I know I haven't posted in a while, and I'm sorry for that, but we'll have to catch up later.
Last Saturday, October 9, was Tyler's baptism day. I was just going through pictures, and I never realized until now that we didn't take any other pictures, except for those at the baptism. I'm sad about that, because we had our wonderful families visiting the whole weekend, and we didn't get a single other picture! But at least we documented the main event, right?
Here's our whole family (and yes, I'm huge-but this baby's due next week!):
And here is a picture of Tyler and Scott:
We are so proud of Tyler for his decision to make the covenant of baptism. It was such a wonderful service. Our bishop even made it more memorable by having Tyler come up and stand by him before the baptism, while he talked to everyone about Tyler; his likes, interests, and other things about his personality. Tyler said he really liked that part. After the baptism, his Grandpa Ron gave an amazing talk about the Holy Ghost before the confirmation of the Gift of the Holy Ghost. The spirit was so strong in the room. It was a very happy day.
I am so grateful to the women in my family (my mom, my mother-in-law, my sister, and my sisters-in-law) who helped so much with the food all three days: they wouldn't hardly let me stand up and they greatly reduced my stress. And of course my wonderful husband Scott, who took care of EVERYTHING else. Seriously, it was much easier on me than I'd planned.
My heart just feels so full of happiness.
And now the baby can come. :)
So, even though I kept hoping he would want to come on his own, he decided to be much more patient than I and come on his scheduled date, October 19, 2010. It was scheduled because it was a c-section, and it went so smoothly for both baby and me. He was born at 9:23 am, weighing 7 lbs 7 oz. and was 21 inches long. 
We weren't able to come up with a name for him before his birth; Scott and I'd tried but we just couldn't settle on one name. But after seeing him, we both felt his name should be Russell Ketcheson Jensen. 
On our last night in the hospital, we were served what is called by the nurses, a "stork dinner". It was so yummy, and I was able to sit at the table with Scott and eat with him. That made me really happy, because I wasn't able to get out of bed and sit at a table after having Krysta. Can you see how much food they gave us? It took some careful finagling by the nurses to get it all to fit at the table. And we ate almost all of it.
In the hospital, Russell's bilirubin count started getting higher, and the day after we got home, it was high enough that they brought us a "bili-blanket" to help him get better. He literally glowed for a few days. He's fine now. My sweet mother is here holding him. She came out the day before Russell came to take care of the rest of the kids while I was in the hospital and for this past week. I don't know what we would have done without her. She's an angel!
These next two pictures show a pretty cool trick that Russell can do. Yup, he was already rolling over to his side before we left the hospital! 
