Introducing Daisy and Walt!

My camera is broken so I only have a picture that was taken of Walt at the hospital on Wednesday. As soon as I can I'll get some pictures of Daisy up, she is just as cute as her brother just smaller and darker hair (yes, I had a baby with dark hair, crazy)!
We had the babies on Tuesday like my sister said, Daisy Marian was born first at 3:44pm weighing 5lbs. 8oz. and measuring 19.5 inches long and Walt Denmark at 4:00 pm weighing 6lbs 10oz. and measuring 21 inches long. We had a some complications with Walt, after Daisy came out Walt's heartbeat dropped real low and I had to do all I could to help get him out safe and quick. My midwife found his arm and turned him to his feet, but then I pushed and he turned head down and came right out. He was a little limp and blue at first, but my midwife shook him a little and syringed his throat and he was soon crying. He had swallowed a lot of blood and fluids into his lungs. Walt was doing well after, but every time we took the oxygen off him he would turn a little blue. His vitals and movements were great, so we decided to just keep watching him, but at 7:00 pm the midwife was getting more stuff out of his throat and he went limp she actually had to do c.p.r. and after less than 10 seconds he was crying. The paramedics were there in 5 minutes and just came in and talked for a 10 minutes because they saw he was stable again, but they took him and Danny to the hospital and had to put him into the NICU. He needed the ventilator for 3 days and they checked to see if he had any infection which came back negative, just a lot of fluid in his lungs which the first night they removed most with the syringe that goes all the way down his throat. I was able to start getting out to see him Thursday and I've been everyday since. Friday we were able to hold him he was off the ventilator bellybutton tube and after we left that evening they took him off oxygen completely. On Saturday when we went we were happy to hear I could nurse him, he was tired so he didn't nurse too much but he latched on for a few gulps. That night when we came he nursed a whole bunch and this morning he nursed for about 10 minutes. We will be going to the hospital three more times today and hopefully we will hear when he will be officially released. We feel very blessed and know that this is what he needs before coming home. We miss him and are excited to have him home with us! I did loss a lot of blood more than anything I just lost it so quickly, I've been having to just lay down and take in a lot of Iron and Chlorophyll for these past few days but I'm getting my strength back so I can be ready to take care of both babies. Daisy, is doing very well and we feel so blessed to have her with us! We want to thank everyone for your love and prayers we are so grateful for all the blessings we have received during this time.

My Water Broke!

Yes, it's true my water broke at 3:00 this morning. My Midwife came by and stayed from 4:00-9:30 a.m. she checked the babies heartbeats and observed me, but I wasn't having contractions so she went home. This is very different for me, my water has never broken on it's own and I always know when I'm in labor because as soon as my contractions start they don't stop, so now I just have to wear a diaper and be patient! My Midwife didn't check me because the more you're checked after your water breaks the higher chances of infection and also it can help put me into labor and she'd rather I keep them in as long as possible. So, she'll wait to check me when I'm in active labor. She believes I will have the babies in the next day because this isn't my first baby, but it is OK if I go a couple more days, so I'll keep you posted. I can't believe we'll be meeting these little ones soon! I'm not sure if I'm ready, I kept saying two more weeks!
P.S. Thanks for your help with my concern with Max. We've decided to put him in my sister-in-laws school. It is just 3 doors down and he'll be there from 9-2:30 T-F. It will be a lot of money, but that's what we feel is best. He is very excited!

HELP!

OK, I am not a procrastinator at all and I am really stressing about what I should do with Max and school! He is suppose to start his first day of Kindergarten on Monday! I have not registered him in any school because the school that we are currently zoned for reminds me of my elementary school and I just can't put my baby there. The thing is we put an offer on a house in the Northwest 2 months ago and I just know (or hoping too much) that we will be finding out if the bank approved it or not. We went to that areas open house and met both of the Kindergarten teachers, we have his supply list for that school bought, but we can't register him until we show proof of bank approval. I just don't know if waiting another week would be best and hope we find out by then or if I should put him in a school and then move him in a couple of weeks. I've talked to Max about it, tonight when we met the two teachers I told him that we won't start like the other kids on Monday because we still aren't sure if we will be moving or not... and he seems like he understands, I'm just not sure what will be harder on him. The other option I have is to put him in my sister-in-laws private school on a month-to-month schedule (which I'm not 100% sure if she'll let me do that). If we don't get the house that is where he will be going. It is quite some $ to go there and just to register him costs a lot of nonrefundable $ for the curriculum and stuff. I know this is way last minute, but i just thought we would have heard about the house by now! What would you do? Please help me!

35 Weeks!

I visited with my midwife yesterday and a lot has changed in the passed two weeks. First of all, I thought I was 36 weeks this week but somehow we missed counted and we realized I'm only 35 weeks, bummer. That's OK because I can tell these babies are too comfortable and not planning on coming anytime soon. I'm just hoping for them to come close to the 38Th week and not much further than that! The biggest change that has happened in the past two weeks is that I've gained 12 pounds in just 2 weeks, I couldn't believe it, I'm just hoping that's all baby because that is what it feels like! The visit before I had only gained 4 pounds and that was in 5 weeks! They say with twins the normal amount of weight gain is about 50 pounds and I didn't think I was going to gain that much, but now I'm going to be passing that up because I've already gained 42 pounds and I could still be pregnant 5 weeks from now. Oh man, I really hate thinking that that's possible. I'm measuring 43 weeks along. The other change is the babies have moved. Daisy is still head down her body is now going towards my right side and she used to be on my left side. She also used to be face up completely now she is more on her side. That is how Max was until he went through the canal and that is why I had such bad back labor, so hopefully she'll cooperate and turn face down before labor! Walt has completely moved he was head down just cradling Daisy and now his head is under my left breast and his body/feet go along side under my right breast. My midwife says that is a more traditional position and after Daisy comes out Walt's head should just follow downward. She says if not that's OK because there is plenty of room to move him after the first baby comes out or she'll deliver him breech, (she has done plenty of breech deliveries). I'm a little nervous to deliver the placenta because she says they are almost always fussed together and it's just one big placenta that usually folds fat, so like delivering another baby, but a little easier because there are no bones. Sounds like a lot of fun!
All in all the babies look great! Walt was opening and closing his mouth and Daisy was opening and closing her hand. They are good size with a little chub already, which didn't surprise me. I'm getting excited to meet these little ones!

Max's Date Nnight

Danny did another "camp out" with Max for his date night. Max's cousin Zachary came too. Well, it all took place at our house, but the kids had a lot of fun! Danny made a fire in the backyard and they cooked hot dogs and roasted marshmallows for sommores. I made a dutch oven peach cobbler (in the oven) for us as well. Then Max and Zachary slept in their tent in the front room and watched a movie. They had a wonderful time! I love that Danny does date nights with the kids, sometimes they're simple, but the kids will remember these times they spend with him. Danny once took Hanna to the top of the Stratosphere and she always says, "I see my date night." PRICELESS!

Van Swimming

Ok, so I guess my blog can't hold too much on one post, so here it is...

What a Big Boy Van Is!

Van is 20 months now and he is sleeping in a big boy bed! We always move our kids up to a big bed at this age because I'm always expecting a new baby 2 months after, so I don't want them to feel as though they've been kicked out. The first night in his bed he did a really good job, he was really excited because Max was in the top bunk and Van thought that was fun. The next day for his nap Max went and laid in his bed and told Van to go night night and after a few minutes Max came out and said Van was asleep. He has had a couple hard nights, but he has done much better than Max and Hanna did when we switched them. Van is also an amazing swimmer (with floaties)! I've never seen a baby swim like him. He will put his head under for a good 3-5 seconds and paddle his arms and kick his legs and never chock on the water. He'll lift his head up and take a breath and does it again. He loves the water he's a little fish. Van has no fear, he'll jump off my mother-in-laws very high step (waterfall) and diving boards over and over again! I'm so excited I figured out how to video tape him, but of course he didn't perform to his full potential. Never mind, it's not uploading, I'll try later.

32 Weeks

I can't believe I'm 32 weeks already, I'm getting excited, but also very nervous.(Hanna took my picture).

Some of you have wanted to know my birth plan, so I'm planning on having a home birth (I had a home birth with Van). You can have a home birth if you make it to 36 weeks and if everything looks good. My midwife has still had mothers go past there due date with twins I'm shooting for 38 weeks (around Sept. 10th) my due date for a singleton is Sept. 24th. My pregnancy has definitely been different this time around. First of all I've never been this tired during pregnancy before, but that's hard to say because I've never had 3 little ones to take care of as well. My second trimester was probably the hardest (so far), which is usually the very best trimester; if I wasn't constantly eating I would dry heave (which I never get sick) and my legs at night would hurt when I tried to turn over or get out of bed (like my nerves or something) this still hurts, but worse last trimester. I heard it's because everything is growing much faster. I'm much bigger/wider than I've ever been as well. When I met with my midwife at 29 weeks I was measuring 37 weeks along. I'll meet with her next week and she'll check me to see how everything is looking and I'll get an ultrasound as well to see the babies position. The other thing that's different is when the babies move, it's much more drastic (I feel Walt the most and that's because he's more to the top and Daisy is under him). Anyway I'll let you know how my appointment goes next week.

Beach Camping

So we got back from Idaho on Sunday and on Monday I unpacked, washed, and repacked for beach camping. We left Tuesday and came back late Saturday night. We had a few set backs with the tent trailer on our drive, so Tuesday night we ended up staying in a hotel. On Wednesday we found out it would be too much $ to fix the tent trailer so we sold it and my dad came and helped us bring all of our stuff to the beach for us. We still had enough tents and bedding for everyone, so despite our small troubles we still had a wonderful week! Grandma Susan, Uncle Kurt, Skye, Aunt Rebecca, Baxter, Uncle Greg, and our family were all there. Here are a few fun pictures of our trip... Van with cousin Baxter. Van was this dirty after 10 minutes of being there. Grandma Mike came to visit one afternoon with my cousin Heidi and her kids. (I should have made grandma put her teeth in). Uncle Greg with some of the kids. The kids trying to bury Danny in the sand, but they kept throwing sand in his eyes. What a big helper Hanna is!

Visiting Papa

Before we came back home on Saturday we went to my dad and Debi's to swim. The kids always have a fun time there! Having fun swimming! Van telling me where his popsicle went. Van sleeping on Grandpa Ernie.

4th of July

We went to Lava Hot Springs in ID for the 4th of July! We had a Jensen Family Reunion there. Here are a few things we enjoyed doing on our short trip... Watching fireworks Swimming and going down water slides. (Max kept going on these two slides over and over again all by himself, while my mom and I played in the pool with Hanna and Van). Eating lots of yummy treats! Floating down the river. (Just Danny and Max did this one because there were some scary parts. Danny fell off at one point going down a waterfall, he said he did everything he could to keep Max on the tube). Lots of traveling (not so enjoyable, but the kids really did a good job. Yesterday we drove all the way back home and only stopped twice).

4th of July Continued...

And learning more about Danny's Great Great Grandpa Denmark Jensen. He has a historical sight in a little town called Chesterfield ID. Here is the cabin he, his wife and 9 children lived in (and with the Jensen family in front)...

28 Weeks & Growing

Hanna is Swimming

Hanna just finished up swimming lessons last Thursday and is doing such a good job! There is a lady in our area that teaches swim and preschool and after the 8 days of lessons the kids are pretty much swimming. They still need to be watched closely and need a lot of practice! I had Max take it when he was 3 and since then he's been swimming! We took the class this time with 6 other cousins and then on Friday we had a little swim party to celebrate! Well, at the party there was about 20 kids there and not too many adults wanted to be outside in the heat watching their kids swim. At one point I was the only one out watching all these kids who are still not perfect swimmers and even little ones were outside walking around the pool, I was quite stressed and was watching like a hawk. There were a few older kids who were there and so I guess some of the other moms felt safe about that. Anyway, later that day when all the adults were outside (I was still watching like a hawk) I looked in the pool and Ruby (4) was under the water and trying to get up. Two big kids were standing right next to her and about 4 other little swimmers and I yelled to my niece Raquel (15) to get Ruby and she grabbed her. Ruby was fine just very scared and coughed up some water. I believe this is when a lot of bad things happen in the pool, it's when there are adults around and everyone feels that someone else is watching. Lets make sure we are safe this summer and no one close to us drowns!

Max's Triathlon

Max ran in a triathlon yesterday with Danny by his side the whole way! They first swam 50 yards, then road their bikes for two miles and then ran a 1/2 mile. It was in a little town called Blue Diamond (which is near Spring MT.) so there are a few hills they had to go up and down. One hill they had to get off their bikes to walk up, but other than that I was quite surprised at how well he did! I thought he would have started to whine during the race and saying he couldn't do it, but he didn't at all and he just loved it! I liked that for his first time doing the triathlon Danny was able to do it with him, I know he could have done it by himself, but he might have been too scared to do it. Max wore his new shirt, number and metal the entire day, he was so proud of himself! 50 yard swim 2 mile bike 1/2 mile run Running to the finish line Two tired boys!

Hanna's Dance Performance

Hanna had a little dance performance with her class for the parents to come watch them dance on stage. It was cute watching her, she watched the teacher the whole time and would do just what she was suppose to. The funniest thing to watch was anytime she did a jump or move all she cared about was getting back to her spot on the tape. She wanted to do everything her teacher said to do and never leave her spot!

I'm 6 Months Pregnant

I know some of you have been wanting to see my blossoming belly, so here it is 24 weeks pregnant!

Swimsuit Pictures

I got the kids these green swimsuits for Easter and thought they were so cute in them together I just had to get their picture taken. Aren't they so cute?!

My New Haircut!

The kids, my mom and I went to CA 2 weekends ago. We went for a couple of reasons; my mom was planning on going, my kids love going to Grandpa's house to swim, I wanted to see my friend Carolee (just in case I don't get to see her before she moves to PA), and I really wanted to get my hair done by the girl I go to in CA! I've been wanting a new hairstyle since my friend Hanna's baby shower. I had taken a picture with my friends and when I saw the picture I thought all my friends were all so stylish and then there was me, with LONG hair and so plain Jane. I'm still pretty plain Jane, it's not a huge change, but at least I feel I look more stylish! I was excited to get a new look, I haven't had bangs since I was 12 years old, (I would have liked to have gone way blond, but I'm just way too cheap and I only highlight my hair once a year or so). Anyway, here is my new look... The kids had a wonderful weekend, they swam Friday night and all day Saturday (it was HOT)! On our way back Sunday we called Danny and had him get us a hotel room at State line and meet us there. It was only $20.00 to stay and we just wanted to play one more day and have Danny with us.

Memorial Day

We went to this beautiful park in Northwest Las Vegas for Memorial Day with Tom and Becky Jensen family. We had a BBQ, the kids rode their bikes and scooters and had fun throwing rocks into the pond and feeding the ducks. The kids went on a long walk to see the horses with Danny and they were gone for a while so I only took these two pictures while we were there, whoops. Anyway, we all had a very fun relaxing day!