To See, or Not to See...

I've never had contacts so I don't know what they are like, but I have heard that they are really annoying. Jacob's eyes started turning red and were really irritated so he decided to get glasses. I'm sure you have all seen his famous second grade picture with the bright pink shirt and the Christmas Story-esque glasses. I made sure he picked out better ones this time. He liked another pair better than the ones he got, but I liked these the best. They are quite snazzy! He can see a whole lot better and his eyes are back to normal, thank goodness. Hopefully our child does not get his football shaped eyeballs! Oh, and who are all these people voting that the baby is a boy? I don't know if we can be friends. ha ha

Then...

Now, much better!

Jacob

1. What is his name? Jacob Barton Jensen

2. Who eats more? Hands down Jacob. He packs it in.

3. Who said "I love you" first? I did, and he didn't say it back. Awkward.

4. Who is taller? Him for sure, I'm a little shrimper.

5. Who is smarter? Is it wrong to say me? ha ha We each have our own areas.

6. Who is more sensitive? Me. Always me. I'm a baby.

7. Who does the laundry? We each do our own, don't know how it worked out like that.

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does. I always have to sleep on the left.

9. Who pays the bills? He does usually, unless he asks me to.

10. Who cooks more? Not even more, I am the only one that cooks. In Jacob's defense though, I am afraid he wouldn't do it right so I just prefer to do it myself.

11. What meals do you cook together? One time he helped me make waffles. :)

12. Who is more stubborn? Ooh me. It's the Irish in my blood.

13. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Jacob, I don't like to be wrong.

14. Who has more siblings? He does. He has 2 more than me.

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Me. But he's still very manly. :)

16. What do you like to do together? Talk, watch friends, play with Ace, joke and laugh.

17. Who eats more sweets? Me for sure, he never eats them and I have a whole pantry devoted to my snacks.

18. What is his guilty pleasure? Going to the gym I guess, even though it's a good thing he is obsessive about going.

19. How did you meet? He was talking to my friend Megan so I went up to talk to her and butted my way into the conversation.

20. Who asked who out first? I asked him. I'm bold. :)

21. Who kissed who first? I think it was kind of mutual.

22. Who proposed? He did.

23. His best features? His blue eyes and I like his muscle man arms.

24. What is his greatest quality? How much he loves me and takes care of me, even when I'm being moody. And I love that he is goofy and silly just like me.

25. Tag: Kara and Carol!

Baby News

I went for my second doctor's appointment today. It was much shorter than the last one, I like that. All my test results came back good. I am not anemic or diabetic (woo hoo!). My doctor went to listen to the heartbeat and it took him a while to find it. I was getting a little worried! But the last place he checks it was there. The baby is down low so I'm guessing when I do show I am going to look really funny. There is great news though! We get to find out if it's a boy or a girl on my birthday. I made the appointment then on purpose, I figured it would be a great present! It's August 4th at 10:20 in the morning. All you moms can feel my pain here, I have to drink a ton of water before I go! I am seriously worried that I might pee my pants. Especially if they are pushing on my stomach for the ultrasound. Yikes! Oh well, I guess it will be worth it, right?

PS- Don't forget to vote for boy or girl before the day we find out, that's the last day!

Happy 4th!

I am so ready to go to sleep right now and it is only 8:45. This is just sad. One of the lovely side effects of growing a child, especially one who eats as much as Jacob. (At least that's what I have decided because I eat like 8 meals a day. :) Anyway, we had a great 4th of July! We spent some time with my family eating hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, and other such delightful holiday food. We also played cowboy golf for the first time which is one of the funnest games ever! After that, we went and watched the fireworks with part of Jacob's family. I have never been so close to fireworks before! We even had ash and flaming pieces falling on us. Some of which got in my eye, which was pretty crappy, but it was worth it. The finale was great and it was so fun seeing the cute looks on Emma and Maddy's faces.

A typical Yeanoplos family photo. The boys are always making faces.

Ah, to be a kid again.

Jacob is not impressed.

Let Us Eat Cake

Yesterday was our first anniversary! I can't believe it's already been a year! Before we got married a lot of people told me that the first year of marriage is the hardest. I can now say that after having been married for a year, that I have no idea what they are talking about. Yes, there were some challenges but nothing that we couldn't laugh about. We had a good day yesterday. Granted, I spent most of it laying on the couch but it was still good. We have had the top tier of our wedding cake in the freezer (well, my Mom did anyway :) for the past year so I was a little hesitant to actually eat some of it. It was still so dang good though! It tasted just as good as it did a year ago. Jacob didn't actually eat his piece, he just pretended for the picture I made him take.

In the next picture though, you can see that Jacob has left and I am alone at peace with my cake. I ate two pieces. One for me and one for the baby. Yum. I'm hoping to pass along my sweet tooth so that I have someone to eat dessert with me. I can't wait for more years to come and next year, we will have a third person to celebrate with us!

A Happy Post!

I figured after that last post We could all do with something a little bit happier so here is our big (yet not so surprising) news! I'm pregnant! Woo hoo, Woo hoo! I'm pretty sure almost everyone already knows but nothing is official until it has been posted on my blog. ha ha I am due on January 4th. Yesterday began the start of week twelve and what will hopefully also include no more throwing up. I've never been a big fan of it (I always cried when I was little), but the pregnancy version is much worse. I'm sure all you mothers out there will agree with me. Other than that though, I am doing okay. I don't have energy to do much of anything, which kind of sucks, but it is nice that I have the summer off from work so I don't really have to do much. The kids at school are in for a big shock when I go back to work. I'll be 19 weeks by then and most likely have a little belly to show off. I don't think I am showing yet, I just look a little chubby. My parents gave us the cutest little giraffe rattle as a congratulations gift and it sort of scared me a little. I guess this is all really happening huh?! Yikes! It doesn't seem real to me yet because I don't look pregnant and can't feel the baby move yet. The sonogram picture looks the same to me as all the other ones I've seen. It's weird to me that it's actually mine. I'm guessing it will set in soon. As for our guesses on what it will be, I almost positive it's going to be a girl. Jacob thinks it's going to be a boy that he wants to name Jake Jr. Cross your fingers that it is, in fact, a girl. :)

Tribute to Lacey

It's very sad to me to look at the post before this one and see my two sweet dogs and read over the sentence when I said that Lacey's sickness was nothing to worry about. It turns out that I was wrong. What We thought was kennel cough turned out to be distemper. Anyone who knows anything about this disease knows that it is bad news. It is a neurological disorder that starts out as a cough and cold and turns into seizures and other not so fun things. It has about an 80 percent mortality rate and even the dogs that do recover still have permanent neurological damage and seizures. We took Lacey to the emergency vet around 9:30 on Monday night because she had been having seizures all day. They kept her there over night to test her and give her medication to stop her seizures. I picked her up Tuesday morning and she just did not look good. I could tell that she was suffering and had the feeling that she wasn't going to get better. I took her to her regular vet and he confirmed this. Just the look on his face when he saw her told me all I needed to know. Unfortunately, there isn't really any treatment for it and she kept getting worse. We made the decision to put her to sleep because We didn't want her to suffer anymore. You all know how much we love our dogs so this decision truly broke our hearts . She was such a sweet little dog and so full of life. We will truly miss her and will never forget her even though she was only with us for such a short time. Here are a couple pictures and a video that remind me of happier times.

January 26th, 2008-June 17th, 2008