Welcome Mason!

Mason,

You made your debut on Sunday, April 27th at 2:39pm and when you were ready to come into this world YOU WERE READY. At first we thought you were going to arrive earlier than your due date and do it all on your own because I had been having contractions pretty frequent the week before. But they would never last and would usually stop after an hour or two. It sure kept us on our toes because a few times the contractions got within 8 minutes apart and lasted for almost an hour. But then they just stopped! So we scheduled an induction for the morning of April 27th. We were able to do this on Sunday because our doctor was working that weekend anyway. It worked out really nice for us too because daddy was starting a new job the next week and this allowed him to spend a week with us before he had to start his new job.

We arrived at the hospital Sunday morning at 7am and by 8am I was given pitocin. At this point I was 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced. The contractions got stronger and at 10:30am I was given an epidural. The doctor broke my water at noon and by 2:15pm I was ready to push. Fifteen minutes and five pushes later you made your very quick debut! The nurses couldn't believe how fast you came into this world and to be honest I couldn't believe it either but I was quite ecstatic! Immediately after, you were placed on my chest where I got to hold you and stare at you for the first time. My sweet, beautiful baby boy!

Mason Truitt Conner - born at 2:39pm, 7 lbs 10 oz, 20" long

Meeting your big brother, Liam, for the first time! 

And he adores you already!! He always wants to know where you are at and gets jealous if other people are holding you. He will say, "My Mason, I hold him". He is very helpful with you too. If you cry, he'll grab your pacifier and try to put it in your mouth or hand us the bottle and say "he hungry". If you get fussy when he's holding you, he says "It okay Mason, I got you". So cute!! 

Photo Shoot done by the hospital!

One Day Old!

On our way home!

Easter at the Ranch

This year we celebrated Easter at the ranch with Grandpa Dave & Grandma Terry. Aunt Cari and the kids were able to make it over too. This was a pretty special Easter as it was the first time we brought our kids down to the ranch to celebrate Easter. When I was a kid, we always went down to the ranch for Easter where we'd hang out with family, have a big Easter egg hunt, and do lunch/dinner afterwards. So it was pretty special we could share this tradition with our kids.

The night before Easter we colored eggs at our house. Daddy and I colored most of the eggs and Liam helped of course but he was more our decorator sprinkling the eggs with glitter and covering them in stickers!

 The next day we went to the ranch. While we were all inside visiting, the Easter Bunny had stopped by and left all sorts of goodies. Liam and Ridge jumped up immediately once they heard that and after we handed them each a bucket they ran outside to see what they could find. Sage wasn't too far behind them either! I had to laugh at Liam because any time he found a plastic egg he'd immediately crack it open and see what was inside which was either money or candy. When he found a real egg he'd try to open it and then he'd drop it saying "it won't open" almost like he was disappointed there was nothing fun inside. I followed behind him picking up the real eggs and the plastic eggs minus the goodies that were inside. Ridge and Sage had a lot of fun finding the eggs too. After everyone found their Easter baskets and all the eggs we had a BBQ and sat outside enjoying the beautiful weather.

A little help from Uncle Jesse!

Look at all that loot!

Ridge was pretty excited about his golf club!

And so was Liam!

Got a hug from little miss Sage!

                               

Cousins!