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Hi! Since we are expecting a new addition to our family we felt it was a little unfair to have a blog site specifically for 'mybabytoby'. So come view our new blog at our new blog home. See you there! 

Big weekend

Friday night as I was watching a movie I felt the baby move for the first time! It was cool to remember what that felt like! I am excited for when the baby moves alot more and stronger so Toby can feel it. Right now he just says "Hi Baby" and rubs my belly. It's so precious. Also this weekend the Vikings played the Colts and so Toby had a hard time choosing who he was cheering for. (even though the game wasn't on tv here and he was taking a nap for most of the game) On the way home from church Brian would have him say "Vikings" then I would have him say "Colts". It was a great ride home!! He has a love for football. 

Update

I realize it's been so long since we've posted anything on here. So I am just going to update you on how things are going. Toby is now 2 years old! He had a great birthday party and got lots of cool things! He is also sleeping in a big boy bed now! No more crib for him! He hasn't had any problems with the new bed either. We were super surprised he stays in there to go to sleep. His room looks so different without a crib in there! We'll have to put the crib back up somewhere in Feb. when our new little one comes! I am 13 weeks along and starting to feel less sick throughout the day. I am still tired by the end of the day but alot of that has to do with a certain 2 year old! 

We are going to MN next Friday for Brian's brothers wedding and we are excited to see lots of people there. Hopefully Toby does great on the 'wedding day' b/c our flight leaves PA at 6 something which means we have to be at the airport earlier than that!! We are leaving on the day of the wedding so it's going to be a long day for him and I hope he gets a great nap once we get there. 

Our friends had their baby the day after Toby's birthday and she is so adorable! We are so glad she is here and we have gotten to meet her! Some new RD's have moved in and so things are starting to feel a little more normal around here.....if only we had all the old RD's back here now too!! Very soon we will though. Toby sure does miss his 'Bo and Bo' which is Taylor and Jo! Well that is all from here now I think! Handy Manny is almost over and Toby hates when it's over, have to go console him!! :)

Toby loves baseball!

We took Toby to his first Pirates baseball game Wednesday night. He LOVED it! He cheered the whole time whether something good happened, bad happening or when nothing was happening! It was so fun! There were a couple really funny things that happened that unfortunately we didn't have the camera out for but here is him enjoying the 7th inning stretch and a little music!

hanging out with new friends...

Toby got to meet and play with some friends from Scotland. He had so much fun with them! Here are some pictures of what they did together.....

Lorna, Toby & Colin having craft time.

Colin , Toby & Alasdair watching a movie. 

Colin riding his horse

Lorna with her horse. She was great at walking the horse too!

Alasdair riding his horse. 

Before we met them we went to my aunts pool. Toby hasn't been in a pool for a while....let along one that isn't heated!! BRRRR!! This is as far as he went in. 

Hanging at Grandma & Grandpa's.

Here are some pictures of us here at Grandma & Grandpa's house. Toby loves all the new things they have here. Even though he is missing Dad and ready for him to come home he can still find time to have some fun. 

Toby just sitting with his snack and drink enjoying the nice weather. 

He was so tired he just fell asleep. 

Gotta shovel the rocks......

and then of course you put them in a wheel barrow.

Oh the joys of swinging!! 

The slide is always a big hit!! 

We are having lots of fun, but ready for Brian to come home and see us again. :) 

Out exploring

The other night we didn't have anything else to do so we went outside exploring. (there was a little stomping in puddle action as well!!) :) 

Toby new thing, getting in the cupboard. He hides in there. 

Toby loves the light pole.....

stomping in the puddle outside our building. Toby was SOAKED when we went in! 

mmmmm.....the flower smells so nice

trying to climb the Geneva sign.

He wants to climb the tree so bad. One day he will be able to. 

3 v 3 tourney

Today was the annual Geneva Arms 3 v 3 tourney. I got a team together for it and it was awesome! There was only one other girls team that signed up so we played 3 games against them. We had two 10 min halfs, they won the first game, we won the second and they won the last. So they ended up winning and getting the Champs t-shirt but we had so much fun it was ok! :) here are some pictures of us during the tourney. 

My team....Me, Marti, JoAnna, Janelle

Our team name: Oldies But Goodies! 

Us with the team we played. Pink and Green, so pretty! :)

This is where Toby played his game! Isabelle played with the water! 

Some game shots. 

Me and Jo. What a good day! 

Alexanders on the square

Tonight I am craving some ice cream from this little ice cream parlor in downtown Noblesville called Alexanders. What a great little place it is! I have good memories there from a kid and right now I just want to go with family and enjoy delicious ice cream. Maybe next time I am visiting Noblesville I will stop by there. :)

fun weekend!

Over the weekend my  mom and brother drove out to visit us. It was a short visit but we had so much fun! We went to the park and Grandma and Toby got to play on the slides, Toby LOVES slides! While Toby was napping the 3 of us went to watch the softball game. Go Geneva softball! They won. Toby also got a cool pair of shades that he loves wearing outside now. However once we get where we are going and he starts playing they come right off! Thanks mom and Josh for the visit! We had fun! 

Toby and Grandma on our way to the park. 

Toby and uncle Josh sticking their tongues out while giving the "dude" sign! 

Toby and me switched sunglasses! We are so cool! 

Toby just looks mean when he is up to bat! He has been practicing his swing and is getting pretty good if I do say so myself! 

Toby going down his favorite slide at the park.

He made it to the bottom with static in his hair to make it even more crazy! 

Another year older

I am another year older. (Which also makes my parents older! ) :) It is very weird to sit back and think of my last birthday and where we were and the friends we celebrated with and to see how in just a short year all that has changed! 

On to my birthday........it was so wonderful. It was filled with great times with Brian, Toby and our sweet friends! Brian and Toby hand made cards for me and woke me up in the morning with them. After church we went to lunch with some friends and then went on a walk with the other Jensen's. Toby was so happy (probably cause it was my birthday) he was screaming and yelping and laughing and making the sound puppies make. Yes you heard me right he can finally tell you what sound a puppy makes! Then while Toby was napping JoAnna and I went on a long walk and just talked and enjoyed the beautiful weather we had! It was much needed! Then after dinner Travis, another RD here, made me a delicious homemade ice cream cake! It was so wonderful. We ate that with our friends and thanks to Taylor watched the final show of 'newlyweds'. :) It was such a great birthday! 

Then Monday night my Bible study girls came in our apartment singing happy birthday with a cake and candles! It was such a surprise! They are so great! 

Thanks to everyone who helped make it rock! 

Me and my awesome family! 

Me and the amazing ice cream cake! 

Travis who made my wonderful cake! 

What a day

So you know how sometimes you have those days where things just seem worse than they really are or you have so much on your mind that you can't figure out what you should really do with yourself? When your 1 1/2 year old throws more and more tantrums everyday and you wonder how you will survive the next year let alone thinking about adding another child?! Or the free meals you are eating in the school cafeteria just aren't very good and your 1 1/2 year old won't eat anything healthy so you feel like a bad mom by what he is eating for dinner? Well I had one of those days today. 

The morning didn't start out right, which is never a good thing.  Brian has lots to do right now and isn't feeling good so I had to skip my Bible study that I normally go to on Tuesday nights. I guess I hadn't realize how great that two hours away from home really was!! Toby and I went to Wal-Mart and I started feeling tired. Tired of hearing "momma, momma, momma " over and over and over again without really anything else following those words. Tired and just wanting time to myself. Tired and wanting figure out and fix all the things on my mind. Tired and wanting to curl up on my couch and watch a good movie. 

So we made it home after an hour and I had to unload the bags from the car with Toby in one arm, bags in the other. Trying to open all the doors in my way. Realizing the time, had to get Toby straight to the bath and get him ready for bed.  After we did all the important cleaning it was time to play. Toby all of a sudden farted and thought it was the funniest thing in the world! He somehow managed to squeeze 3 more out while laughing his little belly laugh! Laughter is good medicine! At that moment I didn't care how tired and drained I was or what was on my mind. I was just thinking of how precious he is, how much I love him and what a blessing he is to us!  It was the perfect ending to my day!   

little licker

Today for lunch Brian, Toby, Josh and I went to Chick-fil-A. Everyone was having a great time when all of a sudden Toby started licking the plastic wrap from his toy in his kids meal. We all laughed and wondered where that came from but took the plastic away from him. (you know plastic is not a toy for kids! Safety first!) So we continued eating and talking when Toby started licking the paper bag from his kids meal. Now this is getting crazy! Where was this coming from?! So I figured someone had to be licking something that he could see, so I looked to where he was looking. Sure enough there was a little girl licking her ice cream cone! He was imitating her! It was so great! Now we are going to have to get him a cone of his own to show him when it's ok to lick! :)

First Haircut!

So on Sunday night (March 16th) Toby had his very first haircut ever! We captured a few pictures of it. Here they are! 

His before picture. His hair really is long!!

Some pictures of Zac (a student in our building) cutting the front. Toby stood on my lap at first but that didn't last long! He hated when the hair fell in his face!  

We had to come up with something to occupy him while the job was getting done. So he was throwing a bouncy ball to me.  Not staying still for too long for Zac to make each cut! 

Just a good shot of the head and scissors. 

We ended up with him standing on the sink throwing his bouncy ball in and laughing. Again not standing still for Zac! 

And the final hair style! Pacifier in mouth to make him calm and not freak out (it was bedtime) so we could take the picture and ball in hand because, well he just loves them! 

Zac did an awesome job especially with Toby moving around and sometimes trying to push away the scissors!! Toby now looks older with his new do and it has apparently inspired him to start saying more words!! 

Hurry up spring!

We are ready for spring! We have had a couple really nice spring days (today is starting to feel like one) and then we have a few cold days! I just want to wear short sleeves, flip flops, and look like I have a tan! So I guess I want summer........but to get to summer I need spring! Toby loves walking outside, throwing his football, and golfing outside so warm weather is ideal for those activities. Oh and today is the first home baseball game and you better believe when Toby wakes up from his nap that is where we are headed! Until next time........ 

Falling alseep

Toby was so tired on the first day we got back home that he fell asleep while eating his grilled cheese sandwich. He was so exhausted! We woke up at noon (I know when was the last time we slept in that long?!?) so we didn't give him a nap so that he would go to bed that night. It was just a little to long for him though. ha ha! He went to bed at 7:15 (which was shortly after this picture was taken) and then woke up wide awake at 9:30!! Brian played with him in the guys room across the hall until midnight and then put him to bed again! Poor guy was pretty messed up!! But I have always wanted a picture like this and finally we got one! :) He is such a cutie! 

ALASKA!!

What can I say about Alaska, except that it was so beautiful! Toby did so good on all the plane rides that we had and did great with all the newness he encountered!! Here are a few pictures from our trip!

Toby got his own seat on one of the flights and he felt so big! He look pretty cute too! 

This is my favorite picture! Toby with mountains behind him! Could it get any better?! :) 

Brian and myself and a few of the students went on a hike up the mountain. This is us with a little bit of the awesome view we had behind us. It was totally amazing! And there were lots of Moose droppings as we went up the mountain! :) 

This was right before we got on the plane to leave. Anchorage is behind us. It was a great picture spot! 

This was when we went to the Iditarod. Toby loved seeing all the dogs but was so bundled he couldn't move much!  ha ha! 

We are glad to be back home and adjusting back to the time was alot harder coming back then going to Alaska but we are finally back to normal!

How cute is he?!

Yesterday Toby didn't see Brian very much and as soon as he walked in the door he was so happy and kept saying "DA DA DA". Brian had to run up to a room upstairs quick though and so while he was gone Toby put his vest on! He thought he was pretty cool! :) 

The other day he also did something very funny! We were in the cafeteria and he was drinking out of a big glass and it totally spilt all over his pants! So we took off his pants and he was running around with no pants off. He was also standing on the table smiling at everyone! He was the hit of dinner that night!