Jay & Michelle

Wow...where has the time gone?

2008-11-13T22:09:00.000-08:00

Since the last blog, which was only 3 MONTHS AGO, a lot has happened:) Let's see, where do I start. Well, we moved into our new house and we are loving it!! A few weeks later we went on a cruise to the Carribbean! (Pictures are coming soon) A friend of ours was getting married on the cruise and Jay was the best man. Then fall fest was here...which was fun to dress Madison up for. It's amazing the things that are fun now that we have a a child:) And then Madison turned the big 1 year old on November 2nd! I can't believe she's 1 already. That day all I thought about is what was happening one year ago. I have loved every stage of her life so far and it just keeps getting better and better. She's walking now and laughing all of the time. I just love her so much that words can't even describe it.

Fall Fest...she escaped from the zoo!

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It took me forever to get that on her face...she wasn't liking it!

My mom bought this cute little lion costume at the goodwill before Madison was born...it was a little big but it worked and she was seriously so cute in it!

Remlinger Farms

2008-11-13T21:42:00.000-08:00

If you have kids you have to take them to Remlinger Farms in Carnation! It's so cut and fun there. I went on a day when they had a special on the price and I do hear it's a little spendy on normal days but if you have the time and a little extra $ it's well worth it. They have pumpkins and a petting zoo, a train and rides for little ones. Here are just a few pics...

My niece, Tori...isn't she cute?

Inside a little house in the middle of the corn maze.

The little train ride around the farm.

Having Fun

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Madison's first boat ride with the GL's in the San Juan's...she loved it!

Broccoli head

She loves to eat and make a mess!

Her and Pooh taking a nap together on the way to family camp.

Family Camp on the beach watching the kites.

All American 4th of July girl.

Friends

2008-08-02T09:10:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the world baby Naomi! Madison finally looked big to me next to this little 6 pound 14 oz. beautiful baby! Congratulations Dustin & Trina...we love you!

Cara, Daniel & Madison having a fun day of swimming at Grandpa Tom & Grandma Patti's house.

A girl day at Eowyn's house. Happy Birthday Hannah!

Cousin's

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Tori & Madison love going on laundry basket rides together. Usually Tori tries to sit on Madison when she's playing but this is the only time when the tables turn and Madison get's to sit on her.

www.mjensenphoto.blogspot.com

2008-06-26T22:52:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few updated pictures. I love the sunshine that we've been getting...hopefully it sticks around so I can dress Madison up in those cute summer dresses she's got:) Our house is up,sided, roofed, wired, plumbed, insulated and probably more since we were there yesterday! They move so fast with everything! We CAN'T WAIT to move in!!! Our new closing date is September 19th. It's going to be so nice to be back into a house that is ours and with more square footage!!! Madison is becoming so vocal and more mobile. She's not crawling yet but she's loving holding on to my hands and walking everywhere. It's a back killer but she loves it. I just had a busy week last week with the Leadership Gala and man was I exhausted by the end of it...it still amazes me how much longer it takes me to get things done with a little one! But I enjoyed it nonetheless. I just created a blog for my photography. I've been trying for a year now to create a website but haven't quite mastered it yet so I figured I would start here. I get a lot of questions if I've got a website so this will work for the time being...and like I said with everything taking me twice as long I guess I get one more year to finish the site:) So go visit: http://www.mjensenphoto.blogspot.com/ or go to my link. Here are a few I just posted on there!

I can't believe she's 6 months already!

2008-05-14T22:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, I have to admit that she actually turned 6 months on the 2nd but now that I don't have nearly as much time on my hands to blog whenever the heck I want I figure since I'm still in the 6 month range it's okay:) Well, since the last blog Madison is now sitting up on her own, is eating solid food (well, pureed solid food) and reaches for me when I come to get her and when I lay her down to go to sleep and she's crying her eyes out:( It's so hard to walk away and let her cry it out. I'm strong about every other night-she's only been doing it the last few days so hopefully it will pass soon. Also since the last blog when I said we sold our house we actually just closed on it today. It took so long and my respect level for countrywide home loans has gone down substantially. But that's a long story that I would rather not rehash. It's closed and is finally a done deal. As long as the money is in our bank account now I'm all good. We're in our rental house now which is a sad cry from the other house. It's a little older and a rental...definitely not ours! But I keep looking to the future which is our new house and they are probably going to pour the foundation by this Friday! So another four months or so and we'll be in the new house. I can't wait! Here are some more pictures for everyone to see...she makes me laugh so much!

You're my brown eyed girl!

Like father, like daughter...classic faces!

She's probably going to want to kill me someday for this picture:)

Our little Poindexter

Oh, these pigtails make me laugh every time! It's little CindyLou Who.

It's been a while!

2008-03-31T22:14:00.000-07:00

Things have been a little crazy around here and I haven't gotten around to the good ol' blog in a while. We bought a new house over by Lake Sawyer and it won't be done being built until September. And we put our house up for sale about a month and a half ago not thinking it would sell quickly...but it did...and now we have to be out of our house by April 25th! So we just found a rental in the same neighborhood we're in and we'll only be there for about 5 months. So we'll have to move twice in just 5 months. I'm just glad we don't have to go very far for both moves. Madison is in swim lessons now...she can do the backfloat and breast stroke like no other 5 month old! Just kidding:) But man, does she LOVE the water! Well, here are some much needed updated pictures. Enjoy!

We took a trip to Arizona to see Jay's parents. 80 degrees and loving it!

Her first swim lesson

Look out boys!!!

It amazes me how quickly she's growing! She's not quite "walking" in her walker-she's kind of scooting and it's only when she gets really excited. So doesn't even really know what she's doing:)

Madison's first giggle...with a surprise ending:)

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3 1/2 months old!!!

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Jay & Madison at their first "Father/Daughter Banquet"

I took the pictures at it so I drug Jay along and had to dress up Madison:)

The little cheetah was so excited for the snow

We went for a walk and she was enjoying the scenery of her eye lids

I was trying to get her to smile and this is all I got

I was also trying to get her to smile here and this is what she thought about it:)

Madison's First Christmas

2007-12-27T18:08:00.000-08:00

Santa's littlest reindeer

Uncle Nick & Madison on Christmas Eve

They crucified the reindeer! She had so much fun on Christmas that she slept right through it:)

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

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Getting our first christmas tree as a family

Madison's first time in the baby bjorn...she only cried for a
couple of minutes and then fell asleep for the rest of the time.

Our christmas tree

Madison's first "Grizwold Family Christmas"

This outfit was so big on her.

Aren't they cute!?!

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My niece, Tori

Sleepy heads:)

I love all of the different ways she sleeps

More Pictures

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So sweet...

Little Foot

The Seahawks newest fan

He was so excited to have his picture taken

She's definitely worth the sleepless nights!

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I love her so much!

Eowyn, Daniel & Madison at their first annual "Friends Thanksgiving"

Uncle Nick

Praise Jesus:)

Madison's first bath

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She lost her umbilical cord on day 5!

We're having so much fun!

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Her first car ride home

She loves to sleep with her hands by her face

Annnouncing the arrival of...

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Madison Grace Jensen
November 2nd, 2007
6 pounds 15 ounces
19 inches long

All I can say is WOW! This is the most incredible thing we have ever experienced in our lives. I can't believe we have a daughter. She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. There really aren't words to describe how I feel. So this is how it all happened: I ended up having to get a c-section because her heart rate kept dropping and I was dialating at the speed of a turtle. Well, it all started when I tripped over the lawn mower on Thursday morning and fell back on my butt (I really didn't very hard at all) but it was enough to break my water. So Jay and I went to Overlake hospital at about 5pm. So early Friday morning...around 4am my doctor came in to check on the baby's heart rate and said that if things didn't start to speed up within the next couple of hours he would suggest a c-section. Well, it didn't speed up and I was only dialated to a 6 after 21 hours of labor. And he was afraid that if we waited too much longer it would cause stress to the baby and possibly result in an emergency c-section. So I was stuck between a rock and a hard place and decided to just do the c-section rather than risk it. We're all still in the hospital and are hopefully leaving tomorrow to go home. If not tomorrow then for sure on Monday. My doctor will be in tomorrow and he makes the call on when we can go. Hopefully it will be tomorrow. Well, I've left everyone pictures. I love this little girl so so much!!!

Okay...seriously

2007-10-29T19:20:00.000-07:00

So, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. I've been trying to stay behind the camera as much as possible:) Then I finally broke down and figured I'd regret it if I didn't get at least one last prego picture before the big arrival. It's amazing how much I've grown in 8 weeks-since my last picture. I'm starting to wonder if she's ever going to get here or if this is just some sick joke God is playing on me:) My doctor put me on bed rest last Monday because my blood pressure was too high. So I'm not working anymore and I'm completely BORED! But I'm trying to "enjoy" all of this rest time because I know it's coming to an end real soon. I'm only 6 days from my due date and I have a doctor's appointment this Wednesday at 12:30. I'll keep you all posted...

7 weeks to go!

2007-09-16T21:24:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that there is only 7 weeks to go until Madison is here! I keep telling Jay that it could be anywhere from 5-9 weeks...give or take two weeks from her due date. I'm so excited to see what she's going to look and be like. Soon...very soon!

Brody

2007-09-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

We finally made it!

2007-09-05T20:59:00.000-07:00

Okay...first off, I do have to confess that when I say "we" finally made it...I really mean "me". Because I know that Jay will never be interested in sitting down to blog:) But I like to live in my own pretend world sometimes and think that he cares. It's about the same way I feel about sitting down and playing a good game of Madden '08!

Well, only 8 1/2 weeks to go until baby Madison is here! We're getting really excited and can't wait to see what she looks like! This is the latest picture just taken a couple of days ago. Sometimes I feel like my skin couldn't stretch any more than it has...and then I remember that from this point on she's going to double in size so there's got to be room somewhere for her to grow. I'm realizing even more through all of this how amazing the Lord is! I'll keep taking and posting pictures as the weeks go on and can't wait to post pictures of Madison! That's going to make this that much more fun!