Braxton's 4th birthday Interview

1. What is your favorite color?  orange and black and green and blue
2. What is your favorite toy? racecars and legos and bad guys
3. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Go sledding and eat snow and throw snowballs at daddy.
4. What is your favorite tv show?  M.A.S.H., Wipeout and cartoons
5. What is your favorite movie?  Lightening McQueen (Cars)
6. What is your favorite game?  Candyland and Nintendo DS
7. What is your favorite animal?  dragon, dinosaur and lion
8. What is your favorite song?  Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
9. What is your favorite book?  Cat in the Hat
10. Who is your best friend?  Avery and Braddax and mommy and daddy and Squeeky
11. What is your favorite drink?  pop and chocolate milk and water
12. Favorite snack?  animal crackers and apples and Ramen noodles
13. What is your favorite cereal?  chocolate cereal (coco puffs) and bird cereal (froot loops)
14. I like mommy because?  She is beautiful and she likes playing play-doh.
15. I like daddy because?  He is handsome and plays "get you" with me.
16. What do you want to eat for your birthday dinner?  chicken nuggets with ketchup, carrots with ranch, and peanut butter bread
17. What do you want to be when you grow up?  an army man and a fire truck and a dragon
18.  What is your favorite thing about school?  Playing toys & going outside.
19.  Who is your favorite teacher and why?  Miss Amy because she likes me so I like her.
20.  What is your favorite Bible verse?  "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son".

Family Photos

Photos at home

Here are a few new photos of us hanging out at home.

Braddax loves to be swaddled like a taco so Brock has given him the nickname "Paco the Six Pound Taco".  He is also lovingly called "Paco the Crying Taco."

Deep Thoughts by Brock "If you ever want to get rid of one of your worst enemies, attach a burp rag to them - then they will be lost forever." (How do we keep loosing burp rags?  Where do they go?)

Sledding Videos

Brock and Braxton sledding videos:

Home at Last

Our baby was released from Intensive Care yesterday afternoon and we are home at last!  Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers during the last several crazy months. Here are a few quotes and photos from the last 24 hours.

Braxton Quote #1 - "Last night when I was sleeping the baby cried a thousand times and I thought - in the morning we have to have a talk!"

Braxton Quote #2 - "I keep trying to show Braddax how to play cars but he doesn't do it and he has baby toys but he doesn't play with them either - he just sleeps."

New Baby!!!

Our baby boy was born on 12/20/12 weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounce.  His name is Braddax Keoni.  He is currently in Intensive Care with a feeding tube.  We hope that he will be able to come home by New Years Eve.  

• Please pray that Braddax will gain strength and learn to eat.
• Please pray that Braxton will remain flexible while he stays home with grandma (Braxton is not allowed to visit the baby because he is not yet 5 years old).
• Please pray for Brock and I that we keep our sanity until we can bring baby home.  

our christmas traditions

Our Christmas Traditions

• Take a treat to the neighbors 
• Bring gifts to school teachers with a "merry christmas kid-made picture"
• Dress up and take a family Christmas photo
• Send out Christmas cards to friends and family (envelopes decorated by the kids)
• Put up the manger scene and talk about the real meaning of Christmas
• Play Christmas music on the radio and dance!
• Make a snowman
• Go sledding
• Have a "no TV" night and light candles

Traditions to start in the future 

• Make a gingerbread house (or decorate trees using pointy ice cream cones)
• Drive to look at Christmas lights 
• Bring treats to local policemen/firemen
• have a pajama breakfast party (the day after Thanksgiving?) and invite friends over
• go to the holidazzle parade?
• make a meal and take it to a friend 
• send a Christmas card to a soldier overseas (a relative of someone at church?)