2009 Recap

Well I was going to do this awhile ago.. somewhere closer to the beginning of the new year, however if you would only understand, my beautiful baby occupies quite a bit of my time or I get distracted while in the process of doing things.

She is sleeping now though and I might have a few minutes to reminisce this past year of 2009.

It sure was a wonderful year full of many adventures. I was reminded of this post because today Nicholas reminded me to call my old work place to see about my w-2 tax forms. I couldn't believe it had been so long since I last worked there- almost a year.

Well starting out the year:

-Nicholas and I started our last semester of classes at BYU

-I quite my job at Abella Bridal

-In April we both graduated from BYU

-Nicholas turned 24

-We found out we were expecting in April

-We decided that Nicholas would attend school in Oklahoma.

-I started my student teaching

-We bought our 1st home in Oklahoma

-Nicholas moved to Oklahoma in June while I stayed July & August to finish student teaching

-In August I finished my student teaching

-I turned 20 in August

-Nick finished his first semester of dental school

-September we found out we were having a sweet baby girl

-We celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary in September

-I started substitute teaching in Oklahoma (also received my official state of Utah teaching license)

-November we took a road trip to Colorado for Thanksgiving

-We had our first Christmas together just as a couple

And the absolute best thing of the year was the birth of our beautiful baby girl, Katelyn Marie Jensen.

this past year sure was full of changes! I can't wait to see what this year brings us. :)

ONE MONTH!

Wow, today Katelyn is one month old! I can't believe it. She is growing up so fast! She is such a cutie. We love her so much. She is starting to smile at us.. which I absolutely love!! She is getting really big too. I'm not sure of her exact measurements because her next doctor appointment is at 2 months, but we think she's about 8 1/2 pounds, and about 20 inches long. At her one week appointment she was 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 3/4 inches long. So we can't wait to see how much she's grown at her next appointment! Remember.. she started out at 6 lbs 5 oz... so I think she's doing great for coming out so small! :)

Here are a few more recent pictures of our little sweetheart! We wish we could see all of you and you could all meet her... maybe sometime soon we'll visit Utah or Colorado (that's where most friends and family are for us).

Happy one month birthday Katelyn!!!!

 

Sticking her little tongue out

  

Cute girl

  

I don't know how she sleeps like this, but she usually does, her arms straight up in the air.. haha

Her little legs. Getting a little chunkier, but not that much.

 

Big girl :)

Loves taking naps with her dad

Loves going on walks too :)

Finally!

I know I just wrote a post.. but our camera was dead for awhile and I couldn't find the charger until last night. I was missing taking pictures of our little girl, so I had to take them all with my cell phone! That's why the ones on the last post aren't the greatest quality, but now I finally have our camera charged so we can get more pictures of her! Before she gets TOO big, she will already be a month old on Saturday! Can you believe it? We did a little photo shoot with Katelyn today and we got some really cute pictures! She is absolutely beautiful I can't stand it.

Cutie!!

We love our baby girl so much!! Isn't she just so precious?

Just having some play time with minnie :)

Whew!

Well, Katelyn is officially over a week old! I can't believe it. We survived. :) She is growing so much already and it's only been a week! She is just such a little angel. She sleeps a lot and feeds a lot, that's about it. When she's awake she's playing with dad and he makes her laugh. Take a look:

It sure is a lot of work, at least I will say that for myself, but she brings a lot of happiness into our home. Here a few more pictures of our sweet little girl through out the first week.

I LOVE DADDY!

 

Look at that beautiful hair! So light and long

 

She loves her boppy....

 

But she LOVES her car seat even more! (She will sleep for hours in this thing with out a sound!)

This picture is so cute she was pointing to her nose, haha

 

Her little foot is as big as Nicholas' thumb! So cute :)

Look what the new year brought us...

Katelyn Marie Jensen

6 lbs. 5 oz. 19 inches

December 30th 2009

9:28 a.m.

She is finally here and she is SO cute!! You can't imagine the joy this little girl has already brought to us, she is just perfect.

Labor & Delivery

                      40 weeks

                          Going to the hospital

Well, we all have our stories about how our little baby arrived, so here is mine.

This is what I was expecting from what the doctor had told me what would happen with the induction.

Doctor's version:

Go in at 8 p.m. on the 29th,

start the induction process,

go to sleep that night

start the pitocin the next morning to bring on contractions to help dialate me

Wait until I was fully dialated and within 24 hrs. (plus or minus 3) we would have a baby.

So he said we should have our baby late that night on the 30th or the 31st, because usually first time mom's take about 24 hours to go through the whole process if not more.

Here's what actually happened:

On Tuesday, December 29th we went into the hospital at 8 p.m.

We got all settled and they started the induction process around 9:30 p.m. (At that time I was dilated to a 1.5 cm and I was a little disappointed). About 10:30ish I started having nonstop contractions, which to me, I felt like they were coming every second long and hard, so I couldn't really fall asleep. The nurse came in and I told her I was in quite a bit of pain and couldn't sleep so she tried giving me a sleeping pill and eventually two doses of pain medicine, but... that didn't work. She said I was throwing out quite a bit of contractions and so she checked me again. I was dialated to about a three. She asked if I wanted the epidural, but I had told myself before going in I wouldn't get it until I was at least a 4 or 5, so I waited. At about 3 a.m. I was dialated to a 4.5 and had very little, if any sleep, so I got the epidural!

Ok, now here's the part that just amazes me, I was so scared to get the epidural and was clenching my teeth and shaking as they did it. The doctor said "Ok, now you will feel a cold stinging".... nothing... then he said, "Now you'll feel slight pressure".... nothing.... Not at all. I was thinking "Are you serious? That's it?" It was very nice. :) I just couldn't believe I was so scared for it and then I didn't feel a thing.. the only thing I felt were my contractions going away :)

At about 7 a.m. my doctor was in and said, "You ready to have a baby this afternoon?" Yes I was!

He broke my water, I was then at a 5. About an hour after breaking my water I had A LOT of pressure and pain. I told the nurse and she checked me and said "Well that's why, you're dialated to a nine"

My doctor was in a c-section though and so was the anesthesiologist. I was starting to get really uncomfortable and feeling a lot of pain. Both the doctor and anesthesiologist were still in the c-section so they couldn't come up my dose. Finally after about an hour another doctor came in and said she would just raise the dose to help with the pain because they were still in the c-section. By that time I was complete and ready to push.

My doctor still hadn't arrived so the nurse began with me to start pushing. She tried once, then said she was going to get the doctor. Finally my doctor came in at around 9:15 a.m. and smiled and said, "Couldn't wait huh? We're going to have this baby this morning." YUP. I pushed for 15 minutes and there was my beautiful little girl. She cried for a little bit and then once she was all cleaned up she just stared at me while I was holding her. It was the best thing ever.

Labor was definitely not what I expected, it went so well and quick; I would do it again. Now the recovery and adjustment has been a little rough, but it is well worth it.

We are so thrilled to have our little girl here!

     My first time holding her right after she came out

        After she was all cleaned up and calm

                    Happy new family of three

                           Proud new daddy!

                              All bundled up

                         Ready to go home!

                            Goodbye hospital

                            First car ride :)