Happy Birthday Dad!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! WE LOVE YOU!! HAVE A SUPER SPOOKY BIRTHDAY!!

5 Months!

Natalie turned 5 months old today!! We just can't believe how fast the past few months have gone by. Natalie is so much fun. She is rolling over everywhere now, she smiles all the time, she loves taking baths and playing in water, and has even started eating a little bit of rice cereal. We just love our sweet little Natalie.

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Here's a few pics from today!

Random Pics

Tuesday was my Grandma Billett's birthday. I told Megan we were going to Skype her. in the mid-morning. After she got out of the bath she told me she was going to do her hair to look very special for Grandma's birthday. This is what she came down stairs wearing. Yes, she's a little crazy!

The other night we went into downtown Panama City. They have this jet there and some water fountains and other things to look at as well as some pretty cute little shops. We had fun and it was nice to see another new area.

New Couch and Area Rug

We got our new couch this week and our new area rug last week. We are so happy! We were going to go with a leather set but at the last minute decided to go with something light and beachie! We love it. It's so comfortable and there are some great coordinating pieces. That will come with time. Next on the list in a leather ottoman then two side chairs.

The kids really like it too! Megan was a little disappointed that it was blue and not pink. To compromise I told her maybe we could get her a pink bean bag.

Sucking and Spitting

My sweet little Natalie is going to be 5 months old on Thursday. I just can't believe it. She is developing quite a sweet personality and some silly habits!

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Here she is sucking her fingers. She does this quite often when she is about to fall asleep. I don't know what to think of it...

And here she is spitting. She loves to do this. It makes such a slobbery mess. She does this at church, at the store, and at home. She is quite the attention getter when she does this!!

A fun week

This week we had a great and dare I say somewhat of a CHILLY week. As I write this post I am wearing long pants and a fleece pull-over. It's about 65 outside right now. I know you are probably laughing at me, but I guess my body is acclimated to Florida's climate already - and yes 65 feels cold! This week we kept busy swimming, going to the beach, furniture shopping, having fun in the kitchen, doing yard work and organizing the garage! We are now enjoying the weekend and wish it would never end!! Here are some fun pics of the kids from this week.

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Here's Daniel in all his craziness riding his stick horse with a lego bucket as a hat!

Here's Daniel one night when we were swimming.
Here's Thursday night's sunset. This was taken from my front porch.

Megan wanted to make cookies this week so one afternoon we made applesauce cookies. She is going to be quite the baker...

Halloween Bag

I need to unpack my sewing machine ASAP!! This is why:

I found this tutorial on one of my favorite sewing blogs. Click here if you want to make one too. This bag will make the perfect candy sack for the kiddos this year!

Thursday Night

Last night we went to the beach after dinner. It was a really hot day and the kids have been begging to go so we did it! We put our suits on and had a blast swimming and playing in the small waves. Even Natalie went for a dip in the water. The ocean water is currently the same temp as our pool water - 85 degrees. It's very nice and warm, but yet refreshing. When we got home we all showered in our outside shower to get the sand off and Natalie fell asleep inside. Then at bedtime the kids were a little creative with displaying Daniel's diapers to look like a path. We had yet another fun and entertaining night at the Jensen house! We are looking forward to the three day weekend ahead. We are going to do something fun so be on the lookout for pics.

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Natalie enjoying the beach.

Steen and the kids just getting into the water.
The kids like to build sand mounds and watch the water come up and flatten them.

I set Natalie down inside to take a 2 minute shower outside and this is what I came back to - a sleeping baby who had rolled over and was sucking her finger!

Steen and I went up to the kids room to turn the lamp off and this is what we found. No wonder we heard little footsteps last night after we put them to bed last night.

For Tanner

My brother Tanner is on a mission in Pocatello, Idaho. He gets to check our blog on Monday mornings. This pic is for you Uncle Tanner. We love you lots and hope that you are doing good. These three kiddos are so proud of you!!