Life Changes...for the good

Hello Everyone

Why is everyone sick? Can't people just be healthy and the world be rid of all sicknesses?? Wouldn't that be great.
Right now we aren't taking Lane out in public and being careful who comes in contact with him. We don't need him to get sick.

Night time is going good, some nights are better than others but can't complain. Though mommy is really looking forward to an 8 hour sleep, but that will come in time. I just keep thinking that I have nothing going on and Lane sleeps in the afternoon so I have time to take naps. And I usually get my energy after I'm up and moving around and not rocking him. Lane likes his cuddle time with his mommy at 2:30 am. Maybe because he was born at 3:41 a.m. he thinks its time to be awake then. Mommy better talk to him to let him know that am means sleep pm means awake. Crazy little boy!!!!

Thursday and Friday Justin has been home because rain and snow...YES I said SNOW!!!
Thursday, Lane had tummy time and boy does he love that. He has a very strong head. Lifting it up left and right. We got video of him lifting his head up but I'm not sure how to put a video on here. So here's a picture.

Then he was resting in daddy's arms and he starts making his usual noises while sleeping and the noise sounded like a dirt bike starting up. Justin and I just busted out laughing, he just kept on doing it. By the time I got the camera to get a video of it he stopped but I got a little of it.

Today, Friday we just have been hanging out, not much to do when its snowing. I guess its Lane's first snow and he can't even go out in it. Which is ok!! There will be plenty of those days to come.

My mom went and bought Lane some sleepers and here is one that looks like a baseball uniform so he looks like a little baseball player. Lane says "GO YANKEES"!!!

Well that is it for now, my time is consumed by Lane, bottles, dirty diapers, naps and eating when I can...BUT I LOVE IT!!!

Have a Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Our Beautiful Son

Here is Daddy showing Lane his "brothers" Tuff and Roper. Tuff really wants to meet Lane face to face. He'll have to wait until this Spring and Summer when its warmer and Lane is bigger.

Here is Lane in one of his MANY Camo outfits. What a stud!!
Sunday we left to go home from the hospital Lane weight 8 lbs 7oz
Tuesday back to the hospital for a check up and he weight 8lbs 10.6 oz
Thursday went to the Dr for Lane's check up and he weight 8lbs 12 oz
What a growing boy!!

HE'S HERE!!!!

Our beautiful baby boy is here!!!

When the Dr. says 2 weeks he means anytime.
Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. my water broke
10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning I was admitted into Hospital!!
Dr told me I would be having a baby with in the next 24 hours. He was right!
3:00 AM Thursday came and I wasn't making any progress I was still dilated to a 3.5 so Dr said we are going to have to do a C-Section. My water was broke for 36 hours and it was time to get him out.
3:41 AM at 8lbs 11 oz Lane G was born.

Beautiful Baby Boy, lots of dark black hair and chubby cheeks!!!!
Mommy and Daddy loved him at first sight.
Daddy got to give him his first bottle while mommy was still down getting things done after the delivery.
He has been doing great.
Friday we have found that his vocal cords do work and that when he's hungry, he's hungry and wants it now. That he totally gets from his mommy!!!!
We think he looks like his daddy but has his mommies nose and chin. PERFECT!!!

We are at the hospital until Sunday, seems kind of long but the days have been busy and going fast. Tomorrow is already Saturday.

Justin and I are loving the parenthood life, of course as we are at the hospital we have more help and can bring him to the nursery so we can sleep at night. We'll find out what those 3 am feedings are like soon!! But hey its all worth it!!!! I would get up in the middle of the night for him.

But that is all for now time for bed or a few other things that I think should have been done today but didn't happen.

Lane is content now as daddy just fed him so he is out like a light after his belly is full.

Time for rest for mommy and daddy.

Till Next time,
The family of 3

READY OR NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone!

Not a very eventful weekend but it sure seemed to go by fast and that I got nothing done.

Friday was my Dr Appt and Dr. G said that I will be a mommy sooner than later. I have 4 weeks until my due date and he's giving me 2 weeks. With all my contractions I had last week my body was doing something and getting ready for something. Dr G couldn't find babies head so he said that is a good thing that he's not as big as we thought. But he said baby will be here. So Justin and I are getting ready. Justin drove to Huron this morning(Monday) so he has a vehicle to get back to Brookings in case I go into labor. Hopefully if I do the weather is good for him to drive back. We don't need me and him in the hospital. I need him for support.

Friday night Justin stayed in Mitchell and worked Saturday. I wasn't feeling the best Friday night so I stayed at my parents house. Then headed home Saturday morning, the dogs were happy to see me. Though I've been feeling so bad that I haven't played with them as much as I usually do. But they have each other and a big yard to play, they have to learn they can't get spoiled everyday. Saturday I pretty much laid around, did some dishes and other things around the house and took a nap. My naps, I love them right now!!! My hubby finally came home early Saturday night, we just hung out at home and watched some TV.

Sunday did some chores around the house. Which I'm very thankful for my WONDERFUL SUPPORTIVE husband!!!
Sunday night I started getting really bad backpain, pinched nerve, OUCH. It got me down to the bottom I wanted this baby out and I didn't want to go through it again. I cried but Justin came over and rubbed my back which helped for a little bit. That was my breaking point. So I laid in bed for 2 hours. Good thing baby is taking up alot of room that I'm not very hungry. I couldn't even sit or stand to eat my cereal for supper.

Slept alright but can't wait till I'm my normal self. I like my cuddle time with my hubby. Monday morning I'm feeling 80% better than yesterday. This morning I just have little cramping from sitting but its just uncomfortable more than pain, which I can handle. I can't wait for Baby to come!!!

Though it would have been cool if Baby Lane would have came yesteday because it would have been Lane Frost's birthday. How cool, I guess Lane Vostad will just have to have his own birthday. And since the dr is thinking he'll be a October baby I have things to get done at work today so good thing he didn't come yesterday.

I think the only reason he wants to come early is to see the YANKEES go to the Series!!!! He has a Yankees Onesie waiting for him!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and are staying warm in this lovely fall/winter weather!!

Later!

My "boys" love me!!

Been having cramping all week, the nurse said as long as I am laying down and they are going away they are just Braxton Hicks Contractions if I lay down and they don't' go away then I'm going into labor. I have a dr appt on Friday afternoon and the dr will check to see if I'm dilated or not. I think baby is ready to come out, maybe he likes the cold weather?!?!

Or he wants to see the Yankees in the Series!! :)

Anyway so I've been feeling like crap all week other than at night when I get home I lay down and my hubby is so wonderful and has been helping around the house Monday and Tuesday while he was home. I've been actually sleeping great at night other than having to go to the bathroom every 1/2 hour to an hour. So I've been waking up feeling great, its the 20 min car ride into town sitting in the seat that gets me...here come the contractions. Fun Stuff!! Anyway enough complaining.

Last night I stopped at my parents house to pay my mom for the Tough Enough to Wear Pink Shirts, which disappointing are brown but still the money goes to a good cause. And she asked if I wanted to stay for supper I said sure, gave me time to lay down and just relax. It was arond 6:45 when I got home. The street we live on is close to the school and I happen to look down that street when I was heading home and saw this yellow lab. I was thinking to myself "that sure looks like Tuff" so I raced the 1/2 block home went to check the kennel and sure enough the kennel was all messed up and a little hole dug and NO DOGS. I was like just great, so I got back in my car hauled a** to the school and sure enough there was Tuff wandering around. He KNEW he was in TROUBLE. I figured he would be easy now where the heck is Roper??? I looked around and there he was at the house across from the school (the loud barking dog house) I called him over got him in the car and went home. They were naughty.
I have NO idea how the heck Tuff got out of this hole, I have a picture I will post today. Its small I'm not even sure how Roper got out either. But needless to say they screwed up the kennel.
OH COURSE the day Justin isn't home they decide to get out.
I'm guessing another dog or animal was in our yard and Tuff was freaking out and kept jumping on the kennel and shook it enough to move it off the cement and on to the rocks and grass and then they just dug. This happened Saturday morning there was a dog in our yard and Tuff was freaking out but didn't get out. Sooo since I can't do much my parents are coming to screw the kennel down to the cement so they can't get the kennel loose anymore. Hopefully they are home when I get there tonight.

I have a massage at 5:30 tonight and I want to get all relaxed so the dogs better be home.

Tuff sure was thirsty when he got home so I'm not sure how long they were out. Last time they got out because I FORGOT to hook the kennel Tuff was home but Roper was 2 blocks down caught in the baseball fields. He got in but couldn't figure out how to get out. Luckily we got them. DARN DOGS!!!

I wish we could afford to put a fence up around our yard so animals stop coming in our yard and the dogs will stay in our yard. We have an invisible fence and the dogs are really good about staying around the yard when they have the collars on. But they sure are Smart dogs.

That was my interesting Wednesday Night. Things always happen at our house when Justin isn't home. That happened to me a couple times last year it was always on a Monday night when something would go wrong and Justin wouldn't be home. Now if I wasn't pregnant and feeling like crap I probably could have done more but what is a girl suppose to do.

Yeah they are SOOOO INNOCENT

Thankful for my wonderful Dad who has helped me out and again will help me!!

Lovely Fall

Hello!

Today, Monday, October 5,2009
I feel uncomfortable and ready to have this baby. Though my goal this weekend was to get the hospital bags in my car and they are sitting in the middle of the nursery. Ok so its just my bag that needs to be finished so I'm pretty much done.

We had a great relaxing weekend, I was going to get a picture of my belly this weekend but everytime I think I'm going too I don't. My reason this weekend was Saturday I didn't take a shower and stayed in "non" picture taking clothes and Sunday we just weren't home.

Saturday we were actually up early (8:00 a.m., that is early for us these past weekends).
Friday night we had Papa John's Pizza and rented some movies. Nice cuddle time on the couch. We watched Ghost of girlfriends past, pretty good movie. I think we were in bed by 10:00. Getting those "baby" hours in.
Saturday Justin wanted to go site his rifle in for deer season. We went out to the farm, Konnor(nephew) was out there and hung out with him while it was raining out. Then it stopped and went out to do some shooting. Well I was going to shoot his 22 but it was 1:00 after he got his rifle sited in so we stopped and acutally went into town for some lunch. I think Justin gets spoiled during the week and never wants home cooked food. OH well we have to treat ourselves sometime. Then we got back home and I took a nap and he cleaned the garage. This boy can't sit still for the life of him. Good and bad thing. Saturday night we watched more of the movies we rented and again were in bed I think between 10:00-11:00. I can't seem to get much sleep lately and I ended up on the couch and we both slept until 10:00 Sunday morning.

Sunday we headed into town ate lunch at McDonalds. Which I usually hate McDonalds but being pregnant I love their chesseburgers. Ate there then headed to my parents house. Took my mom our for ice cream for her birthday. It ended up being just me and her because no one else thinks ice cream is good on a semi cold day. Heck mom and I can eat ice cream WHENEVER!!! Yummy! Though I love ice cream, it always sounds good to me while being pregnant.

My aunt found a cute halloween costume for Lane probably when he's 2 years old. But its a cute stuffed horse then you put the person in the middle so it looks like he's riding the horse. I'll have to get a picture of it so it makes more sense. But its very cute! So in 2 years we'll have a cowboy and his horse for halloween. Even though that is what he'll be right when he comes out of mommy's belly is a cowboy.

Then we stopped at Runnings to just look around, though we could buy alot of things at that store and we walked out just buying drinks and chocolate covered peanuts.

We headed home and took the dogs out to the farm and then Dave(Justin's dad) bought us Pizza King pizza for supper, you can NEVER pass up that kind of supper. Got home and either it was the pizza or small contractions that were bothering me. I reclined on the chair and was hoping I wasn't going into labor. So far baby is still in the belly. We watched Cold Case and off to bed we went. I am so uncomfortable and ready for this baby to come. Acutally last night and this morning I thought for sure I would be going into labor, but I guess my body is just getting me ready.

Its raining again this morning and Justin was suppose to go to Huron for work but its raining harder there then in Brookings so he is home today. Even though this is a month early if baby wants to come early he should come today because daddy is already home.
As you can tell I'm wanting him to come but I also want him to wait until around November anyway. And I'm looking forward to my November and December time off from work!!!

On a good note today a wonderful guy from the church remembered me talking about how I've been craving coffee/hot chocolate last week and so he dropped in this morning and brought me some hot chocolate. Boy did that make my day. Yummy!
This morning has been really busy at work which makes my "wonderful" Monday's go fast. Its already 11:30, 1/2 hour until lunch!!

I get my hair highlighted today, I'm very excited for. And Thursday I get a massage. I think this should be a good week. Beats the boring on going week I had last week.

So that was our weekend, nothing to eventful but maybe someone will be intersted to know what goes on in the Vostad World. Sometimes I surprise myself!!!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Down to the Wire

Weekly Dr Appts means ANYTIME BABY IS READY!!!!

Had a Dr appt yesterday, which everything is going good. And the Dr said usually babies who come around 36 weeks do just fine but most babies come around 38 weeks. I told him I want the baby out but waiting until the end of October would be fine with me!!

I fell on my parents step yesterday at lunch time and well my own fault because it was a very rainy day and I had my flip flops on, needless to say my mom told me I should not be wearing them anymore. The Dr actually laughed at me because I was wearing flip flops. Today I'm wearing tennis shoes, not very stylish but they work. I fell on my butt so baby is fine, now mommy on the other hand is very sore!! But all is good.
Now I start doing my every week appt and all the "fun" stuff at the Dr appt.

Oh yeah and next Thursday I'm getting a massage, so that should fell really good on my sore body. And on Monday I'm getting BLONDE highlights in my hair, I can't wait!!!
I'll be "One Hot Mama"!!

I'm really excited for Baby Lane to come, its really hitting me that I'm going to have a baby. Everyone keeps saying how our lives are going to change but I think we are expecting that since we've wanted this for so long. And of course it was planned so I think we knew it was going to be a life changer. Change is sometimes good! This change is GREAT!
I'm really surprised at myself that I'm more excited than nervous, because usually I'm nervous/worrier about anything.

Actually the other night I was going downstairs after getting a glass of water and freaked out alittle that I didn't want to be home by myself when I went into labor. That is probably the only thing I've worried about lately. Maybe I'll have to bring Tuff in the house to sleep with me and be there for me. HA-like he would be any help. He would just roll over and be like heres my belly pet it please!! What a spoiled dog!

This week I haven't been feeling all that great, just tired and not feeling myself. Nothing serious no flu or anything. And the poor dogs haven't gotten much time to play fetch, but at least its been raining so then I have a bigger excuse. They will have all weekend to play. They are getting alittle better and wandering the yard now instead of sitting on the deck. I mean come on we have this huge backyard they have plenty of room to play. SPOILED DOGS!!!

Cali has ventured downstairs to our room now and has been sleeping on my pillow at night Sunday-Thursday night she's been down there hogging the pillow. I think its been
cold upstairs so she comes down to our bedroom to sleep because its warmer. Another one of our spoiled animals. Hum...do you think Lane will get spoiled?? Of course by his grandparents he will!!!
I had a baby gate up in the door way of the nursery to see if that would keep Cali out of the room and it did until Thursday morning then she figured it out. But I think she stays away from the crib she just runs in there and lays on the floor. I think she thinks she owns every room in the house. She has her “own” bed in the spare bedroom upstairs that I call ‘her room” but she thinks she needs every laying space available.

Justin got home this morning at 8:30, they got rained out. Darn I have nothing for him to do around the house, hehe! I had him pick up some dog food since its a 40lb bag. Maybe he'll surprise me and have the whole house cleaned when I get home. HAHA!!! Wishful thinking. But he works hard during the week so he should have some time to rest.
Tomorrow he is suppose to be helping a friend move some cattle, which he's really excited about.
Me I have nothing going on this weekend, which I'm totally excited about. NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!!!

35 weeks Saturday November 3!!

A Happy Birthday to my wonderful mom on Sunday!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!