Introducing Tristan Christ

Well obviously it's been awhile since I posted. I didn't realize last time while writing to my youngest son, I would meet him that weekend! Tristan Christ was born December 13, at 5:13 PM. He weighed 8 lb & was 19 3/4 inches tall. While his older brother is often talked about for his birth & hospitalization, Tristan wanted to be known for his quick labor, and the 24 minutes we spent in the hospital before meeting him. Thankfully everything went well, and he arrived happy & healthy which is what we were hoping for.
Tristan on his birthday

We didn't have much time to worry about who would watch William, as Tristan was in a hurry to meet us all. William watched a movie and ate a cherry popsicle with the triage nurse at the nurses station for what felt like only a few minutes. He was a very good sport, and is turning into an awesome big brother. William has lots of kisses for Tristan, and has learned how to say Tristan rather understandably. Yesterday Tristan started crying and before I had gotten to him, William was standing over him patting his tummy saying "It's okay, it's okay". He's just too precious.
Just the 4 of us!!

Tristan will be one month old tomorrow already! We've been up to alot in that four weeks, and I'll post more pictures later. We got out of the hospital after 3 days, and the first few nights were rough. Between the two boys waking up it felt like we were all zombies. We weren't planning on going home to Bemidji for Christmas (as we were planning on going in Jan) but Jeremy had a death in the family. It's funny how things work out sometimes, we ended up home for Christmas after all. We had a nice Christmas with both of our families. Then we spent a few days back home, and Jeremy did alot of work on Tristan's bedroom. By the time that was done three weeks had gone by and Jeremy went back to work. It's crazy how time flies. Of course he only worked 2 days before we went back to Bemidji for his fishing trip to Baudette with the guys. Somehow in our time off we did manage to take the boys to Alvin & the Chipmunks (William was dancing, he loved the music, it was too cute.), have Christmas ourselves at home, and get out icefishing twice (Tristan & I just joined the guys for a few minutes after they were all set up in the warm house.)
Going home from the hospital

We have lots of pictures to share in good time. We are enjoying all being together. Tristan is a very good baby. He's a good eater, and seems to be growing already. But more importantly (to mom's sanity) he's a very good sleeper, and will sleep 4 to sometimes even 7 hours overnight. Now if I could get him to teach his brother how to do that we'ld be in business! Thanks to everyone who has been thinking about us and anticipating Tristan's arrival! We appreciated you all, and everything you do for us! We'll write again soon....

To my youngest son

Hello baby boy~ We could be meeting any day now! What an exciting thought. So many people have such great hopes for you. As your birthday approaches I find myself thinking of your big brother's entrance into the world. As you've probably heard me say a million times during this past nine monhths, it was not so smooth. I hope for a smooth greeting for you sweetheart. I hope for no breathing tubes and oscillators. I hope for no cardiologists at your bedside doing tests (although we are so thankful for you) when I meet you face to face. I hope for no threatened helicopter rides that have anything to do with taking blood out of your sweet body, fixing it and givig it back to you. I hope for no narcotics and medicines that paralyze and hold you still for days on end. I hope for all of these things for you and yet in the same breathe I am so very thankful they exist and helped to save your big brother, William. I hope you don't need to know any of these things, but if you do, I hope that this experience also helps to make me a better mom & nurse. But Mom first :) I hope that you find great joy in your big brother. He can be such a sweetheart, kissing owies & patting my shoulder after hugs. And yet in the blink of an eye he can be such a little devil. I hope he doesn't carry you like his baby doll, usually very nice and cuddly but occasionally by the leg swinging him, hitting his head on anything possible. I hope he will find great joy in you too, you'll recognize him: he's the one blowing you kisses and then poking at you mercilessly. I hope you don't get offended when he calls you "baby" because that's your name so far to him. I hope you are born to enjoy hunting and fishing, because your dad is already talking about taking you out icefishing. I told him maybe not this year, you'll be pretty little this winter. I hope you love him the way Will does, we think he makes the world go around. I hope for a short hospital stay and a safe trip to your new home (I hope we finish your room someday :). I hope for days full of happiness when we all get to meet and get to know each other. I hope you are warm and safe where you are, and that soon enough you'll be warm & safe at home with us. With it snowing outside, and no doubt your brother will sound lounder, and everything will look brighter. I hope to see you soon, when you're ready sweet baby.



And of course a sweet welcome to our new nephew Colton!! We can't wait to see you sweetheart!

Boy oh Boy

So this morning I wasn't totally concentrating when I finished my post. I meant to eand with:

So we're obviously thinking of names for our newest little boy, tell us what you think William's little brother's name should be. You can post anonymously if you so desire. Can't wait to hear what you guys like!

What happened to the summer?

Oh my gosh, I logged on to update the site, and realized it's been two whole months since I've been chatting on here! Boy have I been taking it easy. I have been procrastinating about getting our home internet up and running, mostly due to previous computer problems which are 95% fixed now. Now I just need some time to have them out to the house when a little two year old won't drive us crazy, and will let us get it done.

So anyways the camping trip went well, we had a blast. Time goes to fast, especially when you have to drive six hours there & back but it was also good to get home and have some time together. We had a good time with both of our families and even some time with the cousins. We have a ton of great pics I'll have to get up once we have internet....

We have been busy getting settled into our new home. For those of you who haven't been there, or seen pics, we have a bit of a wallpaper problem which will slowly be repaired one room at a time :) So we started with William's room to be...and have now finished one room. I should say once we have new curtains for the boy we'll be done and moving the crib into his room. We have ordered some furnitre for our bedroom & the living room to be, which should be here next week so that's exciting as well. There is alot of empty space now~ if you can imagine a two bedroom apartment filling up a four bedroom house, hahaha or leaving it mosly empty :)

Our little baby turned two on August 8th. How crazy is that?? Pretty crazy I think. What has William been up to? William is now running like crazy. He's got a great throwing arm on him, and always picks up multiple different balls while shopping at the store. He is learning to love cars (or vroom according to him), and sometimes trains( which are choo-choos). He can actually say train but chooses not to say car or truck because he likes to go Vroom! William is finally learning more words you can understand. He says eat, drink, please (more like peas) and thank you (ank u) is learning lots of animals and their sounds. He can say pee for potty and is usually right about when he should go, whether he refuses to go into the bathroom or not (hopefully it's not at a time he's diaperless). He is a great eater, and especially loves fruit (or fwoot as he says it) but has learned how to ask for treats (tweets) He has know how to say NO for a long time but his new favorite phrase is "I want toooo" and two could be anything from going outside to a drink, sometimes who knows :) He has definitely learned how to turn on the waterworks and can make the whole Target store look at you like an abuser. Thankfully most people who comment say things like "it won't always be your son", or "we could never even take my son out to the store".

We're excited to announce that William is going to be a big brother in December. He's going to be having a baby brother around December 28th and we couldn't be more excited. When the internet is fixed we'll put up the little guys first photos. For those of you wondering I feel pretty good, but it hasn't always been this good :) Once William's room is finished, we'll start working on the nursery to be, where he's currently residing.

I could write alot more but I figure that's enough big news for one morning. I'll same some for another day! Thanks for checking up on us, and sorry I've been delinquent. Hopefully it will get better here shortly.