Can You Believe This?

This snow is outrageous! I can't believe it! We've been out everyday, messing around in the snow. I just love it. Lucy LOVES the snow too. I'll have to post some more pics... if I can ever remember to take any!

Back to work...

So I head back to the grind on January 5th. I'm dreading this. I really did enjoy my time home this time so much more than last time. But I do have to remind myself, I love my job. It's stressful, but so challenging. I miss the drama. I'm a sucker for it and the first one to try to squash it.. but I do check my e-mail most everyday.. wondering what's been happening and who's been causing trouble while I've been gone... While the cat is away the mice will play.

Anyway, I'm debating on continuing to breast feed when I go back. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips on doing this to just make it easier?

Santa!!

Uncle Bret & Aunt Jordy Visit

My brother and his wife came down from Alaska to do an early x-mas visit and meet their new nephew. Here are some pics from the visit!

Zane... just hangin' in his bed at Ammies...


Ok every year since I've been around, my mom makes us all take a picture in front of the tree. As you can see... this is not easy.







Auntie Jordy...


Cheese...


Jeremy and Rosie..

X-mas Tree...

So here's a picture from last year...







And this year...





What? Where's the snow? I want snow and warm coats and hats. I want HOT toddy's and mittens and gloves!

Smile...

Future Bullrider?

So Logan is obsessed with being a bull rider. Of course his dad totally feeds this obsession. This is what we do every night.... Logan sets up his bull rope on the rocking chair ottoman, and bucks out. It's hilarious. Here are some action shots..... and yes we do have to commentate for him...

Ok.. he's still got his hat on here...



Oh! the hat got knocked off! (EVERYTIME..)


OH! either a buck off or a dismount...


Yeah... waving to the crowd!... of and yes, he is wearing his chaps OVER just his underware.... We try to tell him that MOST cowboys don't wear chaps that way.. he just doesn't listen.

A tad late... Halloween Pics

I know.. I'm a bad mom.. But I'm NOT cut out to be a single mom of 2. So I've had some organizational issues lately. Now that I finally have a husband again, I'm getting back on track.

Earlier that day, Jen came over with Brady and Jenna and we made sugar cookies. I think the kids just ate the frosting and Brady paid Logan back and played with his toys for once, but Jen and I had fun!







Here's Logan on Halloween: He was Lane Frost. He slept in this (I took the hat away) for 4 nights and HAD to wear the number on his back for a week. We were at my mom's trick or treating. Then we went over to Aunt Jenny's and trick or treated with Aunt Jenny and all his cousins. Logan only lasted about 3 blocks and he wanted to go back to Jennifer's and eat candy and hang out with Aunt Johanna, who stayed at the house to hand out candy. Which was FINE with me. It was a bit cold out for Zane. He was all bundled up, but it was his first trip in the baby bjorn and wasn't too sure he liked it.

Cole Update

Not much has been going on with us.. but thought I'd trow something out there...

Hunting season is FINALLY over with. THANK GOD. I'm SO sick of dirty man smell and dirty clothes and just dirt.

Here is Jeremy and his boys with his elk he got this year.


Zane is growing like a weed. I forgot how fast they grow!






Here's the fam... well without me of course... no one EVER takes pictures of me that don't involve me breastfeeding or going to the bathroom. Why Jeremy thinks this is funny is beyond me....



I think I need more furniture... There's no room for me!

We'll miss you Deekon...

So our dog, Deekon was hit by a car on Monday night and killed. This is so sad.. He was 11 and getting older, but still so heartbreaking. I swear something bad always happens when Jeremy is gone hunting.

Deekon was the BEST dog ever. He just was a runner. He was mild mannered, calm, sweet, loving and patient. We are going to miss him SO much.

Some Road trip when Logan was teenie tiny. They were sleeping together.


Camping...


That dog would lay IN the fire.. so weird. You can see the ashes on him nose.


And this explains it all.. Deekon LOVED Jeremy... truly best friends.

Big brother...

He's Here!

9 days early... He is here. Some say he is the spitting image of Logan when he was born.. but all I see is Jeremy. Logan had this enormous head.. Zane has this little ('dainty' as Lisa called it) head. Jeremy loved being called dainty.

So here's the story: I went to pick Logan up at his friend Brady's house, Brady's mom watches Logan for me on Thurs & Fridays. We were just out chatting in the driveway and I started having light contractions... So on the way home I started keeping track... 3-4 Mins apart.. hmmmm ok. So I get home and tell Jeremy to start timing them, cause I wanted to finish dinner.. I had been CRAVING homemade French Onion soup and I had started it earlier, it takes about 2.5 hours to make.. So I'm finishing that up and I'd just call out.. there's one! So after we eat and clean up he says, well they are 3-4 mins apart.. do you want to go? i didn't. I'm not sure why.. I just didn't think it was 'time'. So we timed them for 4 hours.. they never got worse.. so I felt good about staying home. Then about 7:30 they stopped.

Around 2 I had to pee.. did my thing, then waddled back to bed. JUST as I was falling asleep GUSH! My water broke. So dramatic.. but I threw myself out of my bed and yelled for Jeremy, who was sleeping on the couch... and off we went! My parent's met us at Capital Med Center and they stayed for a little bit, but Logan was really tired and wanted to go home.. so they took him back to their house with the thought of coming back later.

We got there at 2:30-2:45am.. I was admitted at 3:30am and had him at 5:52am. Without drugs.. NOT that I didn't beg, cry scream, beg some more.. but it was happening so fast that I guess there wasn't enough time for the happy lady (as I called her) to get there. I have my doubts.. but only because I was DYING :o)~

At 3:30 I was dilated to a 2 totally effaced. At 4:30 I was dilated to a 6. Still no drugs. Somewhere close to 5:30 when she checked me I was a 9 and the happy lady showed up. She gave me the epidural... and I waited. With Logan it was instantaneous. So I was just so happy.. thinking.. ahh no more pain! Then came the next contraction.... and the next... and the next... K.. it wasn't working. So she's checking my legs asking me.. can you feel this? can you feel this? she gets to the top of my thigh.. and I say, yep.. it's cold.. I feel it. Nice.. so the dang thing STOPS working RIGHT before the spot I need it too. Yes there were plenty of profanities coming from my mouth.

Then they check me again.. I'm at a 10. SON OF A..... If you don't know this about me.. I'm not into pain.. I'm not into "feeling the wonderful experience of child birth" and being one with the earth. I don't want to feel his head coming out of my crouch or see it. NOT MY THING. I want drugs drugs drugs and I want it over. I hated being pregnant both times, but love the end result. SO I'm freaking out that I'm gonna go through the entire thing and "experience the wonderful thing called child birth."

So I'm begging the not so happy lady to try something else.. so she tries something else.. not sure what it was.. but it didn't work either.

The Doctor came in and they are setting everything up for me to start pushing, and I feel this little tiny tingle in my right foot. I think " YES! It's gonna work!" Yeah.. only in the right foot and right side. So I felt everything on the left side.. I guess half the "wonderful experience of child birth" is better than the whole thing.. I guess.

He's here.. I love him. Logan LOVES him. Jeremy loves him. It's great.

Here are some pictures:

Zane Douglas


My 3 boys....


Ammy 'helping'


Ahh.. brothers


Zane...


Can you say Hmmm?

Counting down...

So I'm finally at home till January.. Ah... I'm SO happy to be off work. I love my job.. I really do.. It's challenging and fun and exciting.. but very stressful. Anyway, I'm glad to be at home spending time with Logan and getting ready for Zane!

So yesterday I had my 38 week check up. I"m still measuring big... I was measured at 40 cm today. I'm dilated to a 1.5 - 2 and 50% thinned out. Jeremy comes home today, so hopefully anytime after today.. I know.. they come when they want and really I'm ok with that.. I just REALLY REALLY don't want to have another c-section. So the Doc and I talked about it and she'll let me go to November 3rd. Next week, "if you haven't gone into labor" we are going to schedule a c-section for November 3rd. She did seem encouraged that I was that thinned out. I think I was 30% thinned out the day before I went into labor with Logan. But of course who knows!

18 days... but who's counting

So I'm having a hard time packing for the hospital.. I know that's weird.. but do any of you have anything special you had to have up there? I didn't hardly take anything last time, and we ended up there for 4 days... so this time I want to be a little more prepared, just in case.

There is the obvious:

• Camera
• Video Camera
• Chargers
• Picture outfit for baby

But really.. that's all I have in there right now. Oh and one pair of sweats for Jeremy. All he had last time was one pair of jeans and a t-shirt. My mom had to go to Target and get him socks and a pair of flip flops.. so sad.... Anyway, I'd love to hear of things that made you more comfortable.

My Must Haves

I've just gotta do mine too.. So there are the obvious 'must haves', my husband, son, family, home, job, friends etc... Then there are the daily life saving things that I really would cry if I had to give up... I'm listing those here:

1- Beam Central Vac System.

I don't have a pic of this but I'm SO glad we put this in when we built the house. I love it. It's is the best. Logan even loves to vacuum!

2- I have really really dry skin. I use a combonation of Healthly Skin & Eucerin EVERYDAY.. I goop it on. It's the only combination of anything that has ever worked for me. I used to have to use neosporin on my face or vaseline..

3- Sippy Cups. These are the cheapest BUT the best sippy cups.. I love them. Logan stashes them everywhere, so there are LOTS of times where I find rotten chocolate milk curddled in the cup.... If I spent $5 on the cup.. I'd want to wash it out.. Not these.. I just throw the thing away and don't feel bad at all.. and I don't gag from the rotten milk. Makes me happy.

4- Triple Paste is THE BEST DIAPER RASH CREAM EVER CREATED. I've tried everything. Every product, every suggestion from every aunt, grandma, mom, sister, sister-in-law that I know. This is the only stuff that has ever helped Logan and his poor bottom.

5- You all have talked about cleaning products. Here's what I use. Vinegar. I love it. I wash my floors with it, my counters.. Everything but the bathrooms. It's the best. It cleans my grout in my kitchen floors which are SO dirty with a guy like Jeremy around. YUK!

6- OK.. I live at Costco. I swear I am there every other day. Between milk, pull-ups (NO Logan STILL will not poop in the potty), and dog food, I live at this place.

7- I love to read. It's my escape. I probably read every night for an hour. I love it. I have so many books stacked up.. it drives Jeremy nuts. I LOVE to just go to the book store and walk around checking things out.

8- I am a freak about cereal.. Here are my 2 fav's. Honey Bunches of Oats with Strawberries and Kashi Cinnamon Harvest.

9- Starbucks I love it.

10- Last but not least.. My double headed shower. I don't have a picture, but I had to mention it. I designed my whole bathroom around my shower. It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it, but it's close. I know.. total waste of water. There is nothing better than having both shower heads going, I'm NEVER cold. Love it.