The Jensen Journal

Thursday, May 20, 2010

She's so smart!

Maya amazes us more every day! It is so fun to watch her learn and grow. She turned 10 months old this week and can say two words, da-da and diaper ("di-pa"). She has mastered crawling up the stairs, cruises from furniture to furniture, walks holding just one of our hands, washes her hands on command, dances to ANY beat (including the washing machine), and does the Itsy Bitsy Spider with her hands.

Here she is this morning:

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Sewing Projects

Hooded Towel
My favorite towel to dry Maya off is one that a friend made me as a gift. I love it so much I wished I had more of them so I decided to try to make one on my own. I added an applique on the back for fun with some extra fabric I had left over from a previous project.

Maya's Dress

Mom, you would be so proud of me! Your sewing lessons paid off afterall, sorry I was so stuburn and gave up on things easily. Thank you for all your hard work teaching me, it is my new addiction.

I have been lusting after this fabric at Joann's for a while now, I finally got the guts to attempt a dress for Maya. I found that I really can sew, I just was lacking the confidence. I am really pleased with the way it turned out, it's just a little too big for Maya right now. In a couple of months she'll be walking and I'll really be able to enjoy it.

Button holes for the first time, I was scared but they ended up to be extremely easy.

Mother's Day

The day before Mother's Day Tommy built us a raised garden bed. I am so excited for a garden in our backyard and eat those fresh vegetables! Maya loves to play in the dirt and walking along the wall.

Sunday morning I woke up to a wonderful gift from Maya, a Big Boss Grill. I have been wanting one of these for so long. It has six different plates you can switch up to cook different things. It even has a donut plate, on Sunday we made 40 little donuts in little over 30 minutes. They were yummy too! I love this thing.

We went to Tommy's parents house to have a Mother's Day dinner with his mom and family.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

St. George

We were lucky enough to spend a long, 5 day weekend in St. George with Tommy's parents. We relaxed, went on bike rides, swam, visited with family, and ate a lot of yummy food.

Maya's new trailer, unfortunately she doesn't last long in it.

Pumping up my new bike, Tommy bought it for an anniversary gift.

Family bike ride!

My mom was in town visiting my grandma. My grandma helps at the temple Tuesday mornings, we picked her up and visited a while.

Maya learned how to drink from a straw at our favorite Thai restaurant.

We took Maya swimming for the first time at the Rec Center. She wasn't so sure at first, but warmed up to it.

First slide with daddy!

We woke up to Maya standing in her crib waiting for us this morning. She is growing up WAY too fast! (This picture was taken after her too short of a morning nap, hence the tears)

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Big Day For Maya

Maya woke up with a 5th tooth this morning. On top of that, she began to crawl today! We have been trying to get her to do it for so long and she would just get frustrated, whine and give up.

We are proud parents today and held back the tears, here is a clip of her in action. Yes, I did bribe her with treats to get this shot. I am a horrible mother I know.

Besides walking around the house, Maya's favorite thing to do is make messes. She has a blast pulling things out of drawers, baskets, bags, etc. She doesn't seem to like to clean up though, must not be as much fun.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Easter

Maya was lucky to be surrounded by LOTS of cousins to celebrate her first Easter. We had a house full with my mom, sister Erin's family, and brothers Jake and Sawyer and his wife Maddie. Maya loved the little girls around, I have never heard her squeal so much.

We headed up to my in-law's house for a huge Easter Egg Hunt, there were over 300 eggs to be found! All the grandchildren got spoiled, as usual, by grandma and grandpa.