Grandma and Grandpa Jensen and Mya's Blessing

Well, I've had this one in the making for a while now... I just take forever to finish things! Sorry.  Anyways, a wonderful thing about having a new baby is that we get lots of visits from family.  We were so happy to have Randy's mom and step dad visit- Grandma and Grandpa Jensen.  It was so so nice to have them visit, but it was waaaay to short of a visit.  They came on a Friday and left on a Monday (it was Mya's baby blessing that Sunday).  We still loved the short time that they were here.

 I think that this photo is so sweet because it shows how content and happy they both are.

Here's us trying to get ready for a family picture on Sunday after Mya's blessing.  It was also the same Sunday that Randy was leaving to go to Puerto Rico for a week.  It was kind of a rushed day, but Mya's blessing was wonderful and she was such a good baby in church.

 I think I was talking here... 

 There!  I think we got it!  Oh, wait- Emma refused to put her hands down and look happy.  Oh well.  That's as good as it got that day.

 These are some sweet booties that my mom made for Mya's blessing.  They are beautiful!  She just whipped them out in a couple of evenings while she was here.

Our sweet Mya.  She got weighed today and she weighs 12 lbs 15 oz already!  She just turned 2 months this week.  90th percentile for weight, 75th for height.  I never thought I'd hear that for one of my children!

Mya and Grandma Jensen.  She loves her grandchildren!

This was cute.  One morning I made muffins and Emma was eating hers at the table, but when she saw Grandpa sitting on the floor, she moved over by him and ate her muffin next to him.  He was her buddy.

We miss our family!  Anyone else want to come visit?  We are actually getting Randy's dad in about a week.  We are excited for that, but I hate the feeling of when it's all over and we don't know when we'll see family again.  That's when I get lonely.  Thank you for visiting us Mom and John!

My Mom( and other wonderful things)

Capturing Kenadi's smile has been difficult lately.  She knows when the camera is on her and then takes off.  I loved this one.

 There is nothing more attractive than a man hauling a box of diapers on his bike.  Randy now rides to and from school looking like this.  No, it was only 2 days that he hauled baby stuff, but still.  I wonder what people thought when they saw him.

My wonderful mom came to visit and help me with our larger family.  We had so much fun with her when she was here.  Not only did she spoil me and save me from a week of chores and cooking, we saw some new things.  If you live in Oklahoma, I suggest you do a day trip and go to Cache where Quanah Parker's house and history lie.  I don't know if I've mentioned this story here, but here goes:  My great grandma was born in Cache, OK.  Her family lived by Quanah and his wives in their house (called the star house because it has stars on it's roof).  Quanah sent some of his wives over to see my grandma when she was born.  Her mom wouldn't let the wives hold her because they offered to buy my great grandma and her mom said no.  She was afraid that if she let them hold her they would steal her.  They didn't of course, they were very nice and told my great great grandma that she had a beautiful baby.  

So, since we have a bit of history here, I took my mom to see where her grandma was born.  It was so interesting.  

 There was so much to say about this house and the surrounding area- our guide was very knowledgeable and interesting.  I wish I had tons of room to tell it all to you.

Can you see that thing in the brush and trees back there?  It is an old roller coaster.  That is it below.  This place is freaky.  I could never go there at night.  Anyways, some guy got into saving old buildings and having them moved to his property, that is why he has the Star House.  He thought it'd be neat to make an amusement park out of the place- and so he did.  However, one day he was on the roller coaster servicing it and he fell off and died.  The place lost their insurance because of it and never operated.

I bet you this place is haunted. 

Moving on to happier things- I am really enjoying this sweet baby.  She is such a doll, and so good.  She is really a pretty happy thing- unless I eat spaghetti which is one of my favorite foods.  Boo.

Emma likes to pretend to be baby Mya.  Here mom and I are holding our babies.

We all had so much fun with Grandma.  The girls loved having her around and Emma still says things like, "Bama- wake up?"  Like "can I wake up grandma?"

We had some crazy storms right before my mom came and then one while she was here.  We were all stir crazy for a couple of days.  So, my mom decided to shovel the driveway when it was 5 degrees outside, and Randy decided to ride his bike.  Yea, he only made it down the street and came home.  

My mom and I did a couple of crafts while she was here.  I actually finished it too.  We made a Valentines heart wreath.  I'll have to post it later.  It turned out cute.

Of course the girls brought Grandma a pile of books to read one night.  It just happened to be that Grandma read them "The Monster at the End of This Book"  starring Grover.  Well, it is a great book, but never has been a bed time story.  Emma was up until 10:30 that night because she was scared of monsters.

Baby Mya- wait!  That's Emma!

This picture makes Mya look huge on little Kenadi.  Kenadi always wants to hold Mya like this. 

And the Winner is...

Ok, so it's not fair to ask you all to decide who looks more like who- and THEN we don't tell you, so I'm going to tell you what we think.  It is... Mya and Kenadi.  I know, the angle didn't help you at all.  But, really, Mya and Kenadi look a lot alike, minus the extra chins on Mya.

 We were so lucky to have my sister Haley and her husband Nick, with Sadie their 1-year-old come visit us.  They came right after I had Mya.  Kenadi and Emma had so much fun bonding with their little cousin.

Randy got to stay home and help with the baby.  We love having him home. 

Of course, there were a few late night games.  I lost terribly, so I'm sure they were all cheating.  This is my sweet sister.  I miss her tons!

 While Haley and Nick were visiting, Kenadi asked me if she could put on some of my makeup.  I said yes, and this is what she came up with.  She really thought it was beautiful and I had a hard time not laughing each time I looked at her.  I hope this isn't an interpretation of what she thinks I look like when I wear makeup.

 I liked these pictures of Haley and just wanted to share.  She is my sister who is just younger than me.

 Yes, I notice Nicks inappropriate placement of his hand, but this was the best picture we got.  Thanks a lot Nick.

 

Who's like who?

Here's each of our girls at roughly the same age (~5 days).

Kenadi

Emma

Mya

Notice any similarities. Who looks the most alike? We looked through each of their baby pictures a few days ago and have our own opinions. What do you think?

She's Here!

Mya Lee Hempel arrived on January 20th, at 1:52 pm! She weighed 9lbs even and 21 1/2 inches long.  We are all doing very good! 

This is just minutes after she was born. She was such a chunky little thing.

Here's our first family photo. Kenadi and Emma were very excited to see her.

Here she is at about five days old. She's not as chunky or swollen any more.

They loved holding her.

They still enjoy holding her every chance they get.

Peaceful.

Such sweet sisters.

We have enjoyed our new addition to our family. Mya is so sweet and is a very good baby. She mostly just eats and sleeps. We are so blessed to have three wonderful little girls. We have also been the recipients of so much love from friends and family. My sister Haley, her husband Nick, and daughter Sadie came to visit the day after she was born. Pictures from their visit will be posted soon, hopefully.