Busy Boy

Jensen as been a busy boy lately. Last Thursday, he had school all day then swim lessons at 4:30 then soccer at 6:00. That was a little much! Luckily soccer will only be on Sat from now on and swimming is over tomorrow.

He has been doing swimming lessons for the past few weeks and has done really well. It's a step up from the Mommy and Me class so he goes by himself so I'm really proud of him. He is the most eager one in class especially when it comes to jumping in to the teacher. She said he's so solid though, he has to work harder to stay a float.

Jensen also started soccer last week. His first practice was last Thursday and I think Daddy is more excited than anything! He insisted on getting him a new soccer ball and cleets (I said he could just wear tennis shoes since he will only wear them 2 months but noooo way!). Plus shin guards were required. At practice he was shy at first and wouldn't go play with the other kids. Jeff went with him and after a while he started practicing. That's pretty normal for him, he take a while to warm up to new people.
His first game was last Sat and I was all ready with the video camera. When we got there though, Jensen never warmed up to the whole thing and stayed attached to one of us. The coach kept trying to put him in to play but no luck. Jensen was even crying to go home an take a nap! The other kids playig were so cute though so it was fun to watch. By half time we were tired of it and left saying we would try again next week.

So cute in all his soccer gear

Attached to Daddy and refusing to play :(

When he does decided to play I plan on posting the video of that and him swimming.....if I can figure ou how to put it on here

Using Daddy's screwdriver to work on the cabinet handle- he managed to unscrew it halfway! Hey, it kept him busy for a minute so I didn't care!

What's new

Thanks everyone for the excitement and well wishes for us on Jonesy #2. I went to the specialist twice last week. I already had an appt to talk about my glucose intolerance and they drew blood to make sure my hormone levels were good. I don't have to do anything right now about the glucose except excersise and try to watch what I eat. No special diet yet though. I will be tested for gestational diabetes earlier than most and I will likely have it. I went back on Friday to have blood drawn to make sure my HCG levels doubled in 48hrs. On Tues they were 500 and Friday 1500 so that was very good to hear. We scheduled an ultrasound for March 13 to take a peek at our little bean. If feels like its taking forever to get here!

My friend Kristin was so excited for us she got me a bouquet of pink/blue balloons with a big baby one balloon. It was so thoughful of her!

My friend from school Cindi turned 30 on 2/21 so they got a party bus to take everyone clubbing. I had never been on a party bus before but it was a lot of fun. I had just found out about the baby so I enjoyed it as my last night out for at least a year. Some of my other girlfriends were at Skky Bar in downtown so that was fun to see them.

Silly Jones monkey's with Grandma

Jensen and the girls play so well together for hours and they all love being at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Quick update on the house mess. Jeff finished the the grinding on the hall floor thank goodness and I'm still cleaning up the mess. Even though we masked it off dust got everywhere and I even had to empty out my cabinets and wash all my dishes etc because they had dust on them grrr! Its done though and now we can move on to tiling. If we can only have a weekend free to do it!!

This is what the floor looked like with the the 30yr old tile mortar stuck to it. It might be hard to tell the difference but that stuff was really thick and stubborn.

Nice and smooth after the grinding

Poor Jeff has been working crazy hours trying to move servers and do big updates at work. Last week he went in at 2am 3 nights then 10pm Thurs-1pm Friday. He did get somewhat of a promotion recently. Instead of an IT engineer at Teleflora, he is now an IT architect which I think means he designs instead of builds although he is doing some engineering too. I'm proud of him! Lets just say though that he's kinda tired and grumpy and doesn't want to hear my plans for working on the house!

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are on cloud 9 and so thankful that I got a Big Fat Positive home pregnancy test on Sat YIPPEEEEE!!! After 13 cycles, fertility meds, Dr visits, and much obsessing it finally happened for us. Just in time too because the next step was the sperm analysis and I think Jeff would rather die! LOL Oh and just for the record, it did not just happen when we "relaxed and stopped stressing about it". Even though I myself have said those same words to friends before, I learned that its annoying to hear when your body is not cooperating and no amount of relaxing will make it go away. Just my 2 cents! :)


Its still very early and I probably should have waited to spill the beans but when you've been wanting this for so long its extrememly hard to keep it quiet. Looks like I will be due the first week of November so we could have a Halloween baby. Just keep your fingers crossed that it sticks and we have no complications. I go to the Dr. tomorrow to do bloodwork and talk about my Glucose test.

Valentines Day

Jeff was supposed to work on Valentines Day so we didn't make any plans but he ended up being off so we had a good family day. We went to the Omniplex science museum and had a great time. Jensen can spend hours here and it was fun having Jeff along to help explain and engineer some of the exhibits I have trouble with. After that we went to Braum's for ice cream for a special treat. We said we weren't doing gifts this year, just time together but Jeff had flowers sent to me which was a sweet, nice surprise. Jensen tells everyone they are from him and Daddy.

Jeff and Jensen building a marble run. Thank goodness, I can never figure out how to build one when just Jensen and I go.We had fun stacking the cup as high as we could then knocking them down

Here are some other random recent pics.......

My silly guys hiding in the clothes hamper he he!

I am so proud! I was in the other room and Jense came in and said look what I did Mommy. He had made a letter J for Jensen with grapes. Such a smarty pants. I told him to smile with his J and he decided to try to wink.

I had another proud mommy moment this week too. He started swim lessons and did excellent. It is one where he goes with the class by himself and he did so well going on his own and following directions. I'll post pics later.....

Construction Zone

This is the master vanity with new counter and faucet. The faucet is still not hooked up yet because the pipe under the sink doesn't line up with the faucet so Jeff has to figure some way to make it work. Jeez can't anything be easy!!

This is the guest bathroom all done with new texture and paint on the walls. I still really miss my great wallpaper I had in there but it wasn't neutral and was peeling off.

We started prepping for doing the tile in the hall/kitchen/dining room/laundry room. We removed the old tile in the front hall but the mortar stuff is still really stuck on there so we have been grinding it off with a grinder. I masked off the two doorways but the dust from grinding that stuff is unreal. We have to wear ear, eye and mouth/nose protection and it gets so thick you have to stop every 15min or so to let it clear so you can see. Incredibly messy!!! Most of it is staying in there but the rest of the house is getting a dusty too.

As you can see its a good sized area and the grinder only takes

of inches at a time so it VERY tedious

Jeff trying to chisel some away to make it easier- that didn't work very well

Me in my floor grinding gear, oh so glamorous!

Holy Tornados

We've had some crazy weather lately even for Oklahoma. Just a few weeks ago we had an ice storm with snow then this week it was a beautiful 70 degrees. Only problem was a cold front came in and brought tornados in Feb! On Tuesday it was really nice out so after Jensen woke up from nap I planned on taking him to the park but then it got really dark. My mom called luckily to tell me that there were tornado warnings in Yukon/Bethany. I turned on the tv to watch and while I was on the phone with my dad the power went out. I had to fumble to find the weather radio then Jensen and I got into the closet to wait it out just in case (Jeff was at work). Luckily it went a little north of us and we didn't have any damage. I know we are loved though because lots of people called or texted to check on us so that made me feel good! The tornado hit only about 2 miles north of us so it was a close call. Our 16yr old neighbor girl Bre was finally released from school and came over to wait to see if the other storms were going to hit us but thankfully we just got a small amount of hail.

A quick update on the house.....we have been at a little bit of a stand still because it is the busy time at Jeff's work for Valentines Day. I did have the new vanity top installed this week and it looks great. I just need to get Jeff to install the faucet. I went to look at preschools in S. OKC this week too hoping that we will be living down there by fall. I'm enrolling him at one up here too just in case. Its really hard for me not knowing where we will be grrrr!!

Recent randomness

Being silly with mommy
We went with Jamie and the girls to the Edmond Historical Society Museum where they have an awesome kids area with a general store, prairie house, jail, train station, teepee, bank and garden for the kids to pretend.

Little Jilly-Bean being a prairie girl and all thee kids in the cupboard in the house

I had the honor of being invited to a baby baptism. Doug was my first boyfriend in Jr high and we have remained good friends and now I'm good friends with his spunky wife Jenny. They had a baby girl named Mia Tran last summer and so they had her baptised in the catholic church with a reception afterwards. I had never been to one before and although it was a little long and strange with all the rituals, it was over an hour without being bothered by my sweet Jensen (he stayed with Mimi).

Statler Family- Doug, Jenny and baby Mia

Doug, Me and our friend from Jr. High Danny Jo feeding Mia

Yes Mia these are your parents.....good luck. Just kidding!