Cousin Love

This last week Jana, the girls, Charles, and Pam all came down to visit. Mackenzie and Braylee are growing up so fast, and are so much fun. We played around the house, and then on Thursday Chad,Laura and the kids came over to cook out. The cousins had fun playing together, and Seth just watched. Before I know it he will be chasing them around. Family and Good food could not ask for anymore. Wish mom, dad, and Brandon could have been here to enjoy on the fun.
Mackenzie, Hannah, Alexis, Seth, Hayes, and Braylee
All the Johnson grandkids
Alexis, Hannah, and Mackenzie
Mackenzie and Hannah

Braylee Nicole
Mackenzie Grace

Hanging out while mommy and daddy work in the yard

Muleshoe Trip

On March the 2nd we went to Muleshoe to spend the weekend. We stayed at mom and dad's so I could help dad around the house after mom's surgery. She is doing great and we had a good trip.
It was a good weekend just relaxing around the house, and enjoying seeing everyone. Seth got to play with his cousins Mackenzie and Braylee. My dad, Seth, and I went to the ranch one evening and saw a lot deer. Seth thought he was big boy driving with Pops. We got to spend time visiting with Charles, Pam, Brandon, Jana and the girls, and Bradley's grandparents Papa and Grandma, and my Grandaddy came down from Amarillo to see us as well. This was our first trip back to Muleshoe since Seth's surgery. The drive down was good he slept the whole way since we traveled in the evening. The drive home he was a little fussy, but we danced, sang, and stood on top of our heads to make the trip. He is doing great and growing up soo fast.

Our Sweet Little Boy

Laughing, Smiling, a baby with love and joy. He is a joy that I never new would make me smile and laugh so much everyday. The Lord blesses us everyday with Seth progressing into a littlle young man.
5 months old

Jake and Hannah
Laughing at mommy

Watching Jake and Hannah play in the tank


My little Bradley

He starts out on the frog mat and wiggles down


Enjoying his new toy we got him!!

Seth Matthew 4 1/2 months

It has now been 3 weeks since his surgery and he is doing great. The stitches in his head have came out and his little tummy has healed well. He had his 4month check up on Monday and Dr Watts said he is doing great. He had to get 4 shots. Not fun!!
Weight 16lbs 2ounces
Height 26 1/4 inches

He is rolling over from his tummy to his back and sucking on his thumb, fingers, and whatever else he can get to his mouth.
He loves:
to be rocked and sang to
his jumper(sometimes even jumps himself to sleep)
laying on his play mat
his portable crib with a frog that sings and lights up
to listen while you talk
laughing at everything even out loud giggles
and attention he does not like when you walk out of the room

He is starting to squil very loud. Bradley and I are hoping it does not last long.

Bradley and I are doing great. Bradley is very busy which we are thankful for in his type of work. I am loving staying home with Seth. Sometimes would like a break, but am very thankful that I can stay at home with him he is our little blessing.

Our Awesome God

On January 21,2011 Seth had a little cough and stuffy nose. Bradley and I decided I needed to take him to the doctor to make sure he did not have anything more than just a cold before the weekend came. Our appointment was at 10:30 to see Dr Watts here in Granbury. Seth weighed 16lbs and just had a little cold, but Dr Watts said she wanted to measure his head. It measured 47.5 in circumference and at 2 months it had measured 42.5. His head had grown tremendously since his last apt. Dr. Watts told me not to worry, but she wanted to send us to Radiology at Cooks Children's in Ft. Worth. So I called Bradley and he picked us up and we headed to Cooks. They did a sonogram on his soft spot, and then we waited in the waiting room for about two hours anticipating the call from Dr. Watts. She said that Seth had fluid on his brain and a Neurologist would be coming down to talk to us shortly. They would probably be admitting him and do and MRI and surgery to have a VP schunt put into his brain to drain the fluid. When the Nurse Practitioner of the Neurologist came in she said that he was not showing any signs or symptoms of this so we would go ahead and do a MRI and schedule the surgery for Tuesday morning to have the schunt put in. Seth did great for his MRI he slept thru the whole thing Thank you Lord for that. The MRI did show that there was blockage where the fluid could not drain down his spine so the schunt was what he needed.
After making calls to the family we went home and kept a close eye on Seth all weekend hoping for no symptoms before Tuesday. Dad, Mom, Charles, and Pam all headed this way, and we all spent the weekend loving and spoiling Seth. Monday we had Pre-op at 1:00. They did blood work and his vein rolled so tried again and got it. Poor Baby! The surgery was going to be at 7:30 so we needed to be to the hospital at 5:
30 to get an IV started so antibiotics could run for an hour before surgery.
It was a long night for everyone just waiting for the alarm to go off. We left Granbury at about 4:20 and headed to Cooks Children's. They did an IV in his right , the vein rolled again. Tried the left hand and started IV. Seth has started sucking his thumb so when the IV started he went to suck his thumb and it was taped down. Broke mommy and daddy's heart. A hungry baby with an IV in his hand waiting for surgery. At about 7:20 they took him from me and rolled him down the hall. He was hungry and crying and I just wanted to go with him. Bradley and I went to the waiting room to wait with family. Every second praying for the Seth, the doctors, Nurses, and anesthesiologist. Bradley and I could not stand being away from our baby. Dr. Roberts came and talked to us at about 8:50 and said the surgery went great. Thank you Lord! We would be able to see our baby soon. About 15min later they called us back to recovery and Seth was slowly waking up. He tried to eat a little, but was to sleepy so I just held him and we rocked. The hospital was overflowing with patients so they put us in the NICU overflow hoping we would get a room that afternoon. We did not get a room. It was a long night of walking and rocking he was very sore. The schunt went in behind his ear down his neck and chest and ended in his abdomen where the fluid will drain. It is all right under the skin. Two incisions one above his ear and one on his tummy. Dr Roberts came in Wednesday morning at 7:00 and said we could go home, but before he let us go he wanted us to speak with a Neuro-Oncologist. On the MRI it shows the blockage, but since his brain is still so small they are not sure what it is that is blocking the valve. It could be brain tissue or possibly a small benign tumor. So the Oncologist came and showed us the MRI. As Seth gets older we will have MRI's and CT scans to watch for this and hopefully it is just tissue. We got home around 12:00 and rested the afternoon. Seth is doing Great! Everyday he is getting better. Laughing, Smiling, and enjoying being home. Now we just watch him for any signs that the shunt gets infected, or stopped up. Hopefully this schunt will last forever with no blockage. Everyday Bradley and I pray giving this to Lord knowing that he has a plan, and his hands are all over Seth. We thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers. So blessed that he had a little cold and we caught this before there were any symptoms. We Love you all!