Bathroom Headache

When Tavita was six days old, I noticed a few drips of water coming from the bathroom upstairs into the kitchen. Needless to say we had a leak in the master bathroom. This old process of remediation and remodeling took 7 weeks. It was kind of a pain in the buns because the workers would come as early as 7 in the morning. I had to start my days very early - not to mention how tired I was from night feedings.

Five days of this process entailed three large fans blowing hot air so that it would dry out the bathroom. It felt like we were sleeping in the back of an airplane. The baby was two feet away from me in a baby moses basket and sometimes I couldn't hear him crying.

One afternoon, I fell asleep on the coach amidst all demolition noise. I was wakened by the remediation team telling me that they were leaving for the day. I sat up and had to wipe the drool off my face. Lovely eh? But, we made it through and now I really appreciate my working bathroom. FYI - The leak came from a nick in the drain pipe of the shower.

Baptism/Blessing

Tavita's face had a horrible rash. We later found
out that he is allergic to regular formula. He had
drank two bottles the day before.

We were all laughing histerically when we took this picture and others which I am not posting. Harmony was so mad and didn't want to be in the photo and Tavita was calm and just staring around and clueless that she was screaming her head off.

We were so excited to have family come in town for the blessing of Tavita and and the baptism of Masina. All of my sisters were able to come with at least one of their children. My parents also came. Alisa's baby, Harmony, was blessed by my dad. Harmony and Tavita are only a month apart.

We had a great time together.

Soccer

Tana and Masina have fun playing soccer in our rocky backyard. We hope to landscape it soon.

Love at Home

Masina closes her eyes when she rubs her face against his.


Looking back on this picture of Tavita in the swing, he looked a little yellow. eh?

The kids were having fun dancing the tango.

Miti loves to snuggle with our babies.

How to Be Rich

In our house, if you want to get money you lose a tooth. This was one of Alana's favorite ways to make some cash (until she lost her last tooth in '07). The toothfairy brings them a dollar and Grandma and Grandpa Jensen give them four dollars. So, for each tooth they loose they bring in 5 bucks.

While Grandma and Grandpa were here, Tana had his second loose tooth. Grandpa pulled it out before Tana even knew what was going on. Now Tana is 5 bucks richer!

Alana the Chef!

Alana wants to be a chef when she grows up. She got an apron, chef hat and cooking supplies for Christmas. She is not intimidated at all by cooking/baking even when she makes mistakes.

Tavita is Loved

Our friends, the Marchants, took our children to church while we went to the hospital to have the baby. When Miti went to pick them up, the Marchants fed him, the kids and my parents. What a blessing to have good friends.

The kids were so excited to see their brother. In 2006, all the girls wanted for Christmas was to feel a baby in my tummy. That wish didn't come true, because I wasn't expecting then. The kids were so excited to see and feel and touch their new brother.

Miti and I were texting Suzanne during church and giving her updates. As soon as the baby was born she rushed to the hospital to meet him.