Shiloh's Day

A day in the life of Shiloh:

Sleeping: 17 hours

Eating: 5 hours

Diaper Changing: 1 hour (8 - 10 times)

Crying: .5 hours

Watching Waylen: .5 hours

Looking Cute: 24 hours (TOTAL)

Shiloh

Shiloh Elise-Lynn Johnson

Born on 9/9/09

Ok lets get all the Neil Diamond references out of the way first. (Shiloh, when I was young, I used to call your name). Yeah, we're not Neil Diamond fans if you are wondering, and the name choice is purely coincidental.  

Yeah, so Colleen did it again.

She beat her first record (3 hour labor and delivery) this time doing it in 14 minutes. Another all natural, no drug delivery. It was like a slip and slide....(maybe we should nickname her "Rapido")

We left our house at 7:05pm for the Providence ABC unit in Southfield.

Arrived at hospital at 7:30. Rushed Colleen to floor 3, screaming all the way.

(I was yelling "Get out of the way!" Colleen was yelling "I need to push!!")

She was dilated to 9 (fitting for the day) the moment we got to our room.

Doctor ran in, took off her jacket, washed her hands and was ready to catch.

Colleen pushed 3 times.

Shiloh was born at 7:44pm. 

She was born in the same room Waylen was, just 19 months earlier.

God showed up again (He is into things that give life, as He is a life-giver himself)

So crazy.

And to think I might have had to deliver her in the car....

9/9/09. Should be easy to remember. I guess that was Beatles Day too. Maybe we should of named her Elinore Rigby. Or Penny Lane...

Waylen, the Barista

baristo?

waylen got hired in at his first job. he works at starbucks now. a good friend of ours got him the official little barista apron. he loves it. when we got to starbucks our friends loved it. they put him right to work. he was drinking epresso by the end of the day. 

With Child

hi. these photos were taken back in october 2007, when colleen was pregnant with waylen. i stumbled upon these jems and decided to post them. and here we are again, round 2. i don't know about you, but i think colleen is one beautiful pregnant lady. wow. there is something really cool (and natural) about seeing a pregnant girl. it's the biggest achievement a human being can do/have/declare. being pregnant and giving birth. think about it. creating a life. all of a sudden, a person is here. that kind of stuff doesn't happen everyday around the office. its like someone can ask me, what is your greatest achievement? and i can say, i made some really amazing pancakes at breakfast. and colleen can say, i made him. (while pointing to waylen)

RIP Hobo

today, wow. it was one of those days where you wish you could rewind and do over. or just fast forward to get through it quicker. (warning: the following contains BAD NEWS.)

today our cat hobo died - struck by a car on good old shiawassee street. yes, it was in fact a hit and run. (SUV) major bummer. the street in front of our home is pretty busy, especially around end of work day. i was just telling joe yesterday how hobo has basically used up 7 of his 9 lives on shiawassee alone. he caused a car accident once in front of our house as some good folks dodged frantically to not run him over (true story). hobo was quite the popular neighborhood cat. everyone loved him. neighbors let him in their homes. hobo followed people (even strangers) into town. he was basically the official cat of farmington.

in case you were wondering, yes hobo was his real name. he was already named when we got him from the humane society back in 2004. he was a hobo who actually had a home. we will love and miss our little maine coon furry buddy. farmington won't be the same without you.

Thank You

Thank you to whoever send us a Meijer gift card in the mail today. You were trying to send it privately, and now we are thanking you publicly. If you read this blog, and it was you, thank you from the bottom of our heart.

Carl, Colleen, Waylen, Baby 

(aka the young and budding family)

Hair Peace, Bed Peace

ok. so colleen was in the hospital for the WHOLE weekend, being monitored. she started having pre-labor contractions last week. (not the braxton hicks kind) she is 30 weeks along. the doctors do not want the baby coming this early... so they gave her medicine to try and stop the contractions. colleen was doctor-ordered to bed rest for the next 4-7 weeks. or until the baby arrives. that means to basically stay in your bed, in case you are wondering. for some reason, it reminds me of what john and yoko did in 1969 with their whole bed-in deal. except we won't be having any reporters by our house.

in all seriousness, this will be tough for us... especially for colleen as you can imagine. if you can keep her in your prayers, that would be greatly appreciated. we are so thankful for our friends and family at this time, who have already started to come out and help. 

carl