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.

Proud to have a big sister at Duquesne University

Kayla is showing how excited she is to be wearing the shirt sent to her by Katie from Duquesne University. Katie, my birthdaughter that I gave for adoption 18 years ago, and I are staying in touch via email. Kayla knows her picture and says her name with excitement when she sees it. I loved this picture. Eric is also sporting the Duquesne logo!

Today the septic installer will meet with me to arrange having the septic installed at our new place. Then once that is complete we can move! Yay!

Anyone want to buy a house : )

Hurricane Ike update

Just a quick update to let those who are wondering know. We here in Cuero didn't get as much as a drop of rain as Hurricane Ike roared through Texas early this morning. So I guess we'll enjoy the slightly cooler weather and work around our house. First I'm going to go see if the town is starting to liven up. Last night it was dead, most windows were boarded up and businesses were closed.

virus attack

Our week included sick kids and Grandma in the hospital but everyone is doing fine now. Nothing like the attack of the virus! Grandma Johnson got out of the hospital today and is doing ok and both kids are now on antibiotics and decongestants. These pictures portray a typical day at our house. Eric is growing well and Kayla is now potty training. She loves to read as you can see in the picture where she fell asleep reading her book : )