Christmas time is here!

Last year we invited Kurt's family over for crepes and a gift exchange a couple weeks before Christmas.  We had a great time and decided to make it an annual tradition.  Unfortunately, Cristi's flight was delayed (over 24 hours!) so she couldn't come and then William came down with an ear infection so the Han's were out too.  Kurt, Ma, Pa, the Winsteads, and I were all there and enjoyed the extra crepes!  No pictures, but here's the invitation I made:

 

 



It's just the beginning of a very busy weekend!  Tomorrow morning we're going to the King Tut exhibit (I'm SUPER excited) and then taking Jeanette to the airport (she's coming to the exhibit too).  Then Ani's coming for Christmas Eve!  I'm kind of really excited to have her here.  I'm so glad she's coming!  We're making Mexican food in traditional Johnson family fashion (tradition stolen from the Davies' family).  Ani's staying the night so we'll get to open presents with her!  Then it's off the the Biehl's for Christmas dinner.  I'm already exhausted but I can't wait to spend the next few days with family!  Don't we look excited?

 

 

P.S. 37 weeks!

Ode to Grandpa

My grandpa turns 92 today!  I can't believe he's that old and neither can he- in his own words "that's a lot of water under the bridge!"  I'm so grateful that he has lived this long so his youngest grandchild (that's me) could get to know him.  I hope that my little girl gets the chance to fall asleep while great-grandpa's rocking her only to have him fall asleep too :)  He's the greatest grandpa in the world!


Here's my grandpa as a boy (far left).

And here he is in 2010 at my wedding.  On the far left again :)

36 Weeks!

Less than 1 month to go! 

Birthing Class

We are half way through our birthing class!  It's been interesting.  I'm not a fan of the videos...birth is a very personal thing.  But overall I think we've learned some good things- especially about Kurt's role!  I have found this to be comforting, but I think it's making Kurt more nervous.  I told him he has the easy job and will need to be the strong one.  Not sure that made him any less nervous :)  It's going to be an adventure, and probably not an enjoyable one, but we'll get Lobi on the other side!  Which is the start of a whole new adventure. 

Nativity!

Kurt and I have our first nativity!  And it's actually Lobi's.  The baby shower last Saturday had a book theme (awesome idea Jeanette!).  My mom gave us a picture book titled "The Very First Christmas" and a matching nativity!  I love the book (it rhymes) and the nativity is absolutely adorable!

The figurines and book match.  How fun!

Getting there with a little help from our friends

I had my 4th and final baby shower yesterday!  The final three were all last week- family shower on Sunday, work shower on Thursday, and college friends shower on Saturday.  I can't express my gratitude enough for the kindness and generosity of my friends, family, and co-workers!  Not only have they given me shower presents, but I've received hand-me-down clothes, a rocking chair, changing table, dresser, and a stroller!  They're all used, but in great shape and we absolutely could not have afforded to get all this stuff ourselves!  Kurt and I wouldn't have been able to make this work without all you good folks!  Thank you so much!  We love you! 

We have some clothes now!  I received lots of adorable outfits from my co-workers and tons of hand-me-downs from my sister Megan which beefed up our collection.  We're going to use the bookshelf as a 'dresser'.  We plan on buying more of the cloth containers (see the one we already have?) and using those as 'drawers'.

Lobi now has some adorable stuffed animals (the giant octopus is from Lili!  She was very excited about it) and great books!  I can't wait to read them to her.

We have more stuff under the crib and changing table and even more around the house!  I'm sure there will be more pictures once everything is put together.  I'm so glad we opted for a 2 bedroom apartment 1.75 years ago otherwise we wouldn't have enough room!

34 Weeks

I think I'm finally starting to feel pregnant- I'm definitely warmer than usual and I just noticed a couple days ago that my ankles and feet are quite swollen at the end of the day.  Strangely, the right foot swells more than the left.  I tend to spill things on my belly too...

I wore this same shirt 10 weeks ago!  I think Lobi's grown a little.