Well, not even sure who reads this anymore...but here we are again wanting to share with you a little bit of Johnson biz...
Phoenix's latest phrase is "Momma, baby nigh-night." or he'll say "Momma, baby take nap." This, of course, means that I need to stop holding the babies and put them down so I can re-direct my attention on him...he's so dang cute! Carson won't get out of his super hero pajamas...

Well.....we made it! Christmas night is here and the season went wonderfully....for the most part. Phoenix did surprise us a couple of times in the last few weeks. First off, Phoenix is in this "naked" stage. He fights us every day with wanting to run around naked. Despite our efforts he still gets away with it a time or two. The last time this happened he decided to poop on the floor and smear it in the carpet (a little on his mattress too..and sorry for the graphic details)! Second, Phoenix came in to the kitchen one day saying"Momma eat." He was pointing to the living room where the Christmas tree was. I assumed he had taken a candy cane off the tree and was trying to eat it with the wrapper on. But no, I went into the living room and found the remains of a glass ornament which he was calling "candy" by that time broken into tiny pieces(a few of which, were still in his mouth). He ate two glass ornaments and left the candy canes for some fortunate soul. Other than that, we have survived our first Christmas as a family of four and we're excited for the adventures that lye ahead of us in the new year... We thought you might enjoy our last family picture which happens to be a couple of years old by now...still worth the laugh...

Delirious December

"Wait a second!--Is this helmet on backwards? This is right, right?"

Man things can get crazy in a hurry! who knew chucking diapers in the corner for a couple days until you can take them to the trash could produce such a lovely aroma.
The babies are doing awesome! we took them to their first Dr. appointment and learned that Isabella is now almost 7 and 1/2 pounds of sugar and Peyton is about 7 pounds of "GIMME MORE FOOD!!!" They are both growing furiously.
Isabella was tested for about 2 hours at the Dr.s office and we found that she does not need oxygen to live. ha ha She is free from all monitors and oxygen tubes/tanks but we still find ourselves yelling at Carson from across the room to get off the TV or Christmas tree, not realizing that we can actually move around the house while holding Isabella now.
It feels great to have them home and free from hospital support. It makes you want to look around and say "OK, now, where did we leave life before all this happened?"

Carson and Phoenix are handling it well, although the house does seem to get a bit more messy. Yesterday I found a sock stuck to the wall. seriously. If only we could train Sicily to do housekeeping we would be all set. Here are some more pics of whats new.
One picture is out of place but it is the picture of the day to make you smile. can you find it?

Wow...it has been a few days since we've been able to update our blog. Where do we begin...Well, the short version is that we brought Isabella home and she had a rough night the first night home. The next day she was getting her vitamins which she REALLY doesn't like and decided to stop breathing. SCARY! Finally, after what seemed like 5 minutes of watching a blue baby trying to breathe, she struggled to take some small breaths. However, Stan and I were not so quick to recover. We rushed her to the ER because she was still dusky/blue. They ran a million tests to find that her hematocrit and hemoglobin were quite low. A blood transfusion was needed and she was re-admitted to the NICU that evening. Everything went well and we were able to take her home the next day. They assume that her slow recovery from her non-breathing spell was due to the low blood levels. Anyway, Isabella and Peyton are both doing well and we were glad to be together for Thanksgiving. It's truly AMAZING how many diapers you can go through in one day!!
For those of you that are wondering what a day in the life in the Johnson's home is like...here is the short version:

6:00 am-Wake up to a heart-jolting alarm to find that it is just a bad reading and Isabella really does still have a heart beat.
6:15 am - Put Phoenix back to bed and reassure him that he can play with his transformers when it's light outside. Feed the babies, hop into bed before the older boys wake up!
7:30 am - Wow! We never knew 5 minutes of sleep could feel so good...
8:00 am - Try to catch the mouse thats stalking our home...Oh well, might as well throw the poor thing some left over Ramen noodles from dinner last night - it's probably hungry
9:05 am - Send Carson to preschool 5 minutes late - it is preschool today right?
9:15 am - Feed the babies again, change the diapers, and their clothes.
11:00 am - Pick up Carson from preschool and finally give them breakfast...Looks like Ramen Noodles will do the job...
12:00 pm Yep, you guessed it, time for feeding the babies, changing diapers, and pumping
1:00 pm - Lunch time - Left over Ramen Noodles. Babies aren't quite satisfied with just a feeding, burping and put into the swing (what do they think this is?). Guess we should hold them once in a while...
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Oops, sorry about that...I fell alseep typing. I guess we better get dinner ready before I fall into a deep sleep...Ramen noodles anyone?

We're all together now! Isabella's home!!!! She came home last night on oxygen and a monitor...so, needless to say it was a bit of a sleepless night, but nonetheless it is nice to be together. Isabella had a rough night adjusting to a different place. It was a little like when she moved from McKay Dee hospital to Logan Regional. She de-saturated all night, not very low, but enough to set the alarm off. Before she came home she desaturated a couple times a day. Last night, the alarm went off about every 3 minutes after feeding, some was a true reading and others may not have been so true. Peyton was a little off last night as well. I could see that he knew there was a change and was up a lot more. They will adjust, we just need to give them lots of quiet time and peace. They are currently snuggled up together and Isabella is oxygen percent is 100%...I guess she loves her big brother! Carson and Phoenix are happy they are home and I think they must have thought we were playing them lullabies with all the alarms last night!

If you'd like to see Peytons hospital photo you can go to www.loganhospital.com the password #1 is 3088026827. We think it turned out pretty cute, but we have even better pictures of him!