Happy Birthday to David!!!

After going to the Children's Christmas Party Saturday morning given by David's work, we headed over to the stables on base. It was a glorious day (as David would say). The weather was just perfect..sunny and warm for the 1st of December. Not really planning on it, we had Celestia and Jack experience their first pony ride. For only $5.oo we were able to have a horse to ourselves for a 1/2 hour. Celestia was sooooo excited to ride a horse. Jack was a little apprehensive, but did like it as well. Celestia especially had a great time and said over and over while riding..."Giddy up horsey, giddy up!!!" What a fun day for the family and birthday for Daddy!!!



Jack 17 months old.

Mason 2 weeks old.

He's Here :)

Mason James was born on November 20, 2007 at 2:56 a.m.. He weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 inches long. He's just perfect. We are having so much fun having him around. What a big blessing this little guy is!

Here's the story:

I headed to my dreaded 41 week ultrasound appointment at 3:00p.m. on Monday November 19th. They of course said that my fluid levels were low and they were going to have to induce me that evening.

I was actually relieved...just tired of being pregnant. So, we headed over to the hospital and they started me on pitocin a little bit after 6:00p.m....the nurse was SO SLOW....we had been there since 4 p.m..

Once the pitocin was causing me to have regular contractions, the baby's heart rate would drop significantly with each contraction....also, after a few hours....I was not dialating very well, which was quite strange. My last two pregnancies were induced and they were rather fast....this one was not....something was wrong. I, of course, started to worry. C-section was not a word I wanted to hear. They took me off pitocin...then put me back on to see if things would change.

My midwife was starting to get quite concerned about the progression we were making. I could tell by the look on her face as she carefully watched the monitor as I had each contraction.

So, by about 2:30am I had dialated to almost an 8. The baby wasn't doing any better. The only thing we could to was to try and push this little guy out. So, amazingly enough, after only a couple pushes, I was able to push little Mason out. His cord was wrapped around his neck (which was the reason I wasn't progressing well because each time I had a contraction, he couldn't press down enough on the cervix to move his little body on down.) Anyway, I can't tell you how relieved I was that things went okay and he came out screaming. I felt so very blessed!!!

Here are some pictures of him....I hope you enjoy. He is just a little sweetheart.