funny faces

this is what happens when you let someone else use your camera... lots of random shots. I can be paid to remove this blog post! LOL!

the belly shot...

the butt shot...

wait... this is the tree in all it's glory... before unwrapping commenced.

and this is the crazy photographer....

won't be letting her teach Lane this trick...

and in case you were wondering this is a self photo.

Christmas Chaos

Lane was transfixed on Great Grandma

however he was tired of family photo's

Grandma showing Lane his new toy

meeting great Aunt Jeanne

he was given fair warning about great Uncle Greg

even Shannon couldn't wake him up

Lindsay couldn't either..

Christmas Day started off at the Sens and then we went over to Grandma's for dinner and gifts. Lane was much better behaved on Christmas Day and didn't have any meltdowns. That was saved for the arrival at home and blowing out several diapers in a row. At least we didn't experience that in the car! Now back training him to sleep in his own bed and sleep at night and play during the day.

Christmas Eve Surprise

Quick trip to Rochester...

Great Grandma Stapelton & Grandpa Sens with Lane

Tracy & Lane

Great Aunt Jeanette & Lane

Mark's dad was not able to make the trip for Christmas so we made a very quick trip to see him and stayed at Hotel Wegs (thanks Shannon!!!). We stopped by Christmas Eve for a quick visit with Aunt Jeanette and cousin Tracy. Grandma Sens was given a 3 hour advance notice.

Great Grandma Stapleton was very surprised as was Grandpa Sens! Lane was great in the car and it probably helps that it puts him to sleep at this age.

no Christmas for the cats

Pretty sure they made the Time Warner customer service lady's day yesterday. How often do you hear them laugh? Mark was working on adding voice mail to our phone - long story - and he had the phone on speaker. Cali loves to sit under the Christmas tree and sleep. Must think she is outside. Anyway, Mani decided that she needed a bath and started licking her face. This did not go over well as you might imagine. Who likes their face licked? She started snarling and trying to get away and he was not about to let up. A huge brawl ensued and I was sure the tree was going to be knocked over. We were laughing really hard and for a moment forgot about the speaker phone being on. We soon heard laughing over the phone so we had to explain what the ruckus was about and she had to put us on hold to finish laughing. She was still laughing when she came back on. They were so loud and sounded like lions at the zoo. Pretty sure Santa won't be leaving treats under the tree this year for them.

Christmas Lights Outing

(this was taken from the top of a hill in the distance)

One of the locals made the Fox 5 News in NYC last week with their Christmas display. I couldn't stop laughing because the news anchors were sure there was a typo and it had to be in Marlboro, NJ not Marlboro, NY. They had never heard of Marlboro, NY. I am guessing they really live under a rock in Manhattan because who on TV doesn't know Snooki and when they mention Snooki they frequently mention where she is from which can vary from Poughkeepsie to Marlboro on any given day. She is NOT from the Jersey Shore in case you had that fantasy going. I don't know her and won't pretend I do - we just hear stories from people who live around here.

Anyway major digression. Not only did the display make the news it made the newspaper locally - a weekly I might add. Big deal around here. So we bundled up Lane and decided to go check it out. Turns out it was 5 minutes from home. I was pretty sure we were just doing a drive by, but I still resisted putting on some warm pajama pants. Thank goodness I put on real clothes because we did hop out and take some pictures. We met the people who put up the display and he took our picture. They have over 140 hand painted signs of all sorts of characters and a crazy number of flood lights. Many are Disney and cartoon characters - lots of princesses and animals. I am guessing snow makes it look even cooler, but no snow here yet just the cold.

Getting ready to go sporting the hat from Grandma K and the famous fingers in the mouth. There is no preference to which fingers or fist go in just in case you are wondering.

In looking at the photo's now I see how you could take a fun Christmas card picture here with so many characters - see Fred Flinstone and Winnie the Pooh? I can see how kids just love this stop on the lights tour because it is not just lights and music. Santa also had a display, but we didn't wander too much and he was up on a hill of shrubs. Probably for a reason.

careful what you pray for

I only asked for dirty diapers and boy did we get them. The ped said his intestinal tract was a bit immature leading to a huge diaper once every few days. She said it would improve and to try out caffeine. Never got to the caffeine because we have turned the corner. Friday night there was a huge explosion as I was putting him to bed. Huge. Sounded like a bomb going off in his diaper. Much easier to catch it right after it happens is the lesson here. Then he did it one more time in the next hour. Last night in 2 hours he did it 3 times and then woke up with one more that Mark got the pleasure of changing. We've already had one more this morning and also a pee "out". Loads of laundry on tap for today and a bath on the fly.
It's also time to do some diaper homework. I have two types of pampers. One came as a gift and has this grid type mesh to it. They are not my favorites because they stick to his little boy parts and he cries when I change him and pull them off. Its really weird how that happens. The other pampers are dry max and don't have it. Very odd to have different types of pampers. This will take some trial and error. He is between the new born size and size one. Definitely using the size one's at night time to catch all the explosions!

one week and counting

one week old - 12/10/10

snuggle time with dad - love snuggle time with him!

just for grandma - enough pictures already

This week has been spent trying to get Lane to sleep in his bassinet or pack-n-play down stairs. He much prefers to sleep on mom or dad. Wrapping in the Halo sleep sack last night seemed to help a lot along with a bottle of formula before bed. I've also been given the go ahead to drink some caffiene so he will give us a few more dirty diapers. One every three days does not cut it and after the explosion last night I would prefer one a day. The doctor said caffiene gets the intestines going and will help him get the poop out. So do I have a real tea, some Diet Coke or a Peppermint Mocha?

diapers surprises

Probably should have taken some pictures of the diapers that my friends created at my shower for changing Lane at night - they were very cute and we are almost to end of them. They mostly had cute little sayings like "mommy ate beans", "mommy loves diamonds", "pray for mommy". "specially for daddy" and even drawings by Kelley's children. Found those last night and had a good laugh. Those were the fun kind of surprises. The other fun kind that require lots of wipes were just not happening. The doctor suggested sugar water and of course he loves the bottle and it worked the first time we needed to get it all out. The second time was yesterday and it didn't work so we had to get little baby suppositories. He hated that and kept pushing it back out. Sort of funny. The finally time he actually pooped while pushing the little thing out and that was a much easier diaper to change because I held his little butt up and Mark got the wet towels. A diaper wipe just isn't enough.
Also discovered that all Pampers are not created equal. Not sure what happened there, but some of the Pampers that I got are not exactly good soakers and they keep the wet on him. Those won't be used at night time for sure. We have several brands to test out before we buy any more.

Pictures with Grandpa & Grandma K

Grandma & Grandpa in front of the Christmas Tree ... to be decorated this weekend...

Lane is doing great! Wasn't quite getting in enough dirty diapers so I put on a brand new unwashed outfit. It worked! Good thing he will out grow it fast and the pants cover the spill out. No newborn outfits here. His little froggy legs don't exactly stay in the legs of the pants, but oh well they are still cute.

Just having fun with the camera.

He's Here!

Lane Lawrence - 12/3 at 3:33 pm

8lbs. 7 oz. - 20.5 inches long

First picture with Daddy

First picture with Mommy

Grandma & Grandpa Sens
The next morning with Mommy

Time to go home!

Grandma Koenig comes to visit... pics with Grandpa to follow

Hanging out with Daddy

It's been a few days, but at last here are the details and some pictures from those first few days.

Lane Lawrence was born on December 3rd at 3:33 pm weighing in at 8 pounds 7 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches. He's doing just great. My water broke the night before as we were getting ready for bed and we took our time going to the hospital. By the time we got there I was finally feeling it a little. By 3 am it was time for an epidural as they were saying he'd be there by 7:00 am and the doctor was not so fond of my throwing up. He can't deal with puke - go figure. At 7:00 am a new doctor came on - one of my favorites and he could handle it all. He took way longer to arrive than 7:00 am. It was a very busy day at the hospital with 23 new babies - typically there are about 10 a day so when my epi pump broke the nurse kept it very quiet and worked to fix it fast. Not fast enough for me! He arrived sideways after being in the right position the last 2 months. Lane is doing great and enjoying being held by all. More pictures soon.

11 days to go!

Hopefully not more! Spent the day off of bed rest! woohoo! I went shopping to pick up a few last minute items and then out to lunch at Olive Garden. Soup, salad and breadsticks. Just about died when she brought me the whole stinking bowl of salad that normally serves 4 people at dinner. She thought I was anxious to get my soup which it turned out they had just run out of. The replacement was just as good however - something with kale, potatoes and spicy sausage. It was very good.
Looking forward to another quiet weekend now that we have most things done. Mark is working from home tomorrow and we have some errands lined up. Yeah. Maybe lunch out again?