Tyler's MBA Graduation

University of Arkansas Graduation was this weekend, and Tyler was part of the cap and gown crowd! He has been working hard the past two years on his MBA. It was so much fun to have family come out and celebrate and all of this hard work. We had my parents, his parents, his grandparents and his twin brother and his wife out visiting us. It seriously was a blast.

Let me just say how proud I am of Ty. He has so many different things on his plate, but he's handling everything so gracefully and is putting in full effort all around. Between starting a new position at work, church assignments, getting his masters degree, becoming a Dad and being my husband, he's a busy guy. I don't know how I lucked out with such a ambitious, devoted, patient and loving guy, but holy cow am I grateful! I love you, Ty. I am so proud of you!

Calling the Hogs! 

We're so glad his parents and grandparents could make it out! We felt so loved this weekend! 

Annie originally had on an adorable Razorback onesie... but of course she had a
blow out during the ceremony. Thankfully we had a backup. ;) 

After graduation and our photo shoot, we met up with the rest of the family at Whole Hog BBQ in Bentonville. Not only was it a blast, but it was DELISH! 

 His brother, Travis, and our sister in law, Cami, stayed at our house for the entire week. We had a fun play day in Branson, hitting up Ripley's Believe it or Not, Go Carts and Lamberts Cafe. It was awesome! We also had a birthday celebration for the boys and their dad. They all have birthdays this month. It was a good time!

Tyler's Dad spent the week with us as well. He helped us with some big projects around the house. It really was so great to spend time with family. Below

Thanks for checking in with us and our busy lives!

With Love,
The Jensens

Annie's Newborn Photoshoot

Our sweet little baby had her newborn photoshoot. Take a gander at some of the pictures!

Baby Annie Joyce Jensen

She's here! Our sweet little Annie has finally arrived, and we are beyond happy to finally have her here! She arrived on March 14 at 2:42pm. She was 8lbs, 12 oz and 21 1/4 inches long.

(Warning: Labor Story Details Below!)
I had been 40 weeks and 5 days pregnant, and little Annie was making no effort to leave her little home in my belly. Our amazing doctor scheduled us to go in for an induction on Sunday night, with the plan of delivery happening on Monday.

Last (legit) Preggo Photo

Checking into the Hospital - Finally! 

Paperwork Time!

I started off with some medicine that would prep my body to dilate, and then after 12 hours of being on that, they would give me pitocin. That's the drug that causes contractions and labor to take place. After a few hours being on the preparatory drug, my body went into labor on it's own. I began to feel contractions for the first time, and boy, people aren't kidding about those being painful! The nurse gave me some medicine to help with the pain, but after my water broke the medicine just became a joke. All I can say is that I am beyond grateful that someone invented epidurals. Having that was a game changer! After receiving the epidural, I was able to get some sleep and slept through most of my contractions. Once I hit a 10, I spent about 4 hours actively pushing to get her out. She was definitely taking her time. Towards the end I got a little sick, and then she finally arrived. It took me a second to realize that she was actually out, and then next thing I know the doctor is placing her on my chest, Tyler is crying happy tears and the nurse is handing Tyler scissors to cut the cord. Once I saw Tyler teary eyed, it hit me all that was going on, and I couldn't help but cry too.

Everyone always told me that seeing my husband love our child would make me love him so much more. I always believed them, but never thought much about it. All I can say now is that everyone that told me that was so right. Seeing the love of my life love the new love of my life fills my heart more than I could have imagined.

 Life is good. :)

With Love,
The Jensen's