Especially because we weren’t planning on having a sixth kid, but with Jones, our family is complete.Emma is a novel written by Jane Austen. “I just know God is going to see so much good through this sweet baby.

He’s so cute and he’s the easiest baby,” she added. “He has the sweetest little smile and I’m just so excited. Everybody that I’ve heard from shares how much love they have in their hearts.” “I realized this could be so much worse,” she continued. Waking up the next morning hearing all the babies crying down the hallway while I was in the room alone, it hurt so much,” she said. “I was just grieving all of it and that the experience was so different from what I had expected. However, doctors kept Jones in the NICU for several weeks before he was allowed to go home. “I just wanted to hold him and for everything to be okay.” We did the anatomy scans, check the heart and brain and two arms, two legs, but no blood screenings.”Įmily also is mother to Ricki, 17, Jennings, 7, Gibson, 6, Gatlin, 5 and Nola Belle, 2.Įmily confessed that the diagnosis came as a surprise to her and her husband.

“You get what you get and you’re going to love it either way so there’s no sense in worrying about anything because it’s all going to work out and in the end, everything is going to be okay. “We’ve never done any of the genetic testings,” Maynard Johnson said. Movieguide® recently reported how overjoyed the Johnson’s were to welcome Jones: He’s sleeping, he’s just the easiest baby,” she shared. “Nola Belle was clearly just thrilled to get a new Barbie,” she added, “Thank you for the sweetest gift ever.”Įmily and her husband, Tyler Johnson told PEOPLE just how well Jones fits into their tribe. “I may be new to this community, but it makes my heart so happy to see giant companies like including Down syndrome in their lineup,” Johnson wrote. The first ever Barbie with down syndrome. Johnson also recently posted a photo of her daughter, Nola Belle, holding a new Barbie doll. Johnson added a sticker that read, “No bag vibes.” Johnson posted a picture on her Instagram story of Jones smiling from ear to ear. Jones was born with Down syndrome and recently had to have an ostomy reversal. ‘No Bag Vibes’: Emily Maynard Johnson Celebrates Son’s Recent MilestoneĮmily Maynard Johnson recently shared a photo celebrating her 7-month-old son, Jones who reached a new milestone. Photo from Emily Maynard Johnson’s Instagram

The Way He Lived by Emily Wing Smith