Game 1 vs Ducks!

So, who's ready for Game 1 with the "Mighty Ducks" sure on paper the Ducks out rank the Canucks, with their heavy hitters, big goal scorers and offensive lines special teams and experience but since when have we been a team that stays true to stats? They said that Dallas would beat us in 6 or 7 too they were wrong about that now weren't they.. VERY WRONG!

They make new stats up all the time who cares about the stats. Luongo is one of THE BEST GOALIES in the world right now. We're CANUCKS we've got HEART. We have to stand as one and BELIEVE that we will reign victorious. So Canuck fans all over the world, or those of you who read my blog anyways LETS HEAR IT FOR THE CANUCKS!!

Here are some things that we'll have to look out for; Penalties, needless trips to the Sin Bin. If we can play smart and draw penalties we'll have that much better of a chance in winning this series. I believe that this is going to be a hard fought battle for our team. But I know we can do it, in my heart I know the Canucks can win this series. I don't care about the pre-playoff match-ups. I care about the here and now! The Ducks have had a few days off to heal their bumps and bruises but WE are coming off a big high and a very well played Game 7. The teams aren't matched as equally as they were with Dallas. Hitting, the Canucks are going to have to bring an "A" game and start hitting more, and finishing their checks to eliminate plays being setup in front of Luo. With guys like Pronger, Niedermayer, and Beauchemin against him he's gonna have to play as equally good or better then he did with Dallas if the Defensive and Forward lines don't block more shots they they were. The Ducks led the League in penalty minuets and fighting majors this year. So look forward to alot of BIG hits and min's in the sin bin. Motivation: If I was Alain Vigneault I'd be telling the boyz the same thing I did in Game 7 of the first series "There's alot of other teams that wished they could be here" Especially now with 8 of the 16 teams that started this Playoff series are out. prove you deserve to be here, show them you want to stay.. Then I'd do something crazy like through the "predictions" from every sports commentator on the table that says "ducks in 6 or 7" and say PROVE them wrong too!

GO CANUCKS GO

LET'S BBQ SOME DUCK THIS SERIES

LOVE THIS TEAM LOVE THIS GAME!!

WOW WOW WOW I can't even begin to explain how happy and stoked I am tonight What an amazing game seriously! I have to admit I was a little worried after the first period, but then when I saw Willie Mitchell in the interview and quoting Alain Vigneaut "There are a lot of other teams that would kill to be in your shoes right now" I KNEW things were going to turn around and Turn around is EXACTLY what they did. Vancouver DOMINATED the rest of the game the whole 40 mins belonged to Van. Dallas had a total of 4 shots in the 2nd period and 7 in the 3rd. We finally scored on a Power Play and it was a GREAT GOAL beautifully setup by Daniel, Henrik was not going to miss and it FOUND the back of the net to tie the game.

Even Linden's goal was a power play goal was amazing I LOVE WHEN he scores (I've made up my mind I'm getting his jersey, there's one on E-bay SIGNED I'm taking donations) anyways to quote Canucks.com's recap "Linden played a monumental game that looked like he got a hold of the DeLorean from Back to the Future to travel back to his younger days.
“It might have been his best game of the whole year,” said Brendan Morrison." I completely agree the energy that he had was like watching him in his younger days. It's the game seven he shines in Game 7's :-DTaylor Pyatt and Brian Smolinski to get the Empty netters thats not something you see a lot of but Dallas didn't have much for choice at that point in the game. Sealed the deal ending the series 4-3 with score of 4-1 Vancouver stuck true to its stats with games that they scored at least one goal they won. My hat's off to Dallas and Turco you guys played a great game and showed spirit all the way through, never gave up and kept on pressing. Couple of great shots in the last game including Modano's cross bar wringer that bounced off the inside of the cross bar to ALMOST tie the game. Great job, great series. Probably THE BEST and most evenly matched series in the playoffs this year (so far) Thanks for the stress and the gray hairs.



My Vancouver Stars of the series: Roberto Luongo, was consistent throughout the entire series stood on his head, played his heart out! with his play off stats at: Record: 4-3
GAA: 1.41
Save %: .950
GA: 12
Great first playoff performance, feels good to have a goalie in net that you can count on as a Last Line of Defence MVP!!

My Second Star goes to Willie Mitchell he played incredibly made some AMAZING plays kept us alive on numerous occasions was the backbone along side Luongo great effort and again like Luo played his heart out!
My Final star is a no brainer! was a hard toss up between second and third but Trevor Linden you've captured our hearts once again, displaying incredible leadership qualities and grit like he always does. To quote The Insider; " But there is something about Linden fans know for certain: He’s as clutch as they come.
Need a crunching hit on the forecheck in a do or die game seven? Send number 16 over the boards and watch him pick his spot to rattle the glass and swing the momentum in the Canucks favor.
Need veteran leadership to rub off on two of your franchises’ players of the future? Put number 16 on the power-play with the Sedin Twins and watch him score the game winning goal with the man advantage.
Need someone who gets so nervous before huge playoff games that he can barely keep his lunch down? Trevor’s your guy. "

My favorite play by Trevor in the whole series was when he gave Brian Smolinski the puck for the empty netter, selflessly handing it over great great great play. Awesome!! True Leadership!



So to wrap things up Anaheim, Vancouver is coming to BBQ some duck. Burke were coming for your team!







For a bonus picture!! CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO SEE FULL SCREEN!!
Wish you guys were there with me and could've enjoyed it as much as I did!!! Keith hows it feel to get texts FROM THE GAME!


PS: just kidding I wish I was there but CRAZY how much it looks like me (with the jersey I want)

Vancouver's Critics = Too Many!!

I've come to the conclusion that Vancouver fans are the hardest to please. Don't get me wrong that loss last night was hard on me too. But with all the ranting that people do "The Canucks have only made it this far riding Luongo's back, Cooke Crumbles or Sedin Twins Can't Find the Net" What do you expect we have got to be one of the hardest City's to play for. With fans criticizing or worshiping your every move, its hard to get anything done. After all they're still just human.

Lets talk about Dallas, don't get me wrong they've been playing good hockey (for the most part) but Turco is doing his job. He's the last line of defense yet you don't hear people saying Dallas is riding a Turco train, or Modano (America's leading goal scorer) hasn't found the trick to beat Luongo. Even Morrow has only squeaked two goals past him. And yes I do say SQUEAKED last nights goal was a very lucky goal, thats what happens when you keep putting them to the net though. If only that rouge puck would've went in, if only the line change would have been done properly, terrible penalty to take :(... Sorry back on topic.

Last nights game was by far the best game of the series both teams came out fighting hard, Vancouver had 6 shots on goal to Dallas' 1 before the game was even 4mins in. They were finishing their checks (Devin would be proud :P) Diggin for the puck, you knew it was going to be a battle of the goalies right away. With Turco making some UNBELIEVABLE saves right off the bat. Luongo answered back both goalies getting a shut out in regular time, one of them was bound to make a mistake sooner or later. Dallas broke its curse of the OT and Vancouver sunk deeper into it's curse of the Clincher, not being able to finish them off :( They fought hard though. Game 5 is by far my fave game of the series, however I would've loved for the outcome to be different. The Hockey god's didn't agree with my call though.


Let's talk about Willie Mitchell "WOW" Kudos to him he's playing with heart and lots of it! Never gives up constantly diggin for the puck racing for it, as usual, was a force in the Canucks own end. He put his body on the line and had five of the Canucks 20 blocked shots. The entire Stars team combined for 9. When he wasn’t blocking shots, he was getting his 63 inch piece of lumber in the way of the Stars. He prevented three or four top quality scoring chances in a game that had very few. Mitchell finished with 26:13 of ice time.

Thanks Willie keep playing hard it will continue to pay off for you.

Sopel... Wow he made a straight pass... Trade him, get rid of him, why'd they bring him back I can't stand Sopel he's slow and clumsy, my sister was like "I hope he gets the winning goal" cause I was riding him so bad haha. TRADE HIM DROP HIM I don't care.

Well here's to game 6, One of the best road teams, and one of the worst at home teams (in play offs) GO CANUCKS GO. You guys can do it BELIEVE!!!

2-1 Win Reg time!!!

If there's one thing I love its when Trevor Linden scores! I hope and pray for his sake they win the cup this year, he's been faithful to Van for almost his whole career. If it were up to him I'm sure he would have stayed the whole time! Great goal anyways!

Few things though, Brent Sopel... Get rid of him, he's good for nothing. Well almost entirely. I've never liked him he's clumsy and slow, bring someone up from the minor's who knows, but get rid of him. Second, once in the lead they switched to a dump and protect style of hockey. I know Dallas is a good offensive team but they have to keep the pressure on them. We owned them out there when we put the pressure on, when we kept going to the net creating scoring chances. Thats the type of hockey we need to continue to play. Great game tonight though! I was a little bummed to see Van sorta "run outta gas" in the begining of the third period especially when they played great hockey all night long, but they quickly snapped out of it.

Game 4 on home ice with a 3-1 lead!! YAY thats AWESOME NEWS

Playoff central continues at my place. Make sure to wear Canucks gear!

Couple picks to leave you with

Turco making it look "dramatic"

oh and how could I forget this MITCHELL talk about Awesome play way to stick with the puck dude!!!

2-1 Win OT

I was quiet bummed I didn't get to watch the game last night. Tom and I had to head to work 3hrs early but rest assured we tuned in on the radio and were following the play-by-plays. Good game, few things I wasn't happy with Linden and Pyatt not playing that hot but they made up for it in OT to give us the win. I'm pretty stoked for sure, do you realize that we "technically" haven't been down at all in this series. We won the first game, Dallas tied the series on the second game and now were up on the 2-1. In order for Dallas to win they'd have to win 3 straight now.

So something has been chappin my butt, I'm getting sick of everyone riding the Canucks saying they're on a Luongo train. He's not putting points on the board, sure he's a great goalie but do you hear them saying Turrco is keeping Dallas in the game? or Kipper or Brod? no you don't people need to stop saying that. If anything Turc is keepin Dallas alive and thats it, sure they've had plenty of scoring chances but SO HAS VAN. Grrr I hate critics :P

Thats my vent :P

So the game is on Tuesday at 5pm make sure your wearin your Canucks gear, and let me say it again for the record. IF YOUR NOT A FAN and only come to Dis the Canucks with NEGATIVE ATTITUDE... DON'T COME!!

GO CANUCKS GO

2-0 loss very disappointing!

Two early goals, Turco standing on his head. Its not that there wasn't enough chances we had plenty. Series is tied at 1 a piece.

Let's go Canucks show'em your serious!!!

I'll edit the post when I find out what time the game starts, however I'll be heading out to work around 7:15pm I'm sure it will be cool if you all hang out anyways (let me clear it with my lovely wife first haha)

Good News/Bad News

Good news is that I've got the potential of making some pretty decent coin upwards of $300/day possibly $400 or more. For 6 days work 8pm-8am. Bad news is if this gig does go through Playoff Central will be on hold until the gig is up! I can't turn it down though cause that would be dumb. So I'll be counting on ALL of you guys to keep the party going. As soon as I'm done though Playoff Central will continue at my house!

I'm sorry for those of you that were counting on the game being here but they will commence when I'm done

GO CANUCKS GO

Canucks win 5-4 in Fourth OT CRAZY GAME

WOW intense crazy game 72 saves Frigin insane. My only disappointment in the game was blowing a 2 goal lead and not playing hard for 2 periods. But WOW WOW WOW when they turned it up they owned it out there! Great game. I was on the edge of my seat all night long hoot'n and hollerin after every goal/hit/save. Or getting mad that they weren't playing hard hockey. I hope and pray the rest of the series doesn't go like that. 5.75hrs is along time you can bet they're gonna be tired after that game.
Had a good time glad you guys all came over ~ you know who you are. 6pm Friday is the next game show up early if you want.


On a side note I made dinner tonight :P It was REALLY Good, a few lucky people got to sample it other then my family. Gwen, I had to bring some to her cause she was helpin me out with some tips, things I was unsure of. Rossburger cause she didn't get to eat dinner seeing as she came from work to Playoff Central.

I've been craving Thai Sweet Chili sauce and today my wife was like what do you want for dinner. I always say the same two things Steak and Lobster or I dunno. She's been getting frustrated cause she wants to cook Yummy delights for me and I don't know what to cook. My excuse is that I don't know what we have for food so "you pick" Well today she went out for the day so I had the house to myself and thought why don't I do dinner for her.

Here's the recipe I used:
1/2 Onion ~ diced (could've used more but I thought it was to much, when it wasn't)
couple of garlic cloves crushed
some oil in the pan to saute the garlic and onion
fresh mushrooms sliced and sauted then added to the onions and garlic
4 boneless chicken breasts. (First I bbq'd them with sweet chilli sauce, seasoning salt, garlic salt and coarse pepper.) Then I cut them into bite sized pieces.
Red and Yellow peppers diced up. Then I added the chicken and peppers to the pan and 2 cups of cream (I actually used 3.5 on accident but it worked) then I used 1 cup of a dry white wine, I actually would've preferred to use more but I didn't (next time though)
Then I added some more of the sweet chili sauce to the mix about 3/4 cup and stirred in and let simmer for about 15 mins or more (needed the alcohol to be gone for my wife as she's still feeding the baby)

Then by my wife's choosing I used some angel hair spaghetti noodles and walla there you have it. Dinner ala Chris style. I've always loved cooking just hated the clean up part. So I don't do it a lot. But I might just have to get back into it.

Here's one of the dishes!

Front Window Painted Ready for the Game!!

Puck drops at 7pm show up early!

If your not a Canuck fan don't bother coming.
(that is if your only coming to dis the Canucks)

"YOU HAVE TO BE WEARING CANUCKS GEAR TO GET IN!" For those of you that care there's a Pre-game show to honor the Heroes of '82 that should be good! I'll have some goodies out but if you want to bring something that'd be cool too!

LET'S GO CANUCKS BRING IT HOME!!!

Canuck Central!!!

OK guys here's the deal Playoff central at my place, BYOB I'll try to have some snacks and drinks but seeing as Vancouver is going to go ALL THE WAY that'll get crazy expensive for me so if you bring an appy and some drinks or whatever that'll help out!!.

Here's the catch, if you want to come you HAVE HAVE HAVE to be wearing something Canuck anything I don't care if its old school or new school, or if you have to paint your face. IF your not wearing Canucks gear your not getting in the door!!! Sorry no exceptions!!!

GO CANUCKS GO

Ok Guys Need your input!

We're pretty much sold on the design but please give your input.
Tom and I are finally going to go gun-ho on our business we've talked about it for years and each done it solo, he started it and I continued it when he moved to Vancouver. Now he's back from Australia and Van and were ready and roaring to go.

Here's the card tell me what you think!
**Click on Images to see full resolution**

(Front)


(Back)Anyways please comment and let me know what you think!

Cait sent me pics!

They're gonna get some better pics for me tomorrow with a digital camera. These were taken with his phone and I'm told it does no justice for how swollen it really is.



Here's a good one of Jer trying to make the best of it LOL positive attitude makes for faster healing process I guess haha

Anyways another small prayer request, that God would help provide for him and Cait in this time as he obviously is going to be off work for awhile now and with Truck payments and general life things to pay for its gonna make things tough. Maybe he'll get insurance I don't know So ya just for God to provide for their needs!

Thank you!!

Latest news straight from the Horses Mouth!

OK I talked to my brother today. They did send him home last night, they've asked him to go and see a specialist about his heart. Once the swelling goes down in his eye they will remove the pellet. It's quiet swollen but he's OK, he tried to open it to see out of it but could not *n00b* I told him to leave it alone and to listen to the doctors. Or he could lose the eye completely.

Here's what he said happened.

They were goofing around with the pellet gun, he was carrying a stack of CD cases and the gun, it was loaded but he was holding it by the barrel he set the gun down to set the CD cases up and the gun discharged. It is one of those old school spring loaded pump action guns, the trigger is probably really sensitive and when he put it down thats all it needed. He said his eye was open when it hit, so I'm not sure exactly the extent of the damage. We do know that the pellet is behind his eye in the socket. So please everyone keep him in your prayers/thoughts whatever were hoping that the extent of the damage is done and that he will not lose site in his eye. He said he was going to try and send me a picture, he'd get Cait to take it if he does I'll post it up ;)
Thnx already for your thoughts and prayers!
Chris

Please Pray

Ok this is going to sound VERY crazy, I want to assure everyone that its not what it seems. But it is VERY VERY serious.

My brother was goofin around with some buddies shooting cd's with a pellet gun and dropped a cd cover and went to pick it up and accidentally shot himself in the eye. The good news is that it didn't go through the eye, it went around the eye and its lodged in the back of the socket. They can't do anything with it right now so they're monitoring him.

The REALLY weird thing is that his heart stopped twice... Were not sure exactly why possibly the combination of drugs ***that the hospital gave him*** OD'd him or what we don't know but they've got him on a heart monitor now and watching him.

ANY and ALL prayers are appreciated at this time

Thnx
Chris

UPDATE:
Just got off the phone with my Mom, she said that he is having irregular heart activities so they are checking him for drugs or something. One thing I know he does is smoke pot. Other then that my brother is not known to do anything except drink. She said that when they were in Richmond before being transferred to Surrey that the nurse came in twice in a 30min period and gave him shots both times, shortly after the second time his lips turned blue and he wasn't breathing his heart stopped. They had to bag him and get him going again. This happened twice. Now with the inconsistent beating of his heart they're doing more tests... Please keep him in your prayers

Update 2am
Just got off the phone with mom, was in a bit of a panic... Last time I talked to her she was telling me what was going on and a nurse approached her and she said I have to call you back.. I hadn't heard from her in two hours and both the cell phones weren't answering anymore. So I called the hospital at 1:30am and they said he had be discharged. I was confused but ok, so then ANSWER the phone please someone. Now 2am just got off the phone with Mom and Dad, Dad said that they weren't goofin around with it that Jer was carrying the gun and a pile of CD's and that he was carrying it barrel up, he dropped some of the cd's bent over to pick them up was about 1.5-2feet away from the barrel and somehow accidently triggered the pellet gun. The Eye specialist said that he's VERY lucky where it went in and there's a good chance that he may not lose site in his eye So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pray that God has had his hand in this and that my brother doesn't lose his sight in that eye. They did infact discharge him, he wanted to go home anyways he's like me lol.
So the hospital did the tests and found that he's not a crack head and wasn't on other drugs, so they want him to see his GP and get his heart tested. As for the Eye the specialist gave Cait, his girlfriend his card and said that she could call any time day or nite even with simple questions. They gave him some T3's... I guess they're good for him not me :P and he's on complete bed rest for 5days minimum, he has to go in on Tuesday to see the specialist to see if swelling has gone down. To be able to remove the pellet. Apparently the outside damage is really bad, swollen completely shut and ooozing stuffs, even the white of his eye is going to be all bloodied up..

Crazy I'm going to phone him tomorrow and hopefully be able to talk to him and tell him to smarten up with the heart thing and the no breathing thing.. I'll kick his butt later for the pellet thing...

Thanks guys please keep praying I'm gonna go get some sleep.. I hope..

New Post... Yes Dear!

OK so you guys gotta know I'm not updating this blog everyday.. Probably not even every week.

But because my darling wife asked me to update I suppose I should. I recently re-installed my computer.. I hate doing this because I have SOOOO much data to move and so many things configured into my computer that I always seem to miss something. Well this time being the n00b that I am I seemed to have screwed up some how my bookmarks backup. I triple checked it to make sure that I got the right one but some how some way I didn't get them so I've lost ALL my bookmarks. Now to some of you that may not be a huge deal but to me it is, I've got 2 home based businesses, each of which I have a tonne of stuff that I do through the web. Well along with the bookmarks being gone it means that all my User names and Passwords that were saved with the sites that I frequent are gone as well. It hasn't been till the last year or so that I've started using the same 3 passwords depending on the level of security I need to have. So long story short I don't have my bookmarks or my profile :(

Other then that its a few minor things. Office needs to be "validated" now which is LAME, like Microsoft doesn't make enough money.. Oh well "Hey Bill I hacked XP Pro again" haha jerk :P I bought a copy of Vista Ultimate, but I'm not installing that on my old computer and I'm not buying XP cause I don't want to. Part of the problem is that I own more then 4 computers at $180 a pop.. Forget it, why should I have to pay for 4 copies or more... GRRR

Today, Tristan and I walked home from Papa's it was cool except it started to get a bit cold for him. We had a nice walk though. Its always fun to bring him to Dad's for Reno's he brings his tools in and says "OK guys, lets get to work" Such a fun kid!

So its almost 2am and I'm still awake, dumb I know... I don't want to turn back into a night owl but I was so tired today that I had to sleep for a couple hours I was getting a headache, which always seems to turn into a migraine.

Well anyways my lovely wife is letting me sleep in tomorrow after that I'm heading over to Dad's to do some work, the Lozza has graciously accepted to come (in the evening) help me put a couple sheets of drywall up, that will be nice cause I really want to get the roof done. So it feels like another little project is completed. Craig and I were there today and we both think that we need to bring a professional in cause the house is so crooked that its gonna be a BIG BIG job, especially for a couple armature dry wallers :P Since its a finished project that paint can't help to hide it only amplifies the mistakes made, and if we do it were afraid there's going to be allot of mistakes made. I hope Mom and Dad opt for the pro's to come in. They'd have the house done over the weekend no problem. Even if we just get one to come in and give us some pointers or whatever.

My Mom is going to be here in 11 sleeps that's going to be fun, she told my Dad that if she can find work here she's not coming home this time. He can pack the house up and deal with the sale and stuff she's tired of missing everything with the kids. She wants to be around for her grand kids. It would be great to have her and my step-dad here. More babysitters :P Jk In all seriousness it would just be nice to be near family that's from my side for once :P I haven't lived with my mom technically since I was 8, however I did live there for a couple months when I was 20 I moved to Van for work. Anyways Tristan loves his "Grammi" so it will be good, and she hasn't met Olivia so that will be exciting. Especially since its the first girl in 4 generations, well except for on her side obviously :P but a granddaughter is always exciting!

Haha quick side note before I go to bed. My little Diva dropped a bomb on Mommy today, Christy was changing her bum and was about to put a clean diaper on her and she blew up, got her all cleaned up and she did it again!! Funny stuff, I didn't like that it was getting on the carpet but its funny now LOL

Joni says its time to Update. Must listen ;-)

Ok so I dunno what to post, things have been good at home chillin with the fam is AWESOME. Thanks to everyone who spoiled my daughter. Setting the bar so high for me now I'm always gonna be broke instead of most of the time. HAHA She's not getting her own cell phone and credit card though I'll tell you that now ;)

I've got the spring cleaning bug I want to fix my shed up, insulate the roof and finish the gip-rock inside maybe make some new shelves.. Clean up the back yard too. I wish it would stop snowing and warm up already.. Thats not something I normally say I love winter and snow but Enough is Enough.

My mom is coming soon she's getting all giddy like a school girl to see the kids, it will be nice to have her here. Becoming her annual visit, there's talk of her and Dad moving here so we'll see. It could happen Dad is between jobs and could probably get on at Alcan without trying.

Anyways I'm just chillin right now listening to Smashing Pumpkins, oddly cause I don't usually listen to them. So ya there's an update


Let me leave you with the Champ and my beautiful girl "Little Diva"!
Be blessed everyone!

My First Week off as a Full time Dad

Well I thought I'd post just to update you all on family life. I sure am glad that I took time off to be with my family I love being able to play with Tristan and help Christy with Olivia as much as I can, however with all the laundry, dishes and cleanup I've been doing I'm THAT much more thankful for my wife and all the wonderful things she does for us! I'm used to helping out but doing the majority of things this past week is crazy. What a blessing it has been that everyone has been preparing meals for my family, I don't know if I could handle cooking and all the other tasks I've been doing :P We've some great meals and treats dropped off. Joni keeps surprising us with phone calls and yummy delights its great! Thank you Thank you! Thank you to all of you who've cooked meals for us its been awesome!

A nurse (Katherine, friend of the family) came by today and did a check up on Olivia and she's gained all but 2oz of her birth weight back, she's a little jaundice but apparently not too much to worry about because she's having enough feedings and bowel movements, we have an appt. with the Dr. on Tuesday at 10am so we'll see what Skippy says. She also reassured Christy about some things she's been nervous about which is good.

So ya things are going good, oddly I'm sorta missing work. Not going to work or getting up for work but not being at work seems odd for me. Maybe because I know its not just for a week or two but till June 4th. Crazy Crazy Crazy. I don't know if I can do it :P I might go batty we'll see though.

Anyways thanks for reading I'm out

Blessings

Home Sweet Home

OK just a quick update to let you all know that we are in fact HOME!! Were just chilling out right now, if you want to come for a visit give us a call and we'll see how the girls are doing.

The nurse came in and said I've talked to Dr. Almas and she won't be in till later in the afternoon but she said if you want to go you can. We both jumped up and I took all the gifts and flowers to the Van and then came back for Mommy and Baby.

We stopped at Walmart quick and headed home, some friends from outta town stopped by and are hanging out fun fun :D

Blessings all

Edit:
Our friends all took off and were just chillin out, such a blessing to have good friends. They blessed us with Lunch from Pizza Hut and there's enough left overs for us to pick at it for the rest of the night. Tristan was holding Olivia again and getting her a blanket. He's enjoying her and when she was sitting on the couch he wanted to get changed into a sleeper like hers and cuddle beside her. He brought his cars blanket and covered her up cause she was cold. Its cool, I pray that he will treasure her always! We're making a point to include him in everything because we don't want him to get jealous or anything. So far so good. Mommy is going to spend some quality time with him after the next feeding/changing he'll like that!

Later!

Day 2!

Hi All!
Thanks for the comments we appreciate them all Christy can hardly wait to get home to be welcomed and congratulated by her blogging buddies and family members! Thank you to all the visitors today you blessed us!

Mommy and baby both did Great last night Olivia slept pretty much through the night one hick-up is about it but I won't go into to many details, long story short Christy had to get some assistance which she hates doing especially when the nurses who already do so much are swamped like they were. But it was all sorted and taken care of.

Olivia slept great cuddled with Mommy for a little bit and all was well. Throughout the day there was a constant stream of visitors which was awesome especially for my sake ha ha I had a migraine and it was killin me I stayed till 1pm and brought Tristan home for a nap, we both slept for almost 4hrs so he must have been tired as well. My migraine cooled to a headache and I went back to the hospital, but it was pretty bad I felt pretty nauseous.

Tonight I hung out for the rest of the night and tucked Olivia and Mommy in for bed at about 10pm they were both pooped. Christy and I went for a nice little walk through the halls and just chilled out it was a nice night with our daughter. Tristan hung out with Nana and Papa, which I have to say have been a HUGE blessing for Christy and I we appreciate them SOOOO Very much! Nana is already spoiling her new girl, been shopping twice today both times with an abundance of goodies and clothes!! Sure blesses our socks off.

So I leave you with a few pictures some of which are my fave. I was looking forward to this moment the most besides the arrival of our daughter. Tristan meeting his baby sister. He was pretty excited Nana and Papa took him shopping and bought sister something and he came running in wanting to give it to her..







Awesome eh!!

Anyways Olivia wanted to say goodnight to everyone out there and thanks you for your love and prayers!




Quick Update: Were hoping to head home tomorrow morning and get settled, please feel free to stop by and visit at home!!

Olivia Grace Colborne!!!

My BEAUTIFUL daughter blessed us with her coming at 9:09pm She was 9lbs 11.5Oz and 22inches long. She's got strawberry blond hair maybe darker, we'll see after her bath. She's gorgeous though!!

My wife is the most incredible woman EVER. The epidural seemed to not really work this time with Tristan there was almost nothing for pressure until "Go" time with Olivia there was pressure almost all night so ya I can't believe how well she did. The pressure started getting really really bad, and the nurse checked her and she was 6.5cm's and then the pressure got REALLY REALLY bad and about 5mins later or less she was 9.5cm's It was really incredible how fast it happened. The birth took about 2mins honestly, its on video. 3 really big pushes and there she was.

A Big thanks to Mom Dad and Ruth, Dr.Almas and the Nurses!! Huge Blessing thank you thank you!

Now for the revealing of my beautiful baby girl!!



All tucked in and ready for bed!

Good night my princess!!



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