What ever will be...

Introducing.....

2010-03-26T12:17:00.000-07:00

ADAM RICHARD JENSEN

We are so very excited to be expecting this little boy!

He should be arriving at the end of July!

today is the big day.....

2010-03-03T08:42:00.000-08:00

We will know in a matter of just hours!! Im so excited, i woke up evey hour last night, and the baby was very active most of the night, so it better not be asleep during the Ultrasound!!

RuPaul goes to San Francisco!

2010-02-22T21:16:00.000-08:00

RuPaul was a little bored at home, he is anxiously awaiting Marys graduation so that they can hit the town! He asked if he could come visit us, So we gladly took him! We planned a trip to SF, he was really excited about it. It ended up being a rainy day but RuPaul was determined to have some fun, and we didn't want to disappoint him so we went to SF anyways.

He started having a great time right away,

Making friends with all the shrimps at Bubba Gumps!

He wanted to make sure that he got to take his picture in "Forrests Shoes" so we obliged!

He was having a REALLY hard time deciding what he wanted to eat.....

So he decided that he would just drink his lunch!

Things got a little crazy after this, he started dancing on the table....

He made friends with "RED" our server!

After lunch we waked around the peer, he ran into some old friends!

We decided to head home cause RuPaul was getting a little tired

We had a great day with RuPaul.

18weeks today!!

2010-02-20T11:00:00.000-08:00

This pregnancy seems to be going a lot faster than the last! Im sure its because I dont have a lot of time to think about it! In all honestly I often FORGET that Im pregnant!! I never thought that was possible! But Im grateful to be busy chasing around my little ball of energy, she keeps me on my toes for sure!

In just 11 days we will find out (hopefully) what little baby Scout is! Im so excited to see this baby on the ultrasound. I have had 3 dr appts where we have been able to hear a very healthy heartbeat, and 1 ultrasound at 7 weeks....there is not much to see at 7 week except a little flutter that is the heartbeat! So Im so excited to see little scout and all its features! We are hoping for a boy, but we will be grateful for a healthy baby no matter the sex!

So far with the exception of a few weeks of being nauseous Its been great! Im hoping it continues this way!

Right where Im supposed to be

2010-02-19T11:18:00.000-08:00

This Picture was taken approximately 2 years ago this week. Steven and I took a very unplanned and last minute trip to Disneyland for out 1st Valentines as a married couple! This was possibly the 1st pic of me as "Pregnant". As were pretty sure savanna was concieved the night before!
Sometimes I look at this picture and think wow that seems like yesterday...and others times i think it was a lifetime ago.
The past 2 years have brought us so much. So much good, and of course a little bad. But that is just how it goes. With out the bad you would not appriciate the good!
As we sat on this tram to Disneyland if you would have asked me where I would be in 2 years I probably would have said that we would have a baby, be working, and gone back to school. Its quite far from where we are, Yes I had a baby, but Ive another on the way! I'm not working (out side the home at least), I haven't gone back to school as of yet, but I do have plans to take at LEAST 1 class this Fall! Its been a roller coaster ride these last 2 years, but i wouldn't trade 1 moment of it because that roller coaster has brought me RIGHT where I am today....And I'm RIGHT where I WANT to be!

announcing baby scout!

2009-12-03T10:59:00.000-08:00

"It's never the right time to have kids, but it's always the right time for screwing. God's not a dumbshit. He knows how it works."- shitmydadsays twitter!

I know its a little vulgar, but HILARIOUS and so true in our life right now!

We just found out Monday that we are expecting baby #2. CRAZY.

Timing is horrible, I'm out of work, fighting with unemployment, worried about paying bills, and now we are faced with the wonderfully scary situation of figuring out how to clothe and feed another child, how we will squeeze 3 children into our car since we cant afford a bigger car. and now im kicking myself for not keeping all of the bigger things like swings and such.

But at the same time, its probably the BEST time, I'm out of work and focusing on our children, unemployment will eventually start and we wont be as strapped, we will live within our means and provide for our family, we wont be rich but I know that there are many people out there struggling with less, I'm blessed to have a wonderful, hardworking husband that supports me and our family, he works for an amazing company that is family run and has embraced us as part of theirs. We live in a beautiful house, we both drive new cars, our children are HEALTHY, we love each other, and we really have everything we NEED. There will always be food on our table and gas in our cars even if we shop at the good will and dont wear designer clothes our house will always be filled with love.

I will learn to be more FRUGAL with our hard earned money, I will learn how to stretch every dollar to its fullest, be less wasteful, and learn to feed my husband leftovers! This will not be easy but it will have great rewards! I will have lots of time to spend with savanna and brynn before or little bundle of joy arrives, and Hopefully in the next seven months we will have a plan as to what comes next.

At first we were both very overwhelmed, But every baby is a blessing, So we will embrace this baby and this pregnancy with as much love and joy as the the last. And yes we are very much hoping for a boy, but as long as its healthy that is all that really matters!

We Find out next wednesday just how far along we are, since we were definitly not trying I wasnt keeping track and cant honestly remember when my last period was. Im hoping im about 8 weeks, that way they will be able to see a heartbeat and give me great estamation of a due date at my appointment!

Tackle it Tuesday!

2009-11-10T08:54:00.000-08:00

Well now that im a stay at home mom (still getting used to that) I figure its probably a good idea for multiple reasons to get some projects done around here! Nothing to big, Im not bulding and arc or anything!

So here is my first project- The Dreaded Pantry!! It always seems that hisbands and kids tear threw here looking for a snack, or the husband puts the groceries away, and well if there is a space then thats where it MUST go Right? lol!!
here are the before-

AFTER!!

MUCH BETTER!!!

Now, If I could just keep everyone out of it, It might actually stay this way :)

2009-10-06T09:58:00.001-07:00

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I know i have been a slacker.....

2009-09-24T10:42:00.001-07:00

BUT im not the only one....ahhhemmm...hello...is anyone out there?

I have LOTS of bloggin to catch up on...we have been doing tons of stuff and having a lot going on since school started! But I promise to catch you all up!

my main reason for this blog has to do with BRYNN!

She is my challenging person to buy for this year- So this is year i have decided that our main present to brynn is HOPEFULLY going to be a little bedroom makeover.

She has pretty much has the same stuff in her room since she was a 2- its time for a big girl room! Plus she Loves her own space, and shares a room at her moms with her little sister there, so id like to make her room as special as possible for now- one day she may have to share it here as well!

Im planning to re-do some fruniture that we already have but Im looking for a day bed, so if anyone knows of anyoe that is getting rid of one I would love to have it. the color doesnt matter!

im also looking for

*closet organization stuff
* bright colored fabrics
* a small night stand
* cute small dest chair
*two tall bookcases
*cute floor rug

so please keep your eyes peeled for me if you happen to be about any super clearance or garage sales or thrift shops! Id love to get all this stuff second hand if possible to minimize cost and waste!! I love repurposing old stuff and although i love ikea, id like to keep that list small!

1st day of 1st grade!

2009-08-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

So proud to be sitting at her own desk!

Today when Steven took her to school the teacher had very good things to say about Brynn. We were told that she is the only child in the class that can read along with her. Most kids have a few words that they know, but she feels that Brynn will be moving along to chapter books before we know it!

This is Brynn and her BFF Hannelore! They are really great friends. They are very excited to be sitting in the same group of desks! There personalities are completly the opposite of one another and compliment eachother so well!

Peek-a-Boo....

2009-08-07T21:37:00.000-07:00

I can Finally see you! :)

I Finally went to the eye Dr. last week. Turns out I have an Astigmatism in my left eye. I needed a small perscription to correct this. I just picked them up today so I am still getting used to them. They feel wierd, like im in my own little bubble, But my vision has improved!

I have Finally decided!!

2009-07-31T14:25:00.000-07:00

whoo, what a relief, Since Savanna is already 9 months old I have needed to start thinking of the theme for her 1st birthday!

Today I decided that its going to be

"The Very Hungry Catapillar"

I saw on this blog today the most adorable catapillar for that them party. And I have to do it! Its so cute! Of course Im alredy thinking of Ideas to make it my own and take it to the next level, this is going to be so much fun!

How Bout now granmoo?

2009-07-30T09:54:00.003-07:00

can you see it now?

if not im going to rid myself of this adorable layout!

Can you see it ok on your iphone?

Back on track FATTIE!

2009-07-27T10:57:00.000-07:00

Ok, I have been spiriling out of control with my weight lately, and instead of loosing 10lbs, ive gained it. NOT OK.

So today starts a new motovation.

Aside from just needing to loose weight to be healthy, Steven and I are going on a 5 day Cruise to Mexico in November and I NEED to loose weight for that. I do NOT want to spend a week in mexico wearing moo moo's and coverups!

Im doing weight watchers, well ive been paying for it anyways! So im going to really do it! I would love to take ALLI again cause it really does help a lot, but its soo dang expensive i just cant justify it.

So today I challenge my self. Amanda style- a 21 day challenge! This is going to be sooo hard I know.

NO FAST FOOD. NO STARBUCKS. NO SODA. NO CANDY.
Home cooked meals, frozen weight watchers meals for lunch unless i have leftovers from the night before.
Im also going to crack open my weight watchers cook book.
I challenge my self to use it at least 6 times in the next 21 days. I mean thats only 2 times a week!

testing! testing!

2009-07-27T09:35:00.000-07:00

Can everyone see this ok? is my blog all messed up?

I got a message from grandma saying that she cant read my blog that its all to one side.

But ive looked at it on my home and work computers and it looks ok to me, I even looked at it not logged in and it looked fine too.

Just trying to see what i need to do to make sure you can all read it!

Tackle It Tuesday - Jars

2009-07-21T07:19:00.000-07:00

I noticed I had been starting quite a collection of these old jars in my garage, and had been trying to figure out just what to do with them. I already have a canister set with the normal stuff in it, But i really wanted to display these in my kitchen somehow. These Jars are very old, Some belonged to Stevens Great Grandma, and some belonged to My Great Grandma

As you can see in the background of this picture, I have a jar that contains Spaghetti DING DING DING! I figured it out, I will fill them with different types of pasta, and pretend im Itialian!

So I went searching in my cubbords for pasta. I only found 2 other types. But it was a start!

But I still had 5 more jars to fill, and well once I started I couldnt possibly sleep till this was accomplished! So I searched some more.....

Filled one with Chompers Treats, For when he is actually good. These will be in here for a while! :)

Always good to have the S.O.S. pads handy- and they kinda match the jar!

And well, Since I happen to have an abundace of Baby snacks around these days I figured that I could use some biter biscuits to fill one up!

And in my small attempts at going green and creating less waste, I invested ( $1 on clearance)in Slicone cupcake wrappers, and they had just come out of the dishwasher and were looking for a home! (there are actually 24 of them in there, you just cant tell cause some of them are stacked together!)

I also have an abundance of this sugar subsitiute hanging around from when they paid me a bunch of money to pass out sugar packets! Man I need to find another cush side job like that again!

Then I had this Beautiful Iced Tea Pitcher that used to belong to my great grandmother, And I also wanted to display this, So I filled it with....

Iced Tea packets!

And there you have it

oops pardon my melons!

Oh and there is Charger our new kitty, Trying to find out why HE doesnt have a treat jar!

well since all the boys will be gone...

2009-07-03T09:24:00.001-07:00

what are all the girls doing on sunday?

happy fathers day!

2009-06-21T10:57:00.000-07:00

My hubbie is enjoying the day at NASCAR, with my brother! Savanna and I have a little suprise in store for him when he gets home. Check back later in the week to see it!

Love to all the daddies! hope you have a great day!

a day at the pier- somehow this didnt get posted in march when we went!

2009-06-08T10:00:00.000-07:00

**I was looking threw past blogs in my dashboard and saw that this one was never actually published**

Brynn was on spring break this week, I was able to take Friday off so we could have a nice family day.
We took the girls to Pier 39. It was a BEAUTIFUL day in the city.

We had lots of fun,

It was such a great day!

getting back on track!

2009-06-04T10:22:00.000-07:00

today i got on the scale, and almost fell off. the numbers were lying right? I mean they HAD to be. There is no way,NO WAY i could possibly be back UP to my pre-pegnancy weight right? NO WAY.

Well I am too close for comfort, my clothes are starting not to fit, and well there just isnt room in the budget for larger clothes. UGH. Plus its never fun to shop for a size larger.

So i did it, i broke down and I'm doing the only thing that has ever helped me loose weight (No not getting pregnant, although....that Did work out well. :)

I joined Weight Watchers Online. I found out they offer a discount to kaiser members, so i figured i better take advantage of it.

So here i am, starting my journey at 205. YUCK

My ultimate goal is a big one, But I'm not going to focus on that now. I'm going to set smaller goals and go step by step.

My First goal is to loose 15lbs by Brynn's birthday party. (which I will also post a blog about) that's about 2lbs per week. I can do that!

Happy Mothers Day!

2009-05-10T00:56:00.000-07:00

so mary....since we didnt have a mothers day blog challenge.....

I challenge you now...can you top this one?

This baby loves the bath!

2009-05-08T21:09:00.000-07:00

Here she is. She really loves the bath

She LOVES water. Im going to look into some mommy and me swim classes. I want to take advantage of the fact that she loves the water and start swimming lessons ASAP!

i fallen of the bloggin waggin....lol!

2009-05-06T23:14:00.001-07:00

but i promise to get back on!

I feel like i have been so busy lately.

I have several things to blog about, i just need to upload the pics and find a few moments to write.

I went to the dr for my back and was told that i have 3 ribs that are popped out. Interesting that ive been told by several people that its pretty impossible for that to actually happen. which makes me feel like my dr is a quack! :)

so When i called the PT office to make an appt, I asked what exactly was wrong and they told me that my referral says "3 subluxed ribs" which i was told means that ive dislocated them. All I know is that what ever it is it hurts. And is causeing me very bad muscle spasums. And the muscle relaxer they gave me makes me so out of it, i cant really take it cause i cannot function.
Hopefully when i go to PT, they can fix it fast.

Ok well im going to cuddle up with my heating pad and try to get some sleep

TODAY IS GOOD

2009-05-02T09:44:00.000-07:00

TODAY HAS ALREADY BEEN BETTER!

IM STILL IN BED, CUDDLED UP WITH MY GIRLS. BRYNN IS WATCHING CAMP ROCK, AND SAVANNA IS TAKING A NAP!

I LOVE SATURDAY MORNINGS.

when savanna wakes up, were going to Toys r us, so brynn can spend her gift card from uncle michael!

p.s. chomps is under the covers!

grrrrr its already been quite a day.

2009-05-01T11:57:00.001-07:00

so a little run down of our day thus far.....

got up
fed savanna
got dressed
got brynn ready
took her to school
went to the dr.
found out that when i fell down the stairs last month not only did i sprain my ankle very badly and that is going to take at least another month or two to fully heal, but that i also popped out three ribs in my back and that i have to go to the physical therapist to see if they can pop them back in. if not then i have to go to the chiropractor.
found out while at the dr that it was brynns day to bring snack. that message was not relayed to us till brynn was already AT school.
So steven had to pack up savanna, go to the grocery store, get snack, take it to the school.
on his way home he got pulled over and got a speeding ticket. GRRRR.
THEN about an hour later steven gets a call from bonnie saying the school called to tell her to come get brynn because she fell down and hit her head and was throwing up.
frantic phone calls started to try to get brynn to the DR ASAP.
Steven went and got brynn from Ryan so that he could take her to the dr.
this is what brynn said
"daddy, whats going on? I didnt hit my head. I was coughing so hard that i threw up. then the nurse came to get me from class she saw my casey kiss (what she calles her hamangioma) and said that i must have hit my head. I told her i didnt but she wouldnt listen"

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Can i just say that the school nurse is an ignorant biotch.
seriously, we were all freaking out thinking brynn has some kind of concussion or something rushing around to try to get an urgent care appt or take her to the ER and all that happened is that she coughed so hard she threw up. sheesh.

and this is all well before 12pm~

Sweetener

2009-04-22T13:14:00.000-07:00

I found this "job" listing on a mommy blog that I read. This company was looking for women to accept there product and pass it around to other women that they know just so they can get there product noticed, and people to start requesting that it be sold in stores. And they are paying me.
THEY ARE NOT PAYING ME TO BLOG THIS.

I just want to share this with you all because, i HATE, (yes HATE) artificial sugar. I dont use it. and i use a LOT of sugar in my coffe every morning, which is just waisted calories. And i have really been looking for a "fake" sugar that I like.
I FOUND IT.
IT tasts sweeter than sugar. I love it.
They sent me a ton of samples, and a bag of it to bake with. So this weekend im going to make "sugar" cookies and see how that comes out!

If any of you want to try it, I will get some to you!
( i do not get paid by the number of people who say yes, so do not feel obligated!)

Its also good for people who have diabetes!

OH and steven even liked it....and THAT is saying something!

here she is!

2009-04-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

It ended up weighing about 40lbs!

Took me all day, cause i had both the girls to myself that day. If i had had a sitter i could have busted it out in about 4 or 5 hours!

TONS OF FUN. And a girl at the party offered me 300 to make her a similar cake! Im totally doin it!

our easter

2009-04-17T12:11:00.000-07:00

So excited to see eachother, April and Brynn coloring eggs.

This is Gizmo, Stevens favorite part of going to my aunts house! Shes not winking, she just has one eye!

sooo excited to go down stairs and see what the easter bunny brought them!

Looking for eggs!

Nana found her basket!

Then dug threw it with her dad

she slept threw the egg hunt, tired lil baby needs her beauty rest!

the girls making bracelets

always being a good dad

but being that the girls woke up at 6 to find eggs, 10 am is a good time for a nap,

steven and kevin sleepin

Happy Birthday Mary!

2009-04-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Grandmoo!

2009-04-15T09:35:00.000-07:00

These lil peeps wanted to give you a show!

Hope you have the most awesome day!

Savanna and her new high chair!

2009-04-13T16:46:00.000-07:00

Savanna is LOVING trting new foods. She LOVES to eat, she LOVES the spoon. She REALLY LOVES Biter Biscuits. But it was getting to hard to feed her in her little bouncie chair, she didnt like laying back to eat.

So Umma got her a High chair, and she LOVES its.

after a little meal....shes a little tired, its takes a lot of work to get this messy.

Thank you mary for the high chair, and thank you sarah for picking it out, its so easy to clean!

Brynn Donated her hair to locks of love!

2009-04-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

**Warning-this may make you cry a lil mary**

Here she is, all in cute little glory! She has be BEGGING us for months to cut off her hair. Steven kept saying "NO WAY"

Well she finally broke him. He said ok. She could cut it to her shoulders.

So we started to wonder if she had enough hair to donate.

Well she did, IF they went shorter. And by that point Brynn was so excited to donate her hair and she wanted it shorter anyways

So they CHOPPED

literally grabbed and chopped!

She is SO VERY PROUD!

No we havnt seen it in person. so im not sure what its going to look like after its wet and curly, but bonnie said in this pic its dried naturally....so well see!

This is sure going to make some little child a very beautiful wig!

And Little Brynn is so proud to be able to help a sick child. She has such a big heart!

I am going to scrapbook this for her FOR SURE!! Its a big one!

Im so excited to see her tonight and see it in person!

IM BEING PUBLISHED!!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-07T09:51:00.000-07:00

I was checking my email this morning, and came accross this.

**** Dear Monica,
The editorial team of Photography Laureates is happy to let you know that you have been selected as One of the Members of the month for April 2009.
As such, we invite you to Click Here to fill up your Member of the Month Questions & Answers form and let the entire Photo Laureates Community know who you are. Please note that your contact information will be kept strictly confidential, for your privacy.
Monica, I am also very pleased to let you know that your photograph was selected out of hundreds of competing entries and that you will be published along with other talented photographers.
Your photograph, Hawaii Storm In December, was selected for its asymmetric composition and light mix used throughout:

.. and will be published in our acclaimed "Best Of 2009 Photography", ****

THIS IS THE PICTURE

The funny thing about this picture, is that is was just taken with my canon point and shoot camera while we were hiking in Hawaii on our honeymoon.

Its going to be published in a book, and I most likely will not be buying it, as its costs $69. But at least I know my picture will be published in it!

I am now going to enter this photo in some other contests, as well as the Fair this year!

Camping at Sugar Loaf

2009-04-06T12:18:00.000-07:00

Steven and his baby...oh i mean bottle! :)

the flames were not shooting towards me like that, steven just doesnt know how to set the shutter speed on my camera!

Uncle Dan fixing Brynns bike

And shes off! (not really she is too short for it and cant peddle it)

Glens Son JR caught brynn a frog, she kept it in a 2litre bottle for a day, but we told her its mom missed him, so she had to leave it there

Brynn And Dylan, They didnt like the smoke from the campfire in there eyes, so brynn found snowboarding goggles in uncle dans truck, and Dylan used beccas sunglasses!

Poor nana....she didnt care too much for camping...she is a more of a hotel kind of girl!

This one on the otherhand would sleep in the dirt if we let her!

and of course here is Chomps, he broke his leash and chased after another dog....then had a "time out" in the pack and play till we fixed up his leash!

She Picked it herself!

2009-03-29T21:53:00.000-07:00

We Spent Friday in the city, we told the girls they could each pick a souviner....this was savannas choice

And she wants you to know, She stole Gene Simmons' Tounge

Uhhh....this shirt really brings out the red in her hair.

Working on the camper.

2009-03-29T21:42:00.000-07:00

This weekend we spent some time trying to fix up our tent trailor. We bought this with the intentions of fixing it up, and oh a year or two later...we finally started!

when we moved we got some rebate from ATT, i guess it was a thank you for keeping there service or something...whatever. we got a free gift card. hummm..what to do with that money! Well we had a nice family day in the city, but that is another blog! And whit the left overs from that gift card we did a lil fixin of the trailor!

First, I did the floors, This is the before

The During,

Chomps really likes to help. he is a very active member of the family!

And here are they are after! Such an amazing Difference.

I like to think i have Peel-n-stick tile skills! im pretty good.

Then today Steven and my brother took the trailor comepletely apart, there were some places that the wood needed to be replaced, it was rotted out, and some things we wanted to change.

They took the canvas off, and pressure washed it and scrubbed the heck out of it. Looks much better now

We also needed to re-do the counter top, and we decided to take out the sink part of it, as it didnt work that well, and we would rather have the counter space! So Steven and Dan cut out a new counter top and attached it, so that i could re-do the surface of it.

i guess when i went to the store, they needed some help, savanna showed them how to use the tools!

Then I did the top

lookin good!

We Put the counter back in

I re did those cusions last year.

and then Nana needed a nap. She was so tired from all that hard work! :)

5 months!

2009-03-24T16:32:00.000-07:00

Holy moly. 5 months already?

this cant be right..Nov...December...Jan...Feb...March...CRAP. Its right.

Well here is an update on the Cheeks.

Her cheeks are as big as ever, no sign of them getting any smaller :)

She LOVES rice cereal, and has so far Tried only Peaches and Bananas. NOT a big fan of bananas but they say it takes like 10 times to try something before you develope a taste for it. something like that. So were going to keep up with the bananas for a week or so and see what happens

We need to get her a highchair now that she likes to eat, she does not like to eat laying back in her little bouncie chair and wont stay in her bumbo...(see below)

She likes to try to hold her own bottle lately, only shes not good at it yet, So i think we need to look into changing to the wider versions of the bottles we use, that may help her out....she gets mad!

She Can roll from her back to her stomach, but NOT from her stomach to her back. He chubbly little arm gets in the way.

She is trying like heck to move when she is on her stomach....she can get a few inches forward. I think she is determined to crawl early.

She is cutting teeth. One is totally threw on the bottom in the front, I thought 4 more (eye teeth) were coming threw as her gums were all white in those spots but now it doesnt seem so. maybe they took a break.

Thank goodness for teething tablets they are a life saver...Huh amanda? lol!

Amanda has now taken over for Sarah. Only a week earlier than planned. She decided to give amanda a run for her money on monday. Not really but she was just fussy....teething fussy. But today is doing great...even took a nap! We are SO greatful to Amanda for taking on Savanna. I dont know what we would do without her, cause I honestly dont think I could send her to daycare. I would be a nervous wreck the thought of it makes my stomach turn. No one loves your baby like your family. so we need to convince amanda to stick around as long as possible!!! hint hint night classes hint hint! lol!

She LOVES to play in her bouncie, we like to call her lord of the dance. I got to get a video of it, its funny.

She has outgrown her bumbo, or should i say outsmarted it, She learned that if she turned around completely and leaned she could POP her leg out and fall out, since she learned that there is no keeping her in that thing. she seemed to not mind that she falls on her face. this girl is a MOVER. there is no keeping her still.

On that note, we had better start baby proofing we need to get a few gates for the top and bottom of the stairs.

She is now weating 6 to 9 months clothes...little chunker. She is in the 93% for her weight, and only like the 35% for her height!

She is changing by the day, i just want her to stay tiny......

Banana Goodness!

2009-03-22T22:07:00.000-07:00

Have you tried these yet? OMG they are to die for....oh man, they are definitly one of those items that you could sit and eat the whole box. They are like little crunchy banana breads. ohhhhhh. soooo good.

Really they arent that bad for you, you can have 24 of them for 3g of fat!

Steven discovered these tonight at the store and oh man are they good.

Mary, steven says that you will LOVE them.

little banana bread goodness in a teddy bear shape.

**steven did not take this pic, i stole it from yahoo images**

*wich also must mean there great if others are taking pics of them in the store**

Relay for Life

2009-03-18T16:15:00.000-07:00

I will be participating in Relay for Life this year, On team PartyLite.
want to join my team?

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/monicajensen

Saturday 10am to Sunday 10am, September 12-13, 2009

Event Location

Maria Carillo High School, Santa Rosa

reminds me of mary updated so yoiu can see the whole picture!

2009-03-17T20:00:00.000-07:00

This reminded me of mary.

Cause her and steven have a daily conversation where they try to out-do each other with dirty words.

another reason i love you mary!

Savanna, Not quite the Banana lover

2009-03-17T15:07:00.000-07:00

So we tried a new fruit this weekend, Banana's

she was not to fond of them at first, she much preffered the Rice cereal my mom was mixing the bananas with.

but we did manage to FINALLY get a good shot of her SMILE on camera!!!!

oh my messy faced nana eater!

Happy St. Patties Day

2009-03-16T20:35:00.001-07:00

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St Patties Day Cookies!

2009-03-16T15:06:00.000-07:00

I love to bake, I dont know that im all too good at it or anything, but I try and be creative.

I made Shamrock cookies for brynns scholl tomorrow

My mom helped me finish decorating them and packaging them up all pretty like

Here they all are, all 25 of them!

Forgetting Sarah marshall

2009-03-16T15:01:00.000-07:00

Has everyone seen this movie? Well there is a LOT of sex and nudity. And its a super funny movie!

well yesterday my mom and my brother cam over for dinner and to hang out. We were watching this movie.

So my bother was playing wtih Savanna, and I was of course taking lots and lots of pictures, So today I just uploaded my pictures and was looking threw them.... I started laughing so hard tears were rolling down my face....I showed my co-workers...who were also laughing..And So now i need to share with the rest of the family.

Here is my beautiful daughter..... never mind the background! Sheesh!

A day with the Greats!

2009-03-09T11:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to Napa to spend the day with Great Grandma & Grandpa Chambers! We had such a great time, We havnt ever spent any 1 on 1 family time with them, and Really steven hasnt been able to do this for a VERY long time. So it was overdue, and really a great treat!

We arrived around 1

Sadly enough this is our very first photo together as a family of 4. sad i know. But im sure the first of many many more to come!

Grandma and her girls!

Brynn read Great Grandma "red fish blue fish" Because we have a super genious on our hands, can now read dr seuss books BY HER SELF!

Grandpa made us Delicious Burgers and sausage, beans and salad! OHH and yummy bread!

Savanna likes to just hang out

Savanna Hung out and played while we ate!

Savanna and I watched as Grandma and Brynnie made cookies

She is a professional cookie maker now

Picking your cutters is a very serious decision

Savanna talked to them the whole time, super funny!

We sat around and chatted a bit, and then headed home around 5. Such a great day, So glad to get to spend time together, Its definily something we will do more often!

Savanna laughing at Daddy

2009-03-07T22:37:00.000-08:00

Some words trigger her to laugh, they are usually foods. Wanted to share, she is so stinking cute!

BBQ Chicken Pizza Dinner!

2009-03-07T22:32:00.000-08:00

Well Steven has been wanting to go to Old Chicago Pizza lately, But since were on a super budget we wont be going there for a while, So today he asked if I could make Pizza for dinner....Well since we are Both currently on a diet I searched for a recipe for a low fat crust! FOUND a GREAT one! and then thought about what I could put on it that wouldnt make it full of fat! Here is what i ended up with!

BBQ chicken Pizza!

I made it entirely from scratch!

Started with the dough, A low fat recipie! And sooo Tasty you would never know it only had 1 gram if fat per serving of 2 heaping slices (not counting the toppings of course)

Here is the start of my yeast rising!

Adding the rest of the flour,

All Kneaded up and starting to raise,

so i grilled up some chicken with BBQ sause,

Cut up some onions and Garlic, Had some left over corn in the fridge, chopped up the Chicken

Decided to Make Brynn her own special little pizza

Sause, corn, chicken and cheese here!

Couldnt locate Pizza pan...so steven rolled ours into cookie sheet size!

(Our first use of Great Grandmas Butcher Block, many many more uses to come!)

added the lowfat mozzerella, BBQ sause, chicken, corn, Onions, Garlic and Cilantro.

What a yummy dinner! And it was low in fat and pretty healthy. We also had salad, and a lot of fun making it!

Poooor Nana!

2009-03-06T12:46:00.000-08:00

This is her plans for the day.....well untill 2 when she will be going to the DR. Shhhh dont tell her she doesnt know yet!

Today she will be going in for her 4 month check up. YIKES.

She has been having a fever of 100.4 since yesterday, been treating it with the baby tylenol, She has been pretty clingly all week too, but really in good spirits provided you give her what she want! So i started to wonder if she is teething......

YEP! Steven felt around in her little mouth last night and felt one on the top right!

Man...she is growing to quick!

Part 2 : Savanna's Room

2009-03-01T22:37:00.000-08:00

This hangs in our hallway, between the girls bedroom doors. Steven had this made when I was still pregnant with Savanna. He took Brynn to the fair this summer and they brought this home for me! We thought they would be sharing a room, but it worked out perfect in the house we moved to that it goes just between there doors!

Her Crib. I just put the bumper in today, as she has recently started menouvering her way around the crib and today had her arm threw the slats. So we cant have that so its bumper time!

A nice little view of her room.

This is her Toy box, its got a few things in there that she should start using here in the next few months, And all her little friends sit atop it. This chest was actually made by Stevens dad. Its quite nice, and really nice that our girls have something like this.

Here is her dresser, this dresser used to be amandas. I love that it was givin to Savanna. Its so cute, and really spacious inside, now we just need to fill it up! Atop it a lamp that came from great grandma marys house, a photo album and frame along with vases that were decorations as my baby shower.

These shelves hold some very special treasures. The lower shelf is filled with ceramic Care Bears that I have had since i was very little. I dont know who gave them to me but I do know that I have always loved them and wanted to keep them for my children to enjoy, The upper shelf holds some ceramic figures that belonged to my mom, I believe she has had them since she was little. And also a box that was giving to savanna by my Aunt Claudia when she was born, it holds a special dress and Crown for her First Birthday.

This Hangs above her Crib, It was painted for me By my Aunt Claudia when I was little.

this was also made for me by my aunt, and hangs over her changing table

This Hangs on her wall, A gift From Umma for Christmas.

The After Part 1- Brynns Room

2009-03-01T22:01:00.000-08:00

This is the corner of Brynns room, her bookshelf, and the very few stuffed animals that she has:) As well as her Wall hanging from grandma Vicki.

Her TV, and all her movies and her shelf of trinkets, a statue of stevens that Grandma Vicki brought him from hawaii, a minnie and pluto that I have had since i was probably 10. and A glass purse that mary gave me that brynn loves, so i put the flowers from caseys memorial in there for her to have.

Her toy box and her mirror with her hats, umbrella and belts, you know all the girly accessories and OF COURSE pictures of her dad!

And of Course her bed.

And her wall hangings.

Her room is so adorable, I think its even more adorable in person!

look at this baby! 4 months old today....

2009-02-24T12:08:00.000-08:00

I cant believe its been 4 months already. wow time sure does go by fast!

These days she is trying sooo hard to roll over, she just gets stuck on her shoulder, she is grabbing things and putting everything in her mouth, she is starting to really play with toys and loves sitting up in her bumbo chair. She LOVES the bathtub with mommy, she kicks her legs like she is swimming. She has definitly found her voice she spent a good solid 45 minutes shreeking and squeeling and googling the other night on the living room floor, it was so funny. She is now laughing and when you get her going there is no stopping her!

she is wearing size 3 diapers, weighing in at 15 pounds, and wearing 3 to 6 month clothes!

ahhh...i want my tiny baby back!

here is the second one!

2009-02-20T09:04:00.000-08:00

It Finally let me upload the other one!

Savanna Eats!

2009-02-19T15:42:00.000-08:00

Since Blogger FINALLY let me upload ONE of the Videos, You can all see just how damn cute she was when she had her first eating adventure!

2009-02-17T15:12:00.001-08:00

Can you believe she is already 3.5 months old...good god time is going fast, I love that she is learning new things and doing more stuff, but really i just want her to stay a tiny baby forever!

Saturday morning we tried rice cereal for the first time, She actually liked it, and i think she liked the spoon too! Here are 2 videos so you can see how cute she was, and a few pics too!

ohhh yummmm

humm..tastes good

a lil smile!
alright im done.

Big Girl Bath!

2009-02-17T15:12:00.000-08:00

We put the girls in the new BIG bath tub, they had a ton of fun! Savanna LOVES the water! she takes a bath me me a lot and she always tries to swim! Its super cute!

Here is my little Rollie pollie....what is that....like an "a" cup already sheesh.....were in for it! lol!

Im not sure what they were looking at...those serious faces....

VALENTINES DAY!

2009-02-17T14:53:00.000-08:00

Brynn wanted to bring Cupcakes to school for her Valentines day party, so at 9pm the night before i set forth to making some......This is what came of it! In the morning when she saw them so was SOOO very excited she looked at them and smiled so big with a shaky voice she said "ohhhh thank you mommy, they are so beautiful!" That alone made it worth staying up till midnight!

funny easter #1

2009-02-17T11:41:00.001-08:00

little vidoes of miss savanna

2009-02-09T09:12:00.000-08:00

Such a good big sister!

2009-02-06T15:14:00.000-08:00

Last night when we were unpacking brynns room she realized that there were several books that she had 2 copies of. so she said "i need to give these to Savanna, Put them in her room please." so we did, then she was looking at the books as we took them out of the box she would say " I know this one already, you should give it to Savanna to learn" I told her that for now we will just keep them on her shelf and she can read them to savanna. She thought this was a great Idea. So steven Just sent me this photo.....

Not the Best quality pic, but she is reading her a little golden book called "The Pokey Little Puppy" And I just love much Savanna is paying attention. So cute, just melts my heart!

The BEFORE......

2009-02-06T14:37:00.001-08:00

*******warning they are gross***********

Ok so here is our new house....the day the people left. Mind you they DID NOT clean a single thing! and seriously i dont think that this lady EVER cleaned her house in the 2 years she lived there. Not im not saying that im one to wash baseboards or anything, but come on this dust on them was like 1/4 in thick! YUCK!

The front door, and behind it...obviously she didnt own a broom!

where the refrigerator goes! ewwww!

The food disposal...i cant even begin to guess what that is..

this is the thing the washing machine sit one, like a tray, its filled with soap and lint and garbage

This is the upper ( very high up window) in the staircase, those are those sticky ball things

This is one of the drawers in the kitchen, where they kept silverware that they ate off of...

Mystery stain...my guess is they kept a rusty barrle of oil in the living room...lol

and yes even when they moved on jan 25th....there was still fake snow on the windows. By the way its a bitch to clean so dont think we will EVER use this crap!

and last but not least, my personal favorite, This pile is stuff that we swept out from under the stove....yes friends, that is a box of cereal and like 6 bouncy balls.

I will post you pics of the after later this weekend!

Fake smile Vs. Real smile!

2009-02-04T10:20:00.002-08:00

Brynn is such a beautiful child. I love when she smiles. I mean REALLY smiles, a ture real smile...her fake smile is cute to but really..her real smile comes from her heart!

~Fake smile~

~v.s.~

~Real Smile~

ahhhh nothing feels better than home!

2009-02-04T10:04:00.001-08:00

We are officially moved (we just need to clean the old house!) It feels sooo good to come home to our big awesome house!
I will post the before and after photos later this week, its amazing!

Thank you to all of you who helped us this weekend, we COULD NOT have gotten it done with out each and every one of you!

Our new home is so cozy and relaxing, I am just in love with it. We are starting the unpacking craziness tonight! Im sooo very excited to set up Savanna's room, Because before she really didnt have her own room, and now she does! She has slept in there the last 2 nights and done great! She really likes to sleep, so we dont have too many problems with that!

My step dad gave us a refrigerator, Which was so awesome of him! totally helped us out! Now all we need to get is a washer and dryer! UGH, them things are pricey! so if anyone know/hears/sees anyone getting rid of some old ones free/reasonably priced PLEASE let us know!

Well im going to upload some pics....and do some work :) lol!

my photography

2009-02-02T14:16:00.001-08:00

I have a great passion for photography, and its my new years resolution to never leave home with out at least one of my cameras. I have a point and shoot that i have been keeping in my purse now and is coming in handy for savanna moments! and i have a DSLR that i am desperately trying to learn how to take amazing photos and learn all of its cool features.

Im going to try always on my days off to have my "good" camera so that i can get some better practice shots, because it never fails I always have the best photo ops when there is no camera in sight!

So i have created another blog where im posting some of my favorite photos that i have taken recently as im learning how to use all the amazing features of this camera.

this weekend I plan on having a little photo shoot of the girls, we really dont have enough pictures of the girls together, and really can you ever have enough pictures of your children.

check it out often! Im going to try to keep it updated as best i can!

http://mamamosphotos.blogspot.com/

3 months already...

2009-01-26T12:52:00.000-08:00

This is her on saturday, when she was officially 3 months! takin a little snooze with her cow ni-night.

SHE LOVES THIS COW. my mom got it for her for christmas, and she really loves it, she likes to lick its head! That is what she was doing when she fell asleep! I need to find a few more of these cows to have as back ups. they are made by RUSS, if anyone happens to come accross them!

if you dream it...it will happen!

2009-01-19T09:36:00.000-08:00

So i just got the best call from our new land-lady! she said that if we are willing to paint the house, and clean the carpets, we can have February RENT FREE!!!! Oh yeah! oh yeah!!

pretty much solves out stressing to make sure we can come up with rent and deposit in just 2 weeks! Now we dont!

oh man, that is huge! you have no idea the stress that has been lifted!

So that being said....were having a painting party! who's in? ;p

This house is sooo perfect for us!

WE GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-18T18:52:00.000-08:00

oh my, what a suspenseful day. we were waiting all day to hear if we got approved to rent the house we have been looking at, and we did!

such a huge relief...and a Lil stress at the same time. being that we have only known for 2 weeks we haven't been able to save much yet....and sine i just went back to work after being off for 5 months. I don't know how yet, but I'm sure we will figure it out.

This house is so perfect for us. we took Mary and Ernie to see it today, they love it!

i cant wait to move in!

well I'm off to start packing like a crazy person!

i just want to eat her!

2009-01-16T12:38:00.000-08:00

The little stinker is so cute.

Also something wierd...since i breastfeed and now im back to work, i have been pumping and have suprisingly been able to keep up with her! I have a pretty good supply. but i have noticed that if i look at pictures of her at work.... i can feel my milk let down! lol! i guess looking at yoiur babies pictures is like porn for your boobs!!!!

happy birthday hubbie!

2009-01-12T09:20:00.000-08:00

Happy 26th birthday babe!

we have to move!

2009-01-08T10:32:00.000-08:00

SO..... its official. Our landloards are foreclosing. The good news is that we dont have to pay our rent so we can save that for a deposit. The bad news is that we dont know we we have to be out. Hopefully they will have more answers for us this evening when we meet with them to talk. UGH.

I HATE moving. I really wish we could afford to buy right now so that we didnt have to move again for a long long time. hummmph!

thought this was funny and that i would share!

2009-01-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

moms in therapy!

A psychiatrist was conducting a group therapy session with four young mothers and their small children.'You all have obsessions,' he observed.
To the first mother, Mary, he said, 'You are obsessed with eating. You've even named your daughter Candy.'
He turned to the second Mom, Ann, 'Your obsession is with money. Again, it manifests itself in your child's name, Penny.He turned to the third Mom, Joyce, 'Your obsession is alcohol. This too shows itself in your child's name, Brandy.'At this point, the fourth mother, Kathy, quietly got up, took her little boy by the hand and whispered, 'Come on, Dick, this guy has no idea what he's talking about. Let's go pick up Peter and Willy from school and go get dinner.

the jensens!

2009-01-04T21:15:00.001-08:00

Get your own Family Sticker Maker & MySpace Layouts.

:( im sad

2008-12-31T11:29:00.000-08:00

This is my last full day all alone with savanna. Just me and her. :(

Of course I will still enjoy the next 4 days off with her, but today is the last day that is just her and I all day.

This makes me sad. So today I will just lay around and hold her, kiss her, play with her and make her smile. Nap with her, smell her head, and snuggle her.

Right now she is passed out on my lap as i type!

Its very hard to carry something for nine months, spend 10 weeks adoring her, and then having to leave her. I really dont know how people are ever excited about leaveing there children to return to work. It makes my stomach turn thinking about it. I know she will be takin care of exactly as i care for her, as she will be with sarah and she will be loved and adored all day but its still hard. I know it will get easier, and that i need to go back to work for my family, but i dont have to be happy about it.

I am happy about the money, and the interaction with people, I really do like my job. But i like my baby more!

Savanna's 1st Christmas!

2008-12-30T21:09:00.000-08:00

my little sugar baby!!

yes....this was her stocking from my mom!

Savanna & I....oh and of course p-chomp! he is never too far from her!

Brynns Xmas morning at our house!

2008-12-30T20:52:00.000-08:00

Since Brynn has 2 houses, naturally santa comes for her 2 times, its pretty neat how that works for her! He comes to our house on christmas eve morning, and then to her moms on christmas morning! (this kid has like 7 x-mas celebrations!)

Her New Bike!!!!

she was soo excited she was acually shaking!

the aftermath!!

this is what she grabbed weh we asked her what her favorite present was.

Of course it would be the giant candy! (mini steven)

this is the before shot! All her loot!

Christmas eve-eve!

2008-12-30T20:36:00.001-08:00

we had our annual christmas eve -eve (dec 23rd) at sarahs this year, it was great! (except that steven missed most of it because his boss was being a douch bag and made him work till like 8 but thats another story)

We had great food and family and fun times and that is all that matters!

All the "big" kids wanted to hold the baby, so they took turns

Ellies turn, only she wants her turn to be all the time, cause she is seriously in love with savanna, it is soo cute! I hope that she always loves her this much, I see them being close like jonny and brynn are, just because ellie is so inthralled with her. i also hope she loves her new little sibling this much too!

(also i love this, because it mean that ellie pays attention to me and is no longer stand offish to me! cause i now always have a savanna with me! Im golden!) :)

then it was the big sisters turn! She is such a great big sister!

And of course jonny! He also loves savanna! he likes to touch her on the side of her head! lol!

her littlest pet shop planner...like a PDA but for kids, Im still not sure why a 5 year old needs a planner, but hey it made her so happy! it has a little dog that lives in side it and she has to feed it and stuff!

i know its over....but

2008-12-30T20:33:00.000-08:00

i found this today and i had to share it!

ARE YOU READY??

2008-12-19T22:10:00.000-08:00

ARE YOU ALL READY FOR THE BIG DAY? WERE PRETTY MUCH READY, WE TOOK THE GIRLS TO SEE SANTA TONIGHT, BRYNN OF COURSE HAD HER BIG CHEESE SMILE, SAVANNA COULD HAVE CARED LESS, SHE WAS JUST CONTENT CAUSE SHE WAS BEING HELD! I HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO UPLOAD THE PICTURE, ITS PRETTY CUTE IF I DO SAY SO MY SELF!
BRYNN IS SO ANXIOUS FOR SANTA! 5 IS SUCH A GREAT AGE FOR CHRISTMAS! SHE MADE A CLAENDAR AT SCHOOL WITH A CHAIN OF PAPER LINKS AND IS SO EXCITED TO REMOVE ONE EVERY MORNING!

a taste of savanna

2008-12-13T15:47:00.000-08:00

So I have been trying to play with my camera more and figure out all the cool stuff it can do.

i finally figured out how to get to black and white after almost a year!

so today savanna got to have a little photo shoot!

chomper is a camera whore, when ever i take pics he wants to be in them!

her beautiful profile, and her tounge....

I figured since she fit in the stocking, i might as well put her in there!

there are about 300 more, so ill spare you...but if your interested in looking at them anyway (mom & mary)They will be on my flickr at some point this weekend!

i think he is happy to see her!

2008-12-12T12:54:00.000-08:00

Feed it forward

2008-12-12T09:54:00.000-08:00

I saw this on the news last night. Restaurant.com is doing a promotion where they are giving away like a billion dollars in giftcirtificates.
everyday you can log in and give away 3 $10 cirtificates to anyone you choose for FREE.

how cool is that! I dont know why they are doing it, but its pretty sweet

www.Restaurant.com/FeedItForward

check it out! I just sent my 3 for today! so keep an eye out in your emails for something from restaurant.com or feed it forward!

me and my girl!

2008-12-10T19:33:00.000-08:00

Today Savanna and I went to have lunch with my mom, they were having a goodbye party for the store director who was retiring. (he used to be steven and I's boss back ing the raleys days!)

And one of the ladies that works there took these shots of lil miss savanna and I so i

thought i would share!

who wants soft serve?!

2008-12-08T19:33:00.000-08:00

day 2

2008-12-04T18:17:00.000-08:00

what now?

ok mary here you go!

2008-12-03T19:47:00.000-08:00

my poor stinky baby!

2008-12-03T13:09:00.000-08:00

savanna farts smell really bad! im not sure why but for the last 4 days this beautiful baby girl has been farting (and stinking) like a man. she even made my brother gag yesterday!

my poor stinky baby!

1st anniversary!!

2008-12-01T21:11:00.000-08:00

Wow this year has really gone by fast! Can hardly believe that a year ago today we were getting married!

heres to many many more!

Tummy Time!!

2008-12-01T16:15:00.000-08:00

she loves to be on her tummy

its where she is most content....while detached from the boob!!

he wasnt licking her, they were having a stairing contest
and he was trying ti figure out what i was doing to her!

and she loves her tounge

concentrating!

she just has the sweetest face

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

2008-11-27T07:24:00.000-08:00

THIS MADE ME LAUGH CAUSE I ALWAYS GET IRRITATED WHEN IM TRYING TO READ STUFF AND THEN IM FORCRD TO WATCH IT...IF I WANTED TO WATCH IT I WOULD WATCH TV!!!

WOW 1 MONTH OLD!

2008-11-24T16:06:00.000-08:00

WOW I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE A MONTH AGO I WAS GIVING BIRTH, SEEMS LIKE TIME HAS FLOWN BY. AND IM A LITTLE SAD THAT IS SHE IS ALREADY A MONTH OLD. :(

MEANS MY MATERNITY LEAVE IS ALMOST OVER AND ILL BE LEAVING HER TO GO BACK TO WORK. (OK I JUST MADE MY SELF CRY)

WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY OUT OF NEWBORN DIAPERS AND INTO SIZE 1. WHICH MEANS SHE IS GROWING WELL, AND WERE PROBABLY ONLY A FEW DAYS A WAY FROM OUTGROWING HER NEWBORN JAMMIES. SHE IS GETTING TOO LONG FOR THEM. NEWBORN CLOTHES ARE STILL GOOD, ITS JUST THE JAMMIES.

SHE IS ABSOLUTLY IN LOVE WITH HER VIBRATING RAINFOREST CHAIR, (WE MAY HAVE TO INVEST IN A SECOND ONE FOR SARAHS HOUSE!) SHE WILL HANG OUT IN IT FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND USUALLY FALLS ASLEEP. AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE FOUND THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN SHE IS WAKING UP AND JUST WANTING TO BE AWAKE IF WE PUT HER IN THERE NEXT TO OUR BED SHE IS VERY CONTENT AND FALLS BACK TO SLEEP ON HER OWN!! VERY NICE FOR ME! I GET A FEW EXTRA HOURS OF SLEEP IN!

AND.....TODAY I WEIGHT 186.4!!!! IM SO EXCITED, I HAVENT SEEN THESE NUMBERS IN YEARS AND THAT MAKES ME REALLY PROUD. IM FEELING GREAT! AND ACTUALLY EVEN MY PRE PREGNANCY CLOTHES ARE STARTING TO BE TOO BIG! SO....33.6LBS SINCE GIVING BIRTH....24.6LBS LESS THAN MY PRE-PREGGO SELF! AND ONLY 6LBS FROM MY FIRST MINI GOAL OF 180 BY THE TIME I START WORK (JAN 5TH)

woo hooo!

2008-11-22T10:00:00.000-08:00

Soooo, after not really doing anything for my partylite business, i have just booked 3 shows and am also doing a vendor fair at brynns school!!!

im very excited, as this means a little extra cash for us!

wooo hooo!!

Her 1st REAL bath

2008-11-12T17:57:00.000-08:00

Well since her belly button is all healed, and starting to become an innie!! It was time for a real bath! Well that and she threw up all over herself today, and it got in her hair and in her little neck creases and was pretty stinky!

She LOVED it! And she was soo good about it! She was just making her little mouse noises while I washed her. She loved when i poured the water over her belly it was cute!

2 week checkup!

2008-11-10T17:05:00.000-08:00

Whoa!! 2 weeks already! I cant believe how time flies!

The past 2 weeks have been great, Im very tired and have done nothing except take care of Savanna Banana!! But today I got a lot done!!

we had Savanna's 2 week check up at the DR, I took savanna to my work to show her off! Ran a few errands and got my final batch of thank you cards ready to mail out!! phew!! oh and Vicki I found out some status on your order from brynns school, sorry it took me so long, Ill email you the details!!

Her dr appt went great! It was her first one with her pedi, who I think I really like.

She said that Savanna is a perfect baby!! very healthy, she has gained 1lb 30z since she was born which is great, she is now also 20in long! So I guess the fact that she has been eating non stop for the past 3 days was a good thing!

Pregnancy weight loss

2008-11-05T20:31:00.000-08:00

So here goes....

When I got pregnant i weighed 211 at my first prenatal appointment.

The morning my water broke, I weighed 220.

Today i weigh ....... 195!!!

25 lbs.. Obviously I know most of that was baby, and all the goodies that came out! But that is still 16lbs less than when I got pregnant!!

but, I havnt been under 200 since we moved home from sacramento. It feels sooo good to be in ONEderland!! lol!! Ive been trying to eat really well, (esp since im breatfeeding) And plan on keeping this weight loss going!
I would like to loose another 15lbs by the time i go back to work, Which is looking like it will be around the 1st of the year! I think I can do it.

1st sponge bath!

2008-11-04T17:41:00.000-08:00

Well since her belly button isnt completly healed yet she cant have a real bath, so we give her little sponge baths.

Here are some pics from her first, I really dont think she liked it....when i was drying her off and holding her wrapped in her towel she peed on me!

Savanna Meets Her GREAT Grandparents!

2008-11-04T17:07:00.000-08:00

On Monday morning Steven and I took Savanna out to my Grandma Jeans house. Savanna gets her middle name from her.

Then once we got home, We had a wonderful visit from Savanna's other Great Grandparents! (as well as Umma, Sarah and Jonny and Ellie)

We had a wonderful visit, we dont get to see grandmoo and grandpoo quite as often as we would like.
After this we headed to Savanna's 3 day Checkup, where they told us that our baby was perfect....well duh! lol!! :) We go back on the 10th for her 2 week check up!

Savanna Jeanette Jensen October 24th, 2008 1:26 am

2008-10-25T14:42:00.000-07:00

I can not even begin to describe how amazingly perfect she is. Wow.

She is tiny, but she has a huge presence. She is just captivating.

Im going to write her birth story, with her timeline...its a long time line as my water broke at 7:52 am and she was born at 1:26 am! But in the mean time I wanted to share with you all some great photos of this beautiful baby of ours.

I just love this picture!

pretty girl

Daddy cutting the cord

Mommy feeding Savanna

very proud daddy

Savanna with Umma

Savanna with Grandma

finally!

2008-10-15T18:10:00.000-07:00

well today was interesting! My appointment was at 12:30......at 3 pm they finally called me in. I sat there untill 3:50 they came in and numbed me up. 4pm my tooth was out!

Im really lucky that my wisdom teeth have grown in with lots of room and perfectly straight because he didnt have to even cut my gum he was able to just pull it out! I took about 2 minutes.

however, I dont reccommend ever going to western dental. My regular dentist doesnt remove wisdom teeth, and I really didnt have the time to wait for a referral to a surgeon so I went to western dental. and they happened to have a oral surgeon in this week so it worked out, but appointments dont really mean anything to that place cause I got there 10 minutes before my appointment, at 12:30 and wasnt seen untill almost 4....My brother was a champ though he hung out with me with out complaining untill i got called back, then he went and got soemthing to eat and ran a few errands. he came back to get me, took me to get some jello and ice cream and then home!

I do have to say the people watching was quite amazing today! wow! So that made the time pass a little faster!

I hoping that i heal fast, Im so tired of my mouth hurting!! But at least its over with, and I will be done with my antibiotics by saturday!

counting down the days!

2008-10-13T15:27:00.000-07:00

This picture made me laugh because steven asked me the other night if he were to dangle a carrot between my legs if she would come out? lol! what the heck? she isnt a rabbit! And I doubt that she is holding out for a carrot! maybe a cookie? lol!

I went to the dr today, My cervix is shortening !!!! yeah progress! Im not dialating or anything yet, but its still progress. My dr seems to think that it will be another few weeks. :( Im soooo excited to meet her that i just want her here now!

But at least I seem to have time to get my tooth taken care of and finish my antibiotics before she gets here! So that is great news.

Also, I have officially gained 9 lbs! So looks like she is fixin' to be a good size baby! She is head down, and i think she is in the process of "dropping" To me she feels farther down in my pelvis the last few days and have noticed a little relief int he heartburn dept!

ouch, i have a horrible toothache!

2008-10-10T20:43:00.000-07:00

So i went to the dentist this evening, thinking that i was probably going to need a root canal, I mean i was in so much pain the past couple days, And last time that happened i needed a root canal.

WELL when i got there they found out the tooth ache was coming from my wisdom tooth. I have 3 of them. They are not all the way in yet, and there is a lot of room in my mouth (hahaha, i have a big mouth!) so my dentist has left them in since they have never giving me any problems. But appearently there is a cavity hiding someplace in this tooth, and well they dont like to mess around with wisdom teeth, So they are going to pull it. As they probably should have already done a few years ago. BUT i have to wait untill wednesday.

They started me on anti-biotics and gave me some pain reliever, I really dont like taking anything since im pregnant-pain wise I just dont like it. And have avoided it But today the pain is just so bad that i had to give in and take some. I know its safe, Cause my dr had to send the dentist a list of what a can take while pregnant, and what they can do to me and all that good stuff but i just dont like it still.

But Im hoping that After the anti biotics start doing there thing that in it self will help relieve the pain and I wont need to keep taking pain meds all the way till wednesday.

Im also scared to get it pulled, i think its just cause im pregnant and worried that its going to cause me to go into labor or somethign silly, so my brother is going to take the day off work and take me to my appt and then spend the day hanging out with me till steven gets off work just in case! He said hes going to make me milkshakes!

isnt that sweet? what a nice brother.

well that is my news for the day. Im about to put my jammies on and get in bed.

She is a growin'

2008-09-29T21:41:00.000-07:00

She is really growing rapidly everyday! Its pretty exciting in the morning when I get up to feel how much bigger and harder my stomach is. Mary says I dont look pregnant from behind! which is awesome! But i do waddle when i walk!! :)

Its amazing to feel her move, actually watch her move. Its really awesome! I think tomorrow im going to try to get it on camera.

The last couple days ive been feeling different, Im sure its cause there is a lot changing in there as she is getting closer and closer to her arrival. Sleep is challenging, but hopefully by the time she is here ill be used to not really sleeping and getting up to feed her at night wont be such a challenge.

Her room is mostly done, we still have to get the rug that matches her bedding and I want to get and paint the letters of her name to put on the wall. But those are things that we can do when ever.

The crib is all set up and waiting for her! all of her clothes have been washed and put away.

Ive started to work on packing my hospital bag, I have a few essentials and our coming home outfits ready for us both!

Steven re-arranged out living room, so we can now use our fireplace (the tv was in front of it before) and really we have a lot more space this way....well for a few more weeks, then it will be filled with baby stuff im sure!

Im just so excited for her to get here. And so is Steven, he says he wants to play with her and he wants her here now!
He loves to lay his head on my belly at night.....and then she kicks him! its really cute!