He's here!!

Mason Miles Payne

8/26/2011
2:48 pm
7 lbs. 10 oz.
20.5 in.

Here's how it all went down...

Last preggo picture at 39 weeks, the night before we went to the hospital.

Thursday night at 10 pm we got a call from the hospital saying they had to bump me because they had no available beds and they would call me once they had an open bed. I was pretty bummed because my dr. told me if I was scheduled for the 3 am induction there was very little chance of my being bumped. Not to mention I was already super nervous, scared, anxious, and everything in between to have this baby and now we had to sit and wait for an open bed! I went to bed that night thinking I wasn't going to be able to sleep at all, but since Nate was there, I actually had the best night sleep I've had in a long time. 4 am comes around and we get the call from the hospital saying they had a bed! I was so stoked we were only pushed back an hour! We got up, and got ready to head to the hospital.

4:30 am we got to the hospital and got checked in.
6:30 am hooked up to pitocin. Dilated to a 3
My mom, sister Dawn and my niece Ashlyn all came before Dawn and Ashlyn had to go to school. I had asked Dawn to be in the room when I delivered but she had to work so she told me I couldn't have the baby till after 2:30 when she could get back to the hospital.
8:30 am contractions 5 minutes apart getting pretty painful
9 am epidural is in. Dilated to a 4. (My mom thought I was a total whimp for needing the epidural when I was only dilated to a 4, but in my defense, I was NOT going to give birth without the epidural so I thought I'd just get it out of the way early...)
1:30 pm Dr broke my water dilated to 7
2 pm dilated to a 9!
At around 2:35 ish my nurse asked me to try pushing once then she went and got my doctor. He came in the room probably around 2:45 pm, told me to push as he was getting his gown on and getting ready to catch this baby. He sat down and told me to push then stop 3 times and baby Mason was outta there at 2:48 pm!

I couldn't believe it! It was completely opposite from when I had Kennedy. No pain. No tears from pain. No sweating. NOTHING! He came out so quick and easy I was kind of in shock at how smoothly everything went.

First time holding our son.
Because he came out so fast, his face got pretty bruised.
Proud dad
Grandma Allen
Dawn made it there about 15 minutes before I started pushing! It was perfect timing!!
I have 2 kids!
Our little family of 4!

So far, in Arizona...

Kennedy and I have been in Arizona for two weeks already and it has been great to be back! Driving on big roads, lots of parking space everywhere, and no humidity! Our dear friends, Sean and Erin are so nice they are letting us stay at their house until this baby comes. It has been pretty lonely being in such a big house with only Kennedy, I slept with her in my bed for the first 4 nights!
Since we've been here we have visited friends and family, gone swimming, went to Sun Splash, and I've just been enjoying my last few weeks together with Kennedy as an only child. My mom came into town on Sunday and it is so awesome having her here!!

Here is a little photo recap of our trip to AZ so far.

At Barns and Noble for a little story time. She loved the dinosaur book!
At Sunsplash with her cousins!
Just relaxing watching Dora, her new favorite show. She gets so sad when Swiper swipes Dora's things. She loves to say backpack and map, and it is so cute to hear her answer all their questions with yes's and no's!
Swimming at her aunt Amy's house with her cousin Finn and her grandparents!
She loves to wear her rock star sun glasses.

Her grandpa thought it would be funny to spray her with the hose... little did he know she would retaliate in the same exact way! Kennedy got him soaked!
The water was pretty cold coming from the hose, but she loves dumping buckets of water on her face no matter how cold the water is!
Kennedy found some of Sean's hats in their closet and thought she was so cool walking around with one on.
She has been making this face a lot lately... I just love this little girl to bits!!!
She even struck a gangster pose for me!
As far as pregnancy goes, this little boy is still kicken inside my belly, it looks like he will be able to stay put until Friday when Nate gets here!! I am scheduled to be induced Friday morning at 3 AM. Nate doesn't get in until Thursday night at about 11 PM. Hopefully things keep going according to plan... Only 2 more days!!!