Blogger Break and sad news

I guys. My mother recently passed away. She was 67 years old and had brain cancer. Mu husband knew all of the people who have been working on her since she was diagnosed. He had worked with the doctors so he could tell me where they work best and all of the stats on them. She passed away yesterday night and nobody knew until this morning. I am one of 10 kids so we are all very sad. She was the perfect mother and the perfect grandmother. My father stayed in the hospital with her so much and was the perfect person to have on your side. I used to talk to her every day. My sisters and brothers are located all over the country ( sister #1 Hershey, sister #2 Charlotte, sister #3 St. Charles, sister #4 Savannah, Me Charleston, Brother #1 Hummelston, Brother #2 Charleston, Brother #3 San Fran, Brother #4 Denver, and brother #5 Naples) They all have kids and are all coming to the funeral. My mother lives in Charleston so we are very fortunate that we got to see her before she passed away. I will be taking a blogger break because my family will be in for 1 week so I would like to spend some time with them. I was thinking about having them all over for a cook-out sometime. They are all flying in a coming to my house tomorrow for a dinner then going to their hotels. Have a great week and I hope you monday morning was better than mine.

Wren!

Hi Everyone,
This is our little girl Wren. The adoption agency took a picture of her so we could see her. We are going to DFCS in Illinois on October 1st to see her and then on December 5th I am going back to get her. It has been so fun getting to email Wren. I can tell she loves to talk and will adjust good in our family. Everyone is very excited! More pics will come your way!! Have a great Sunday! 

The outside of the house!!

Here is the back-yard of our house!! If you haven't read my post about the inside you really should, it shows houw the inside and outside are so much alike! I love it!! If you were wondering about little Wren here is some imformation... She is getting ready to come to us. Her date for arrival is December 5, 2010!! YEAH!!! Ok, so Abigail is slowly moving upstairs!! 

So here is where I sit! As I said before it is really close to the nighbor's house but they are family-friends and we love them! Yes, they read my blog... So I guess I can't say anything bad :( Just kidding Jo-Anne!! I love you!! Anyhow, where was I? Oh, I was talking about how much I love this spot! I love it SO SO MUCH!!!

Ya'll have to have the FULL effect here. As you can see there is another neighbor's house surrounding the pool and backyard. I love you too Alyssa!! Ok, I am done with the shout-outs now!! 

My house tour...

Here is my house. It is amazing! Do you want to see the inside? Oh, you would love it. So here you go... A great little tour of my house. Enjoy!!! 

Here is my kitchen. I love this room and I have to say it is most defiantly my favorite room of the house.  The cabinets used to be white in the middle for the island but our family friend just painted them black for us. He did it as a favor and it was for sure a favor. This is DEFIANTLY my favorite room of the house. 

Here is our family room. I love to sit in here during the day and watch Oprah! I am sad it is ending but I find that it may be better because I can actually do something from 4:00-5:00 other than revolve around Oprah and her talk show. I wish our t.v. was bigger but for the space it is a perfect size. 

Here is our bedroom. I painted it about 3 years ago with my husband! It was such a blast. I love to paint but when it would be something such as my kitchen, or another main room I would have a professional painter come to do it because knowing myself I would mess it up somehow. 

The double sinks are the best thing we ever did. I have my own place to get ready and so does he! How perfect. The hairdryer, the straightening iron, the curling iron, and everything else from A-Z goes in my set of cabinets and drawers.


Friends- I will show you the outside of our house tomorrow. Our backyard is amazing. So tomorrow you will see the wonders of my yard. 

Neighborhood exercise

Tomorrow I begin with my kids exercise program in my garage. It is so fun to whip the kids into shape. The parents come and participate too. Well, this post was SO short and I am sorry for that. I have been having really boring days. Today I went to a puppy store and played with 2 puppies. I didn't buy one though. Honestly, I would love a puppy but I can't get one because I know I wouldn't want to deal with one! Do you have a puppy or pet? Any advice in case I do decide to get one? 

Work Drive

We are the red and my husband's work is the green! You do the math. He travels for 22 minutes everyday to get to work. 44 minutes round trip. He rushes home just for football and family time. He crosses 3 bodies of water which is so fun to see when  I come along. So many bridges!! I LOVE CHARLESTON!!!

Husband/Wife Effort

Football was so fun last night, the assistant coach ended up fore-fitting with his and his boy for the game. It turned into a husband wife effort. I have already ran 4 miles today and it is only 6:30 AM here. Have a great day and if your husband asks you to coach football... go.for.it!!!

off to coach football......

Here I am.... off.to.coach.football!

Sure I am a woman and I just said I am going to coach football. Practice starts at 5:30. We just happen to have a game today at 5:30, not a practice. Until the time of 5:30 when the game starts we need to practice. I am going to lead football until my husband can get out of work. Abigail will sit with her lap-top at the field and watch us practice and play. Sure, you are thinking about the assistant coach right now and thinking why he can't do practice. Simple answer, he doesn't get out of work until 5:30 either. He happens to a high school english teacher and he has a meeting after school for 3 hours. Well, wish me luck! Maybe it will even help out with the whole marathon training :) 

Here is what you need to know about me

     Some ask me, "where in Charleston are you all located?" It is a simple answer, "John's Island". It is not very populated at all. Over the years it is going to become less rural. There are a few restaurants, not chain restaurants but family owned restaurants. We have about a 5 minute drive to historical down-town Charleston, SC. We can cross over to Savannah at any time, and we do often.
     We have a very small local dance school. Not a very big baseball association at all. We have a tackle and flag football association. My husband helps out with coaching baseball teams, in the spring. He coaches for majors, any age from 10-14. He is also the head coach for the middle school tackle football team.
     Aside of my husband's sport development he is a doctor at The Kindred Hospital Of Charleston. He is an cardiologist there. He works 5 days a week, and on weekends he remains on call. When he does work he works from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. It works our perfectly because middle school football is usually at 4:30-7:00. He goes to work straight to football which is very awkward because he wears his lab coat because he isn't aloud to leave it in a car because the bosses are scared it will get stolen.
     We have a house right on John's Island and it is 3 stories tall. Our plan when we bring Wren home is to move Abigail up to the 3rd floor so she will have a floor to herself with her own bathroom, window seat, and bedroom. Wren will be on the 2nd floor with us having her own bedroom and bathroom as well, just non window seat. We have a very small basement which is used for office space. We each have our own place for a computer, and desk space. We recently bought Wren a computer, that officially mean she is coming. The desk area is my personal favorite part of the house. I have my  mac down there, Michael has a mac lap-top down there, he finds being a doctor and all it is easiest to have a lap-top. Abigail has a mac lap-top too. Wren officially has one too.
     Abigail has been very suspicious about here moving floors, and a new lap-top, and everything. We ended up telling her and she is very excited. Well, I was training for a marathon yesterday and I was running around in the backyard with Abigail and I pulled my groin muscle.
     We have a very mini track in our backyard. If you run around the whole thing it measures 1/2 a mile. That means if I am training for a marathon I would have to run it 52 times. Abigail loves to run with me. She runs around our track 8 times with me each day.



xoxo,
jennifer

sorry for the never ending post
  

Happy 9/11

Today is 9/11/10 a day nobody can ever forget. The first 9/11 happened in the year of 2001. I remember I had had Abigail and she was a 9 month old baby. She was born December 25, 2000. At that age it was easier to pick up and go whenever we wanted. I remember we were at the house in Fort Myers, Florida. We were just leaving the lake to go to Giant. We were going there just Abigail and I because hubby had to work. Anybody who has lost people on 9/11/01 you are in our thoughts and prayers today.

The wonders of adoption... settled!!!

Yes, we have decided that for our daughter, Abigail's christmas/birthday gift that she will get a new little sister from the united states! We have been looking and calling agencies all around. We are thinking about going to Dallas Texas to the adoption agency and going from there, to settle on who to adopt. We know it is going to be a little girl, I would prefer one closer to the age of 9 but younger than Abigail. Maybe even someone who is 8 so they could be close ages together. I could have a baby myself but at the age of 40, close to 41 by the time I have the baby.... Well, we wouldn't want to take any risks what so ever. I would like a little girl with no disabilities, but that is all a lot to ask for. If you have adopted (Jacki) where did you adopt from? I am not exactly sure how long I have been blogging here for but I know it hasn't been long at all. I was very happy when I got a few emails regarding adoption!! Thanks and if you have anything else to tell me please don't hesitate!

The Wonders Of Adopting

Hello everyone! I will be taking a little internet trip tonight about all the wonders of adopting. We have Abigail who as you know is an only child. She has always wanted a little brother or sister. We have been thinking about adopting but have never made up our decision. We are thinking about for her combined birthday/christmas gift to have a big "hello" party for her, her friends, family, and our new little child. We know it is a long process so we would have to get this done now. If you know anything about adopting please shoot me an email at johnsonjennifer132@gmail.com! I want as much information as I can get as soon as possible! We know that it is such a wonder! If you are an experienced adoption parent or you are adopted I would like to know!!!!! Thanks so so so much and it means a lot to me!!

xoxo,
jennifer

Atlantis 2010!

This summer in mid- July we took a trip to Atlantis in the Bahamas! You would LOVE it there!!! Even I did just about every slide. Of corse I did The Leap Of Faith, I mean who wouldn't? It was a blast and surely you will see more pictures!!! Hope you are having a great week!!

xoxo,
Jennifer

How does it feel?

I am 39, I will be 40 on October 14, 2010. I want to know how it feels? It feels great being 9, as my daughter tells me. I know that being 39 and running 2 miles a day is outstanding, but.... How does 40 feel? I feel young being 39 but 40 seems to take it a step further! Way to far!!! I don't know how it feels. My puppy tells me being 10 months is fun! Do you remember how it was growing up? More importantly how did it feel? I remember, but how did it feel to you?

xoxo,
Jennifer

Welcome to Chasing Abigail!

Hi everyone! I am here because I wanted to blog about my life! My blog is called Chasing Abigail because I have an 9 year old girl named Abigail! She is in 4th grade at the local school in Charleston, South Carolina!! I will be blogging here because so far it is so so so fun! Come back for more! I will post everyday about how I am finding my ways to chase Abigail down.


xoxo,
Jennifer Johnson