Pictures

We finally found and charged batteries etc. for both of our cameras and in addition finally put 2yrs worth of pictures off of Gregs phone into the computer. So I'll share a couple.

Eric is doing well after his surgery and seemed to have his toughest day yesterday. Today he is tired so I think he's just finally getting to a good point where he can comfortably sleep. Kayla is growing up so much both physically and in maturity. She is starting to obey us sometimes : ) I was going to write more often but decided sometimes would better describe it LOL. She is discovering her world and we are really enjoying watching it. She loves her brother and takes good care of him by taking him toys and blankets and giving him hugs and kisses. He is responding by trying to crawl. This morning he was up on all 4 rocking so I think he'll be crawling very soon.

These pics are fairly recent. One is of Eric right before surgery in his hospital gown at the Childrens hospital entertaining himself with a toy.

Erics surgery

Eric had a minor (well technically minor) surgery yesterday and is recovering well today. This surgery was to correct some male anatomy imperfections and to help with urination etc. He had to be intubated for anesthesia but woke quickly and happy and is now just real sore. He has a bandage on that can be removed tomorrow and he is on strong narcotic pain medicine. Thanks to many of you who have been praying for him.
We still don't have internet at our new house so hopefully we get that soon and then I'll be able to do more blogging. I know pics are needed so you can pray I have time to look for my cameras and start taking more pics. : )

no internet

We are completely moved other than moving a few last small things (including some kitchen stuff like dishes). The only reason we haven't moved the last few items is that I'm trying to find places to put away all the things I have already moved : ).
Our internet and phone were supposed to be transferred on friday OCT 31st but after they turned off our old service they discovered it was going to be a major and expensive job to bring phone lines to our new house and even then because we are more than 3 miles from their office they said we won't be able to receive DSL like we have been getting.
We are currently looking into our options and they finally turned the old service back on at our old house so when we come to town we can at least check our email etc.
During the moving process we have also misplaced our camera so we haven't gotten any pictures. I really wanted pictures of the kids in their halloween costumes and of Erics baby dedication but we'll just have to hope someone else took some and will share them with us.
We'll try to keep things updated if possible.
Today is voting day so be in prayer for our country more than ever today. I also want to ask everyone to pray for my very close friend, Patsy, ( I call her my Cuero Mom). She just had both of her kidneys removed and has cysts on her liver (that they drained). She is in San Antonio in the hospital and having a real rough go so please pray for her recovery process.

New Address

We plan to move all of our things tomorrow. We have already moved ourselves and our kitty. The dog has to wait until we can get his fence built. It will be in the next few days. Anyways I figured I'd post our new address.
The Johnson Family
6043 W. Hwy 72
Cuero, TX 77954

Our other address will still be good for a while but we are now receiving mail at the new address so its time for everyone to update it. : )

Move in progress

I guess you can say that our move is finally in progress! The new house is finally ready to live in (not complete by any means but ready to live in) Yay!
Last weekend we stayed there over the weekend and did some cleaning etc. and this weekend we stayed there again and got the front porch attached and had our first get together there. We dedicated Eric to the Lord sunday and it was Kayla and Erics Grandmas birthday so we had all of Kayla and Erics Grandparents from both sides and aunts uncles and cousins from Daddys side over for a party. We had birthday cake and BBQ and invited our pastor and his wife to join us as well. There were a few others that couldn't make it and we missed tehm but we had a great time. Now we don't want to leave to come back to the old house but most of our stuff is still here. Anyways in a couple weeks our internet will be transferred and hopefully saturday we'll get moved.

Sewer treatment plant

I guess you can see it doesn't take much to excite us! We have been waiting for months for this and it is finally complete. Our new Aerobic septic system has been installed. Two days of backhoe work in our very hard clay ground that is like cement! Other than not having steps up to the front door our house if finally ready to be moved into!

Our new system has 3 sprinklers that water 7100 ft of our pasture. The tank consists of 4 chambers to treat the sewer and then pump it into the sprinkler system. We are just glad to have it done so we can continue or move and get our current house sold. These pics were taken during construction. I'll post more pics of completion later. We'll keep you updated as things progress.

Eric update

I am finally able to sit down to update the blog. I don't think I have shared a lot on this blog about Erics health lately so I figured its time to share.

Over the last 4 months of Erics life we have dealt with a lot of health issues for him. These of course began with his 8 day stay in NICU and continued when he came home and failed to gain weight. We have struggled with feeding, especially breastfeeding but also bottle feeding as he seems to have some feeding aversions. We know from tests performed that he has acid reflux as well as some other minor complications but nothing in the form of any kind of syndrome or anything. He has been receiving physical therapy for a few months now and this week we saw a neurologist, a genetecist and his neonatologist. He is scheduled to see his primary care physician this next week.

The good news is that he doesn't have any true genetic, heart or neurological syndromes or diseases. He will be watched closely as he grows since he does have some conditions that are thought to be nothing to worry about but nevertheless they exist, like a cyst on his brain or as the neonatologist described it, static! This isn't anything they are concerned about. He has a heart murmur but it is a common murmur found in babies and will go away as his heart matures. We do beleive that his acid reflux is causing some problems so we plan to aggressively seek further treatment for that. He is scheduled for a minor surgery on Nov. 4th because he has a condition called hypospadius (we'll let you look that up yourselves) but it is very minor and the surgery will most likely be nothing more than circumcision under anesthesia.

Dr.s are amazed and impressed with his cognitive and social skills. And we thank God for blessing us with such a cute little boy.

Join us as we thank God for Eric and for his good reports this week with the specialists and continue to pray with us for resolutions to his minor health concerns.