Little, little Boy

When Jensen does something naughty, instead of putting him in the naughty corner we just put him in this box. I'm totally joking. That was mostly for my mom. She gets so mad when I say stuff like that. Anyway, our little boy is an angel (as much as can be at this age) and we are so lucky. He loves to play with his dad and his dad loves to play just as much as he does. Jensen is on the smaller side of things so we like to see what we can fit him into. Like this baby wipes box from Costco and the Huggies diaper box. He actually really liked it. We did it at first just to be funny, but then he didn't want to get out. This last picture is after 10 minutes of being in a box and he still wasn't about to get out. So now we know what we're getting him for Christmas, lots of empty boxes.

Halloween

Jensen was a dragon for Halloween, the freakin' cutest dragon you've ever seen. We had a ward Halloween party which we got there kind of late for, but let's be honest it's not like he cared. He did have a lot of fun though with the other kids. He thinks he can play with the big kids, but he just ends up crawling around. It's really cute. Then on Halloween I had to work and Reed was without a car so he just went around our little complex here. We have some really good neighbors and the weather was pretty good. So all in all it was a pretty good Halloween.

Fall Pics!

So Fall is among us here in Minneapolis. It's brisk and beautiful with all othe different colors of fall (man, I could write poems or something). Anyway, we decided to take some family pictures at the park by our house, Minnehaha. There is this beautiful trail that I go on sometimes with Jensen, that is just a bike and walking path and full of trees. I have loved jogging there recently with all the leaves changing colors so I thought it would be a perfect place for pictures. This is what we got. Thank you Stephanie for being so patient and taking pictures of our family!

He's close to walking, but not quite yet. Maybe Jensen and Reed can start walking again together.

This was kind of cheesy, but turned out kind of cute

Poor Reed. He was such a good sport on his crutches.

He's as impatient as his mom. He just loved all the leaves and wanted to get down and be in them all the time. So when we weren't taking pictures, this is what he was doing. I can't wait till he starts walking and I have to chase him.

Jensen's 1 yr

weight: 20 lbs (10th percentile)
height: 29 inches (25th percentile)
head: 47 cm (75th percentile)

He's skinny, but very healthy. And obviously, his head's catching up to the Edwards family gene.

Jensen's second 1st Birthday

So we were able to have another birthday for Jensen here in Minnesota. We just had a few good friends over for cake and ice cream. And we were really lucky to be able to have my mom come from Utah.

Here's Jensen trying to blow the noise maker, but out the wrong end. Woops!

So this is the second cake that we let him dig into. The last one he just dug in with his hands, but this one he didn't even use his hands he just started biting into it. I wonder where he gets that from (dad?).

I love the frosting beard!

Very excited about the cake

Here are some of Jensen's friends, Will and Ladd.

I love Ladd's face here. He would do this whenever he would see the car go. It was so cute. We are so lucky to have good friends.

This is us at the apple orchard we went to earlier in the week with my mom. This orchard is in Stillwater, which is just beautiful. It's about 30 minutes away and just all country. Minnesotans pride themselves on the Honey Crisp apple. And I must admit, it's probably one of the best apples I have tasted. So if you ever have a chance to try this Minnesota original, I highly recommend it.

He went on a hay ride with grandma and just loved it. He loved having his Vovo here to play with and all the attention he got.

Jensen decided he wanted to pick his own apples.

Well the ones he could reach of course, on the ground.

Church Basketball: It's not all it's cracked up to be!

So here's Reed's version of what happened on Wednesday. I have gone through and added in parentheses some of my version too. He also got a red cast in honor of our Utes! What a Fan!

Here's a quick summary in case you care...

I jumped like 5 or 6 feet in the air to get a rebound (playing church basketball), came down on someone's foot, I looked down and it's like I watched my ankle roll in slow motion. I have never felt anything like the crazy pain I felt last night before we got to the hospital. I looked down and the bottom of my foot which is usually supposed to be flat, was hanging at like a 45 degree angle inward...and I couldn't move it. Not good. We were at the church for a few minutes while they tried to figure out how to get me to a hospital and they ended up tossing me in the back of some strangers dodge caravan....pretty sweet.

We got to the ER, they gave me some pain meds and took some xrays. Tthey then gave me some drug that sort of gives you amnesia (Versed, for those of you in the medical field) and then the pulled it straight and let it pop into place. I remember it happening but I don't remember the pain. After all was said and done apparently it was a rare dislocated foot (Talo navicular dislocation) but nothing was broken. We went to an orthopedic surgeon today that said he rarely sees those kind of dislocations and sent us to an orthopod that specializes in feet and ankle injuries.

It's always nice to have your pain validated by all of the ER docs and nurses seeing it for the first time and saying "whoa" and "oh my gosh" and "I've never seen anything like this before" (I always complain to Reed about all the "drug seekers" that come into the ER. When I finally got there the nurse was laughing saying that Reed kept repeating that he was not a drug seeker, but was in a lot of pain and wanted some drugs. They thought that was very funny.)

I found a pic on the internet of what it looks like and Allie said this is exactly what it looked like (actually his looked worse. I was very sad that I didn't take a pic, but I got there right when they were about to reduce it). There's no blood but it's still pretty so don't look if you don't think you can't take it (I actually wanted to post the pic, but Reed said that some people have weak stomachs. I'm kind of sick. I love this stuff, just not when it happens to my husand). Enjoy....

http://www.frontiernet.net/~tdreyer/Footers_Foot_OUCH!!!.jpg

Tourists in Utah!

So Jensen and I decided to go to Utah to visit friends, family, and celebrate his 1st birthday (a little early). We had such a great time. We went to the zoo with Jonah, Luke, Erin, Grandma, Kira, Dan and Katie. Jensen loves the animals. And he especially loves his cousins. Then on Saturday, Vo threw Jensen an early birthday party. It was so much fun. Jensen got lots of presents and just loved his cake. At first he wasn't sure if it was ok for him to dig in. He kept looking at me, and then just dug in. There was about an inch of frosting, so that's all he was eating at first. He just loved it. We had a great time! Thank you to everyone that helped us have such good time.