Tom at the Sledding party

Tom is such an GREAT Dad! He loves being with us and is such a caring, natural father. It's awesome and the boys love him so much!

Mom and Dillon are coming home! Woo Hoo!

Dad, Carter and Brady were sure excited when we could go pick up the rest of our family! I'm just so thankful that all is well and everyone is great. Dillon has two older brothers who are so amazed that his hands and feet are so small! And Cristy has a husband who adores her and is so grateful that we're all together again as a family of five!

Welcome to planet earth, baby Dillon!

We welcomed Dillon Travis into the world on Sunday, January 6th! He weighed in at a painful 9 lbs 3 oz and was over 22 inches long. We're already calling him 'Big D'. The nurses said that Cristy was the first person they've ever seen to deliver a baby while wearing a baseball cap! Way to go Cristy! That was just the start of the 'firsts' for my amazing wife... Not long after the delivery, the doctor didn't like that Cristy was still bleeding so she tried a few things, and soon decided to take her into the O.R. (operating room)! After a while in the OR room with no success, they began preparing for a histerectomy when her other doctor decided to try a new procedure that he had just recently researched. It was basically a 'balloon' that was inserted and filled with fluid and it simply put pressure against the walls of the utereus to stop the bleeding. She was the first one to have this procedure done in this hospital. The following day they removed some fluid every so often and Thank God it worked, the bleeding stopped! She spent the entire day after in the ICU just recovering. The doctors said that she had lost half of her body's blood supply and had to receive 6 units of blood and tons of fluids. I'm going to start giving blood more often.... So that was a tense 6 hours and I'm so thankful for everyone's support and prayers as well as for the wisdom of the doctor team while in the OR. Cristy was able to move back to the OB department and recovered for another day with her new baby! I'm so thankful that everyone is healthy and doing well!

Christmas Tree Party!

We had fun going to our 'usual spot' for cutting our Christmas Tree (not 'holiday tree', I'm not going there). It was snowing and just perfect! It's so quiet out there.....

'Big Mamma' in da house!!!

What a cute pregnant lady, eh? Pregnancy does such weird things to people, did you see Cristy? She was sewing!?!? How strange... We love our mamma, she is so special to us and she loves us just how we need it. She is committed to being the best and she is the best! She naps a lot, eats a lot, and laughs a lot. What a great life we live...

Little 'Jackson', our newest addition!!

With only having two boys, a pregnant wife, and running two businesses and looking at a third, I figured we didn't have enough going on so we got a puppy! We picked up 'Jackson' on Haloween night so you could say he was the ultimate trick or treat! He lives in the laundry room and runs around the house all crazy at times. Other times he just sleeps and sleeps and sleeps. We're happy to call him ours!

TRICK OR TREAT!!!

Spiderman and Bob the Builder were quite popular around the neighborhood... They had a blast and made off like bandits! Carter's famous words were, "You guys hide and we'll go get the candy!!" and Brady kept telling people, "Have a good night!!".

Our blue eyed Brady Alan

I realized the other night when I was looking at Baby names that Brady means 'Spirited' and is that ever a true statement!! He is spirit and wild and crazy!! He turned 2 this summer and got a brand new blue bike with training wheels. He talks so much and the other day started to say 'awesome'. He is still our loud child... but at least he can talk now and not scream to get out attention. He is the cutest when he says something that he thinks is funny and then says, 'Brady funny Mom' and squinches up his nose and shoulders and squints his eyes! He is so beautiful to us and we love being with him! He loves being with dad and going to the store with him!! The first thing he says when he wakes up is Apple Juice! And his favorite way to phrase words is to say two words around our names... 'Work, Daddy work?' or 'eat, Mom eat?' or Yes, Mom Yes! It's the best!!

Our little Carter

Carter turned 4 this summer and was SOOO excited to get a brand new red bike with training wheels. He brings us so much joy everyday as he learns more and more and becomes more independant! He can dress himself now and even put his own socks on. All of that pleases him so much! Plus, he is VERY funny! The things that he says and when he uses the hand gestures... It has us cracking up often! We are loving this age and realize that it won't be long and he won't be little anymore. He is doing preschool at home with Mom and Brady. So far he has made it to the letter 'C'. Carter LOVES being with his Dad and 'working'. Last night they were coloring together and he said, 'I love working like this' as he was waving his marker around to help explain what he meant. It was awesome!

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