November 16, 2012

Our Baby Girl!!!

 Allie LeeAnn Mason
Born November 6th, 2012 at 5:06pm
9 pounds 10 ounces
20 1/4 inches long




 Our sweet baby girl decided to come 6 days "late". She came in a hurry!
 
Tuesday around 2pm I started thinking I was probably in labor. At 2:45pm I called Joe and told him he should come home from work. I picked up Isaac from school at 3:30pm. We dropped Isaac, Jacob and Adam to my Mom at 4:15pm. I checked into the hospital at 4:30pm. And 36 minutes later I finally heard those four wonderful words...
You have a GIRL!!!





 We did a little photo shoot today. Thank you Manda for showing me how to take newborn pics! Amanda did Adam's newborn pictures for me 2 years ago. Unfortunately she moved away, so I was on my own this time. Thankfully, Allie was a perfect angel the entire time!


 You can see she has a cute little birthmark on her left wrist.















 I Love You My Sweet Baby Girl! I'm so happy you are finally here. And you look like Mommy!









October 24, 2012

One week left...?

My official due date is October 31st. So far I have no exciting news to share. As far ask I can tell, this baby is in no hurry to come out. He/She will most likely stay as long as possible, just like the rest of my kids. Isaac was 3 days late (he came because they induced me), Jacob and Adam were both 7 days late.
As of last week my belly was measuring 39 weeks when I was only 38 weeks along. That doesn't mean baby will come a week early. It probably means I'm going to have another big baby. :) My Midwife guessed that the baby was around 7 1/2 pounds last week. I'm just hoping to stay below 11pounds this time.
(Isaac 9lbs 14oz, Jacob 10lbs 4oz, Adam 10lbs12oz)

This is the list of my families guesses for this baby. What is your guess?

Grandpa Bob -Nov. 7th 10:30am Boy 10lbs 4oz
Grandma Patti -Oct 28th 9am Girl 10lbs 1oz
Jason- Nov. 6th 11:11am Girl 9lbs 9oz
Rachal- Nov. 5th 6am Girl 10lbs 5oz
Jessica- Nov 10th 7:30am Girl 9lbs 12oz
Jared- Nov. 5th 10:30am Girl 10lbs 12oz
Jamie- Nov. 4th 8am Girl 10lbs 15oz
Grandma Afton- Nov. 8th 3:30am Girl 9lbs 5oz
Emma- Girl
Isaac- Girl
Alysa- Girl
Jacob- Boy
Avery- Boy
Drew- Girl
Adam- Girl

September 5, 2012

August means Birthday, School & Anniversary

 Joe and I celebrated seven years together last month.
Happy Anniversary Babe! I love you!
 Adam turned 2 years old.
We had a Curious George birthday party at our house with lots of family.
 Yes, I made the cake. I was very happy how well George turned out.

 Isaac started Kindergarten last week. My sweet boy is gone all day now. He loves school!
He has had no problems being away from us. I, on the other hand, have had a few tears.

 As long as the weather cooperates we walk/ride to school and home each day.
It's so nice to have him so close.
 Jacob sometimes misses his big brother during the day. But for the most part he loves going out to ride bikes twice a day. And he likes playing with toys Isaac can't keep from him while gone at school.

August 2, 2012

Looking Backwards at Our Summer

I know it been a LONG time since I've updated my blog. So here is a quick look at what we've been up to the last few months. I uploaded the pictures backwards. We are starting with July and end up in April.
 I am 27 weeks along now. This baby is growing steadily and is very happy. My doctor appointments are always very boring, which is great. No problems at all.
My biggest problem is being too warm. I know summers in Alaska are far from hot, but I have my own personal heater inside me. To help cope with the heat, I cut off 10 inches of my hair. It is a little shorter than I prefer, but it's still cute and I am glad I decided to cut the full 10 inches so it could be donated.

 My three boys are growing up faster than I can keep up. Isaac is 5 and will be going to kindergarten at the end of the month. We recently started going to "his school" playground to play.
 Adam, who is almost 2, is my little monkey. He loves to run, jump and climb as high as he can go. And always by his "self". He never wants anyone to help.
 Jacob, is 3 1/2 years, and is my mischievous little boy. He is always looking for fun, even when he knows it will make Mommy and Daddy crazy.

 The boys went on a Temple trip with our ward primary. They even got to go inside and see the front desk and waiting area. It was a neat experience for my sweet boys.

 Isaac played soccer again this summer. He LOVES it! He is learning very quickly. He's great at defence but also loves to score!

 Grandpa John and Grandma Toni came to visit. The boys love having them stay with us. And enjoy all the fun things we do while they are in town.
 Hiking and watching the fireworks.


 We took the boys out to the Solberg Cabin for a quick weekend get away. They had lots of fun playing in the water. We told them they could go in the lake with their rain boots on, and this is what happened. They ended up completely soaked while fully dressed. So much fun for my three boys.
After changing into some warm dry PJ's, I got a shot of all the clothes hanging out to dry.

 They kids loved playing on the boat, pretending to drive and row. While daddy got in some fishing.








 Our summer has been pretty rainy, but we have had some days of very hot sunny weather. Our house turns into an oven when it's sunny outside. The boys had a hard time sleeping with it being over 80 degrees in the house. This is how I found Jacob on one of those nights. So cute!



 Isaac and cousin Emma took a R.A.D Kids class. It was a very cool class and the kids learned a lot. Each of the kids will take this class when they are old enough. If you don't know what r.a.d kids are, you should look into it wherever you live. Very cool program!

 Joe and I went on a little weekend trip just the two of us. We took the Alaska train out to Denali and stayed overnight. Then came back on the train the next day. It was short, but very nice to spend some time with just my hubby and no kids.

 Isaac graduated from his last year of Joy School. We LOVED our little group of kids this year. I was sad to see it end for my sweet Isaac, but very excited to see him grow so much this past year.


 The boys enjoying being outside after a long winter.

And last, Easter Morning at our house. I love my three beautiful boys. I can't believe how fast they change and grow.