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It was a very Merry Christmas in the Jensen household this year. For starters, Adelaide let us sleep in until 6:15 am.   An amazing present from our early-riser! We’re also very excited to have Melinda’s parents sharing the holidays with us.  And, we were able to Skype Matt's little sister, Kristin, who is serving a mission in Frankfurt, Germany. Kristin really glowed with happiness when she spoke about all she's been doing. We're so proud of her. Grandparents! Kristin! (Left) We imagined that Adelaide would be filled with glee and delight at seeing all the brightly colored packages under the tree. Actually, there was a bit of a panic. Adelaide’s Fisher-Price nativity has been set-up under the tree for the past month, and she was beside herself to see strange boxes and bags in its place. Fortunately, she quickly located it on the shelf right next to the tree. Yes, they are all still there. We improvised on the fireplace. It didn’t take long for Adelaide to ...

Up until now, almost every baby or child item we owned, with the exception of Adelaide’s clothing, has been “neutral.”  Shades of green and yellow dominate our nursery and toy shelves. Now that we have a confirmed second girl on the way, we felt it wouldn’t be out-of-place to feminize things up a bit. After all, we'll have at least two daughters to use our girlie doo-dads. Oh, we started small…with some pink sippy cups from the Disney Store. Where did my dinosaur cup go?  Those went over well, so we did the next logical thing. We ramped it way up! Armed with a gallon of purple paint from Home Depot and visions of sugar and spice – we set about to create Adelaide a toddler room that knew no neutral ground. We put in several very late nights this week to get it finished, but we’re pretty pleased with the results. Adelaide loves playing in the new room, though we haven’t transitioned her over from the nursery quite yet. Still need a few finishing touches (like a safety ...

Adelaide’s day didn’t start out great. Her reoccurring cough, well, reoccurred and she had to get picked up early from day care to go home for some treatments on her nebulizer. Yuck! She even missed singing time, so sad. But, her day got considerably better when the postman delivered a package from her Granny (Melinda’s grandma).  It wasn’t a Christmas present – it was a “just because we love you” package. And, aren’t those the best kind, especially on bad days? After helping Mommy open the box, Adelaide was overjoyed to discover a new baby doll. Usually, our boxes are from Amazon and have boring things inside like diapers and wipes. Playing with her new doll. Mom and Dad were very impressed with Adelaide’s nurturing skills. She was very sisterly. We purposely choose the word “sisterly” and not “maternal.” After feeding the baby, giving it a hug, and kissing its head, Adelaide shoved it off the couch and laughed. Yep, that’s a sister! Remind us not to leave her unattended with...