Scary Dreams...

Damon woke up around 4:00 am this morning. After trying to talk him into getting back in bed and failing miserably, we were getting a little frustrated. I mean isn't it supposed to be the baby waking up in the middle of the night? Not our super awesome two year old sleeper! He was being very loud and we figured that after Jonas was woken up that was it. Damon is such a fun active boy, and decided soon after he was able to walk and be independent that he did not want to snuggle anymore. Hugs are good, hugs are awesome...but no snuggling. I wish that he would just come and sleep in our bed, but no that does not work. He can only sleep when there is no one else around. Otherwise he just wants to play. I started getting worried he was sick or something, but then I had the thought to ask him a few questions. Damon has gotten up from nap time a little upset and said 'scary nap', which we figure means he has had a bad dream. I asked him if he had a scary dream again and he said yes. He let me wrap him up in his blanket and hold him for a little while. I told him that I would help him say a prayer to Heavenly Father to help him feel better. After our prayer Damon calmed down so much I thought he had fallen asleep in my arms. He let me lay him down in his bed and he did not make another peep until he woke up in the morning. He came into our room and I asked him if he felt better. He said he did, and that he was happy. I told him that our prayer was answered and that Heavenly Father had helped him to be brave and not have anymore bad dreams. I told him that whenever he is scared or needs help he can pray. A few minutes later he was distracted playing around in our room. I always wonder if he will remember or understand things that I try to teach him. Then in the middle of him playing he said, 'I wuv you Jesus, thank you for helping me'.

Growing

It is amazing how difficult it can seem adjusting, but also how we LOVE being parents to two sweet little boys! Damon sure loves his little brother, as you can tell...

Jonas has such big eyes, I just love them!

So, we are past two months now and getting close to the third! We have had a few difficult circumstances occur, but all in all we feel like life has gotten back to normal. Especially since our little guy has been sleeping through the night for a while now. (I know I do not deserve such a wonderful sleeper, but it has been such a blessing.)

Easter

Our Easter/Conference weekend was so great! I think it was especially for me since I got to see Kyle a little more than usual. He is usually gone to school from 7:30 or 8:00 in the morning to 11:30 or 12:00 at night, but does come home for a quick dinner. Saturdays are a little less but still from 8:00-5:00 seems like a full day. We are so grateful for his hard work to do well in school. We can't wait for the first year to be over! A few more weeks...

Yay for Easter! (Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Johnson and Bitter for your fun Easter presents! Of course Da loved them.)

I am sad that I did not take any pictures, but we had a fun Easter dinner with our friends. Thanks Charles and Valerie for organizing and preparing such wonderful food! The Andersons came as well, Damon loved having his good friends Lincoln and Sidney to play with. We ended up having it outside because it was so nice. Hooray for good weather!

As you can see our little one has gained a few pounds. I do love the chub!

I do not know if it is because we have a new little one or if time just passes by too fast, but our little Damon seems so grown up now! We love seeing him learn and grow. Sometimes I do not realize what he is absorbing until I listen to him while he is playing. He rambles off whatever is in that little brain of his and it amazes me.

Trying to zip up his jacket

What a handsome little guy!

It is so amazing to see how well Damon has done with the addition of little Jonas to our family. I was trying to prepare myself for the worst and was pleasantly surprised. Damon is of course a little to rough sometimes, but there is no denying that he absolutely loves his little brother. He is always wanting to hug, kiss, play, feed, and talk to him.

Visits from Family...

We were so happy to have the Bitter side of the family come and visit a few weeks in March and in April. We sure miss all our families. Nine months or more seems like forever when you are apart. During the first visit my mom, Ryan, Aubbie, and Breanne came.

We know that the 12 hour drive is not the most appealing, but we sure appreciate being able to see you all!

My boys love their uncle Ry!

Jonas and Grandma...

Beautiful Aubbie

The second round came a week later. The Johnson family (Brian, Alisha, Jayce, and baby girl). It has almost been a year since we have seen them! Oh, we are so glad they came! Sorry Lish, I know driving that long when you are so pregnant and ready to be done must have been awful. But you look beautiful, it is no fair that you can look that good when you are pregnant :) We are just glad it all worked out,...and we can't wait to meet that darling little girl! We know that Jayce will be an amazing big brother. He was so sweet and tender with Jonas.

Our fun little trouble makers. Do not be fooled by their innocent looking faces. :)

Last week the final batch came. The rest of my siblings and parents. Thank you all so much, I know that there is not much to do here in Nebraska and coming over your spring break probably was not the most exciting thing to do. But we had a blast and loved having you here. My parents, Brookie, Cambie, Bruce and Breanne. Brookie had her birthday while they were here! It was so fun to celebrate with them.

Thank you again for the visits! We love you!

(We can't wait to see the Johnson side, hopefully just at few more weeks!)

My Loves...

Hard to believe our little guy is already a month old.

These two little blessings make our lives so happy. We just love our boys!
(Our friends Matt and Jana took these amazing, beautiful pictures of our little ones. We couldn't thank them enough! Here are just a few of our favs)

Girls:1...Boys:3...

We are so excited to have the addition of the fourth member of our family! We want to thank everyone who has done so much to help us out during this changing time in our lives. At about six on the morning of the 26th I started feeling like it may be the day. We woke up and got Kyle off to school, then I decided to get some things done. I am so happy that I was able to get the house pretty much cleaned, two washes done, and a sink full of dishes cleaned. Who knows when that will happen again (probably never since there are now three boys in the house :) When Kyle came home from school with his friends I started to feel like we would need to head out soon. We left for the hospital at around 12:30 in the afternoon and had our sweet little boy at 4:31 pm. On the way we dropped off Da at his friend Lincoln's house. There we took our last 'family of three' picture.

Getting ready for the big event!

Jonas Edward Johnson.

Still so alert hours after being born. He sure loves his daddy.

The first meeting with big brother. Damon ran into the hospital room, frantically looked around, and ran to the little bundle being held in a chair. He just kept saying over and over that he wanted to hold baby brother. Oh my three boys,...how precious are these pictures?

It is amazing how even after one day how different new little babies look. They change so fast.

They had a nice little leather couch in our room that made a perfect backdrop for some pics.

Damon now refers to Jonas as 'My baby Jonas'. He likes to tell him hi, give him hugs and kisses, and tell us how cute he is. He is not very fond of having us help him while he holds the baby, but is getting better at being soft. It is very apparent that he will be a great big brother, and we are excited for them to grow together and become good friends. We absolutely love our two little boys!

The hat I made for Jonas was a little small around the very edge so I will have to change it a bit, but he still looks adorable!

Kyle and I both agree that Damon and Jonas's baby pics look very much alike! It is kinda crazy. The one difference is that Jonas actually has some amount of hair and it is dark. But it is amazing how similar their faces are.

Our sweet friends made some fun welcome home signs. We love them!
(The girls sign)

(The boys sign)

We are so grateful to our amazing friends for all they have done to help us out. Lara and Griffin, Nate and Suzanne, Wes and Ashley,...you guys are awesome! We love you and are so grateful to have you as our friends.