The New House

So sorry for the delay. I know most of you expected this the day after I moved it but we had some technical difficulties. First the internet was not working and took a while to get it running fast. Then I broke my camera I have had for 3 months. I am pathetic. It is now working at 80%.

So our house is single story 1900 square feet 4 bedroom/2 bath. I LOVE IT!!

Living Room

Living Room (2)

The beautiful kitchen with the island Jeremy made for me.

We finally have a dining room

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

Guest Room

Craft Closet

Guest Bathroom

Man Room

I love my Laundry Room

P.S. Now this website is being dumb so you will get about half the pictures. Guess you will just have to come in person. Nursery and Family not pictured.

Texas

So over the 4th of July we took a little vacation to see some old friends and hang out at their beach house!!! Let me tell you, it was sooooo nice just to hang out with no real agenda. The humidity and bugs were the only down fall but the beach made it worth the while. BTW, so much better than California beaches. Oh to be there right now, on the beach house deck, listening to my music and watching the clouds roll by.

Fourth of July is my favorite holiday so I told told our friends, they had a lot to live up to. This 4th was by far the best yet. In Texas, fireworks are legal. Our friends knew someone who sold fireworks so needless to say, we had a boat load. We took them down to the beach and it was awesome to be so close and watch the dozens of firework shows along the beach.

Here are some other pictures from our wonderful summer get away.

A little something

So tonight I went to get some highlights and a hair cut. A little off here and then and it turned into this . . .

Its fun and different, though I am not use to bangs.

Birthday

Well I am not so good at this blogging thing as it was pointed out to me last night that I haven't posted since May 9th. I guess I just haven't had anything exciting to post =(.

Since my birthday is on a Monday we celebrated my birthday yesterday. The afternoon started out great with a BBQ with lots of fun people who I love very much. I just wish we had a bigger house to entertain. I don't know if we could have fit one more person in this house. We had some yummy hamburgers, chips, and lots of watermelon. Oh and I can't forget the yummy cupcakes, and yes I ate one for breakfast =).

So then as we headed over to SunSplash, which I had been looking forward to for a long time was a bust from the beginning. We go there about 7 and the line was huge!!! Who would have thought? Then as was are going in there are the most security guards ever!!! At SunSplash, really? They even took my friends gum. What are we going to do with gum? So we fund a spot to hang out at and within 5 minutes there is a huge fight. Again, really at SunSplash? It ended up being super cold. Its the middle of June in Arizona and we are cold? Then some lady hurt her self going down a slide and some slides were closed for an hour. (Jeremy renamed the slide "The Neck Breaker".) We tried going to the wave pool but there was a line. I didn't realize there was a limit to people for a big pool. Jeremy and I did go on the half pike which was fun but pretty scary. I thought I was going to fly off the back. Next, over the loud speaker, "If you are hanging out by the lockers, please leave or go swimming. WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS." I felt like we were in Compton or something. Some more friend tried coming but they wouldn't let them in because one of them was wearing jeans. The final straw was the leap frog. I thought it would be fun for Jeremy and I to race and pretend we were on Wipe Out or something but only one lane was one. That lane happened to have low ropes for kids. Well I am not that short and don't have the best balance so as I was going across I ended up with the rope under my armpits and have a nice rope burn. I was done after that and we decided to go to Denny's. We are about to take a turn for the worse. . .

So to begin this part of the story, you have to know a little background. Our Xterra's gas gage broke about 300 miles past the warranty. Without the warranty, it would cost $500 to fix. Yeah right!! Jeremy read up on in and saw there was a mass problem. Hoping Nissan would recall it we waited. Finally a few months after the recall came. Nice right, NOT!! Our car happens to be in a 3 month lists of Xterras that don't qualify. I don't get it. We would have to pay to get it diagnosed and fixed and maybe they would refund us. Normally I would have more a a fight in me to get this taken care of but not so much lately. We have just been filling up the car and going no more that 320 mile before filling up again. We somehow since Jeremy has taken over the Xterra, this is the 2nd time he has ran out of gas. I don't understand. I just don't think he pays as much attention as I do. So back to the story last night. We are driving to Denny's and the power steering went out, meaning we are out of gas. We pull over and park the car in a parking lot. Thankful my friend Jess was with us. Jess made this a lot more entertaining for me. We have had other "adventures" where nothing is going right that we just have to last at how ridiculous the night is getting. So 11pm we are walking down Rural, decided to still stop at Denny's along the way and then go get ourselves a gallon of gas. By the time we got home it was 1am. Boy was a happy to be home!!!

BLAH!!!

So I am a little jaded right now. It is only May 9th and this year has been full one disappointment after another. First with work, cutting back on everything, meaning no job openings for a very long time. Second, the miscarriage. Third, thought we had a slam on a house, then its a no go. (Got to love people not adding on to their home the correct way.) Right now I just need a little bit of good news if you know what I mean. I am trying to be positive. I know this is all happening for a reason, but a person can only take so much disappointed in a short time. Hopefully Jeremy gets a second interview and then gets the job.

Secret Website

So here is my secret website I have been hiding. I even hid it from Jeremy for months until he saw me working on it one day. I don't always know if people are going to like my pictures but people have been asking so I started a photography website. Right now its just AbbyLynne Photography, but I really want a creative name so if you have an idea (keep it clean Jess) I'm open for ideas.

http://abbylynnephotography.blogspot.com/

Finally . . . a New House

So after 21 contracts and looking at over 100 houses we finally have one that is ours!!! On Wednesday we hear from our realtor that the house we really wanted out in Laveen was ours if we wanted it. When I heard this, I wasn't excited like I thought I would be. Since we had been looking out in the east valley and we hadn't heard about all the other contracts I was in a delima. Then to make matters worse there was a new house on the market to choose from, but this one was not a foreclosure or a short sale. Hopefully we might have a shot of getting something done fast and not wait on the bank who takes FOREVER!!! After talking things over with our realtor we went to go look at this house. When we went in, it was perfect. A 4bed/2 bath one story house, totally remodeled with granite countertops, travertine floors, and a pool at Gilbert and Baseline. Since it was a regular sale we were able to put in an offer in the morning and find out if it was ours by 5pm that night. We are so excited about this house you have no idea!!! Now we just pray that everything goes fine with the financing and inspection. If not, I will be so disappointed, I don't think I can take another one right now.

Here is a link to our new home!!!

http://www.ziprealty.com/buy_a_home/logged_in/search/home_detail.jsp?source=ARMLS&cKey=s9qrf74x&listing_num=4381702

Hardest week of my life

So I have had one of the hardest weeks of my life. It has been a whirlwind of emotions. On April 21 we went to the doctor for our first appointment which we had been atticipating for a long time. We were able to see the ultrasound of our little "butterball" but unfortunatly there was no heartbeat. That was the most devistating news we could have heard. I felt like I was in a movie or something. That first night was especially difficult because it was our 3rd anniversary. I had had the brilliant idea to schedule it on the same day to make it extra special. Unfortunalty it was exactly the opposite. We were still able to go out to eat and enjoy the evening as much as possible. The next day we went to another doctor just for a second opinion. There was still no heartbeat so we prepared for a procedure to make things less painful for me. The doctor said that there was probably something wrong genetically with the baby and this happens in about 20% of pregnancies. Thankfully we got pregnant pretty fast the first time around and as the doctor told Jeremy, "Her anatomy looks good". So he said that in a month or 2 we should be good to go. Now we are just praying for a healthy baby.

Healing physically was much easier that emotionally but through all of this I have been trying to stay on the bright side. At least I won't be pregnant in the summer. I have also realized what a wonderful support system I have. With it being our 3rd anniversary, this whole experience has reminded me why I married Jeremy. He is the most supportive, sweet, caring, wonderful, amazing, thoughtful husband ever!!! He is so perfect for me and I realize that more and more everyday. We also have an amazing family and group of friends. I wouldn't change telling everyone we were pregnant right away because we were able to celebrate and be excited about the baby God gave us. For some reason it was not meant to be and we were able to be surrounded by everyone that loves us. It has made this situation so much easier to deal with. I definatly thank God for each person in my life and I know He has the best plan for us, we just have to be patient.

Kate's First Birthday

So Kate turned 1 on Saturday. She is getting so big and has such a personality. Here are a couple of my favorites with her little expressions.

My first taste of cake

Yeah I'm cute
"WOW" (and its so funny cause she really says it so dramatically)

Don't Touch my Food!!

My first "Don't touch my Food" incident has already happened. Jeremy and I went to go look at houses. I brought snacks so I was prepared. At the last house I turned to Jeremy and Lee and said, you have about 10 minutes to get me to food. So we went to Panda Express. Now Jeremy and I usually split the 3 item combo because there is a ton of food. This time I warned him ahead of time and said I was getting my own. You would have thought he might get the idea. Well he did eat a piece of chicken since we ordered different things, fine. So I had 3 pieces left and i was still hungry. He goes to take another one, which happens to be the biggest one I was saving. I look at him and said don't even think about it. He just looked at me like I was crazy. Lee just started laughing and told him it was only the beginning. Hopefully that hunger doesn't come back, it was only a couple of days.

7 weeks

So today I am exactly 7 weeks. 2 weeks until we get to hear the heartbeat of our little butterball. Its kind of cool it will be on our 3rd Anniversary. Nothing could be a better present this year.

So far I feel pretty good. There have been a couple of days that I get more tired than usual. Those are usually the ones when I got up 3 times the night before to go to the bathroom. P.S. My kidneys work just fine!!! There are definately days that I get super hungry. I am also super bloated which is not my favorite by far!!!

Here is week 4 -7

Week 7

Week 6
Week 5
Week 4

The Big Announcement

So I believe its time to start a blog. With the news we have started to share, I can't believe how many people asked if I was going to start a blog about it. I guess it seems right, most other people started when they found out the same exciting news, so here goes. Let's see if I am any good at this.

So if you haven't heard, Baby Johnson will be making his or her appearance later this year around November 24, 2010. I have been telling people the last 24 hours but its still seems so surreal to me. So here is the story thus far.

My favorite Christmas present last year was my wonderful husband telling me he was ready to start a family. I was so excited but I couldn't share with anyone because we wanted to keep it a secret. So the last 2 months with not luck, I had told myself I wasn't pregnant again this month so I wouldn't be disappointed. I decided to take a test to so I would know for sure and not wait anxiously just wondering. So I took the test and made myself do the dishes before I read the results. When I leaned over to read it, I couldn't believe what I saw. I screamed paced around the house and decided to go buy another test to be sure. Lo a behold that one was the same result.

So the next 3 hours we agonizing as I waited for Jeremy to get off work. I played it cool and asked him if he wanted to go Pei Wei for dinner. He was a bit surprised because I never suggest Chinese but went with it because it is his favorite food. I chose Pei Wei because that was the place I told him I first loved him. Well since we were trying, I had ordered fortune cookies that said "You will soon have a new addition to your family." So as we sat down for dinner I asked him if you wanted a fortune cookie. He took one but had been talking to me about health care. I am trying to look interested and asked him what his fortune was. He continued talking and I asked him yet again what his fortune was. He read it and said, "How weird." I said mine said the same, there was a pause and then I said, Yes I'm pregnant. There shock and excitement at the same time.

We then went to tell the parents. I bought them each a picture frame with grand kids written at the bottom. When I gave it to Jeremy's mom, she looked at me and said what are you trying to tell me. She then preceded to scream with excitement. My mom was as excited but my dad just kept saying, "This is outstanding," as he does whenever he is excited.

So this is the story of how the Johnson family began.