Well the post before this one is very outdated. There are two more grand kids that came into the world this weekend. Lindy (my brother Lenny's wife) gave birth to a beautiful baby girl (Lia) early Friday at 12:01 am or something. Ila gave birth the next day at 9:00 am to a beautiful baby boy. In fact we were on the way to the Murry hospital to visit Lindy and Lia when Ila had a few contractions. They were very far apart and we didn't really think anything of it. In fact Ila asked me (like I really knew) what a contraction was supposed to feel like. I know there is pain involved and that your belly becomes hard.

Later that night around 10:30 Ila continued to have contractions that continued every 5 minutes. We called her doctor and he said it could be false labor. Ila was not due until June 20th. I was sure it was false labor. I wasn't taking it serious.

At 2:30 am after several hours of helping Ila breath and having contractions 3 minutes apart we called the doctor again and he had us go to the hospital in Payson. I still thought it was false even when the nurse said she was dilated to a 3. But the nurse decided to admit her. Ila continued to go one number hire in dilation each hour or two.

Finally at about 7:30 the doctor broke her water and around 8:15 she began to push. At 9:00 she gave birth to little Warren Clinton Johnson, 5 lbs 14 oz., 20 inches long. I guess it wasn't false labor. Like a bullet he literally shot out. (the doctor had to catch him) Thus his first nickname "the little bullet". All the nurses and especially the doctor were surprised at how fast he came out. I swear he flew at least a foot to the doctor. Fortunately the doctor was close and had a hand on the top of his head before he came. It was the craziest thing ever.

Ila didn't have the epidural, she wanted to try natural. Ila did so well with the entire process that several nurses thought she had the epidural and were amazed that she never made a peep. In fact I think she fell asleep during a few contractions when we first got to the hospital. The nurses said she should be on those videos that promote birth so as to show that giving birth isn't that bad.

On a side note, the first nurse, Suzanne, who admitted us was also the nurse that helped deliver Ila when she was a baby.

Well we should be returning home Tomorrow if everything goes as planned. The doctor says he is good size for being born a month early.

We have been blessed greatly by this healthy little boy and feel in aw that we have been given such great responsibility in raising him up unto the Lord. We know that we are blessed and will be given the strength to do what is necessary and right for him. This is such a miracle of miracles.

Well here is a small update. This is a picture during Easter at my mom and dads place when almost all the grand kids were together. Only one was missing. We had a lot of fun trying to get everyone to pose. I think this is the only one where the grandparents were looking at the camera. Turns out it wasn't the kids that had the hard time taking this picture.

Everything else is going well for us. Ila is getting bigger and ready to deliver in a few weeks. She has a couple weeks left of school and she will be done for the year. I am taking a class at BYU. I am also getting paid to teach English. It is kind of funny because they gave me the academic writing class level 5 which is one of the last classes students take before entering University level classes. 

It is softball season and I have already messed my shoulder up. I got into a little pickle and had to slide into second only to land funny. My shoulder didn't hurt much during the game just felt a little weird. In fact I even hit a home run (which I haven't done all season) After the game though it really hurt and I couldn't sleep all night. I could barely raise my arm. I hate getting hurt. I can raise my arm all the way now. I do like to complain though. ;)

We have been blessed with a lot of help lately getting baby clothes. Ila's parents and other family bought us several outfits that look really good. We also stopped at a couple of garage sales and picked up a couple outfits. We have really been blessed. Thank you all. We still have some things to get mainly a car seat which we will buy new. We feel better about buying a new car seat and getting everything else used. Summer has been fun so far. We are looking forward to the family reunions and camping. Hopefully we get to go. 

Ok my new goal is a weekly post! Short update: I was officially accepted into the MA. I will finish next April. Also I have been hired at the English Language Center to teach Applied grammar level 5. uuuuhhh?! I don't know about that assignment but it will be a really good assignment and I will gain a lot of teaching experience. This is the highest grammar level at the ELC and I am sure most students know the grammar better than I do. Ila's Spring break ends today and she goes back to teaching at her school tomorrow. (by the way "to" "morrow" used to be a phrasal verb seperating the "to" from the noun, same with "tonight") Other great Ila news, she passed the PRAXIS test. Wahoooooooooooooooooooo! This past week was Spring Break for Ila. She spent a lot of the time cleaning the second bedroom of our apartment in order to get ready for the little one. I studied for my final, which I took yesterday, and the rest of the time we enjoyed by watching Ila's stomach look like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, because Warren moves all over the place making her look very mishappen. Mishappen in a good way ;).

The moment we have been all waiting for; "Ila actually showing that she is pregnant" pictures. With only 2 months left we have more belly to show off to our fellow Ward members and friends. For a little update we are doing very well as the semester comes to close. Ila will be on spring break and I have only one final.(wahoooooooooo!) Spring semester starts in a few weeks and I will probably be getting a paid teaching spot at BYU's English language center. At least it will be one class for one semester. My project is lining up nicely and we will know if it is accepted in about two to three weeks.

Happy Easter everyone and we hope we all remember what the season is really about. Today in church we heard several very well done talks. In one of these it was mentioned that we can look at the symbolism of eggs on Easter as parts of our testimony and that we are continually searching and growing our testimony much like when little kids go searching for eggs on Easter. The speaker further explained how as the eggs are meant to be found so are our testimonies and that  according to our level the eggs are hidden. Those who are younger often have less difficult and more open ways of finding their eggs where as the older children's eggs are more hidden. Much of this can be related to the gathering of our testimonies throughout our lives. We too must search out and find truth and our testimonies on our own. They are meant to be found but we must work for them and that often gets a little more difficult as we get older. we express out love and testimonies of this wonderful season and know that Jesus Christ is our Saviour and Redeemer. We love you all. Kyle & Ila (Warren sends his love through kicks and movement)

Super Update

Ok, This is long over due and we are sorry for not letting more people know. If you can't tell by these pictures Ila is pregnant. We originally didn't say anything because we had a slight scare at the 2 month mark. Turned out to not be serious. So we didn't tell anyone because we weren't sure if there would be a miscarriage. Well that was the excuse 4 months ago. Since then we have just been busy. It's a boy. Sweet. We are naming him Warren after my (Kyle's) grandpa. He is due June 20th. (Buttar's isn't your b-day the 20th?) Most people in our ward just found out too, so don't feel bad we left out everyone. Part of the reason for this is because Ila is taking her sweet time showing her belly. It really isn't very big. Only in the last month has she really started to show. We are nervous and excited as most of you have experienced this and know the emotions. So any pointers would be appreciated. I already heard about the cold air hitting the little guy when changing diapers and having a good stream flying through the air. 

We have also been a little more busy then usual. Ila took a PRAXIS test. so she was studying hard for that. She took it last week and we find out if she passed in about 3 weeks. I have just finished a teaching practicum course that took a lot of my time. Now I only have one class the rest of the semester. FREEDOM!!! This week I am heading to Denver for a TESOL conference. I have been applying for the MA TESOL program. The program here has been going through a major overhaul and my thesis proposal was rejected because they felt it would take longer then a year but they still wanted me in the program. Now I am submitting a project proposal. Which is turning out to be a much better course then the thesis route and a huge blessing. I am also working for a research group getting paid to do some of the easiest and most boring work ever. J/k It is really interesting but can get tiresome after awhile. I listen to non-native speakers of English as they repeat sentences they have just heard from a native speaker. I mark whether or not they say each syllable correctly. All my work is on-line from home with ear phones and the click of a mouse. Man if I would have known I could get paid more doing this then working for my old man I would have done this years ago. J/k I miss working outside and actually doing some physical work. 

Ila has been working crazy hours the last few weeks. She got home the other night late because of parent teacher conferences. She is enjoying the Relief Society. She puts all her extra effort into enrichment activities. I get stuck in our bedroom when the activities are held here. I just don't want to get in between the sisters and their enrichment so I hide in our room. (I still hear them giggling though) Our ward and neighbors are great. In fact I tutor our 12 year Korean neighbor boy with his English. His mom makes us Korean food ever time I tutor. I guess they feel like they need to pay us somehow. It is pretty good food most the time.

Gingerbread Houses

Today we went up to Mama and Papa Johnson's house and made gingerbread houses.  Kyle did a great roofing job and I did the landscaping.  It was fun to see most of the family there enjoying the Holiday season.  Pictures will be posted on later date.