here is His story on his due date

It is funny how things happen. You pray and pray that they will just work and sometimes they do. Friday Nov 18 I had a doctors appointment along with a NST, AFI, and an ultrasound. My mom went with Van and I to help and drive because Tyler had to work. The nurse informed me when I was waiting that because I was 37 weeks the doctors were going to check me to make sure labor was coming anytime soon. I hate being checked. One of the perks of C-sections is not having to be checked. I protested to the nurse, she laughed at me, and I got checked. Maybe a half a centimeter no more. Great. The NST showed that I was having some contractions but nothing to be concerned with and the ultrasound showed all was holding steady. See you in 5 days. Mom and I decided to finish some shopping at Kmart. I felt some contractions but not anything that made me worry so home we came. Tyler got home around 6 and we were looking forward to a fun filled weekend of preparing for a baby. You know, wash clothes, find that car seat, put up the bassinet, that sort of stuff. I was really hoping that the doctors would let me move my C-section up a week and just have the baby the day after Thanksgiving. Tyler and I were commenting on how handy it would be if the baby would just come this weekend. Tyler would only have to miss 2 days of work and have the holiday weekend off. Wishful thinking. Around 8 I felt kind of a different contraction. One that caught my attention and made my mind start to spin. A few more confirmed my worry and I started freaking out that we had NOTHING ready to have this baby THIS weekend. I started running around the house trying to put something together, I started shaking, and then crying. I was not ready. Not ready for a ride to Jackson in pain on very slick roads, not ready to prepare myself for the possibility of not making it to the hospital in time to deliver this baby, and most definitely not ready for a C-section if it came to that. We will just say that I was not ready. I thought I was but nope. Tyler finally had enough of me and sent me to bed. He packed my bag, put the kids to bed, and came to check on me. It was now 10:30 and I decided it was stupid to wait. The roads were terrible with a capital t. Why was I laying in bed waiting instead of just going to the hospital? So, Sherri was called to stay with the kids and we were off. I wasn't in pain which surprised me. I was having contractions and I expected them to take off like they did when I had Van, but they didn't. They stayed there but nothing big. Half way to Jackson I was starting to worry that I had jumped the gun. We got the the hospital around 12:30 and the nurse told me they would monitor me for a few hours before admitting me and calling in the surgery team. I thought she was nuts. I explained my last delivery and she thought it was a great story nothing more. Oh well, if I got to VBAC that would be great. I just didn't want the pain that was involved. I was checked and found that I was at a 3. Good, I wasn't just imagining. I was monitored for a few hours. Tyler tried to sleep, so did I, but no luck. We had both been up since 5:30 and we were exhausted. The contractions stayed steady but not painful, and at 4 they decided to admit me and start preparing for surgery. I really thought that there was no way I was going to make it to 6. I was ready for a VBAC and hoping for one. By 6 am I was prepped and ready for my 3rd C-section. Doesn't Tyler look just great in his surgery getup.

I was given my spinal block and in mins I was throwing up. Man I hate that about surgery. I always get so sick. I ended up throwing up 3 times before the ordeal was over, yuck. The surgery team was awesome. I love my doctor. She came in with big hugs and smiles, and told stories through the entire surgery. Finally she said "here he comes" and Tyler took the most amazing picture over the curtain.
Yep that is my baby being pulled out of my stomach. I thought it was going to look gross, but it is honestly my favorite picture of all time. My babies really do come out of my tummy!!! Doctor Pockat was there with a lot of help. The anti E issues are huge and they were so prepared. Tyler thought it was great to get a pic of the baby upside down.
Here is Conn in all of his cuteness.
The doctors were so pleased with how Conn was doing. Dr. Pockat brought him over to me to see. This is me meeting my son. My arms were strapped down so all I could do was look, but it was wonderful to see him and hear him crying.
Off the the nursery Conn and Tyler went to get checked out and to be closely monitored. They also had the blood sugar issues to worry about. I expected they would be gone for a few hours making sure Conn was okay.


I was so excited when they called me in recovery and told me his weight and that he was doing well. I never expected to see Tyler come walking through the door holding Conn. Here I am holding him for the first time. I even got to nurse him while I was still in recovery!
Before we knew it we were in our room with our little one. The doctors were so pleased with Conn's health. Dr. Pockat came in checked on us regularly. He was so impressed. He made the comment that anti E comes with such a variety of problems and Conn wasn't showing a sign of any of them. "It is just historic" was Dr. Pockats statement. Conn never once had to leave our side. His health is truly a result of many prayers and many miracles. Conn and his proud Daddy
My favorite part of him is his hair. Surprisingly it isn't red! It is the prettiest mix of brown with frosted tips.

Conn Arwith Hansen. He is named after his great great Grandpa Kennington, Arwith Dick Kennington. I love the name. It has to grow on quite a few people but I know that it is a name that Conn will be able to look to and find great strength in the man that bore it before him.


How blessed we are! A perfect baby, born on the perfect day. Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers that helped with the health and development of this precious little one. Truly our family is blessed with his arrival.

He's here and Healthy!!!!

Conn Arwith Hansen born 11-19-11 @ 7:06am weighed 6lbs 11oz 19 inches

I went in the living room and said a prayer

Tallon was frantically looking for his school book this morning and it was nowhere to be found. We were walking out the door and I asked if he had found it yet. He smiled and said that he had. I asked where and he showed me. He told me that he had looked there 3 times already, so he went into the living room and said a prayer. He looked 2 more places and found it. I love that he thought to pray and that it was answered so quickly.

Speaking of answered prayers, can you believe I am 36 weeks and 3 days!!! At the beginning of this pregnancy we were praying to make it to 30 weeks. As things stayed good worries lessened and 39 weeks was looking like no problem. At 32 weeks things went crazy and the past month has been very emotionally draining wondering when this babe would come and in what condition. Each week our prayers have been answered and we are so blessed. Ty and I went to appointments again on Friday and things are still in a safe zone. We have some other issues showing their ugly head but the baby is doing good and we are almost done!!! I don't hate being pregnant, I love the time that is just me and him, but these last weeks have me spent and I am ready to love on this baby and smell that newborn smell. The ultrasound Friday guesstimated him to be around 6.9lbs!!!! I am honestly freaking out. In 4 weeks he has gained 3.5 lbs, if we make it 3 more weeks I am looking at having a huge baby. My biggest baby so far is Van weighing in at a whooping 6lbs 4oz, the twins together were 8lbs 13oz. The diabetes makes big babies but I also worry that the anti E antibodies are playing a little into his size. This has in no way been my physically hardest pregnancy, the twins hold that rank, but emotional and mentally this one is by far the hardest I have done. Tyler was feeling the babies hiccups the other morning and announced his readiness to love this little one. I think we would all be okay if it happened anytime.

Risks as of now:
Birth defect of my uterus, brings with it a whole lot of problems
Anti E antibodies, blood tests and weekly ultrasounds of the babies brain
Gestational Diabetes, insulin twice a day and blood checks 4 times a day
Low amniotic fluid, twice a week AFI and NST
High blood pressure, modified bed rest and monitoring
2 C-Sections, with my defect really ups the risks

High note: 17 days left!!! But who's counting!?!?

When do the Babies get out of our bellies

Vivin is starting to get really nervous about having his baby. It really is the funniest thing to me. He asks almost daily when the babies are coming and how we are going to have them. The one good thing about having C-Sections is that it is really easy to explain how the baby is born. I was hoping that once I told him they were going to cut the baby out of his belly, he would lay off the whole he is pregnant thing. No luck. He was eating breakfast the other morning and did a little jump in his seat, he got this funny look on his face and started laughing, he rubbed his tummy, looked at me and said, "wow, my baby has sharp feet", seriously I could have died laughing. I was visiting with my doctor about things on Friday and told her this story and she just laughed. She asked what I was going to do when it was time to have the babe and I just shrugged. What do I do!?!? She is amazing and told me that she would do a C-Section on Vivin that morning. She has a toy chain saw, she said we will just use that and then hand him his own baby (doll) and all will be well with my Viv. Is she not the most amazing doctor EVER!!!!

So now a little journaling so I can remember this joyous time of life. The weekly ultrasounds have been going well. They are in the low range on the high risk graph. The numbers move a bit each week but nothing to alarming. The doctors are so pleased and relieved that I am as far along as I am. Things are looking as if I might even be able to deliver in Jackson instead of traveling down to Utah, which is a huge blessing. But even with things going so good, we are starting to take extra precautions. I talked to the doctors tonight and we are starting twice a week visits to do non stress tests and an amniotic fluid check. This is added to my already weekly visit and weekly ultrasound. Thankfully we can do everything in just 2 visits a week.
And the finally kicker... modified bed rest. Seriously, my goal starting this pregnancy was to avoid bed rest at all cost. Well I can't win them all. I like the word modified, this is how I interpreted modified with Van

What could be more peaceful than relaxing by a river in the spring time, seriously?! To bad it isn't spring time. It is snowing as I type. Don't worry, I'll figure something out :)

Better

Well after a long day filled with Doctor visits, Tyler and I both feel a bit better. We started off with a level 2 ultrasound at St. Johns in Jackson. The perinologist is confident with the staff in Jackson, so he is letting us do a lot of our visits there instead of having to go down to the U. It is always great to see your baby and hear a healthy heartbeat. They are mostly looking at all the internal organs and if there is any fluid building up around them, and the cerebral artery (the main blood flow through the brain). The tech was wonderful and very comforting with everything she was doing and took a lot of extra time and let us see our little man. The perinologist read the ultrasound and told us that right now we are in the "low risk" area for anemia and that we should repeat the ultrasound in 7 days. Great News!

Our next stop was with the diabetes support and I will have to admit that it was okay. I had to give myself a practice shot before we could leave and I was able to do it without shaking, throwing up, or passing out. Tyler was great support and only teased a little. I get to do shots twice a day, once before breakfast and again before dinner.

We finally got to visit with Dr. Roberts at the end of the day and really get the low down of what is going on. Her report was a lot easier to handle than google's. I love that she is optimistic but still realistic. She also did an ultrasound to measure baby and see how he is developing on the diabetes side of things. She measured him to be around 3lbs 6oz. She was so pleased with all our numbers and especially my blood pressure. The fact that we are 32 weeks is awesome for development and she was very reassuring with everything.

Right now we are doing a weekly ultrasound to monitor the organs and blood flow in the brain. We will change our plans depending on the results.

Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers, they have been felt and I know that things will go according to the plan that our Father in Heaven has for us. We are full of hope that His plan includes delivering a healthy baby at a facility that can care for him and his needs and that all will end in happiness.

Not one of those fuzzy feel good posts

To start- I flunked the 28 week glucose test. I got to do the fun 3 hour one and flunked that one too. Gestational Diabetes. I got to meet with the diabetes specialist and got set up with a blood monitor and all that fun stuff. I have religiously done a restricted carb diet for the past week and a half and I have flunked that too. I get to meet with the diabetes specialist again this week, this time she will teach me how to give myself insulin shots. Sounds like fun.

To top it all off- remember when I mentioned having anti E antibodies. I googled it and cried for 2 days. I have done blood draws to monitor it once a month. They have all came back 1-8. That's good. I got to the point where I had forgotten all about the antibodies except for the 5th of the month when I knew I need to do my draws. Today I talked to the doctors office, they had my blood results. 1-256. NOT.GOOD. Really not good. I am waiting to hear from the University of Utah. I will set up an appointment to meet once again with Dr. Varner, the perintoloigst. If you want some really depressing reading google, hemolytic anemia of the newborn. I have cried and taken Tylenol. Now I am going to go lay down and try to rest.

When you get fat and have a baby in your belly, are you going to get a new car?

The twins ask EVERYONE this question. The two people they know having babies have got new cars, smart little devils for putting 2 and 2 together. If they have asked you this, please don't take offense, they think everyone is pregnant and will ask to feel your baby kick anywhere anytime. Their 4 so it's cute right?!
Tyler and I went back and forth quite a bit on getting a different car. 5 kids do fit it a mini Van, but poor Tallon was so squished between the twins in the back that we felt pretty strongly about doing something different. So we have went from driving this...

to this.

I can't even begin to tell you how much we LoVe it. The room, oh the room, is amazing.
And some cute pictures of the boys with their "baby bumps"

They are soooo excited about having another baby. Vivin wants everyone to feel his baby kick like his mom's baby. Today they even tried giving Van away to Grandma Dana because we will have 2 more babies, one in mommy's tummy and one in Vivin's. They changed their mind when Grandma went to leave with Van, and decided that we could have 3 babies. Man I hope their not being prophetic.

It needs to be done

...nobody said it but I am pretty sure everyone was thinking it.
Van's hair is LOVELY. Simply lovely. Long, blonde, and perfect. But it is always in his face and dirty. Tallon and Tyler have been hinting towards a cut for a while now and I told them both that when the baby got here I would cut it. Well after a breakfast of simple cold cereal that resulted in nasty hair, I finally gave in.
The before....

and the after

Crazy what a stinkin hair cut can do! He is 16 months so really it was time but now I have a little man and no baby.

Is it like when your drunk?

Coming out of Murphy Tallon asked why certain people act like they do. Tyler was explaining that it is because some people are pregnant. He continues with a talk on hormones and all the fun stuff women get to deal with. Tallon is shaking his head like he totally understands and then says "So,... is it like when your drunk?". Yep.

Tallon was invited to go to Lava Hot Springs with Brixton. Excited would not explain these two. Wow, what a pair. They got all they way there just to find in closed!!!! Brook said they were pretty bummed, but made the most of it. They found some fun things to do and even stopped and got some awesome pics by one of our favorite signs!


Thanks for the great pics Brook. They plan on going back on Saturday, hopefully it works out better for them.

"Hey Viv, you see that pretty girl, I'm going to dance with her when we get married."

Orrin was looking at pictures with me the other day and saw a cute little girl on the computer. He ran and grabbed Vivin to show him and told him this. Too Cute.

Remember when they had the most adorable tan lines?

Well... I think I like this years even more!!

Moving!!!!

Wow, I guess since most everyone knows, it is time to document our upcoming adventure on the blog.
Tyler received his acceptance letter to the Colorado School of Trades in June. He will be doing their Gunsmithing program. He is so excited. He starts class on January 9 2012. It is a 14 month course. Did I mention that he is really REALLY excited?!
We will be moving to Lakewood Colorado just after Christmas. The babe will be around 3 weeks, which should prove to be interesting. Tallon is almost as excited as Tyler and the twins are stoked that they are going to gunsmithing preschool instead of their preschool, should be fun the first day when they find out they are hanging with mom and the babies.
We are planning on coming "home", depending on when Tyler graduates and the boys' school schedule, we will be gone anywhere from 14 to 18 months.
So there you have it. When life changes around here it really changes!
Know anyone awesome who YOU would trust to rent a house?? Let us know

I would be okay with having a girl...if she was like Camryn

Tallon told me this after spending the day with his Cam Cam. I would have to agree with him.

Tyler and Dad have been planning a floating trip for 2 summers now. The stars must have aligned just right because it finally happened!! Vivin floated the first stretch of river with them.Right before it was time to switch kids around Dad caught a good little trout. Viv was so excited.Tallon and Jace got to float for the rest of the day. Jace was a bit worried, but Tyler said he settled right in and had a great time. No fish for this crew. I think there was a little to much enjoying and not a lot of fishing. Tyler may have crippled Dad, but Dad said it was worth it. He really enjoyed spending the day worry free and hanging with some of his boys.

These make my nose breath smell good

Orrin had been begging for a breath mint. I finally gave in and just about died laughing when he said this.

Tallon was invited to participate in this years Relay for Life, as part of his taekwondo group. They put on a great show for all the walkers and then raised money by breaking 200 boards in 2 hours. They kids did awesome and were soooo tired after breaking that many boards.
Tallon's awesome, adorable and faithful fan club. Love them.
Tallon doing part of his form
His favorite thing to do right now is breaking boards with his jumping side kick.
He can jump two classmates right now, look at that air!!
...but soon he will be as awesome as his XMA instructor, Mr.Galloway. Can you see why the kids LOVE Mr. Galloway. How cool is he?! (Tallon is in the middle of all the bodies)
Walkers Black Belt Academy. A great way to teach your kids to kick others kids butts. Just Kidding, but really it is a ton of fun to watch Tallon each time he gets a chance to show off his skills.
How we love Relay for Life. If you have never done one, DO IT!! You will never be the same.

When I get big and have a baby in my belly, can I do that?

This is Vivins question to anything that he is told he is to little to do.

Tallon decided that he wanted to try his hand at hog wrestling this year. He asked Ryder, Brixton, and Jace to be on his team. They chose the name "Team Pork Chops" and went to work making shirts.

Tallon chose #1 and called himself Mean Chop
Cousin Melanie and Aunt Jerrie came up and helped make their shirts extra cool.
And here they are: Jace, Ryder, Brixton, and Tallon aka Team Pork Chops

Jace aka Wee Chop, Ryder aka Thick Chop, Brixton aka Lean Chop, and Tallon aka Mean Chop
The night of the event the boys got a little nervous but they had a game plan: catch the pig and put it in the bucket. Sounds simple enough.

The pit is a slimy mess!! They did really good staying on their feet and found that is was going to be a bit harder than they thought.
After some chasing, they finally got the thing cornered and the rest was history





Done!!! In 53 seconds no less.
They were so excited walking back behind the arena.
They fared really well compared to some of the others teams in the area of getting dirty. We got them all striped off and cleaned up and waited to hear how they had done.
2nd Place!!! We were all so excited. They bounced all night on a hog wrestling high. The $120 purse that they won might have helped.