ThankFull

We had our Thanksgiving a few days early this year...and here is Colin, he got into the whipped cream.  I think he likes it?

This past month has been crazy and it has given me some time to realize how precious life is and how important family can be.  These are the things are am most thankful for right now...

* Family, both mine and Chris'. My cute sister should be having her baby any day, and my mother in law is beginning her battle with breast cancer, it's great to know we have such good medical care available to us.

*My Home, we couldn't be more grateful that we are not STILL in that dumpy apartment.  So many people can't get loans or are losing their homes and we are so happy to be blessed with our cute house.  

*Friends, I have a few amazing friends who I love forever!  I hope you know who you are!

*Last but NOT least Colin and Chris, my two boys!  You guys are the best, we have so much fun together!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone...it's the countdown to christmas, yippee!

     Hi everyone, this is Christopher Bart Hales!  The Dad in this story.  Ellie left the computer on tonight and I thought I would do my first ever blog post.  For anything.  I'm REALLY nervous.  What if I don't do it right!?!  What if it is too short?!  Egads!  What a rush.  Anyway....... Colin Bear is doing better now.  He is still getting cuter by the minute.  Which is amazing because he was already the cutest anything, ever.  Look it up.  

     Also, if anyone needs a job I am supposed to find some people to come work at Discover Card.  It is really a fun place to work.  Last month our team was the top in the department, again!  So the other day we had our top team party, which, had you been on my team you would have been paid $12 something an hour to watch movies and eat food.  AWESOME!  The PM shifts get an extra 10% hourly pay so starts like $12-ish an hour.  We also get an incentive check on top of the hourly rate.  I usually get at least an extra $500 per month.  Let me, or, i guess, Ellie, know and i'll get you some info.  

     Well, everyone, just thought I'd say hello to all you people, whoever you are.  Hopefully there are some people that I know and have not talked to for a while out there.  If there are some of you reading give us a call sometime.  Not right now though.  It is almost late.  Seriously, we are almost shut-ins.  Ellie has been making fun of me for watching to many shows with the word "STAR" in the title.  Something about fast becoming a dork.  I don't know.  She's crazy.  Even my mom says i'm cool.  Nuff said.  

     Everyone have a good night though!  Or I guess it could be the day time too.  Well, just read this at night to avoid confusion on that. PEACE OUT!! 

Our FIRST Time...

Earlier in the week Colin seemed to come down with a mild cold, I didn't really think much of it, mainly because he didn't seem like it bothered him.  So on Saturday when Chris called me at work and said he thought Colin was "really" sick, I blew him off.  I told him to take Colin to my parents and get his butt to work.  

Well...when I went to pick Colin up at my parents it was obvious he was sicker than ever before.  It was easy to realize he had Croup by the weird cough he had.  Poor little guy.  So we of course did all the things we knew to do with a baby that has Croup...

* we got a humidifier ( a cool mist one to be exact)

* we took him out into the freezing cold (somehow that helps open up the airways)

* we even drove on the freeway with his windows rolled down

But when we were driving home and he started to cough and then couldn't breath we knew we had to get him to the hospital  So we gathered up his favorite comfort items, like his bottle, his sippy cup, his bear and his blanky and we headed for a long night at Primary's.  

We didn't get home til about 5 am.  But we are so glad that we went, the imediatly got him oxygen and steriods to open up his lungs.  Then they did a more intense treatment and had to observe him for 3 hours.  I know this is just the beginning of many scary hospital nights, but I am just so grateful that we have insurance...and great medical care so close.  It was such a comfort knowing he would be okay because we could get him care he needed.  

The THREE C's...Chris, Colin, and a Cape

On saturday,  while Chris and Colin spent the morning together, Chris had a brilliant idea to make Colin a cape out of his pajama bottoms.  The result?  A cape obsessed baby.  He feels like such a little stud in that thing, and has been wearing it around since.  I think Colin has gotten to an age where he is now realizing how cool a dad is, anything Chris does Colin follows.  It is so fun to see!