cloquet, MN hangs something like 25,000 lights in their backyard. They have cider, coffee and smores. The Johnson's go every year so it was so much fun to have the Nyberg's with this year! It was chilly but we all had a lot of fun.

Linnea, Mom and myself warming up by the fire and making smores.

Court, Beth, Aimee and Debbie enjoying some cider.

The Nyberg's

We took family pictures on Santa's sleigh. We went after Christmas so Santa was back at the North Pole :)

The Johnson's

Everyone parks and takes a bus to and from Bentleyville. We had Grant in a baby bjorn and he slept the whole time! He was nice and cozy on daddy's chest.

This is Grant's, "where are you taking me??" look. He doesn't care for the car seat. Auntie Beth sat next to him on the way so it was much more fun than sitting all by himself in the back! :)

Grant is 1 Month Old!

It is really hard to believe that Grant was born a month ago today. Time sure flies bye! He thinks he's a tough guy and holds his head up a lot. He is becoming more and more animated everyday!

I am in LOVE with Grant's hair. I tried to capture the look in these pictures.

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.