Slideshows

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Enjoy!
Brian Annie & Turner

Turner's First Christmas

Christmas Morning with Grandma Deb & Grandpa Gary.

Christmas Tummy Time.

Turner meets his uncle Moses and Cousin LanaBella.

Bean is so mad!

We love this photo...so mad but so funny!

Turner & Mom...photo shoot

As requested here are some photos of little Bean and his mommy (thanks Kendra.. you rock!)

Turner the model - look out ladies!

Kendra (our great photographer friend) came over again and since there was no eye-scratching or ER trip we had a calm and cooperative (maybe even a bit of a poser) baby on our hands. He was very photogenic and here are a few of Turner and his Daddy...

Can someone teach my parents to dress me!??! PLEASE!

In this video I show my new ability to cross my eyes (don't worry my doc says its totally normal...my parents get a pretty good laugh) but the real reason I want to share this is for help. This is a cry for help because as you can see one of the older Jensen's who put on my clothes put both my legs in one side - and didn't even notice! Can someone come over and teach them that one leg goes in one side?? It is not all that comfortable to have both legs in one side, and as you can see makes me squirm. Thanks for your help.

Love,
Bean

Naked Bean.

Bean and Mommy :)

Tired Bean!

Happy Bean

Looking like a little Bean - Series of photos.

Bean's First Broncos Game

Brian and Bean enjoyed the Broncos game on Sunday...of course the game was not all that great but they still enjoyed the snuggle time. Sunday was the first day we were on our own...just us and the baby! My mom went home on Saturday and Deb came on Tuesday leaving us two whole days with just us and the baby! It was actually pretty good, although we were sure glad when Deb came. She is still here and making sure we are fed - who knew a little baby could be SO much work. I am pretty nervous about Monday when Brian goes back to work - at least it is Christmas and a short week.

We have had a few adventures this week and Bean has been to the Emergency Room, the Dentist, the Lactation consultants (3 times so far!) and the Doctor (3 times also)... so here they are in chronological order...

First, after being a very happy baby Turner spent two days fussing. We brought him in for his first Dr. appt and realized he had lost 13% of his body weight! He had a tongue-tie - meaning his frenulum (the piece of skin that connects your tongue to the bottom of your mouth) was attached at the very front of his mouth. This meant he could not stick his tongue out and although he could suck he was unable to transfer milk. We gave him a bottle on the spot in the Dr.'s office and he fell into a deep sleep for the first time in days.

Next, we had to make a trip to the dentist to have the minor surgery to have the tongue clipped. Apparently this is a minor genetic birth defect, and Brian's Grandpa Jensen actually has the same affliction. The experience was scary for us new parents but Bean was a hero and promptly after the surgery was able to latch on and suck. Yea!

Then we realized that Turner was pretty smart and pretty lazy. In the two days he was fed from a bottle he realized that getting pumped milk out of a bottle was much easier for him than breastfeeding. So...he decided he wanted nothing to do with me and just wanted me to pump and feed him in a bottle. Easy enough with Brian home but impossible when he goes back to work... so it's off to the lactation consultants. When he does feed on the breast he can get milk but he also gets very angry with us and decides he wants the bottle...challenging. I have heard this is called 'nipple confusion'. Sheesh!

Finally yesterday we made a trip to the ER. Turner had an appointment with a portrait photographer (our good friend Kendra) who came over, set up her lights and was all ready to go when he started to throw a massive fit. Since he is generally pretty happy (when fed, changed, burped and has gotten a nap) it was very strange. Kendra, who has a 20 month old of her own was super patient and rescheduled with us. The crying escalated and he became completely inconsolable and I felt we should call the Dr. Brian was a little hesitant (all new parents freak out when their babies cry) and I could totally understand but hearing his little wail was too much for me. I had to know. Brian talked with the Dr. and they suggested we go get him checked out. Turned out that Bean had scratched his eyeball! Yikes! It is really painful for them (and apparently pretty common) and once he was given numbing drops he calmed right down and slept for a very long time. Poor guy!

The scratch was scary looking, they find it with special eye drops that turn his eyes orange and a UV light. Brian and I got to see it and it looked painful.

So... it has been a busy week. Very intense but we love him more than ever - more every day and he is growing and changing as we speak. He now tracks our faces with his eyes, and lifts his head all the way up to look at us when he is being burped. He has amazing expressions and we are starting to be able to recognize a few of them.

I have been able to upload some additional photos, and hopefully things will calm down (now if he could just nurse!) and I will be able to update this a little more often. Thanks for tuning in.

Love,

Turner, Brian and Annie.

First Bathtime

Last night Turner got his first bath, well actually sponge bath. The idea was to keep him covered and uncover one little part at a time - sponge it off - and then cover it back up.

He was not very amused with the whole procedure so we made it go as quickly as possible.

After we were all done we wrapped him in a very cute frogger towel to warm him up. He was still pretty unhappy so we gave him a snack. He was feeding, warm, much happier and us being new parents we had not put a diaper on him (hey he had just peed!) and who remembers diapers anyway when you are trying to calm down a new baby. Of course you can guess what happened next. It was a loud explosion and a big fart and poop all over the nice froggy towel - and worse all over Bean!

What a mess...

In good new parents fashion we had gave our son a bath only to have him end up MUCH dirtier than when we started - not to mention much more upset.

Turner, please be patient with us. We love you so much (more than we could have ever imagined) and are tyring hard... we will figure it out and hope for a better bathing experience next time.

Happy Birthday Turner!

We went out to dinner on Wednesday night and Annie had been pretty stressed about being induced, as she really wanted things to go naturally. She ate a chili pepper and on the advice of the midwife (don't tell) had a glass of wine before bed to relax. It might just have been time or the wine might have done the trick but we were up at 2:40 the next morning in labor.

"Early" labor was non-existent as the contractions came quickly and strong from the start. We labored at home - Brian timing contractions, holding Annie's hand and being a major hero for about 12 hours until 3pm when we decided to head to the hospital.

At 4:00 we checked into the ER and Annie got hooked up to the monitor. Bean was doing well and Annie was 1/2 way there at 5cm. With everyone's support (Thanks Deb, Jane, Jordan and all the staff) we got Annie in the tub where she labored through transition for a few hours. About 8pm she felt the urge and the pushing started...and kept going and going! Turner, contrary to his name, did not turn and was in posterior position, making it very difficult to pass through the bones of the pelvis. It is not an ideal position for childbirth, and usually posterior babies are

delivered via c-section.

Everyone just kept encouraging us and we kept going (actually not really understanding the posterior position until after) and we tried all sorts of positions for pushing. Finally Annie started to make some progress and after 3 hours of pushing Turner was born at 11:08pm. It was amazing for us all.

Turner had a major cone head because of the pushing but we (of course) thought he was perfect. He weighted in at 8lbs 7oz and was 21 1/2 inches long.

Welcome Turner!

See more photos on slideshow to the right.

Turner's First Video

Turner Alan Jensen

Photos... and a short message. We are basically thrilled and exhausted. Delivery details to follow when we have more energy. Anyway here is a sneak peak with some photos and the basics.

Turner Alan Jensen
Born: Thursday December 4th at 11:08pm
Weight: 8lbs 7oz
Length: 21 1/2 inches


Turner Alan Jensen


8lbs 7oz - Head a bit deformed from 3hrs of pushing!


Minutes old...we are happy but TIRED!

Monday December 8th

We had an appointment today, and Bean and Annie are super healthy and doing well (aside from being overdue). We may have to start calling him the Re fried Bean - considering he is being cooked again.

We have an appointment for induction set up for next Monday (December 8th). We will go the hospital Sunday night at 8pm. Annie will be given some medicine and something to help her sleep, we will sleep there and then hopefully contractions will start early Monday morning.

We are both hoping that Annie goes into labor naturally before that - but either way we are celebrating our last Tuesday without children by renting a movie, relaxing in front of the tv and going to bed early.

December Baby.

Well November is all but over and Bean is not showing signs of coming today, so we are concluding that he will be a December baby. It is snowing pretty hard in Denver and we are taking it easy for the last day of the long weekend. Going to go to lunch and watch the Broncos play. Not a lot to report - except that we are all doing well; Annie is a little impatient, Bean is clearly very cozy and Brian is taking this one day at a time...basically trying to keep Annie as comfortable as possible which means indulging everything she wants to do. The only negative is that we will both go back to work tomorrow and that is a bummer, we were looking forward to starting maternity/ paternity leave with the long weekend.

Hoping he will come soon! Stay tuned...

Any day now.

The entire purpose of this post is because everyone has been asking for a photo (I wish it was the new baby post...but I guess not quite yet!). So here it is, this was actually taken a few days ago and this little guy is growing by the minute the belly is even bigger! We are officially due 1 week from today but we have been told it can be anytime - like in a few hours or a few weeks. Not all that easy to be patient - but we are trying.

Bean's First Halloween

To commemorate this historic event Annie and I decided to show off Bean in his full glory. We are hoping that he surpasses his dad in height and can support us in retirement because our 401ks just aren't getting it done right now. We were unofficially voted the best costume at the party. I happen to believe it was the headband that put us over the top, but Annie seems to think it had something to do with the ball.

Pregnancy - The whole 10 months!

No one tells you that pregnancy is really about 10 months...40 weeks, at 4 weeks per month = 10 months!

Anyway, we are in the home stretch with just 3 weeks 2 days and 8 hours (no one is counting!) until our due date and I thought we should share some of the highlights of the last 9 (10!!) months.

We found out we were pregnant in the middle of March, as we headed up to go skiing; so far Bean Jensen (the little guy baking inside my belly) has been skiing about 6 times. Tried to make the most of our final 'no-kids' ski season although we are both looking forward to teaching him how to ski (or snowboard if Brian gets his way).

Bean has also been quite the traveler, he has made trips to New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Hurley, Aruba and Sioux Falls. Most of the trips were for work, Bean was a great partner, but we had a few trips that were just for fun!

Hurley's 125th Anniversary - South Dakota

Our 3 year Anniversary - Aruba!

Bean has also been backpacking, camping (not very comfortable), mountain biking and swimming. He is also planning to have a great costume for Halloween, but you will have to tune back in to see a photo of that.
I am getting pretty big but hear that I will probably really get huge in these last few weeks! This photo was taken about a week ago and I have already seen a change. Most of the maternity shirts are getting a little too short and I am looking forward to wearing some regular clothing!
We still have a few more plans for Bean before he is born. We will take him to his second college football game on Nov. 8th (Air Force vs. CSU) and take him out to dinner for Brian's 29th Birthday.

5 Weeks & Counting!

As of today we are 5 weeks away from our due date and for all intents and purposes we are ready...well as ready as we can ever really be.
We have the nursery set up, are finishing up our child birth classes (see Brian in his 40lb sympathy belly!), Brian has taken 'Daddy Boot Camp', we toured the hospital and went to a 'Breastfeeding' class. We possibly overdoing the preparation but both like the feeling of having done all we can.

Brian has even installed a baby gate at the top of the stairs although we know that wont be used for awhile.

Now that preparation is complete we are just enjoying each others company and trying to keep my mind off how I am getting physically more uncomfortable every day. It is a beautiful fall here so we are keeping up with the walks.

Baby Bean has been moving around a lot, making my stomach look like something from the movie Alien, and has taken to having mini-shoving wars with his Daddy. Very cute.
Bean is also really excited because in addition to his one amazing cousin LanaBella he is getting another little girl cousin in March!

Thanks to Grandma-Deb Bean is all set up with some very cozy newborn outfits, and has quite the extensive Broncos wardrobe! And thanks to Nana-Jane in Australia Bean has his very own UGGS.

The good news is that it is the perfect time of year to be massive. It is nice and cool outside yet not snowing. It is also great for all the great maternity sweaters we got from Cousin Lisa!
Here we go...ready - set - wait!!

PS - We have officially decided on a name. Bean Jensen... Just kidding! We are actually getting close (although we do change our minds quite a bit) but we are narrowing it down. In all honesty I dont think we will decide until the little guy makes his appearance so stay tuned.

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10 Weeks To Go!

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We are due November 24th and are starting to get really excited. We have put together a nursery, Brian painted and I made curtains. We are also enrolled in birth classes on Monday nights and enjoying the education and other couples. We have been enjoying our time together 'just the two of us' with a 3 year anniversary trip to Aruba, a quick jaunt to NYC, backpacking, camping, boating and evening walks. We are both excited and I am becoming a tad impatient. On one hand I can't wait to meet the little guy but on the other hand we are both a little overwhelmed by the idea of being parents.

P.S. No official name yet!