PRESENTING....

TENLEY JOYCE ENSIGN

born - 7.11.11

time - 7:26pm

weight - 7lbs 15oz

length - 19 1/2 inches

There... now that we have the essentials out of the way:) if you don't care to read all the details feel free to skip the rest and just gawk over our perfect little addition. (the really professional looking ones were, of course, taken by my sister the rest of course are just us:))

SHE'S HERE!!!! And we are just loving her! She is such a sweetheart, I can't get over her. It is so much fun having another girl in the house I can't even tell you. She has been perfect from her first moment and the fun and excitement only grows. My little family is bringing me more joy than I could ever imagine possible!

So here's the story of Miss Tenley's arrival....

On Monday morning (the 11th) we decided that we would have me induced into labor (which basically meant no sleep for either of us the night before. Thanks Suz for taking Owen Sunday night.) Thankfully I got an early call saying that they need to push my time back a couple of hours to 9:30, which again meant a little more shut eye for us! Woo Woo! After a morning of just Tanner and I taking our time and a quick bite we headed to the hospital! It was so weird not having contractions, barely being dialated to a 2, water still intact, and going to the hospital. 

By 10:30 I was all hooked up and ready to go and by 11:00 I was on Pitocin. And then we waited.... and waited..... and waited. They knew that I was contracting by the computer but I didn't feel any of it. So of course Tanner and I had to entertain ourselves:) and I tell you what if you are ever in a situation where you know that you are going to be bored out of your mind, just bring Tanner along:). He can pull entertainment out of thin air! Some of our activities included listening to music, playing games on his iphone, talking about names:), and of course Shark Man (basically Hang Man that Tanner had to make more interesting, ha ha.). 

Last moments of being preggy! YEAH!!!!

 
After being on the full dose of Pitocin for a couple of hours and only dialated to a 4 they decided to break my water at 5:00 and as soon as the doctor walked out the door the anesthesiologist walked in... epidural at the ready:). I tell you what though. I should have gotten the epi first! As soon as my water broke the contractions came hard and fast! (90 sec apart lasting 30 to 45 sec!) The hour from 5 to 6 was a rough one and I don't know what I would have done without Tanner being there to supporting and taking care of me! Finally the epi kicked in and I was good! By 7:00 I was dialated to a 10 and ready to push! The doc was in the room by 7:15 and she was here at 7:26! It was such an amazing experience! I just cried. She has such a strong spirit and we feel so blessed to have her in our home! 

Anxiously awaiting Tenley's arrival...
 

 

Thanks to all of our wonderful friend and family who came to visit in the hospital and helped with Owen! We are so grateful for your love and support!

Thanks to all those who have helped with Owen the last couple of weeks! It has been so great to know that he has been well taken care of. My sister Suz had O a lot! After seeing these pics it is a wonder he came home with us:). Owen LOVES his cousins! Thank you thank you!

So far she is still perfect, sleeping through the night the first two nights and eating like a champ! We took her to the doctor today and she is 3oz from her birth weight. It took a couple of days for Owen to warm up to wanting to hold her but it only took once and he was hooked! He loves her! It is so sweet how we can already see them being good buddies.

First Family pic:) 

For those who want to see...

Here is my amazing sister at work! I should have posted this a long time ago, but there are a lot of things that I should have posted in general that just never will. I guess that is what happens when your life is super exciting like ours are:). Take a peek if you want to see!!! Suz is awesome and she is here until the second week in August! Book her quick!!! HERE are the rest of the pics:).

Boy or Girl?????

That's right folks, we found out today that we are having a beautiful baby...

GIRL!!!!!

I can't even express my excitement! Tanner can't either (he didn't talk for a while tonight after we found out, :) the thought of a girl is a little overwhelming for him. Ha ha ha!). He will be deep in thought for a while and then ask the funniest questions like, "What if she gets my nose?". Ha ha ha! Oh he makes me laugh! He is the perfect dad for a girl. Or boy:).

We can't wait to meet our little girl!Yeah for ruffles and dresses!

for the love...

valentines day. the day of love. yes, i will admit that i used to HATE v-day. but now that i have a valentine that i get to have for the rest of eternity... it's not so bad:). i love that there is one day of the year set aside that i can celebrate us and express how much i love my man. i think of it more as a second anniversary:). love it!


to my two little valentines this year... i love you more than i could ever express!

hope your valentines was as sweet as ever!

Merry Christmas!!!!

So I know that I am the worst blogger ever and yes my sister did give me a small rebuke for it, so here I am posting, and I tell you what our Christmas was too amazing not to post about! Nothing super fabulous happened or anything but it will be one of the most memorable Christmas' of my life.

Owen was so so so much fun this year! He didn't wake up until after 9:00am on Christmas morning! I am sure the latest we will sleep in on Christmas morning for a long time. So Tanner and I got up and got ready for the day and started making breakfast.

When Owen finally woke up the present opening began! It was so fun to see him discover what a gift is. He was so cute opening all the gifts and getting so excited about each one (including mom and dad's:)).



 Owen's most favorite present was and still is his basketball hoop! He has been obsessed with them lately! The fact that there is a hoop in the building during church really makes it hard for him to think about anything else:).

 Owen is quite the dancer lately and when he discovered the siren on his truck he couldn't help but bust a couple of moves! Seriously, I don't think that he could be cuter!

One of the gifts from Tanner's parents was the book Return by Elder Robert D. Hales, an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and good friend of Tanner's grandpa. The front page was signed and had a sweet message for Tanner. This is such a cherished gift!

Tanner, of course, immediately set up Owen's hoop as soon as we were done with gifts and that little boy could have played for hours with that thing! True sign of a great gift.:)

 A couple of side notes:
1. I know our tree looks shabby. Let's just say that Owen has REALLY enjoyed the tree this year which resulted in a half decorated, shabby looking, but loved tree.
2. This year I decided if I can make a wedding dress and I don't know how many formal and non-formal dresses for clients, I can defiantly make some jammies for Owen. So here they are! They turned out exactly how I wanted excluding the fact that the zipper came up too high on Owen's neck so it really bothered him. So we just unzipped it a little and called it good.:)

The rest of the day was filled with family on both sides including talking to my amazing brother Jesse on his mission in Brazil! Also all of my Oklahoma siblings flew in Christmas evening and were here for 2 weeks!!! We are so blessed to have such wonderful family members and to live close to so many! 

This Christmas was so special with Owen. As an adult the magic of Christmas has faded for me, but now with Owen it brings such new meaning and really is so fun and so much better than I could have imagined! His wonder and discovery is so priceless and is something I hope to never forget. Oh the things Owen teaches us. We love our sweet boy!

This Christmas was so special for Tanner and I as well. For lack of desire to explain but having the desire to remember, Tanner wrote me a letter that he put in my stocking that truly captured the essence of our situation right now and the love that we share as a couple and family. I hope to always remember this Christmas!

And last but not least....

WE ARE EXPECTING!!!

Baby #2 is on it's way and due July 16th! We couldn't be more excited!!!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

On September 28th I turned 24! And I am convinced that it was the best birthday yet! Tanner spoiled me rotten the weekend before with lots and lots of shopping,dinner, and surprised me with tickets to...

THE LION KING! It was the most amazing show! The costumes were phenomenal! I loved every second of it! My hubby knows me so well:).

 I took this from our seats. They were fabulous!

For my actual birthday he got off work early to take me shopping... again, and took me out to dinner. What did I say before? Yep SPOILED! Thank you my sweet hubby for a wonderful day!

Catch up...

We have been having so much fun this summer and fall now that Tanner has graduated that it seems as though our poor neglected blog is the last priority on my list. Alas, it is time for an extremely overdue update.

Jackson Hole
Back in August we headed to Jackson Hole with Jill and Grant and it was a hoot to say the least! 

The car ride actually went by fairly quickly, but it did require some entertaining on Owen's behalf.:)
{Owen in his hut:) This saved us! Owen has a game that he likes to play with himself where he will just scream at the top of his lungs for no reason! By the end of the car ride we got smart and taught him a game that involved him screaming into his blanket. It muffled the sound and cracked Owen up:). Win win!}

 We stopped on the way at the Cheese Factory

We made it! Jackson Hole!!!! It was gorgeous!

Walking Main Street
{Before this trip Owen had taken steps but wasn't really walking yet. I am convinced that this trip is where he "officially" learned to walk.}

{my handsome guys}

The first night was, mildly put, ROUGH! Owen was up most of the night and this is what I woke up to... Tanner had held Owen most of the night. He slept fine so long as Tanner held him. Too bad Tanner didn't get any sleep:). Thanks to Jill and Grant for being patient!

 And this is what Jill woke up to... Grant UNDERNEATH the sheets! Ha ha! Apparently he was cold. It still cracks me up!

 In the morning we headed to the Farmers Market for breakfast. So fun!

 At the Tetons National Park

So the whole reason we really came is because Grant had a bagpipe competition. The got first in the two categories they competed in! Congrats Grantis Pantis! It was fun to be there and there was a GORGEOUS view. Owen loved all of the dogs at the competition and wasn't shy about crawling as fast as he could toward them.:)

 After the competition we headed back to the park to hike around Jenny Lake. It was beautiful!

 {Results of the night before:)}

 {Thanks for sharing the load Grant}

 {Owen's favorite way to ride when he was awake}

After getting a good nights rest we went back to Jenny Lake the next day for some more hiking!
{Owen loved the ferry that took us across the lake!}

The trip was so much fun! It is amazing how even though I have lived right next to mountains my whole life the Tetons are so amazingly majestic! Thanks for making it what it was Grant and Jill!

 And now presenting our little walker! {this is the best I have of Owen's first steps and yes it is at the bagpipe competition. He literally runs everywhere now!}

Our summer was packed with family, friends, and most of all each other! It has been so nice to just be together going to the park, the pool, the city festivals, golfing (that's right, Tanner took me a few times!), baseball games, fishing, hikes and picnics. So sad that summer is over.

{Us up at Bridal Veil}