Welcome baby Hudson!

Life definitely has a way of surprising me. Two hours after I blogged my last post, my water broke! I guess the little guy did not want to wait till the 7th. He wanted to be born on Auntie Jenn's birthday. :) Hudson Charles Jensen was born January 6th at 11:48pm, weighing a whopping 6 pounds and 6 ounces, ha ha, and was 20 inches long. All the nurses kept telling me that I did great for my first baby which makes me proud. He is such a great blessing in our lives, even if our sleep time has been cut in half, if not more. We can't wait to see him grow and learn!

My Last Day of Freedom

Today is officially my last day without a child. I haven't done anything super exciting, just cleaned the house for the thousandth time. Gotta be ready! I go to the hospital tomorrow morning at 7:30 to be induced, seeing as how my son, in typical Jensen family tradition (our part of it anyway, ha ha) is late! I sort of figured that he would be. It really hasn't bothered me that much but I can't wait to sleep on my back and roll on my stomach! I really have missed it. I can't wait to see what he looks like too! I hope he looks like me at least a little bit. Wish me luck, I am kind of scared of labor!
The before picture, and, what I plan to look like immediately after giving birth. ha ha



The full-term belly, in all its glory. :)

What?! 2009?

My how time flies! It is already a new year. For New Year's, Jacob and I went over to our friends Justin and Sarah's house. We ate lots of yummy food and played ping pong where you run around the table. They were all hoping that I would go into labor and have the New Year baby, but no such luck. It was really fun to get everyone together. We probably won't be doing that as much after the baby comes and we are trapped in our house. ha ha Hope everyone has a great year this year! There are good things to come, I can feel it!

Jacob and Me

Heather and me with our baby bellies.

All the girls.

So This is Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. We spent last year in Mesa so we were in Tucson this year with my family. Our carpet got put in the day before Christmas which was kind of crazy but it looks great and will be really good when the baby is born. We woke up Christmas morning at 8:30, which is definitely later than when we were all kids. We opened our presents and then ate a yummy breakfast of pumpkin waffles (courtesy of Aubrey :) ), bacon, hashbrowns, and cinnamon apples. None of us were hungry for a while. We got to talk to my brother Seth on his mission in New York, which was awesome! He really makes me proud. We got a 1000 piece puzzle which we put together of the next couple of days. We had Scene It wars, which the girls (My mom, Aubrey, and me) ended up winning. We always do! I also got to see a few of my old friends which I don't get to see as often as I'd like. I really enjoyed spending time with them. We had a great trip and I was really glad we didn't have to come back early because I went into labor. My due date is only 6 days away! Yikes! I have an appointment to be induced on the 7th if he is not born by then which really freaks me out. There is a definite end now. I won't be pregnant forever, even though that's what it feels like. Anyway, hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!

Poor Jacob trapped in the computer room with all the furniture while the carpet was installed.

The finished product, isn't it lovely?

My parents' best Christmas tree yet.

A present I was really excited about. The changing table, not the diapers.

The Christmas loot.

One More Thing to Check Off My List

We finally got our crib and I could not wait to set it up! We were going to wait until after our carpet gets put in, but The Home Depot said that it would not come in until after Christmas. I didn't want to risk it not being set up if the baby was born early. Well, they were wrong and not only did it come in, but it is being installed on Wednesday. We set the crib up on Saturday. This annoys me a little. I am still really excited though because now everything will be done before the baby is born! Yay! Here are some pictures of his room. Just picture nice new carpet on the floor instead of the cement. Yuck.

No More Work for Me

Friday was my last day of my work. I can't believe how fast the semester went by! Even though the kids drove me crazy sometimes, I really am going to miss them. They are a great group of kids. I had planned to say goodbye to them a couple minutes before the bell rang but transportation made a mistake with the scheduling since we had early release so that didn't quite work out. All the buses showed up an hour early! It was pretty much a mad dash to get them all out there to catch their buses. Luckily, I made sure to take pictures before they all ran outside. I didn't really get to say goodbye to them though, which was kind of sad. I am planning to go back to visit sometime in March because I promised to bring the baby in so I will see them again soon. Only two weeks left till D-Day!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

I am so excited that it's Christmastime! I love when it finally gets cold and everyone seems a little more generous than usual. That or a little more crazy (i.e. trampling people in a Walmart!). I love decorating for Christmas and singing Christmas songs. Mostly, it's great to be with family and friends. Jacob and I went to see the temple lights for our FHE last night. They seemed better this year for some reason. It wasn't too crowded or too cold. It was nice to spend some time together while it's still just us and before we are sleep deprived. Only 3 1/2 weeks to go! Yikes!