OuR bAbY sTorY

It all began on March 23rd the night before the BIG day!

Here we are not knowing what is in store.

My mom had just arrived and we were all getting ready

for the exciting day ahead of us!!

Which meant for the kids, bed time and sweet dreams

and for Nate and I a long restless night

full of Excitement, Anxiety, Stress and Fear!!

I got a pretty good night sleep going to bed

around 12:30 and was up at 3:30 a.m.

to get ready to be at the hospital by 5:30 a.m.

I was up bright eyed and bushy-tailed

and very nervous but very excited

to meet my new little man!!

Here is Nate and I right before we left to go to the hospital.

When we arrived at the hospital

the fear was starting to really set in....

the UNKNOWN

can be really scary!!

We went to the 2nd floor filled out some paperwork

got our wrist bands and then went to the 3rd floor-Maternity ward.

I was taken to an amazing, enormous room with a beautiful view of Utah.

My nurse Jenny was very nice

but was wearing the strongest perfume.

I thought at one point, I was going to have to ask for a new nurse

because the smell was making me extremely nauseous!!

I put on my beautiful hospital gowned

and Jenny hooked me and my little man up to the monitors

and gave me my I.V. I had to have three bags

before I could even go into the O.R.

I received my epidural from Dr. Unice who was

awesome! I even thanked him afterwards

for it and told him he did

a great job... I barely even felt it.

I have never had an epidural

before I was always given a spinal block

so needless to say,

I was very nervous for that.

My sweet husband held me throughout

the whole process of receiving

my epidural. It was kind of neat,

considering that they have

always made him wait outside.

Having him there was

such a relief and very comforting.

As Nate and I waited for my Dr. to arrive

I talked my poor nurses ear off.

I asked her a million questions, trying

to focus on something else

other than the surgery that was awaiting me.

Finally, my Dr. arrived and off we went to the O.R. to finally meet our new little guy!!

As I was being wheeled to the O.R. I was very frightened

but as the doors opened for me to go inside

a sudden calmness came over me..

but I still was shaking uncontrollably.

While inside the room my Doctor and nurse were great.

My Anesthesiologist was really awesome too.

He made sure that I was comfortable and that I couldn't feel a thing.

Nate was really amazing as well,

he was by my side the whole time talking to me and

trying to take my mind off what was going on....

he did a pretty good job

considering he was just as nervous as I was!!!

Finally, at 7:47 a.m.

I heard the little cry that I have been longing to hear for SO long...

my handsome little man was finally here!!

Nate got some really amazing pictures

which are pretty graphic but Kru will have them

to treasure for always.

When I heard my little man's cry for the first time...

I was overjoyed, my eyes began to fill with tears.

He was finally here and I felt so relieved

that he was healthy and strong and everything went well.

Nate couldn't take his eyes off his baby boy..

he definitely was a Proud Papa!!

While the nurses took baby Kru off

to clean him and weigh him his

Daddy went with him to supervise.

While they were gone me and my Doctor's took

a bet on how big Kru was.

Doctor Nance won he said 7 something.

I thought to myself.. no way he has at least got to be 9 something

but sure enough he weighed in at 7 lbs. 15 oz.

My smallest baby yet!!!

Here we are the VERY Proud Parents with our newest bundle of Joy!!

Kru Holt Johnson

Our little man in the first hour of his life...

Here is the very Proud Daddy



and Mommy

Some of Kru's very special visitors- Grandma Lee

Grandpa and Grandma Johnson, Aunt Elise and Shellene

He is a very lucky little man who is loved so much!!!

After staying in the hospital for

4 days and 3 nights we were finally ready to go home.

My stay was great and my nurses were

so very helpful.

Baby Kru was doing good

and eating well.

He was a little jaundice but not too bad.

I felt like I was recovering quickly

and was able to walk around the

hospital with managable pain.

The thing that I was really going to

miss the most about the hospital

besides the help was

the amazing food!!!

I absolutely loved the food...

it was delicious!!

After seeing the Pediatrician

and my Doctor Saturday morning

we were given the ok to go home.

We were discharged and on our

way home with the newest member

of the Johnson family...

our little Kru Man!!

Kru's coming home outfit- minus his pants and socks.

We are so happy to finally have Kru

here with us and we are so thankful

that he is healthy and strong.

He is such a good baby who loves to sleep

and eat.

He has us all wrapped around his little finger

especially his big sister!

We love you Kru

and we are so happy and overjoyed

that you are ours for Eternity!!