Some more of Mason

So Mason weighed 7lbs 8oz when he was born. Two days later for his first check up he weighed exactly 7lbs, it was SO hard to get him to eat for more than 5 seconds. I nurse him and give him formula. So weather he was nursing or bottle feeding he would never eat for more than 5 second before falling asleep. So it took about a week and a half to gain 6oz back. He is finally eating for a longer period of time now but still only drink about 2 oz at a time.
He sleeps most of the day and is up every two hours to nurse at night. We don't see much of his eyes, he keeps them closed most of the time. Sometimes he will slightly open one eye when he is awake. The past couple of days we've seen his eyes a bit more. Looks like they could end up being blue, but ya never know.
Mason is a VERY loud sleeper, he grunts and groans very loudly at night waking Wayne and me and i'm a heavy sleeper! And he does this snoring noise...but it's not snoring I guess because he makes the noise when he is breathing out not in. But it's cute...during the day, not 2 in the morning and going on 20 minuets.
The kids are adjusting well to the baby. Matt loves his "cute" little "bother" (he watches to much Olivia) Someone asked Matt if they could take Mason home with them and he got really mad.
Peyton has her days where she likes him but most days she just ignores him. She hates when I nurse him and will pull on his head. She thinks his belly button is broken and or gross and will shush him whenever he makes a noise. She will touch his head and fingers and will sometimes give him kisses.

A little bit of lately

Silly faces for Grandpa Potter!
The only way I can get Matt to smile for the camera is if I tell him we are going to send the picture to grandpa. Then all he wants to do is take a million silly face pictures.








pouty face


silly face


spinning in her new nightgown.


Found this "magic" popcorn at the commissary and thought I would buy a box for the kids. They LOVED eating the blue popcorn.

I can finally get down and draw chalk pictures with Peyton. She likes to watch me draw and will bring me the chalk and tell me what to draw. I think I have more fun with the chalk than the kids!

He's Here!!!

Baby Mason Jacob Hansen has arrived....FINALLY!

Wow, my babies just have to be forced out into the world.
Mason arrived June 6, 2011 7:53 AM weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz 19 3/4 inch long.

Baby Mason was due May 30th and on the 22 of May I was playing with Peyton on the floor when my back started to hurt. I finally decided I better get up and walk around, that it was hurting from sitting on the floor. WOW I went from a pain level of a 1 to an 8 in a matter of seconds. Contractions started and got stronger fast. I decided to jump in the shower to see if it would go away but it only got worse. At first I didn't know it was contractions it was a never ending pain. After an hour of walking around the house and trying to lay down we decided to head to the hospital....yeah as soon as we got there they stoped!! We went in anyway and they said I was really dehydrated. So they hooked me up to an IV and monitored my contractions for two hours. The DR came back in and said if I made progress (one more cm) then she could admit me. She looked at my contractions and said they looked beautiful checked me and said to go home....I was SO MAD!!
So military policy...they can't induce until a week after your due date! Well we made it through that EXTRA LONG week and were getting ready for the hospital Sunday night when I got a voicemail from a Dr at the Hospital. I was thinking they were going to tell me they needed to change my date. So I called back and they said they wanted to know if I could come in now. I guess they were getting a few people in and wanted me to come in to make sure I had a room and didn't have to come in a different day.
So we called our relief society president to see if she knew someone that could come sleep at the house since our baby sitter was set up for the next day. So we had a girl come stay the night but she had to go to work around 7am, so the relief society President came in the morning got the kids ready and took them to there sitter. I'm so thankful to all you guys that took care of the kids that morning.
So we went to the hospital and they started my induction a little after midnight. They kept coming in and turning up the pitocin every hour or so but my contractions weren't getting any stronger. So finally they came and really turned it up! Wow contractions kicked in so I called for an epidural. Woulnd't ya know it I had to wait because someone had to go in for a c-section. So after a very LONG hour I finally got my epidural. Then the nurses came in and were looking at Mason's heart rate on the charts. He was stressing a bit and they were trying to decide what the cut off was for to low of a heart rate. They decided it was 120 and Mason was between 113-115 so they put me on oxygen. The Dr came in to check on us but still couldn't break my water....an hour later it broke on it's own...boy that was weird. Anyway an hour after my water broke we had gone from a 4 to a 9! I have had HORRIBLE pains in my right hip this pregnancy and the epidural was working on everything but my hip pain. They said I just needed more meds and gave me a button. I HATED my epidural this time. It worked WAY to well and I couldn't barely move my toes. I didn't like the way the meds felt cold going in and know i was going to get a lot more numb when I was already overly numb. They finally talked me in to pushing the button again...after I told them about 5 times that I thought it was time because the baby was starting to push on my ribs which is exactly what my daughter did when she was ready. They said oh no your only a 9 we will check you again in an hour! Finally after LOTS of complaining to the nurse she finally thought it might be a good idea to try pushing just to see if the baby was ready! Really? What a unique idea...moron! I was so mad at her. Anyway it was time and he was born a few minuets later.
Oh but don't let me forget to mention with my other two babies I had one nurse and the Dr there for the birth. This time we had 3 Dr's and about 6-8 nurses. They were a bit worried about the way the baby's hart rate kept dropping. But really did we need so many nurses, half of them were just standing there staring....yeah it's bad enough to have the Dr there let alone a whole crowd! One Dr got there just in time, he ran in throwing his jacket down on the floor.
But everything turned out fine and Mason is a happy healthy baby.















Ready to go home, luckily this time I only had to spend one night in the hospital.








One of the only times we've really seen he's eyes. This kid sleeps 24/7 and even if he is awake he usually keeps his eyes closed.

Rain Rain and more Rain!

Wow it rain a LOT this last week. We had flood and flash flood warnings and watches. I thought we were going to wash away!
Mostly it seems to rain at night but one morning we saw it headed our way, it always comes from across the golf course. So we called Matt and Peyton over to see the rain. Matt wanted to go out and play in it so we said ok. Next thing we know he's taking his clothes off?! I guess he didn't want them to get wet. We told him he had to at least wear underwear. Then next Peyton is trying to take her clothes off....we made her wear her shirt and diaper! They had a ton of fun playing in the rain.

Keeping Busy

Trying to keep the kids and myself busy until the baby comes. It was hard for me to get around and when I would walk the baby would get VERY active and it was painful.

So we went out a drew with chalk.





played on our playground





Made a BIG syrup mess for mommy to clean up...but it was really yummy!




Found mommy soda and was bouncing off the walls for hours!




Colored for HOURS!




Road our bikes






and we went to the USO Sesame Street Live show. We thought it would be fun for the kids to go one one last outing before the baby arrived....boy were we wrong! But whose Idea was it to have a kids show at 7pm?!!

Two VERY excited kids to see Elmo!





OK there's Elmo...now we can go?!!