Heyborne's Visit

The hospital had very strict rules about kids visiting. No one under the age of 16 is allowed, even to the healthy kids in the regular nursery. This killed Elise's cousins who wanted so badly to come see her. It's better this way I think though. They didn't need to see her with the tubes in her. This was a lot of fun to just chill in our apartment and let them hold her and see her. Although she isn't very entertaining yet.

Giraffe Bouncy Chair = Elise's ijoy Chair

We are jealous of her massage chair. We want one.

pics from hospital

rough starts

After a hard four days, Elise and Kimi and Ryan get to go home. Kimi went in for a c section Saturday because the baby was too big to be delivered naturally. (I apparently can grow "One healthy ambilical cord!") Elise went straight to the NICU because of breathing complications and low blood sugar. She had to stay in a oxygen tent that covered her face and kept the air she was breathing more oxygenated as she needed it. She looked like a little astronaut in training. We weren't for sure that she would be able to come home with Kimi because after she was taken off her IV's for her low blood sugar she kind of jaundiced a bit. We get to take her home but we have an appointment tomorrow to see if she needs the baby tanning bed. Oh well, at least she got to come home! We were very excited. Here's a picture of her enjoying her ride home.

Elise Claire Jensen

Elise Clair Jensen was born at 7:55 am on Saturday October 24, 2009. She weighed 10 lbs 6 oz at 20 3/4" long. She is a beautiful angel and we're so happy to have her in our family.

Kooza!

The baby still isn't here. Sigh. Looks like the doc might be wrong and I may just see him tomorrow at my appointment.

The good side of her waiting so long? We were able to go to Ryan's work party at Santa Monica Pier. We went and saw a Cirque del Soliel called Kooza. They built this huge tent in the parking lot by the beach that they perform it in. I hadn't ever been to one before. It's like the circus without animals and with an un-followable story. There are some crazy people that can do crazy things. I really liked the contortionists and the guys who were crazy enough to run around inside the two rings that spin around.

I did amazingly well I thought for being nine months preggo. My ankles were huge and she kicked me sore during the performance. But I was able to get as comfortable as possible for me right now and we were on the first shuttle back to the parking structure so there wasn't tons of walking or standing. YAY!

Big Carl vs Big Mac

Last night for dinner we had a taste test. We saw a commercial on TV for the Big Carl which is Carl's Junior's rip off of McDonald's Big Mac. Ryan loves the big mac. Let's be honest, they are pretty good otherwise they wouldn't be so popular. However, I never let him pick McDonald's to eat at. I'd rather go to Wendy's for a burger. I call it Icky-D's as a matter of fact. In Utah it was never a big deal because if we wanted a burger we both agreed on Astro or Burger's Supreme. No such luck here in Cali. Every burger here is expensive or really cheap. (And oh how I miss fry sauce!)

Well, we are still torn. Ryan liked his Big Mac better and I liked the Big Carl better. I just can't get past that McDonald's burger taste that just screams heart attack to me as I eat it. Plus I liked the meat better. You could tell it was meat and didn't just all mush together in your mouth. The only downside about the carl is that it's so much more meat and cheese that it's hard to keep the burger together while you eat it.

Guess we'll stick with the Habit or In and Out for burgers, there's just always a huge wait at the closest of those restaurants to us.

anytime? really? When do I grow up?

I had my 38 weeks appointment yesterday and had a stress test done on the baby. All is good with her, she moves as much as she's supposed to I just can't feel her like I used to. Probably because she has moved so low. My doctor was suprised how low she was and told me that he probably wouldn't see me again before the baby was born. WHAT!? I mean I was early but Ryan was three and a half weeks late. I would rather earlier then later. The lower she gets the more back pain I have and the harder it is to walk. But Ryan really needs her to hang on until Friday night (a tax deadline) and I was told by my sister it would be best for her over the weekend too. When I told my dad he said that he told my mom when it would be best for him for me to be born and I waited until then. Hopefully my baby will be as good for her dad as I was for my dad.
So, I could be a mom...in less than a week...that sounds so big! Completely life changing and it still hasn't really hit me yet. I still feel like I'm "playing house" and am six years old. That's not good, I'm going to be in charge of someone else's life. I can't be six anymore!

Flu Shots!

We found out that anyone taking care of babies should have a flu shot. I don't know if you know this but Ryan is REALLY scared of needles. But Saturday we both bucked up and went to a flu shot clinic and got flu shots. Ryan did really well. I would have rather not stood in line for forty five minutes just to end up with a band aid and a long walk (well for a 37 weeks pregnant woman) up a hill to the car. At least our flu shots were free and neither of us had any reaction to the shots other then the shuddering and slight tenderness at the injection site.

WAHOO! We're done with flu shots!

Good Food + Tummy + Baby = Conundrum

Ryan's work bought us tickets to this event called "Taste of Burbank." It's this event where a bunch of the restaurants in downtown Burbank make one or two of their most famous dishes and give them out. We had everything from big chains like PF Chang's give out their lettuce wraps and dumplings to Fudruckers handing out mini burgers to a crepe restaurant handing out yummy desert crepes and this great bakery that handed out chocolate dipped strawberries, tarts, bear claws and pastries. Mmmmm....it was delicious, I just wish I had had more room in my tummy to enjoy more things. It was hard to choose what to eat.

Baby Shower!

My cute sister threw me a baby shower and I love this picture (minus my tubby tummy) so I decided to post it and give her props for all the hard work she went through. Thanks dear sister!

Thanks to all the friends that threw me a shower as well. I know it was a lot of work to get everything together. I love you guys!

Ryan's aunts probably don't keep up on my blog but they had a party for me and my little one as well. They are awesome for doing that for me.