Baby Amy!!!

Well, Amy Maria Jenson has arrived! And since i am not a great blogger, she is now a week old!  But she is doing great and is has been so fun!  Here are a few pix...I will try to post more info/stories soon! 

Birthday: May 6, 2009

Time: 6:22 pm

Weight:  7 lbs. 10 oz.

Length:  20 inches

This is the "one week old" pic!

...and i have to give you a close up so you can really see just how much hair she has!  it is CRAZY!!!

 This is what she looked like when they broguht her to me for the first time after she was born...the bows were all the nurses doing, it was PERFECT!! :)

And here is the FRO that happens after the bath.  There is just no controlling it! :)

The Final Countdown!!!!

I get to change my little countdown...to LESS days!  I had my doctor's appointment this week and we decided that unless Amy comes sooner, he will enduce me a week early!  So if she hasn't come by MAY 6TH she WILL come on May 6th! :) 

It is a little weird to pick our child's birthday, but because 

1. we live so far away from the hospital (45 minutes thru crazy construction zones) and 

2. Brandon works so far away (45 minutes through crazy construction/traffic and in the other direction from the hospital) and 

3. we have to get our other kids somewhere and 

4. Julia was born within 4 hours of my water breaking...

i have been a little worried about making it all work (and making it all work fast enough) whenever "It's time".  Although this may still have to be worked out if she decides may 6th is too far away, (which i would be ok with ) I feel a little better knowing that the insanity of getting to the hospital might be avoided. (Plus having a for sure date that is earlier than planned makes me...and my WHOLE body REALLY happy!!!)

so that is the update...as of today...11 days to go!  WOOHOO!!!!

Easter!

So here is the Easter Run-down! 

1. First, when the kids wake up (as was tradition in the Lantz household) The kids have to hunt for Jelly beans.  Each kid has to find a specific color and the amount of jelly beans for how old they will turn in this year (AJ-7, Julia-4) So here is the hunt! 

2. Once they find all the jelly beans then they get the baskets the easter bunny brought (that are hidden in a special hiding spots that only the easter bunny and the parents know about!) Here is the happinesss that Easter Candy brings...

3.  Then comes a little while of free reign over the candy until mommy can't stand it and makes them put it away for later! :)  This year Brandon made a YUMMY french toast breakfast for us!   

4. Then, for the REAL meaning of Easter!...We get to go to church and remember why we really have this day!  Of course, we have to get dressed up and i must say, i have some pretty cute looking kids!!! 

5. This year we didn't have a regular Easter event with all the Jenson's like we normally would because Grandma (AKA "Ma-mah") is in the hospital.  So we decided that we would bring some little Easter festivities to her hopsital room.  We brought some eggs with us and the kids waited outside while i hid them.  Then they got to come into her room and have a little egg hunt.  It was cute and "Ba-Pa and Ma-mah" had a good time watching the event!  Here is that event:

6. So it was a little different Easter than we would usually have, but it was a good one.  We got to eat candy, have fun, remember why we REALLY have Easter, and spend time with family...a successful day, i think! 

Firehouse Field Trip

Julia is in a little preschool/playgroup thing and each month we either have a party or a fieldtrip.  This month was a fieldtrip to the Fire Station down the street.  It was really cute, the kids loved it!  

Here is the little group learning all about the fire truck and all the cool tools in it.  I love the one in the top left where they are all so serious...they are looking at the jaws of life!

And here are my kiddo's checking out the firetruck and with the fireman all suited up.  

It was cool, they had him get all his gear on to show the kids and talked about how it is all to protect him and that it is still a nice man inside and not a scary monster!  They talked about regular fire safety and really focused on not hiding from the firemen!  It was really a good thing for them all to see and know!   

It was a fun little fieldtrip! 

Tha Jazz Game!

Brandon found some super cheap jazz tickets on stub hub so we could ALL go to the game on St. Patrick's Day!  (I think he was looking for tickets for just him and AJ to go, originally.) We wore green for the day and then all changed into jazz colors/gear for the game!

So we met Brandon at work and had dinner at Taco Amigo.    

We parked at his work and headed over to the trax station.  The kids were all excited to go on the "train".  Here they are-you can just see how happy they are!  SO Cute! 

Due to Brandon's NEED to be in seats for all sporting events well before the event starts, we planned plenty of time and were there really early!  So we got to go check out the statue of Stockton and Malone (and have a little photo shoot) outside the arena.  AJ and Julia got to compare thier hands to Karl Malones's hand prints...WOW!! 

So we had some time before the game started, but the kids did GREAT!  They both really watched the game and loved the whole atmosphere and event.  Seeing the Jazz bear (although he was pretty small from where we were sitting) was a highlight!

Around Half-time (which happened to fall right around their usual bedtime) they started to get a little antsy!  Luckily, i came prepared with some push-pops and that saved the day.  You would think that my children never got candy-they were so excited to have these things!  Julia was so funny.  She wanted me to hold her like "Baby Julia" and feed her with the push-pop like a bottle. Of course AJ thought this would be fun for hm too...i looked QUITE ridiculous with then on my pregger-belly lap feeding them push-pops!  HAHA hey-whatever keeps them entertained-right?!?!

Oh-and Julia's grumpy face...i don't even remember what that was about but it was so funny, i had to include it!  I'm pretty sure it was just plain old attitude!

So that was our St. Patty's day Jazz event!  It was super fun.  The kids had a blast and it was so fun to watch them soak in and enjoy the whole event!  Yeah for stub hub!  :) 

Family scripture study!

"Our Savior and Our Lemur"...

Ok, so for the background. We were doing family scripture study this morning. We have been having AJ read some simple versus here and there. Of course, whatever AJ does, Julia MUST also do. So i whisper the words to her so she can "read" a verse.

So this morning, Julia was "reading " a scripture that was talking about christ and ended with "savior and redeemer" Julia repeated it as "Savior and Lemur" HAHA it was really cute. But word lemur is more familiar to her than "Redeemer"-gotta love how those little brains work!

Krispy Kreme

FIRST OF ALL...We are SO excited to have our new camera and are finally getting a post up with some pix!

So, we were on our way home tonight and drove by Krispy Kreme and i happened to notice they were serving HOT donuts!!! YUM!!! of course i barely had to mention it to Brandon and he was in...so we stopped to get some. The kids thought it was SO COOL to watch them cook the donuts, and we just had fun watching them. Here are a couple of pix! (I had the new camera with me...i have to get back into the habit!)

I had to snap a few pics in the car as we enjoyed the yumminess that is FRESH krispy kreme donuts...Of course the kids wanted the ones with sprinkles instead of the fresh ones (they just don't appreciate greatness, i suppose!) but AJ is such a goofball when i take pictures these days! it still cracks me up just to look at how psycho he can look! but hey, at least he's happy...right?!?! And Julia's eyes are SO big, it is crazy!

Little People Conversations!

Ok, since we don't have a camera right now-it broke! :( -i don't really have fun blogs with pix to post...but i had to share this little conversation that was just happening in the kitchen...

The kids are eating dinner and i hear AJ telling Julia "When the baby comes out, not at first, but after a little while, she will eat all this food but all SMASHED UP!!! She will have squished greenbeans, and corn, and rice." (all foods they are eating) Julia just listens and says something to sound like she was knowledgeable about such things, and then i hear AJ say something like "I know all about babies, i have known lots of babies." Oh, AJ, my little expert! They just crack me up, I love these little conversations that happen!

Happy New Year!!!

SO, again, better late than never!!!

For New Years Eve, we went down to Tyler and Michelle's house to ring in the New Year! Melynda (Michelle's Sister) came too which we were really excited about...we haven't seen her in FOREVER!!! It was a BLAST!! (pun intended!)


We had a super yummy dinner and played games, the kids played tons until it was time for FIREWORKS!!!


First, we had to get bundled up! We weren't really prepared for the event, so Aaron and Krystal let AJ and Julia borrow some warmth! Thanks Guys! (look at Julia's hand...the gloves were a "smidge" :) too big!-but hey they worked!!!)

Then, we had to get all situated for the show! We were quite the crew huh?!?!

I HAVE to comment on the expressions on my kids faces!!! Brandon just happened to catch this pic of AJ at the exact time that one of the fireworks started to make some loud noise...haha!! (It was a DRASTIC improvement from the fourth of July to have our kids within 20 feet of the fireworks.)
And Julia...look at that face is she focused or what-i think her eyes almost popped out of her head!!!!




Then, the show!!!


Tyler did a great job! Michelle had these cute little bags makde up for everyone with sparklers, glow sticks, treats, and noise makers! SO CUTE!!!


And MIRACLE OF MIRACLES: MY KIDS actually held the sparklers...what progress!!!


So after the show, we came in and warmed up. We parked the kids in front of a movie and continued the game marathon! At midnight we watched the ball drop and celebrated with good ole' Martinelli's (Mormon Champagne!!).


Thanks for a great night! I hope this year is as fun as the start of it!!!

Temple Square (last month-haha!)

Ok so these are more than a month late, but they were so cute and we had so much fun, that i decided to post them anyway! On Jeremy's Birthday, our little fam went with their little fam to see the lights on Temple Square in Salt Lake. It was beautiful! The kids loved it!

It was QUITE chilly but the kids were troopers and we were able to get some cute pix! AJ was pretty proud of his shoulder ride, and of course whatever AJ does, Julia must do also!

These pix of Brandon and the kids were taken inside the visitors center around the big statue of Christ. Julia 's face just makes me laugh and the one of all 3 of them is so cute because they are just looking up into Christ's face!

OK, and how CUTE is the pic of Plonnie and Ty! Holy Cow, he is such a cutie!

YEAH for cute kids and good photographers!

We did our christmas/birthday pictures as we usually do...in the beginning of january (while just pretending it is still december! :) We went to Kiddie Kandids because we have finally accepted that fact that, although they are a little bit more expensive, it is worth it!! (and it helps that we get 2 free 8X10's-1 for each kid's birthday!) The kids did SUCH a good job. I think this is the FIRST time EVER that we did not have a crier or attitude to deal with!!! They just stood/sat up there, did what the girl said and ta-dah...how cute are they!!!

Just for the record...we don't love Julia more, we just didn't do AJ's "birthday" pix like we have in the past because he had school pictures this year!

Julia was LOVING doing the girly thing. She was doing all the right poses and thought whe was pretty hot stuff. I love that her little attitude still shines through...

Look at that face! I see trouble!!! haha!

Happy December Birthdays!!!

WOW! Do we have a busy month!!! (Which is why these are all getting posted now!) This year we had a party for each of the kids (seperately!)

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY TO JULIA!!!

December 11, 2008

We had her Dora party on the morning of her birthday. She had a couple of the neighborhood kids and her cousins come. We played pin the tail on swiper, went on a Dora scavenger hunt, and played a backpack and map game. It was really fun!!! We ate Diego cupcakes too YUM!!! Baby cousin Ty was a BIG fan of the frosting!!!!

The party was so much fun that it totally wore Julia out! She fell asleep that afternoon and, when Daddy got home, we tried to wake her up. I don't think it would have happened for any other reason except to open presents!!! We had dinner and then had a little family party with a Dora Cake. YUM!!!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY TO AJ!!!

December 20, 2008

The morning of AJ's Birthday, we gave him the presents from us. He got a hotwheels "Trick tracks", a football with a tee, and the Kung Fu Panda movie. Hurray for Presents!!

We had AJ's Puppy party the afternoon of his birthday. We didn't have as many guests as we had hoped or expected, but we still had a lot of fun! I think a highlight was playing "Doggy trainer says". Daddy was the doggy trainer and had the "puppies" beg, sit, roll over, and chase their tails HAHAHA!!! We also played pin the bone in the Doggy's mouth, hunted for paw prints, and ate cupcakes with Bones on them! FUN!!!

That night was the BYU bowl game. (no further comment!!!) We went to the Jenson's for that and at half time we had AJ's bone and Puppy cake! It was good, but i think we were pretty "caked out" at that point! :)

PHEW!!! We made it. They both had fun birthdays and that was the goal. Mommy was a bit EXHAUSTED, but will recover and it is ALL worth it for these faces!!!

Merry Christmas...FINALLY

So here are some pix from Christmas morning! We had a great day. The kids did pretty good as far as wake-up time...Julia woke up first (no surprise) around 8:00 and AJ soon followed. Santa leaves our stockings on our beds so we can check them out first. Santa was SO silly this year and put the wrong stockings on the wrong beds...HELLO SANTA!!! I think he was a little sleep deprived when he got to our house this year! :) But we got everything straightened out and we were good to go!

SO....Stockings first!!!


THEN...we get to go check out what Santa brought!!!
How 'bout these action photos of the kids' first look at the tree and ALL the gifts!!!





OPENING PRESENTS!!






Poor Murphy had to wait till all our presents were open before we remembered to let him check out his stocking...it was worth the wait! I love his WHOLE face in the stocking trying to get the goods!

I love this one of Julia with her baby...Note AJ in the background, that just cracks me up!

Our big gift from Santa to the WHOLE family was the Wii...we have all loved it and I love it because it is something that we can all do together!!!

To anyone needing a laugh who also LOVES BACON!!!!

I couldn't make it fit full size, so I had to shrink it down, which made the writing to small to read, so you'll have to click on it to see it full size...... that's what she said :)