The Jensen Family

Birthday dinner

2011-04-06T18:16:00.000-07:00

For my birthday my family took me out to dinner. To Chipotle, one my favorite places! The kids love it almost as much as I do. They were having a great time and putting on a show. It was nice because it wasn't super busy there so the kids could be a little louder than normal. :) Here is a little bit of what they were doing.......

A Birthday!

2011-02-02T13:03:00.000-08:00

If you can believe it, Zoe turned 2 this past Monday! I can hardly believe it! she is now older than Toby was when we moved out to PA and talks so much and is just a little mom! It has been fun to see who she has become in these past 2 years. The one thing that never changed from day 1 is her adoration for her big brother! anything he likes, she likes. Anything he does, she wants to do. She is so excited to see him when we pick him up from school, when she wakes up from her nap, and if he is sad she is sad too! They have a very cute relationship, now don't get me wrong they totally fight - but what brother and sister who really love each other doesn't, right?! :) Here are some pictures to see how much she has grown in the past 2 years.

The day Zoe was born January 31, 2009. She weighed 9lbs 2oz. The nurses called her a "solid" little girl!

They way most people remember her. Her hair just stood up straight! We could never get it down, it was just Zoe's look! It was fun then but when I look back at pictures, it looked so crazy!

Zoe is 1!!

Zoe with her favorite brother ever!

Zoe is 2 and such a little princess!

Fall Fest

2010-10-26T10:52:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday was Fall Fest here at Geneva and it happened to be in our parking lot. So right our in our 'front yard'. The kids LOVED it! :) Toby was out all day running around with all the people that were here. We got a couple pictures to capture it.

Toby and Zoe. Both smiling, both looking towards the camera - can't get any better than that!!

Toby got his face painted for the first time. He loved it. He turned into Spiderman.

Toby with his new buddy 'Strawhead'

The wagon that Zoe loved riding in and giving her baby rides in.

And I really wanted Zoe to wear pigtails but the only way she would keep them in was to put them in Toby's hair too. So here they are! My pigtail babies!!

A little bit more...

2010-09-18T12:42:00.000-07:00

Our friend Erin took some amazing pictures of Toby the other day and I LOVE them!! I just wanted to share them with you. Beware, Toby looks pretty old!! :)

And Toby is....

2010-07-25T11:10:00.000-07:00

Yes, the cake is right. There is a 4 on it! Toby is 4! Where does the time go?! We had a great time celebrating. Toby wanted Buzz Lightyear and Mario on a cake and this is what he got. Pretty nice huh?! I can't take credit for it....all I did was ask the right person to make it for me! :)

Here are a few pics from his party.

This is true. One day you will see this little boy on a cereal box!

Got to do one of his favorite things..... golf!! They kept score and even though Toby lost he was only 1 stroke behind my dad! Toby is a good golfer! :)

Water bumper boats!! This was so fun! Even Brian had a blast on them! It was so hot out that it felt awesome to get wet!

Kristie, Simone and Gavin were in the opposing boat getting Toby and Brian wet! There were lots of squeals and laughing!!

A little bit of flying!

Zoe was even trying to play some of the arcade games! I don't think she knows that you don't usually get to climb in them! :)

We had so much fun and Toby enjoyed everything we did with him! Here's to another fun year with Toby!

Tobys hair cut

2010-07-11T18:49:00.000-07:00

Toby had been telling us that he wanted to grow his hair out. Which we were ok with because he looked pretty sweet with long hair! :) Here is what he looked like....

Well we left him for a week at my parents house. It was hot. My mom said that he wanted to get a hair cut when he was there. So she took him to get a hair cut. Goodbye sweet long blonde hair. Goodbye young Toby. Here he is with his new due and his cousin Xavier.

Still a cute little guy!

Easter Break

2010-04-07T07:38:00.000-07:00

Over Easter break we went to binghamton NY with my parents. My dad had to go there for work and we just all tagged along. While in the pool at the hotel Toby jumped off the side and hit my mom in the eye with is chin. This is the result of that!

The kids had a hard time with all the driving! My mom did a great job in the back with them trying to keep them occupied. This is Zoe with crayons in her toes! This got her mind off the fact that she was in the car for a while!

It was my birthday too. Yes that is a 2-9 on the cake. Lets not talk about that.

Here is Easter! I LOVED their Easter outfits! They looked so cute in them!

Not a good thing....

2010-03-18T06:42:00.001-07:00

I need to become a morning person. I have gone through a period where I did a great job being a good morning person. That has long passed. I hate mornings. I always have. Just ask my parents! Now I need to change this.

This morning Toby was eating breakfast and I was feeding Zoe her breakfast when all of a sudden Toby showed me a picture of a lady. He told me he wanted her to be his mommy. He wants his daddy and that lady to be his mom. WOW! That is just not what I wanted to hear! Maybe I shouldn't be so grumpy in the mornings, or maybe I should just stay in bed like Brian until I am awake and happy. I guess getting up with the kids isn't good enough, they want you to be happy like them.

I have lots of work to do to get there. And need lots of prayer to get there.

This was NOT a good way to start my day but here goes.......

new tricks

2010-03-13T11:44:00.000-08:00

Indiana Grandpa showed Toby how he gargles the last time we were visiting. Well Toby tried to do this and got it pretty fast! He loves his new trick!!

Now this is an old trick, just perfected now! Some of you may remember Zoe's crawl. I called it the gimpy crawl, my dad called it the handicapped crawl. (I feel like both aren't really the most encouraging things!! ha ha!) Well yesterday she was crawling and I had to do a double take because she was crawling NORMAL!! take a look.

Unca Josh here you go

2010-02-20T08:39:00.000-08:00

Unca Josh, this is for you! Hope we can see you soon and you can see her in person! (sorry for the wobbly camera shot!)

And Zoe is....

2010-02-17T06:45:00.000-08:00

WALKING!!! She doesn't always do it but this morning she has been doing it more and more and going further! I think it's happening!

Zoe is 1

2010-02-02T07:09:00.001-08:00

Well it has happened. Zoe had her birthday! A year ago we welcomed little Zoe into the world and into our family. She has grown so much over the past year and she loves her big brother Toby a lot! She wants to do anything and everything he does. As some of you know she was blessed with crazy hair that always brought attention wherever we were, everyone loved it! unfortunately, it is now lying down, but she is still as cute as ever! She has been walking around using furniture and along walls for quite awhile now, but she hasn't walked along yet. We are very excited to see what this next year of her life brings as she continues to grow and learn.

Here are some of her 1 year pictures:

Here are some pictures from her birthday party:

Happy Birthday Zoe! We love you and are so glad you are apart of our family!

melts my heart

2009-12-17T05:49:00.000-08:00

I was washing the dishes this morning and heard Zoe squealing and laughing. I stopped to see what was going on. Toby was 'getting' her like I do sometimes! I love when they play together!! This melts my heart!

She's coming to you soon mom & dad:)

2009-12-10T14:51:00.000-08:00

Words that describe

2009-11-15T19:22:00.000-08:00

crawling. talking. growling. destroys. funny. precious. smily. chunky. lovable. squeezable. interested. curious.

I love getting my Zoe time in every day! It's rare to get her to myself with out anyone else around. I love when I get to give her my full attention!

Thank you Taylor for taking this amazing picture of her! I absolutely love it!

I can't wait to see who she continues to become!

Bath time

2009-11-04T16:33:00.000-08:00

Toby. Zoe.

2009-11-01T18:29:00.001-08:00

Lets see, it's been a while since I updated you on what is happening with Toby and Zoe. So lets start now,

Toby. He is a character! He loves to laugh and make people laugh. He is HUGE into playing any kind of sport or anything on the Wii! Right now he is struggling with listening to us! Maybe it's because he hangs out with college kids all day that don't have parents telling them things they can and cannot do or maybe it's because he is 3. All we know is that it is tiring and makes for some rough days! He always wants to sleep in mommy and daddy's bed. The other day he wasn't wanting to take a nap and I had to focus on getting Zoe to sleep, this is how I found him ! :)

I guess he was tired!! ha ha!! He has been using the big boy potty for a while now and wearing underwear (when he is awake) regularly. The other morning he decided to wear them on his head!! what a goof!

You can actually have a full blown conversation with him! I don't have to translate for other people anymore! We will be in the school cafeteria and he will just be wondering the tables (well usually its running) and will talk to who ever is around!!

Over all Toby has been growing up so fast and we are trying to love every minute of it!! Some days are more of a challenge than others but he is a great boy who is loving life!!

Next on to Zoe. She is 9 months already! How is that possible? She has 5 teeth and last time I weighed her was 24 pounds! She CRAWLS!! Toby never crawled so it's very strange to have a baby that crawls. However she still loves to walk. Walk with holding your hands, walk along the couch and around the ottoman. Needless to say she is everywhere!! She loves to be on the move!

She sings and talks all the time. It is wonderful! For Halloween she dressed up as one of her favorite people of all time..... TOBY!

We didn't do anything really for Halloween, we opened up our building for the kids in the neighborhood. Toby would have rather played in some of the guys rooms so he didn't even dress up as anything! Zoe has been struggling with sleeping. Well getting to sleep and staying asleep during the day. Some naps it would take 30 -45 mins for her to fall asleep and then she would only sleep for about 25 - 30 mins!! Not worth all the crying!! We thought we had moved past this but it is still happening..... I guess we will wait and see if maybe its another tooth coming in.

She is discovering things all the time!! I love seeing her face as she studies something. She found pumpkins last night at a harvest party we were at. She had to be touching them at all times when she was by them. It was funny! And yes she still has her famous hair that sticks up!! :)

I love seeing the 2 of them interact together! Zoe LOVES Toby and could watch him all day long! He can get her to laugh so easily! I wonder if she will like to play with dolls or girly things, right now all she wants are cars and balls!! :)

We feel very blessed to have 2 wonderful children in our lives and can't wait to see them grow up (not to mention grow 'out' of the things they are dealing with right now!!) But this is our life right now and we love it!

RIP Daddy fish

2009-10-19T19:16:00.001-07:00

On my way to bed tonight I noticed Daddy fish laying on the bottom of the bowl. It has happened. He died. The bad thing is I just gave him new water tonight so I feel I am to blame for his sudden death. I do feel horrible.

Now we have the death talk with Toby in the morning....

Daddy fish: 10/10/09 - 10/19/09

yup he is just laying on the bottom.

First pet

2009-10-15T11:54:00.000-07:00

Yes it's true, Toby now has a pet! At homecoming last weekend they had a street fair on campus that had lots of activities. Toby stopped by one booth where you had to throw a coin into a bowl. Well being the natural athlete that he is, he made it! So his prize was a FISH! He now has a fish as a pet. It's still alive (which secretly I am surprised by already) and he loves to feed him everyday. The name you ask? Well Toby decided to name him 'Daddy'. Awe! :)

Here he is with his Daddy fish!

8 month update

2009-10-03T18:40:00.001-07:00

Our little Zoe is 8 months!! She has been such a blessing to us and a perfect addition to our family. She is starting to talk a lot more and finding what noises she can make with her mouth. Such as spitting or clicking her tongue. It's so great. She loves to walk when holding your hands, stand and chew on anything she gets her hands on!! She can move around while sitting and playing. She is usually facing a different way or in a completely different spot from when you set her down just by her rocking back and forth trying to reach anything and everything that is just out of her reach. Anything Toby does she responds with a huge smile and laugh! She can spot him across a room (and usually he is running around) and will watch him everywhere he goes. The closer he gets to her the louder her laughter gets! The day that she can move on her own she will be follow him everywhere! Yes her hair sticks up on it's own. We love it! We will be sad when it starts to grow down like normal. She weighs - are you ready for this?! - 24 pounds! When she was born the nurses kept saying she was such a solid baby...... well she is still just a solid little girl! She has brought so much joy and laughter to us and to the people around us! We love our little Zoe!

my kids are great!

2009-09-26T12:24:00.001-07:00

New York

2009-08-29T12:00:00.000-07:00

While Brian was in RA training and gone everyday all day we decided to go and visit our wonderful friends in Houghton NY for a couple days. So Toby, Zoe, JoAnna and I packed up and headed out!! It was our first time to NY. We had so much fun and we are so glad that we did! Here are some pictures of our trip.

We went to a state park, unfortunately it started to pour right after we got there so this is all we got to see. But it was an awesome waterfall and Toby hasn't seen anything like this! He thought it was pretty cool!

Campbell and Zoe playing with the new food Sarah bought! (and by playing with I mean chewing on! ha ha!)

I love this picture!! It was so hard to get a picture of Toby and Campbell with them both smiling and looking at the camera. This one looks likle Campbell is laughing and Toby is praying over her!! :) Really Campbell was mad that Toby was trying to hold her still so she was screaming at him and Toby blinked!

Toby was the photographer for this picture of us girls!! JoAnna, Sarah and Me.

The whole group! (minus Jeff who was taking the picture!)

We had a great time hanging out and seeing the kids play together! We can't wait to visit again! Thank you Kirksey's!

LOVE

2009-08-02T18:30:00.000-07:00

Some of my favorite things that I hear from Toby:

"I love you Mommy!"

"Mommy, I want to go to heaven to be with Jesus."

"I like you!"

"It's okay, I'm right here baby girl" (speaking to Zoe when she is upset)

"You my sweetheart!"

He is so sweet to me and to Zoe. I am so excited to see the two of them grow up together! So far they love each other very much...... I know that will change sometime! :) I cherish their laughter together now so much!

Toby's first love

2009-07-11T18:07:00.000-07:00

Toby's first love Izzy is here visiting and he is loving it.

More pictures to come....

potty training

2009-06-07T18:24:00.000-07:00

No more diapers for this little guy!! Now that deserves some sort of PARTY!! :) He doesn't tell me he needs to use the potty like most kids do. Instead I get "mommy, I peeing!!" Those are now my favorite words.

Here he is workin those cute little undies!

Such a cute guy! He has done such a great job!

Now how do you know when they really have it and you don't have to worry about it anymore??

I am just savoring this feeling!

7 years

2009-06-01T10:38:00.001-07:00

June 1, 2002 was when it all started. We created a new Jensen family. 7 years ago today. It doesn't seem like I am old enough to have been married for 7 years and have 2 kids!!

Here is us on that wonderful day 7 years ago:

In honor of today Brian made me something wonderful! He framed 4 of our family pictures and then had our family verse framed and they are now hanging in our living room. The verse is one we picked out together, one that we want our kids to grow up knowing and for our family to function having this verse in mind with everything we do. Here is the verse:

'And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. - Mark 12:30-31

what it looks like with everything,

I had fun finding old pictures of us from our time together. I want to share some with you. I tried to get them in date order, but honestly it was hard. :) I did the best I could. Here we are young, married and childless........

On our honeymoon in FL.

At our reception in Minnesota.

At our first Indy 500 as a married couple.

Back in Fl where we had our honeymoon with my basketball team - so our 1st year of marriage.

Second christmas together.

This picture was right before I found out I was pregnant with Toby. (in October 2005)

This was in April of 2005 at a banquet with North Central.

Our picture we took for our Christmas card. I think it was during year 3.

Christmas time, obviously, I think year 3.

Our cat, PJ. Well my cat, Brian didn't like her! I think year 2.

Brian's graduation May of 2003.

Summer of 2004. Brian was in a friends wedding.

Okay so they weren't really in order at all!! I tried! :) So crazy to think back to our lives then. Now 7 years later we have Toby and Zoe and live in PA! I wouldn't change the way our life is at all! I love my husband and I love our children.

Toby, 2 years old & Zoe, 4 months old

The Jensen Family

summer is here

2009-05-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

It's official. Summer has arrived. When all the students pack up and leave, I know it's summer. This year I was not ready for it to happen. I was enjoying having people around all day everyday to talk to or to play with or to just know I am not alone in this big huge building during the day! Well graduation happened to day and we had to say our goodbyes. Goodbye for a summer to some and goodbye for a while to others.

Here is how we spent the last couple weeks and a couple of the awesome students we get to share our life with:

Ate at the hot dog shoppe for breakfast for the first time...It was wonderful!

Spent some time with Krista who is going to be working in Jamaica all summer. Then she is going to be in D.C finishing up her program. We will miss her next fall.

Hung out with Ashlie, my friends soul mate, lots. She will be gone all summer working at a camp. We can't wait for her to come back in the Fall!!

Walking around the new part of campus the day it opened up. It looks wonderful!

Taking family portraits of our family of 4!

And going to graduation. Jenine graduated and is getting married this summer. Toby is her ring bearer and will be living right down the road. We are excited for them staying here!

We love that we get to work with students. They teach us so much. Beaver Falls just won't be the same without all of the students here.

Phone fun

2009-05-01T11:20:00.000-07:00

I always wondered when this would happen. Today it did. We got back to the apartment after lunch and I was getting Zoe in bed, since she was sleeping, when the apartment phone rang. Up until now Toby has just ignored it but today he decided to answer it! This is what I heard,

"hello"

"No"

"okay, welcome"

"bye!"

When I came out he was hanging up the phone and he said they asked for Brian. I asked him if he knew who Brian was and he said "It's Daddy!!" :)

So if you call our apartment phone you just might get Toby instead of one of us!!

Easter Time

2009-04-14T16:20:00.001-07:00

Easter is all about Jesus dying for our sins and raising from the dead and us remembering his love for us, we also get to dress our children up in cute clothes!

Here are my babies!

Thanks MOPS for Zoe's adorable dress!! :)

Zoe with her only cousin Xavier.

Then of course in normal, everyday clothes.

Ballin

2009-03-28T19:23:00.001-07:00

Here is a little sample of Toby's life here in the dorms!! He loves it!

One month old!

2009-03-03T05:36:00.001-08:00

Zoe is one month old!! It has gone so fast!! I still feel like we just brought her home from the hospital. She is now 11 lbs and 22 inches long. She is growing so fast! She is starting to be more alert when she is awake and I know she is on the verge of smiling! She is doing great at night with sleeping. She will usually wake up sometime in the hour of 2 or 3 for the first time and then again at around 6 or 7. If I go to bed early I can get some good sleep! I hope it continues and only gets better from here!!

Zoe at 1 month.

Toby is still such a great big brother! He loves her so much! He will hug, kiss and cuddle with her every chance he gets! He also thinks every noise she makes is hilarious! It's so cute to see them together! I can't wait for her to start interacting with him, She is going to love him I just know it!

Toby with his favorite sister!

Meet Zoe

2009-02-06T16:58:00.000-08:00

So Zoe is finally here!! She is almost a week old now and we are enjoying every minute with her! Toby loves to hold her and hold her hands when we are changing her diaper. He is such a great big brother!

Last Friday (the 30th) I was starting to have contractions. At lunch time they were there but not very often and I actually didn't know they were contractions! Then Toby went down for a nap and Brian and I were just talking on the couch when I noticed I was having the same feelings for a while now. They didn't feel like contractions, or what I thought contractions should feel like. So by 5:30 I started writing down how often they were coming. They were about 3 to 5 mins by that point but still not very strong. We went to dinner in the cafeteria here and I was still recording the contractions. Then we went to the coffee shop here on campus and I walked around to see if they would get stronger or go away. By 7:30 I called the doctor to see what they thought and they told me to go to the hospital. So we went home, grabbed our bags, got Toby all settled with Domper who was staying with him, said goodbye while trying to explain what was happening, then off to the hospital we went! We got there a little before 9 and by 9 I was all hooked up to monitors and they were going to check my progress to see if I was going to stay or go home. They checked and I was 5 cm already!! They did some blood work, gave me my epidural, broke my water and by 12:19 am she was here!! It was fast and I was so thankful for that! I have decided that for some reason I deliver babies pretty quick and easy and for that I am super thankful!! :)

Here are a few pictures of our little baby girl!

Unca Josh visits!

2009-01-10T18:53:00.000-08:00

Since we have gotten back from Indiana we have been having some fun. My brother Josh got to come out here for 4 days and Toby loved that so much! All I heard was "Hey Unca Josh" and there was alot of laughing!! He left this morning during a big snow storm that we were having. He left early enough though that he made it home safe! Here are some things that we did.

Josh and Toby built a tower with his big lego blocks. Toby was so proud of it!

Toby always woke Unca Josh up in the mornings and from naps. Here he is cuddling with him!

Toby hanging out with the "HUGE" snowman that we made today.

Toby liked the baby snowman that someone made too.

Toby helping daddy roll the body for the snowman.

He lost interest in the snowman because throwing snowballs at people was more fun! Watch out Domper!

Here he is in a big pile of snow. We lost his feet!

We went to Jerome Bettis' restaurant for some good food!

Jerome was there doing his radio talk show so we got to see him! Pretty cool!

Our booth. Dan, Josh, Toby and me. Of course we had to have the golf channel on!!

Classes start on Monday and so students are now coming back and things will start up again here soon! We had a great break and a little sad it's over but glad that things are going to start to be more on schedule again! We are now preparing for our new little girl that will be here very soon!

Toby's nose

2008-12-24T18:50:00.000-08:00

A day or two after we got to Indiana Toby and my brother Chad had an accident. Toby wanted Chad to chase him down the hallway. Chad bent down to pick him up but lost his balance. Since they were in a hallway there was no room for them to fall so instead of crushing Toby (which I appreciated) he had to drag him a little bit into the hallway. Chad broke his toe and Toby ended up with this nice looking rug burn on his nose.

Toby loves playing with his little cousin Xavier.

Toby took this picture of Xavier and it ended up being one of the best ones we have!

Toby wanted to help work on the new room. he was very limited to what he could do.

He is not ashamed of his nose at all! He can still look cute in pictures with his nose!

Luckily his nose is better for Christmas pictures. Just wanted to show you how bad it was! :)

It worked!!

2008-12-12T13:32:00.000-08:00

Normally I am not able to upload pictures from my apartment on my blog but I thought today I would give it a try again. It worked!! YAY!

Toby left with my mom today for Indiana and I don't know what to do with myself without him always around. It is nice but at the same time miserable! I miss him so much. A few of the guys in our building have stopped by to say bye to him today and we have had to tell them he is gone. He is quite popular around Geneva campus! :)

This is one of his buddies. We call him Kase. He graduated this semester so he won't be here next semester. He would always play with Toby outside when it was nice. They played golf, frisbee, football whatever sport Toby was playing. We are going to miss him next semester.

My Bible study girls came over for our last meeting this semester and we had a mini Christmas party. Here they are again. Jenine, Ashley, Amanda and Amy! I love these girls!

Toby's crazy hair after he woke up from his nap. What a little cutie!

So hopefully we can do more posts now that I am able to post pictures from home. Unless this is a fluke but I sure hope it lasts!!

The past month.

2008-12-03T07:58:00.000-08:00

I realize that it has been a long time since I posted last. So here is an update of what we have been doing. First of all Brian and I went on a date and left Toby with Domper and Christy. He loves playing with these 2 and so he had so much fun. I told them if they wanted to try to get some good pictures of him so we could use one for our Christmas card that would be awesome. Well they did a great job and got some awesome pictures! Here are a few of them.

Toby's model picture. What a stud!!

Looking down from the star.

Waving hello in his cute little outfit.

He is into licking everything...... even Christy!

Look at all the leaves!

My girls in my Bible study. We went to Chipotle together (b/c that place rocks!) and we had such a great time!

Brian's parents came to visit for Thanksgiving. We had Christmas with them too.

Toby with Grandma and Grandpa Jensen.

Toby with Mom and Dad and his new Handy Manny truck.

His favorite present so far.

He decided that helping clean after dinner is a cool thing to do. Washing the counters.

Oh and helping clean the dishes too! Thanks Domper for making him think this is a cool thing to do!! :)

It was no shave November for Brian and so Toby taking a close look at how hairy daddy is.

Picture of my boys.

Okay and for everyone that wants to see a pregnant picture here you go. Toby loves to try to listen to his baby sister and see if she says anything. :) You can totally tell I am pregnant, everywhere!!

some of Tobys favorites

2008-11-09T14:56:00.000-08:00

The past week we have been hanging out with some of Toby's friends and doing lots of his favorite things. They include:

Listening to music on our ipod. He sings along and dances.

Playing with Ellie.

Toby and Grace.

Working on the computer. This one happens to be Uncle Josh's in his dorm room.

Watching basketball games. Here we are at Grace college with Josh and Grandma Arnold.

Going swimming.

Being thrown in the air.

Drumming. This was the first time on a real drum set. He loved it so much!!

for fun

2008-10-15T15:55:00.000-07:00

I was just looking through some old pictures and found one of our favorites of Brian and Toby. We took another one just like. Can you see the difference? :)

When Toby is 2 months old :

When Toby is 2 years old :

Toby also got a fun new toy from a friend here. He calls it his 'football guy'.

Toby loves riding his tricycle. However he hasn't quite learned how to use the pedals so he just moves along with his feet on the ground.

Our most recent family picture. I love my family!

Homecoming weekend

2008-10-06T15:39:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was Homecoming weekend here and Geneva. There was so much for us to do. In the morning I went on the family fun walk with 3 other ladies here. We ended on the football field where Toby and Brian were playing waiting for us. Toby loved being able to play on the actual football field. We got to ride a train and watch Taylor freeze in the dunk tank. Toby got to hit the button a couple times to make him fall in. He also loved that! Then there was the football game Saturday night. We lost the game but it was still a fun time! Oh and Friday night the RA's in the apartments had an event where they rented a rock climbing wall and a bungy jump. Toby loved the jump.....he didn't try the wall. Here are some pictures.

Toby jumping.

Getting all strapped in.

Toby and Daddy got glow bands. Showing them off.

Family photo at the game.

Toby waiting for the game to start. Football sweatshirt on and all!

Going out in the morning for the fun walk.

Saturday morning goofing off for the camera!

Finally a good smile shot!

I will try to get some of the pictures from the walk to get on here. It was a fun weekend!

Food is good.

2008-09-30T12:06:00.000-07:00

Being pregnant food is very important!! I am not having very healthy cravings (fried foods for example) and I am not eating the greatest for my meals.

I remember back when I was pregnant with Toby I craved red meat and eggs. So for every meal I ate either eggs or some sort of red meat and vegetables. I also walked everyday for the last few months of my pregnancy. I was feeling great by the time my due date came along. Well with this one I eat in a cafeteria every lunch and dinner. There might be a selection of food but how healthy are my options? Are the veggies I am eating even good for me? Where did the meat I am eating actually come from? I have been feeling gross lately and like I wish I could just go back to eating meat and vegetables that I cook every night for dinner. With our money situation we are not able to do lots of grocery shopping to be able to do that so I just have to try and be creative in the cafeteria.

However, Tuesdays (today) for lunch Brian meets with one of his RA's over lunch and Toby and I usually will eat with a student or friend or someone but today we had nothing planned. So I looked through my kitchen and came up with a pretty decent meal for what I had. I found some beef in the freezer and I had noodles and spaghetti sauce, garlic bread and some broccoli. So I made some spaghetti with meat sauce and had broccoli and garlic bread. My mom would be so proud of me when she hears that I cooked the broccoli and I ate it! I hate cooked broccoli unless it is mixed in with lots of other things! Today I cooked and ate it just as it was! Toby even had broccoli mixed in with his spaghetti and he had grapes! I am feeling good about our eating today. While it isn't the BEST we could eat it was the best we had at home! And for dinner - we are going to the cafeteria.......

Any suggestions on fast, cheap, healthy meals? I am all ears!

The bathroom

2008-09-26T12:23:00.000-07:00

I realized today how great it is to just go to the bathroom when you need to go. Not worrying that you aren't allowed to!!

I had my ultrasound today and I had to drink 32 oz. an hour before my appointment and then not pee until after the ultrasound. This is SO hard!! Before we left the house I had to go extremely bad! I couldn't stand or walk b/c that made it harder to hold. We got to the doctor's office 10 mins early for my 12:45 appointment thinking hey if we are there and they are ready let's get started!! Well they didn't think that way. I keep seeing nurses walking by or standing in the back talking and let me tell you I was getting mad! I had Brian go up and ask how much longer it would be (again b/c I couldn't stand up) and they said 2 mins but if I wanted to empty my bladder a little that would be fine. Well at that point I needed something so I agreed to that even though my question was "how do you make it stop when you want to just let it all out?!?!" So I emptied a little bit and tried to stop but it never fully stopped. I kept a constant little stream of pee going. So having no idea what to do I grabbed a big wad of toilet paper and stopped it that way. I held it there until I stood and knew no more would come out. Then I found my seat next to Brian in the waiting room again and waited. waited and waited and waited . 2 mins - yeah right!! by the time they finally called me back to the ultrasound room it was 1:05 (actually 1:06 or 1:07 but I'll round a little) It should be illegal for doctors offices to make a pregnant lady drink that much water so long before the appointment and then make her wait 20 mins longer in the waiting room!! Oh and I found out one of the nurses I saw talking in the back was the lady who did my ultrasound...... grrr!!

So whenever you feel the urge to go to the bathroom, I encourage you to just go and be thankful that you don't have to wait to let it all out! I also want to say a big thank you to my doctor's office in MN where I had my ultrasound with Toby. I didn't have to wait in the waiting room at all! They know how to take care of pregnant women who have to pee!! :)

Oh and I guess this is important too..... we are having a GIRL!! :) I will put a picture of our baby girl on soon!

Toby loves his Daddy!

2008-09-25T15:23:00.001-07:00

For those of you who think that Toby is a 'mini Brian' I will say I don't fully agree. I think that he has alot of both Jensen and Arnold in him. For example, in this picture when he is with Chad he is totally a Jensen.

Then like in this picture where he was trying to be Daddy I think he looks like an Arnold. Too bad it's while he is dressing in Daddy's clothes, it would have been perfect if he looked like a Jensen! :)

This of course is just my opinion let me know if you see something different!

Oh and PS tomorrow we are having our ultrasound so I will let you know what we are having! (if the baby cooperates that is!!)

Crazy Toby!

2008-09-20T15:40:00.000-07:00

So this is my son. Toby. He likes to try to help with things. Like here he is helping our friend Domper fold her laundry. He thought this was a great way to do the underwear! You can tell he is still in diapers. He is not sure where underwear goes.

He can't wait until our baby comes. He rubs my belly and says "Hi Beebee" (baby). Today we asked him what we should name the baby and he told us we should name him/her "Izzy". His favorite little friend who moved away this past summer.

This is picture is Toby with Campbell Kirksey. She was born the day after his 2nd birthday to our friends Sarah and Jeff. He always gets excited when he gets to see her. He gets to practice being a big brother when she is around.

I think he is going to be a great big brother!

Welcome

2008-09-20T12:35:00.000-07:00

Hi! Welcome to our new site. If you want to check out our old posts and pictures you can go to our old site and check them out! We want to share a little bit more of us with you on this site and update you on all of us - Brian, Sara, Toby and the newest member to come Feb. 4th. We hope you visit often.