A Christmas Miracle

For those of you who didn't hear we had our little baby girl early, only being 35 weeks along Hallee Elizabeth Jensen was born Dec. 8, 2009 at 11:25 am in Boise, ID. Even with being early, and my doctor telling us she would be in the NICU,she is healthy and doing very well. She was able to keep her own body temp, eat well and breath without oxygen. Jessica is doing well and still recovering. Hallee weighed 6 lbs 3 oz and was 18.5" long. When we were about to return home Hallee had lost almost 10% of her body weight and they told us she might not come home with us. But she was able to sustain body weight and come home with mommy. Since then she has dropped down to 5 lbs 10 oz, but now being two weeks old is now 6 lbs 7oz. Thank goodness for mommy's milk! After being home for just a couple of days Jessica developed Masstitiss (sp) again....she gets this with every birth. She is still recovering.

Thank you for all of the phone calls, prayers and many other helpful services everyone has given. We are VERY blessed this year to have Hallee here and have her healthy! We know that Heavenly Father has been watching over us and protecting us through this pregnancy.

Fun at the pumpkin patch

This weekend grandma and grandpa took us to the pumpkin patch to get some pumpkins to carve....the girls had a great time although it really wore me out!

Here is Kinsie's first day of preschool....I love this time where she is learning so much!

Since we've found out that the house is ours we've been decorating and changing things like crazy! This was the wall before and then the red is after...it turned out great!! we love it!
This is one of the 6 "lovies" that my friend and I made for baby gifts, and one for Ella and the new baby..cute right??

I also made this apron for my sister Shandi...which I made one for all of my sisters and sisters in law but didn't post the picts yet...if you'd like to see them just ask.

I made the girls matching pj bottoms representing boise state of course!!! I only have Ella's on picture though.

Then I made this dress for Kinsie for summer...way cute and easy..I also made the bow in her hair.

This picture is just because she's do darn cute!! She'll find CLEAN ear swabs and put them in her mouth and then go about her buisness...what a funny girl. :)

Thank you Make it and Love it!!

Here are two things that I've done today so far...Credit goes to make it and love it...crafted by me! Arent' they cute!!!!

A fun questionaire for Kinsie

I asked Kinsie these questions...remember she's 4!


1. What is something mom always says to you?
k- You love me
2. What makes mom happy?
k-Going poo poo in the potty
3. What makes mom sad?
k-when I don't go poo poo in the potty
4. How does your mom make you laugh?
k-jokes
5. What was your mom like as a child?
k-Ella
6. How old is your mom?
k-25
7. How tall is your mom?
k-5 inches tall
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
k-play
9. What does your mom do when your not around?
k-Clean
10. If your mom becomes famous what will it be for?
k-Having a boy
11. What is your mom really good at?
k-soccer and volleyball
12. What is mommy not very good at?
k-sports. (because you have a baby in your tummy)
13. What does your mom do for her job?
k-Cleaning all day long
14. What is your moms favorite food?
k- mac and cheese
15. What makes your proud of your mom?
k- changing diapers
16. If your mom were a cartoon charater who would she be?
k-Ariel
17.What do you and mom do together?
k-play
18. How are you and mommy the same?
k- Same eyes, we're both tan
19. How are you and mommy different?
k-Your big and I'm little
20. How do you know your mommy loves you?
k- she kisses me all the time
21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
k-Swimming

At Home Preschool Anyone??

I wanted to share a few websites that are great for begining preschoolers...or if you just need some ideas to keep your children busy! :)

dltk-kids.com

dltk-cards.com

first-school.ws

preschoolexpress.com

Everything is free...there's tons of printables...chore lists bingo cards memory games, activity calendars and more....check them out!

It's finally ours!!!

Well for those of you who have needed an update on our house situation...here it is.
We Finally signed on our house this last friday!! Whooooo...After 7 months of waiting it's finally ours!!! We've been painting and going crazy trying to finally figure out what we want to do to it now....it's so exciting!!!

What are we having??

So we went in today to find out what we're having...Kinsie from the very begining has said that it was her brother "Charlie" and ever since I have felt like it was a boy. They say that if your first two are of the same sex, then you have a 75% chance that your third will be the same.....



Well.....





Its a good thing that we make beautiful girls because we'll be blessed with one more!!!


I have to say that Josh is feeling a little left out :)

So any suggestions on names??

6 years and counting

6 years ago Josh and I were married the the Logan Utah Temple. Who knew that in those 6 short years we'd have two beautiful girls and a baby on the way. WOW 6 years and three kids!!! Well for our anniversary we were able to spend 2 nights and 3 days camping up at Red Fish Lake. We took the kiddos and we had such a great time! Heavenly Father has sure blessed our family in so many ways. Even allowing me to feel good enough to go with Josh and the kids! Our family loves camping and I think that we'll make it an annual trip to go camping...maybe trying some place new every year.

The pictures are mixed up...so sorry for the confusion.

One is of Kinsie trying out our new solar shower...good fun! Another we took a paddle boat and paddled around the lake for an hour...trying to catch little fish with Kinsie's net. The one of Josh and I kissing is at the exact time 6 years ago when we were married!!!!

Then there's the AWESOME fire that I built BY MYSELF>>> way to go girls camp! And then a friendly chipmunk eating a nut out of Kinsie's hand

Enjoy!

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Lots of Pictures comin your way!