It’s a boy! Meet Max, Everett’s first baby born in 2017
Published 10:15 pm Sunday, January 1, 2017
EVERETT — Heather and Dan Hansen don’t usually stay up for New Year’s Eve.
That routine was overruled by contractions about 9 p.m. Saturday. They headed to the hospital.
Their fourth child, Maxwell Daniel Hansen, arrived at 1:07 a.m. Sunday.
Max was the first baby born in 2017 at the Providence Pavilion for Women & Children in Everett. He measured 19.5 inches long and weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
His parents already were wondering whether his thick dark hair will grow curly like Dad’s. He might turn blonde, like his three sisters did.
They hope to take him home Monday night.
They haven’t decided on his first outfit. One option is fleece with a design of sheep and clouds. The other onesie has black, white and gray stripes. It matches his swaddling blanket, and the nursery at home.
Dan Hansen, 34, is a teacher at Evergreen Middle School. Heather Hansen, 33, also used to teach. They met through friends in Young Life at Cascade High School.
They celebrated their 10th anniversary this summer in Whistler, British Columbia, with biking and tennis.
They had decided a long time ago they wanted between two and four children.
“Four would be our max, so our fourth is Max,” Dan Hansen said.
Max has met his sisters: Mackenzie, 7, Taylor, 5, and Kate, 2. The girls planned to spend the rest of the weekend with their grandparents, McDonald’s Happy Meals and movies.
“They love him,” Dan Hansen said. “The youngest, our 2-year-old, refers to him as Maxwow, because she can’t really pronounce Maxwell.”
Heather Hansen is looking forward to reading her son, “Where the Wild Things Are.”
The main character is a boy named Max. She paraphrased her favorite part: “I’ll eat you up, I love you so.”
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @rikkiking.
