Newest Addition to our Family

Mason Michael Gatherum

Born September 6, 2011

at 1:39 am

Weighing 5 lbs 15.5 oz.

17 inches long

Cute outfit that both of my kids liked to bring him home from the hospital in. Both of my kids love music and think they are rock stars.

Mason decided to come while I was working a shift at the hospital. It was Labor Day and I was scheduled to work 15-03. It had been quite a shift-with staffing issues and some one on one patients. At 10:30 pm I told the charge nurse that my contractions were 10 minutes apart and I was going to need to leave. I called Matt to have him find a sitter for our kids and told him to meet me at Jordan Valley Hospital. I told him my contractions were 10 minutes apart and I wouldn't make it home to turn around a drive to the hospital. I drove myself the 10 minutes to the hospital and checked myself in. After connecting me to the monitors my contractions were 3 to 4 minutes apart and I was dilated to a five. Matt arrived shortly after and I was given an epidural. I had to have penicillin with this delivery and the nurse gave me the first bag and between bags she had to stop my saline and start a new bag. The remainder of the penicillin continued to go into me which really, really, really hurt and I passed out completely. It scared both the nurse and Matt. I came to with all kinds of people leaning over me and giving me oxygen that it also scared me a little until I knew what had happened. Not long after the episode I began to feel a lot of pressure and had the nurse come and check me again. I was now dilated to a 10. The nurse called the doctor and she arrived a short 15 minutes later. I began pushing and after 3 contractions and some pushing she had me stop. He just kind of slipped out after that. He was precious and I just couldn't wait to see and hold him.

Aiden woke up that morning to see grandma at his house and was informed he was a big brother once again!

Finally a big sister!

Aiden Turns SIX!

Aiden opening his presents with my parents there.

Matt's family gave Aiden a surprise party! He was surprised-I only wish I could have captured his face on camera!

Averee attempted to brake the sonic pinata.

Aiden got his sonic cake-thanks to Matt's sister Angie who does such a great job with cakes.

Aiden with his cousin who is only 6 months older than him. They had a pool party surprise party for him. He enjoyed spending some time in Grandma's pool.

First Day of Preschool

Averee started preschool this year. She is attending Learning Dynamics and loves it.

She is a little shy at school-not sure where that comes from because she is far from shy at home.

Lagoon

Matt took the kids to Lagoon for a work promotion. I was too far along in my pregnancy but not far along enough to have a baby that I decided to stay at my parents house that day and avoid the heat and all the walking around. This is Averee at the end of the day. She won this smurf all on her own, and is very proud of it.

They got the faces painted and Aiden insisted on his full face painted.
He makes for a cute little puppy dog. Averee has a flamingo.

Aiden's favorite ride at Lagoon this year was wicked. He is so excited to be tall enough to ride most every ride there. He is more brave than I would have been at his age.

First Day of Kindergarten

Aiden started Kindergarten this year. He loves it which makes me really happy. He loves his teacher and he has 4 of his friends from the neighborhood in his class.

Summer Fun!

Enjoyed some family fun at Bear Lake. Both kids enjoyed riding the tubes and Averee said she wanted to do it all by herself-she could handle it. However on her first ride she rode with my brother Rod and they became detached from the boat and fell into the water. She panicked but quickly recovered and still rode the rest of the time on the tubes. Aiden got brave this summer and enjoyed jumping in the water with his life jacket on. This is a good accomplishment for someone who hates to get his face wet. In the second picture they are all getting brave and standing or kneeling on the tubes and waving to all of us on the beach.

Averee all dressed up for her dance pictures.

Easter 2011-Averee picked out her own dress this year and Aiden is just happy the Easter Bunny Came.

A little Catching UP!!!

Easter 2011-we went to the South Jordan Easter Egg Hunt with family and both of our children had a special ticket in one of their eggs that they were able to turn in for a prize.
This is Averee with her special prize a duck and Aiden's name was put into a drawing for a bike and although he didn't get the bike he won a helmet instead!

Aiden and Averee both played indoor soccer. Well, I should say Aiden played and Averee wasn't to sure about playing and spent much of her time "resting." She was usually good for the first half and then the second half she was just too tired. She was by far the youngest on her team and since that adventure she has been begging her parents to put her in outdoor soccer. Come Fall-we may have to get it a try. She was also funny at the end of each game when the teams would give a cheer and then give a high five to each player. She refused and kept her arms folded. She told us she didn't want to touch those other kids. Funny Girl!

Averee started dance class in January and has enjoyed going each week.

I though I better post that Averee had a birthday in January (yes, I am way behind).

She turned 3!

It's a ......

BOY

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Updated Photos-it is about time

Better Late than Never

Aiden's 1st day of preschool

First time one of my child have cut themselves and needed stitches or dermabond.

And surprisingly enough it was Averee not Aiden.

This is part of the party crew dressed as mummies during a relay game

Aiden turned 5 in September and loves scooby doo so he

had a friends scooby doo party

Aiden sporting his glasses he is suppose to

wear during sports to protect his one good eye

and he has yet to follow my plea

Soccer began in September and

Averee wishes she was playing too!

TROUBLE with a capital "T"

I am on the computer and Averee grabs out what I thought was a pen to draw a picture and I was completely wrong. In stead she decides to paint her fingernails and toenails with WHITE OUT. Now I can't get it off. She keeps me on my toes. It is hard to see in the picture but she did actually get some on her finger and toe nails.

Fishing

Aiden and his cousin Maren-this is Aiden's first catch of the day

This is Maren's first catch ever!

This is Maren touching a fish from a river for the first time

Spring 2010

Mickey and Minnie were walking together and earlier holding hands-they were in a hurry so we didn't get a picture of both up close but you can see Aiden a few feet away. Averee was with her grandparents and was able to see Mickey earlier and blew kisses to him and cute Mickey caught one of those kisses.
Aiden wanted Indiana Jones get-up for his take home toy.

We went to Minnie's breakfast and were able to get autographs and photos with a lot of characters.

Visiting Minnie's house. Averee was not a bit afraid of the characters and just loved seeing them all and dancing at the parades.

Goofy-one of our favorites!

Aiden in action at one of his soccer games

Aiden enjoyed playing soccer and T-ball this spring. He was able to soccer 26 goals this season! Way to go Aiden!!!

Life after Chemo!

Averee has become quite the little princess. Although she doesn't sit still or enjoy her hair being done,she loves to do others. She also loves to stand next to mom as she puts on her make-up and beg for some. Lotion is also one of her favorites and she even thinks she needs it on her legs.

(Jen-this pic is for you-this is the dress I made)


We have all been enjoying the nice spring weather (I know this post comes one day before a little storm). Aiden has started back to preschool and loves seeing his friends twice a week at school. Aiden has also started T-Ball and Soccer. I think Aiden has heard or read somewhere that their is a rule that you MUST slide into homeplate each time you run the bases. Also, he likes to steal homeplate while someone else is taking a little too long to get ready to hit. Aiden also made 8 goals in his first soccer game. It makes me so happy to see him happy and doing the things he loves.

(our wanna be T-Ball player)


We had an enjoyable Easter and I included a few pictures from Easter