Wrestling Baby

When Amy Jo found out that we were having a boy, she gave us a bunch of baby clothes. One of the outfits that she gave us is the same outfit that we have on our doll, Linus. We took a picture of Seth with the doll in the same outfit. It was way cute, says Jennifer. Then as we were looking at the camera to see how the picture turned out, Seth started to wrestle with Linus. He had him in the figure four and then after doing a back breaker on him, Seth pined Linus. Linus did not seem to mind. In fact he did not even wake up. We thought it was kind of funny that he had been Linus. Seth is undefeated. We then began to worry a little bit. What is Seth going to do when he has a little brother. I guess his little brother will have to toughen up quick. Seth said he is willing to take on all challengers! Bring it!

Like Father Like Son

Seth is now 3 weeks old. He shaved for the first time today. Not really but he does seem to have a little bit of facial hair. Since this is my first child, I do not really know if little babies are hairy. He sure is. When he was first born, I noticed that he had longer, dark peach fuzz on the side of his face. If the light is just right, it looks like he has long sideburns. I am so proud of him.

DI Rocks

I love Deseret Industries. They have the best stuff at the best prices; most of the time. I found this sweet little deal in the DI in American Fork. It cost me only two dollars. I had to rip it out of John's nubby little fingers. I have been looking for a little blue cooler for a while now and this is exactly what I was looking for. The refrigerator at my work broke last winter and I have been eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches since then. Sandwiches are the only thing that would not go bad if they got warm. As with all the things that I buy at DI, I always fix them up and make them mine. I used carbon paper to transfer this BYU logo on to the cooler and then I painted it by hand. I then covered the area with clear spray paint to keep the logo from chipping or getting scratched. Now I am the "envy of the all the camp."

Wedgewood Apts

Jennifer and I have moved. We moved into some government subsidized apartments. It is based off of your income, so it should be cheaper for us. The best part about it is that the Garvins live in the same apartment complex and are in the same ward. We got the key on
Tuesday evening and started moving things immediately. I worked until about midnight, hauling things in my truck. It was nice to have my mother here to help us. She helped load boxes and most of all she helped clean the old apartment. It was also nice to have someone to help hold Seth. We got all of our things moved in and it feels like we have more space. We live in the upstairs apartment and it has a back balcony. It will be good to store our bikes out there and other things that we do not need. The best part is that we get to use our own couches. The old apartment had built in couches that were not very comfortable. It is nice to be able to relax and be comfortable while watching TV on our own couches.

Seth

Here he is world. Seth Thomas Jenson was born July 22, 2008 at 4:05 am. It is great to finally have him here. He has be a little delight. He does not cry much. He has been very calm and easy going. The first two days he did not sleep much. Then the next few days he sleep all day long only waking to eat. He makes the cutest little grunts in order to get attention. We are happy to have him here and are excited to see what he will teach us.

Our Garden

This summer we planted a garden in our Neighbor's garden. We only planted in two rows. In our rows we have Pumpkins, Zucchini, and Crook neck Squash. All of the plants are growing like weeds. We try to water 2 or 3 times a week but the weather has been really nice and it has rained several times. The rain has been great. As I have become more pregnant it has become harder to get over to the garden and pull the weeds, but it is good exercise. I hope that my baby will come soon so that I will not have to deal with the heat as much. Though it has been fairly mild and I couldn't ask for better temperatures.
This is the first Fruits of our Garden. I saw it a few days ago on the plant and was very excited about it. I took Thomas over to the Garden so that we could pick it before it started to rot. When we picked it was not as big as I had remembered. I must have over exaggerated it size when I saw it the first time. Either way I will taste good in Zucchini Bread.

Wiring Issues

As long as I have had my truck, the sensor in the door has been broken. It was not really a problem except that the truck thought (if a truck could think) that the door was open all the time. When I would put the key in the ignition to start it, I would hear the ding that tells you that you still have the key in the ignition and the door is open. I fixed this problem by unhooking a wire that is connected to the ignition. The truck no long dings at me. The other problem with the door sensor being broken is that the dome light would always stay on because the door was thought to be open. The only way that I could shut the light off was to take out the bulb. Then there is the annoyance of not having a light in your vehicle at night. After three years I have had enough. I have seen in other trucks a similar dome light, but one that has a switch. Three setting; Door, On and Off. If I had one of those I could turn the light On and Off as I please. I went to the auto salvage yard the other day in search of a dome light with a switch. I found a few Ford Rangers that would have had the exact dome light that I was looking for. Unfortunately for me, someone else had already kyped those dome lights. I ended up buying a dome light out of a Toyota 4-Runner. When I hooked it up in my truck, it did not work. When I hooked back up the original dome light it did not work either. After fiddling around with it for an hour or so, I figured it would not work. I then tried touching the wires of my new dome light directly to the battery. It then lite up. For some reason the original wires did not work anymore. I ran some wire, that I had laying around, from the battery, under the plastic door molding and up to the dome light hole. I hooked up the dome light and it works like a charm. I waited for it to get dark and then later that night I went out and sat in the truck, just enjoying my new dome light. I told Jennifer that I wanted to read the scriptures out there, but she refused. I had a great time and enjoyed my day off and it only cost me $10.