One month old!

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

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!

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

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!!

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.

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

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!!