This and That...

 

So, a few weeks back, we took our little family on a picnic. Mommy and baby needed some fresh air, and it was Paxton's day off! So, we went and picked up some delicious KFC, and headed to the park.  It was such a good little picnic! Everleigh LOVES to be outside.  

 

 

Boom-Dog. In all his glory.

 

Meant to be.

 

Here are a few more tid bits from the past 2 months...

 

Evie went to church for the first time!

 

 

Whenever Pac is around, and we're going somewhere, he always carries her. I love it.

 

Yes, this is the same shirt I wore on our little picnic, but in all fairness, this day actually came first, and it was the only "nice" shirt I had that I could actually wear and look "nice." So there.

 

 College football started.  Pac is in heaven. He found this little outfit for her online.

 

 



Everleigh is here!!!

We are sooooo happy and very proud to announce the birth of our incredible little girl, Everleigh Klaire Jensen.  She was born June 23, 2012 at 2:32 in the afternoon. She weighed 8 lbs 7 oz, and was 21.5 inches long. She is doing great, and slowly getting the hang of life outside Mommy's tummy.

My due date had ben June 28th throughout the pregnancy.  At my last Dr.'s appt, he said he would schedule me for an induction on the night of June 24th, and we'd have the baby on June 25th.  That whole week leading upt o that, I was determined to do anything I could to get Evie to come without coaxing.  Not that I care necessarily, but for some reason, I wanted my water to break naturally.

I started having intense contractions at about 4:30pm on June 22, but didn't want to make too much of it, seeing as how I didn't know how bad they could have gotten.  We went swimming at Pac's parent's home with the family that night the whole while I was having contractions.  By the time we got home and into bed, I was ready for it.  I got up at about 2:30am to use the restroom, and had a sign that things were definitely moving forward with labor, but not enough to take any rash action.  An hour later, at 3:30am, I had to get up again to use the restroom, only this time, my water broke!  I said to myself "Well, okay then."  I walked over to Pac who was still sleeping and said "Honey, I know this isn't the most convinient time, but we need to go to the hospital because I think my water just broke."  Pac THREW himself out of bed, and was in immediate action mode.  We got everything we needed together, and headed for the hospital.

As we were checking in, I barely shifted in the chair I was sitting in, and BOOM, there went the rest of my water.  Kind of awkward. They got us up to labor and delivery super fast, where I only had to brave the contractions for about 3 hours until I was dilated to a 3. My epidural came super fast, and made my life heavenly. I progressed rather quickly (although I lost all track of time that morning, and am still working to get it back) and she came at 2:30 in the afternoon.

My doctor missed the delivery by one hour. His colleague had to deliver me.  He was out of town, but alas, when Evie decided to come, she was set in her way.

Recovery has been difficult, but I'm doing lots better.  Pac and I, along with Everleigh are doing great!  Thank you to all our friends who have brought us dinner, and stopped by to visit us. Here are some pictures, and an adorable video that my in-laws made for us.

Dr.'s Appointments Roller Coaster Ride

My past few prenatal Dr.'s appointments have been interesting.  A couple of weeks ago, when I went in for a check, the nurse came in my room and said "Your sugars look a LOT better today."  This took me by suprise so I asked, "Were they up?"  Apparently they had been.  Turns out even fiber rich cereal carries a lot of sugar.  Check your Raisin Bran people! 23 grams of sugar! That's just as much as Cap'n Crunch! So much for trying to be healthy huh...

Anywho, the next week I didn't really think much of it, cause I didn't get any specific instruction from my Dr. about it.  So I took a break that morning from the boring old Frosted Mini Wheats, and Raisin Bran and had me some good old fashioned Coco Puffs. Boo Kara. Boo. Bad call.  I went in, and my Dr. asked me to watch my sugar intake from then on because it was especially high that morning. We have a strong history of diabetes in my family, so this worried me a bit.  I was miserable that whole week, not eating hardly anything that had sugar in it, and being super cautious about my next appointment.  I ate the same thing that morning as I did the morning she said my glucose looked good.  Luckily, it worked, and all is well!  I was worried about my little chica for a minute, but this is probably why she measured at a good 7 1/2 pounds at that appointment! Luckily Pac was able to be there for that one.

Also, at all of these appointments, the Dr. kept saying "Nope, no dialation or thinning yet, but you're soft."  GREAT.  Nothing was happening. He said if I was effaced enough, he could start me a week early, so I was riding on that.  As long as my body made progress, I could meet my little girl sooner than later!  Luckily, I went in again this morning hoping that some contractions I had been having this past Sunday (which was Father's Day) would have done something.  And they did!  I'm officially dialated to 1 cm, and am 50% effaced! Thank you mother nature!

So with that good news, my Dr. went ahead and made an appointment for us to go into the Hospital on Sunday night (June 24th 2012) and get started on Cervadil (sp?).  We'll most likely have our little Everleigh here with on On June 25th!!! My original due date has been the 28th.

It just got real folks. Holy crap, Pac and Kara are going to have a baby.... COOL!  We'll post pictures of her as soon as we can. :) Yay for Babies!!!!

Memorial Day and stuff...

We had a really great Memorial Day! Pac and I of course wanted to BBQ, but we kind of wanted to do something different. So after getting the idea from some of his family members, we decided we'd like to give making pizzas on the "barbie" a try this year! It's so cool! I made some homemade Pizza Dough (which I LOVE because it also makes great scones, and Pinterest is my best friend) measured by eye, then rolled the dough into personal pizza sized balls and let them rise. 

Pac loves homemade rootbeer, and it's a very strong tradition on my Mother's side to have it at family gatherings or events.  Therefore, Pac put my Mom in charge of supplying it for our cute Pizza BBQ because he looooves it so.  When my mom came over, she hadn't yet added the dry ice, so we put the 5 gallon container with the mixture for the drink in our sink so we could add it.  She had crushed it up in really small pieces. Well, it seems as though that has something to do with the molecular structure of the dry ice, because when she dumped it in, we had an explosion! Root Beer everywhere!!!! It was even foaming at the very top on the container, something neither of us had ever seen before in making it.  The picture above is what my kitchen looked like until the dry ice figured out what the crap it was doing. :)

We haven't used this grill since before we moved into our house. So, a little over 2 years. It was so nice to get it hooked up and burning again! I love watching Pac BBQ. Mostly cause he's freaking amazing at doing so.

So, remember how I said I rolled the pizza dough into balls?  Well, I did, and we used a whole dough ball (as I sized it) for each pizza the first time around.  Turns out, my "guessing" on the measuring wasn't exactly right.  The dough got so huge on the grill, it couldn't cook in the middle. lol! So, needless to say, this was our first round to attempt pizza's on our grill.

Attempt #2: This went MUCH better.  We each used half of a dough ball this time, and then it was perfect.  I just have to remember, that when making these for individual size, a person only needs 1/8 of a batch of the dough I make, and not 1/4. Goodness!

Brother Pac (that's what his Sunday school kids call him) working the grill. :)

After our BBQ, we jumped up to Pac's parents for a little swim, and another BBQ later that night.  Who LOVES summer!?!?!  Here is Jocelyn and Joe's little boy Henry just enjoying the crap out of his swimming adventure.

Good to see he's finally playing and laughing with Gandpa!

 5 months. Worst, picture, ever.

6 Months

This is my 7 month picture.  I had some maternity pictures done as well. Man, was that a hot day.  If I look like I'm "trying" to smile in some of them it's cause I am. :)

We have decided to name our little girl Everleigh. That's what the E stands for in the last picture.

Everleigh Klaire Jensen

Proud Parents

So.... the nursery is coming along great!  I've been stressing like crazy about what I was going to put on the wall that I painted that really pretty purple.  I needed something to go right above the crib and couldn't think of what I wanted. There was a wall-decal that I found on Etsy through Pinterest that I really, really liked, but it was like $65.00 for it! Geez, I'm already having a baby, and these peole expect me to hand over an arm and a leg to them too for some plastic that sticks on a wall? I don't think so!

So I began searching for other options.  I'm not exactly a "decorator" so I always end up second guessing myself a lot.  But, I was in Hobby Lobby one day and saw a very cute wall decal that fit the colors of the nursery, and it was on sale for $15.00 down from $30.00! On top of that, there were two of them sitting there. I decided to hold off on buying it, however, because I promised Pac I would take a break from the nursery for a little while, while we focused on saving up. I thought "Oh, I'm sure it'll still be here..." Yeah right! Turns out, I was going back to Hobby the next day with Paxton's mom, and sure enough, the two that were sitting there, were now gone! The next freakin' day?!?! C'mon now...

So, I decided to design my OWN wall decal, and make a stencil for it, and just paint it on the wall.  This is what my design turned out to be...

I was so flippin' proud of this. As I began getting ready to make the stencil, I realized "This is going to be more expensive, and more stressful than simply buying one..." Dang it! Shut down again.

So a few weeks later, I went back into Hobby Lobby (looking for inspiration) and saw the $15.00 wall decal back on it's shelf. PLUS, there was another one that was the same purple and green colors that could go on the other wall that isn't painted purple.  It too was on sale, so I thought "Yeah... this is what I'm doing."  So I bought them both. 

Paxton helped me put them up, and this is how they turned out...

This is the cute tree with the adorable little birdies... 

And this cute design is right above where the changing table is.

The lighting is a little dark, but you get the idea. So, slowly but surely, her room is getting there.

In addition to our new addition, our puppy is making some good headway on the learning front.  Before you know it, we will have so many posts about our little girl on here, it's going to make you SICK, but for now, you can get sick at how proud we are of our little Boomer. He played fetch with a frisbee for the first time last week. Here is how it went....

Attempt #1- He runs with the frisbee up in his face so

he can't see...

Attempt #2- Well, that we caught on video anyway.

We were actually doing this for like 45 mins. He's

getting closer!

SUCCESS! I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't expecting this
to happen on his first time playing frisbee. I love how he
comes down on his back legs so wabbly. He was
really tired by this time.

Lastly, Boom made his first ever trip to a local dog park.  It took him about 20 minutes to figure out who he wanted to be friends with, but once he found this dog, they were best buds!

Getting Ready....

Well, we officially have a "start" to a nursery.  I painted the walls last week (holy cow, that's hard to do with a baby inside the tummy!)  My back hurt so badly each night after I was done.  Luckily I did it in two days.  And Pac only had to hear me complain about it for two days. :)  We've finally gotten the crib and dresser set up, and I love the bedding! You can't really tell, but the wall behind the crib is a very pretty purple color. It's almost a pastel, but just dark enough to be bold as well. It compliments the cherry hugh that is in the furniture.

Almost done!!!

Finishing up the crib...

Boomer loves cardboard. Or anything stiff that he could possibly rip apart. He found a little cardboard booklet attached to the front piece of the crib and went to town. At least he was finally focused on something! 

So, this picture stinks. But, it's the show more of the contrast in color. 



Here is the crib against the wall. This work is definitely still in progress! But, at least I can take a break from it for a month or so and just relax. Just a couple more months of teaching....

We've had some requests for baby bump pics.  Here you go! I hope they are all they're cracked up to be! I've tried hard to get a pic for each month, and so far I've done well! The bigger I get though, the more picky I am about making sure it's a good picture.  Call me vain, I don't care. I'm pregnant. lol!

1 Month. Awkward Face. "Is the flash on honey?"

2 Months.  I thought to myself..."how cute would it be if I wore the same outfit in all of the pregnant by month pics we take?!"  After realizing I'd have to change out of what i was already wearing that day, I quickly did not care anymore about this idea. So, that's why Month 1 and 2 look the exact same. I promise, I did not take them in the same night.

3 Months.  We had just gotten home from Pac's Family Christmas party, so if I look tired, it's cause I definitely am. I remember leaving early cause my body had had enough. I'm still not showing very much at this point, but it was still worth it to take the pic.

This pic is my epic fail. Especially because it's the one that's the cutest so far! I should be holding up a 4, but apparently my brain had something else in mind.

This is ACTUALLY what I looked like at 4 months.

I messed up on my 4 month pic the first time we took it, and accidentally held up a 5 instead of a 4.  It works out though cause it's cute and currently my FB pic. We re-took it, and that's the one in the yellow, but I'm acutally like 4.5 months in the real one. We are also headed to a Superbowl party, and I may have checked appetizer we were bringing to make sure it wasn't poisoned ;) I'll add more pictures later.  I'll tell you this though, this little girl is already determined to make her presence known!!! Let's see, feeling a baby move inside you? Yup, best, feeling, ever.

Pac is going to be out of town this week. I joke with him that it's like I'm single again for the days that he's gone.  It feels like it anyway!!! He has a 20 Group meeting is Montana for work. Yeah... Montana.... lucky him right? I hope it's not too cold!  On top of the fact that he's going to Montana and not some warm state like California or Florida, this is the week during the year that he usually goes down to Las Vegas and watches the Nascar race.  He Looooves Nascar!  I feel so bad he doesn't get to go (I don't go cause I most likely wouldn't enjoy it as much.) But ya gotta do what ya gotta do!  Wish him luck!!!!

Team PINK!!!

Dear World,

Pac and Kara are having a girl!!!!!

I've been trying so hard to get the video of little Baby Girl Jensen's last ultrasound on here, but the format of the video is so stupid, and I cannot figure out how to do it. None-The-Less, IT'S A GIRL!!!!! Pac and I are officially members of Team Pink! I was convinced the baby was a boy (really for no reason at all), and Pac actually thought she was a girl the whole time! I guess it's a good thing I've got a while to hone in on my maternal instincts huh! Anyway, here are some of the pictures from the scan even if I can't get the video up. She's measuring great, and was moving around a whole bunch this time! At the 16 week scan, she would not move at all. This is the "20 week" scan, in which I was only 19 weeks at the time.

I think this shot is so incredibly awesome! Look at her little leg!

This is her profile view.  Cute little nose coming into focus! Will it be a Jensen, Croft, Chambers or Hansen nose? I guess we'll find out in June!

The pictures of her face (like this one where she's looking right at the camera) look like Jack Skelington pics right now. She's getting to work on that baby fat though that will soon fill her cute little face.

Pac and I have no idea what we're going to do about a name.  We've had a number of names picked out for a couple of years now, but now we're thinking we want to keep looking. It may be awhile before we have her name picked out, so bare with us!