Chloe is three weeks old!

Yesterday Chloe turned 3 weeks old! She is continuing to gain weight, praise the Lord. I actually took her in this morning and she is up to 7lbs 13 oz. Yeah!!!! She is much more alert now and starting to stay awake more. I must say the Lord has blessed us with another good natured baby! She only cries when she is hungry! She also loves to be held every single minute! We are also excited that she has learned to take the pacifier instead of fingers. The paci brings her so much comfort. She smiles now and it starting to bring a little personality out. Sadie and Dakota have transitioned so well! Sadie loves taking care of her and Dakota loves to take her her blanket and pacifier! We truly could not have asked for anything better. I am continuing to heal, at a slow pace of course. I am trying to follow doctors orders even though I am not very good at this. Chloe has jumped right in to our busy activities. She has already been to 4 volleyball games and has done really well! Noise also doesn't seem to bother her probably because she is around so much noise all the time (sadie, dakota, gym, etc). We are excited to continue to see her grow as she will soon be a month old. The time goes by fast!

Power beyond measure and words can say!!!

This morning I began working on our budget a bit. One of the many struggles that I experienced when I found out that I was pregnant with chloe was how.in the world r we going to afford childcare. Today I was tempted with this worry again as I began going through bills andlooking at credit card balances and the numerous medical bills. I just prayed that I would fight through this and just trust the lord to provide for our family. Well, no lie about thirty minutes later my door bell rang. It was a friend. Without words the person handed me a significant amount of money and told me to use it for chloes childcare. I was amazed and brought to tears as well as thankfulness. How wonderful for this person to allow God to minister to our family in this way. The providential thing about it is it was about the amount we had left to save in the summer and weren't sure if we would be able to do it with school starting. The power of God is so amazing and sometimes its good to be brought to tears to remind u of where u come from and who has power over u!!! I hope I am able to do the same for someone someday!! Praise be to him!!!!

Adorable gift!

My friend Molly gave this adorable gift to Chloe while we were in the hospital. I was so blessed to have her husband as my anesthesiologist in the hospital. Thanks to him there was no feeling during my c-section! Thank you so much Michael and Molly Holdeman!!!

Chloe-one week old!

Chloe is one week old today! She is so beautiful and we love her so very much! We love to see her grow and to see her personality come out. Over the past week she basically eats, sleeps, and poops! She has smiled a few times which we loved, especially so early on! We took her to the doctor on yesterday for a weight check and she had not gained any weight since we left the hospital. She weighed 6lbs 13 oz. We are hoping that she will be back up to her birth weight by next Tuesday when she does another weight check. I am feeding her every 3 hours and even waking her up at night to make her eat. Here are a few pictures from today!

More cute pictures!

Here are some more cute pictures that we have taken since we have come home. Enjoy!

Nice surprise from my volleyball team!!

When we came home on Friday, we drove into the driveway and there were balloons, streamers, ribbons, and all kinds of stuff on the outside of my house. I was like, awww, that is so sweet of Sadie and Mom to do this. Then I go in the house and it too is decorated with a volleyball signed from some of my players, I was very encouraged that they would go out of their way to do something this special. Again I was reminded of how much I care for these kids and how I am making a difference in their life! Thank you Lord for many, many blessings, even though sometimes they do become stressful:):)!!!

Time to go Home!

Here are a few pictures of Chloe in her sweet dress that she came home in. This dress was special because it is the same dress that I brought Sadie home in. I plan to save it just in case my children want to use it for theirs one day. One thing that we did do different was embroider Chloe's initials in the smocking of this dress. I really loved it although Chloe could have cared less! Enjoy the pictures!

Chloe Faith Johnston

On Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 our little miracle entered the world at 7lbs 8 oz and she was 19 inches long. Chloe Faith Johnston has already taught our family so much and we look forward to going through another journey of life with her and she grows up. The c-section and delivery went great and we are learning how to adjust to little sleep again. Nana, Papa, and Aunt Manda were there waiting for her to be born and were so excited to see everyone healthy. I was amazed at how a c-section works and just the wisdom, technology, awesomeness that is involved in that O.R. room. I know most of you are wondering, so what's up with the IUD. No lie as soon as the cut me open they saw it and began digging it out before they started taking out Chloe. They also did a great job (at least we hope so) of tying the tubes. I was very impressed with my doctor and would recommend her to anyone. In just minutes we would hold sweet Chloe and hear that awesome cry. The slideshow below basically tells the rest of the story. Enjoy!!!

The kids room!

With Chloe coming into the world tomorrow, we have been preparing the kids rooms. Dakota has his own and we tried our best to make it boyish as possible. I really like the colors and love the way that it turned out. Sadie and Chloe will also be sharing a room together and it's as girly as possible and we love the bright colors. Nana and Papa bought Chloe's bedding and Sadie a new quilt so that everything would match beautifully! We love it! The only thing missing is Sweet Chloe's picture in the frame and of course decorating her name with some polka dots (still haven't come in the mail). So, what do you think?