Birth story?

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You're probably wondering what happened to my birth story. Well.........I haven't really wanted to talk or write about it. I still get shivers when I think about it. It wasn't so much Zane's birth as what happened afterwards. I have to fill out my hospital survey, so maybe I'll finally wrap my mind around it and be able to place it here. I have a beautiful new son who is so sweet, but I still have some things to work out emotionally with God.....plus lots of laundry and diapers.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you my family for such a wonderful, wonderful Thanksgiving!

Homemade Fun

Update from the land of NOSLEEP. Yep, it's a real place. I actually had energy on this day and we made homemade playdough. I think making it was as much fun as playing with it! Zane just hung out on my lap. He wants to be held 24/7.
Happy Holiday Baking!

New

Unique

My boys

Precious

Oh, I love him so much!
Thank you God for my little son!
Zane Daniel Vashey
October 30, 2009
8lbs 6oz
21"

I am ready to meet this guy inside me.

October

movie night at oma and opa's

Wyatt didn't even get a smidge of paint on his clothes! His mama?...all over me!
How do I not look pregnant here?! Believe me, I am. It's not a hoax.

Avery's Birthday

Thanks sister for loaning me these pics to share! :o)

Still here

OK, I'm still here and I'm still pregnant. 39 weeks today. Ugh. 2 cent dialated and weight EXACTLY the same as this week when I was pregnant with Wyatt...interesting. At 39 weeks with Wyatt I was dialated 1 cent. and I had him 4 days later..........hmmmm. I won't list all my pregnancy woes but I will ask if you are praying for us, then please pray for Jon's back. It went out again. Needless to say this has made everything hard. Neither one of us can really bend or lift and you hear both of us groaning in the night. Plus, how in the world is he supposed to help me labor naturally (yes, I am still attempting a VBAC with no pain meds) or even hold the baby? I think the only thing that's keeping me sane is the "Believing God", Beth Moore Bible study. It is amazing that I am where I am with the small amount of brain cells left in my head and I'm actually learning and taking it in! I feel like it's a treat to open my Bible right now....just as good as chocolate. Who would of thought? Anyway, I can't wait to meet this little man giving me misery. I predict it's going to be this weekend!

Once Upon a Connection

A month!! It has been a month without internet! .......without cable, without a newspaper. I've been relying on word of mouth to know what's going on in the world. An old lady today let me know it was supposed to rain tonight. We were walking out of the hospital together and she volunteered the information. I was grateful. I felt like asking her how things were going in the middle east but she probably would have thought I was weird.

I've been having contractions since Friday morning. My doctor says I am dialated and that it could be 2 weeks or tomorrow that it becomes true labor. sheesh. They hurt and they come every 5 minutes for about 2 to 4 hrs at a time. I thought at the very least I'd be dialated to *something*! Anyway, I'm weary but hanging in there. Jon has really helped with laundry, cleaning and cooking, not to mention our 2 1/2 yr old sumu wrestler.

I'm writing this from my Grandma's house (even my grandma has internet! I'm starting to feel like a backwoods, barefoot and pregnant, makes my own soap over a black kettle, never combs my hair and whittles my toothpicks kind of gal) Hopefully we will have internet THIS week!!!

lack of technology

Hey there! We did move finally. Yea! I have pics to post and stories to tell.......bad plumbing, dishwasher falling on Wyatt......beautiful flooring and our heavenly mattress. Right now, we don't have a home phone and internet. Seriously, it has been super hard to get. I called every number in the phone book....no one services our street. Today I got some numbers from my husband......found one for a land line but no interenet. I'm here at my parents and I'm about to surf the net for some options. Hopefully there are some. I feel a bit disconnected! :o) Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Thank You

It's moving day tomorrow (Sat) and I am a little sad. We'll be moving out of my grandparent's and into our newly renovated home. Wyatt won't even know what hit him. He'll ask , "Granny and Gramps? Where'd they go?"
Thank you Granny and Gramps for letting us live with you, play with your toys, eat your food, drink your coffee, watch your cable, run and play ball in your yard, and soak up all the attention and love you gave. My son will never be the same for it. We love you both and can't wait to have you come stay at *our* house and eat our food, drink our coffee, not watch cable (b/c we probably won't have it) and sit in our yard devoid of grass.......Wyatt said you could come visit everyday if you want to. :o) This mama is going to need lots of help once baby #2 arrives on the scene!

Husband's birthday

My mom is hilarious. She's been planning this deer cake for Jon for weeks now. Someday my husband will prove that he is just as good of a hunter as he is a fisherman. He's pretty determined!

I made this birthday banner for future b-day parties with my family. I used scraps of fabric for the flags and felt for the letters. All the fabrics used have special memories attached to them i.e. Grandma's old apron, childhood crafts, dresses......I thought this would be so much more meaningful than a plastic throwaway one. I made sure that there were girly fabrics and manly fabrics so it could be used for anyone.

It's pretty bad when your sister-in-law blogs about your husbands birthday before you do! Plus, she got way cooler pictures. I really only have 2 good ones. You know sometimes you just want to enjoy the party and not be the one behind the lens, right?! Anyway, you can see her great post here. And, if your family or close friends, you'll want to watch this video of Jon blowing out the candles...............