The Treadway Family

4th of July

2010-07-05T20:00:00.000-05:00

Austin turns 4

2010-06-21T01:11:00.000-05:00

T Ball

2010-05-27T23:14:00.000-05:00

May 2010

2010-05-27T23:11:00.000-05:00

Eva 14 Months

2010-05-27T23:06:00.000-05:00

Eva 13 Months

2010-05-27T22:50:00.000-05:00

Eva's 11 Month & Austin 3 Years 8 Months

2010-02-08T21:41:00.000-06:00

KISS

2010-02-08T21:00:00.001-06:00

A few months ago Brent and I went to our very first KISS concert. Wow!! Had a blast!

A Day At The Farm

2010-01-04T15:53:00.000-06:00

Zandra's and Groucho's Christmas Pictures

2009-12-21T23:57:00.000-06:00

Christmas Pictures

2009-12-21T23:50:00.000-06:00

Halloween 2009

2009-11-09T20:59:00.000-06:00

We had a great Halloween. Austin was an aviator and Eva was a lamb. I got both costumes at a garage sale for $2.00 and they turned out pretty cute. Austin REALLY enjoyed trick or treating this year. Life is good!

Eva's Dedication

2009-10-26T22:29:00.002-05:00

This past Sunday we celebrated Eva's dedication. Brent and I were very nervous about how the two kids would behave on stage. As soon as we got up there Eva jerked her hair band off and threw it on the floor. Austin just stood there staring at the big screen cheesin' at himself. During the prayer Eva thought it would be a good time to practice blowing bubbles with her mouth. What a day!

October 2009

2009-10-19T22:32:00.000-05:00

Firetruck Day

2009-10-04T13:25:00.001-05:00

Here are a few pictures of Austin during Firetruck Day. He has been doing a great job at Preschool minus one unhappy face.

Eva 6 Months Old

2009-09-27T22:54:00.000-05:00

2009-08-30T09:31:00.001-05:00

Eva 5 Months Old

2009-07-30T23:40:00.002-05:00

Eva and Austin

2009-07-01T10:18:00.004-05:00

We took the kids out to a field to get some pictures the other day. Austin was holding Eva and everything was going great until a plane flew by and Austin tossed Eva face down to the side and said "look mommy plane". The only thing hurt on Eva were her feeling :(

Recent Pictures

2009-06-17T15:15:00.003-05:00

May 13th

2009-05-13T21:50:00.002-05:00

Austin was wanting to hold Eva today so I snapped some shots of them together. He loves her so much!

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-10T14:00:00.005-05:00

I was talking to my dad the other night about my mom. We were discussing how unselfish she is. She will never tell anyone no and how she always puts others first and her last. He reminded me when I was younger how my mother would get out of bed and get me something to eat whenever I would come home late. That is how it was my entire childhood. She would do anything in the world for me.
Not much has changed these days. She will still do anything in the world for me and my family. After working all day and cleaning 3 houses I know she will still do anything I ask for. Anytime I ask her to watch the kids she says absolutely when do I need to be there. No questions. She never acts like she is burdened or put out. If she does have something planned she tells me not to worry she will reschedule.
I am a very lucky girl to have such a sweet, loving, unselfish mother. Mom, I appreciate everything you do for us. I love you very much and hope you have a Happy Mother's Day!!

Treadway Reunion

2009-05-10T13:38:00.005-05:00

Yesterday we went to Douglassville for the Treadway Reunion. Here are a few photos of the kids.

2009-04-30T22:18:00.001-05:00

Sunday April 26, 2009

2009-04-28T11:31:00.000-05:00

Eva 7 weeks

2009-04-23T13:20:00.001-05:00

Easter 2009

2009-04-12T16:09:00.000-05:00

Afternoon with Nanny and Poppy

2009-03-29T20:39:00.002-05:00

Today we took the kids over to see Nanny and Poppy. Austin had a great time chasing the ducks and rabbits around the yard.

3 Weeks

2009-03-23T20:56:00.005-05:00

Eva is 3 weeks old today and doing great. It's amazing how much she has already changed in such a short amount of time. Austin is also doing well. He has adjusted to the new addition and is a great big brother.

8 Days Old

2009-03-11T12:50:00.004-05:00

March 3rd- Eva's second day...

2009-03-03T20:33:00.000-06:00

SLINGBLADE

2009-03-03T10:10:00.003-06:00

This is a video that Brian Carpenter and I created for our company. We had to do a presentation several years ago on asking smart questions and we decided to reenact a scene from Slingblade. Hopefully you have seen the movie and can appreciate how exact our efforts were.

Eva Faith Treadway

2009-03-02T21:03:00.002-06:00

Eva Faith was born at 4:05 pm March 2nd. She weighed in at 9 lbs. 8 oz. and was 22 inches long.

Getting Better Everyday

2009-02-22T14:01:00.004-06:00

First of all, we would like to thank you all for praying for Austin and our family over this past week. It has definately been a trying time and there is nothing worse than watching your son be sick and not be able to do anything about it. The events over the last week really puts life into perspective and you realize that common everyday problems are not a big deal. On the other hand, it is amazing to see the power of God during our weaknesses and to see just how small and meek we are. It is very comforting to know that God is bigger than we are and larger than any of our problems and to know that everything is in his hands. Sometimes we forget just how many people love and care for you and are willing to pray for your needs and it is a humbling experience.

Austin has been doing much better this week. He has formed back into himself. Medically, his blood levels are back up into a normal range and he is making his own blood! Physically, his appetite has been amazing, eating everything in his path. He is back to being happy and laughing a lot. We did not realize how bad he looked until looking at recent pictures and seeing him so pale and sick looking. He will continue to go back to the doctor and have periodic blood tests to make sure that he is progressing like he should be. Again, thank you all for praying for him and keeping him in your thoughts and prayers.

We will continue to have updates on baby EVA arriving soon!

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9

Austin's Blood Test

2009-02-17T22:51:00.002-06:00

Austin had a doctor's appointment this afternoon with Dr. Porter. His blood levels have improved! His hemoglobin was 10.8, up from 9.2 and his hematocrit was 30.5, up from 26.2. This is great news and we were extremely excited about it. His reticular(retic) level had actually fallen a little bit. It was .7 and now is .0. This is the level that tells if he is making his own red blood cells. He has a re-check Thursday morning. Please continue to pray for him and we hope that the retic level improves!

Friday the 13th in Little Rock

2009-02-16T13:01:00.010-06:00

As most of you know, Austin had to go to Arkansas Children’s Hospital on Friday. He is actually back home and being monitored by Dr. Cindy Porter here in Texarkana.

The last couple of weeks we have noticed him being lethargic and just not himself, but he had no other symptoms of anything. He was being extremely needy and clingy and we thought he was acting like this because of the new baby coming in a couple of weeks. Finally, last Thursday, he did not want to play outside or with his toys or anything. All he cared to do was lie on the couch and watch TV and was extremely tired all day. Obviously this was very strange for him and most 2 ½ olds. He went to bed fairly early Thursday night and slept in Friday morning. I had left for work, but talked to Erin once they woke up and she said that he was acting the exact same way as he did the day before and she had already made him an appointment for 1:30 and the only physician she could get him in with was Dr. Cindy Porter.

By the time 1:30 rolled around, Austin had developed a fever of 103’-104’. This was the first symptom he had of any kind. Dr Porter checked him out very thoroughly and ran several blood tests. She initially didn’t find anything out of the ordinary. She continued to dig and try to find out what was wrong. Over the next 4 hours of running extensive blood tests, she came across some numbers that she knew were not right. She contacted Children’s Hospital in Little Rock and was in touch with the lead Hematologist who told her that we needed to come up there ASAP.

The drive to Little Rock was extremely nerve racking and I begin to wonder why we did not airlift him. All we knew was that his H&H, or Hemoglobin and Hematocrit, levels were extremely low, hemoglobin(3.0) & hematocrit(10.0). Once we finally made it to Little Rock, we checked him into the ER and they begin running more tests and trying to figure out the cause of his low blood levels. After several hours of being in the ER Triage, he began his first series of blood transfusions. He had three blood transfusions in the first 12 hours and then another one for another 4 hours. I stayed with Austin all night and made Erin go to the hotel to get some rest with Annette, Gary and Jill. Saturday morning Austin woke in a psychotic state and was going crazy. I had to pin him down and was not succeeding very well. He was definitely not himself and I was wondering if he was having a reaction to the blood. It went on for about and hour until Erin arrived and he seemed to settle down. He had another crazy spell while Erin and I had stepped out of the Hospital to grab something to eat later that night. We soon found out, that he was allergic to the Benedryl they were giving him with the transfusions. At one point, Austin jerked his IV out of his hand and he had been poked so many times from the needles, it was difficult to find a vein. By Saturday night he had completed 4 transfusions and his levels were up, but not like we were hoping for. He was unhooked most of Saturday night and they were going to run more labs Sunday morning. We were hoping for the best and praying his levels would go up or at least stay maintained. He was tested again and the levels had actually fallen marginally. Emotionally, it was the lowest point of the weekend because our hopes were so large. We were expecting the worst at that time and then one of the doctors came in and told us that it might be his spleen. We were then thinking about the removal of his spleen or what else might be occurring. Finally, the lead specialist, Dr. Suzanne Saccente arrived and told us that sometimes the levels actually do go back down and it was not that uncommon. It was definitely a relief to hear her be calm about what was going on. She told us that he would have to have another transfusion for about 4 more hours and hopefully his levels would be up enough for him to be discharged and then she could let Dr. Porter in Texarkana monitor him and hopefully his body would start making red blood cells on its own. Dr. Saccente told us that we just did not understand how critical Austin’s condition was when he arrived. He had lost 2/3 of his blood.

Dr. Saccente explained to us how impressed she was with Dr. Cindy Porter for running the tests that she had run. She explained that most of the physicians she deals with, would not have known what to look for and even if they had, it would take a couple of days to get the results back. Dr. Porter had them back as fast as Children's could have gotten them back. We later found out that Dr. Porter walked the tests to the Hospital and waited on them while we were at her office. Dr. Cindy Porter, who did her background at St. Jude’s Hospital, probably saved Austin’s life by her actions and desires to find the problem. She actually diagnosed him with what he has and stated that it was the only time she had ever seen it in her practice. His condition is called Transient Erythroblastopenia for those who want to know. What this means, is that when he contracted a viral infection it affected his bone marrow and it is not allowing his body to make red bloods cells. The virus can be caused from a million different things. They are still not sure exactly what caused it and it would almost be impossible to test for every virus. An example of what they thought it could be is actually called Parvo B19 and commonly referred as Fifth’s Disease or Slapped Face infection, and yes Erin has been tested for it(not good for pregnant women to be around). He was then given the blood transfusions to get his blood levels back up and we just have to wait and see and hopefully his body will start making his own red blood cells again. If it does not, he will have to go back to Children’s and have another blood transfusion at the outpatient clinic.

We would like to thank everyone for praying for him and thinking about him during this extremely scary time and ask everyone to continue to pray for him. Hopefully his body will return to normal within the next few weeks!

David Crowder Concert

2009-02-06T23:31:00.003-06:00

Tonight Lori, Caleb and I went and watched David Crowder in concert. Brent helped with security so we were able to take Caleb backstage and meet him. He was so excited!

Weekend Pictures

2009-02-03T21:45:00.005-06:00

Here are a few pictures we took over this past weekend. Austin had a blast playing with his new friend Alexis. He even gave her hugs and sugar when she left.

Pictures of Austin

2009-01-18T19:57:00.003-06:00

Old Newspaper Photos

2009-01-10T22:13:00.002-06:00

I have been working on scrapbooking for the past week or so and found some old photos of me from when I played sports in high school. I can't believe such much time has past.

Christmas 2008

2008-12-26T23:48:00.002-06:00

Christmas really flew by this year. We had several different places to go and had a really great time at all of them.

Christmas Photos

2008-12-26T23:38:00.002-06:00

For the grandparents Christmas gifts this year Brent and I took pictures of the grandchildren together. I was very surprised how well they turned out.

Christmas Card Photos

2008-12-20T23:05:00.005-06:00

This year we decided to put a photo of Austin and the puppies on our Christmas card. Since we couldn't get them to pose together we did two seperate pictures. It was really interesting getting the 4 puppies to stay still and look at the camera.

Austin meets Santa Claus

2008-12-19T21:42:00.002-06:00

Tonight we took Austin over to a friends house to visit Santa Claus. He was not happy about this visit. He sat on Santa's lap for entire 2 seconds before bursting out in tears.

Austin's Headache

2008-12-17T21:23:00.006-06:00

This past weekend Austin decided to pull on one of the stockings that were hanging off our mantle. What he got was a heavy metal stocking holder with sharp edges on top of his noggin. Thank goodness it wasn't as bad as it appeared. A little bit of glue did the trick.

Meet Conley!!

2008-12-08T20:48:00.002-06:00

This past Sunday Zandra, Austin and I drove to Marshall and picked up a new Griff we will be fostering. His name is Conley and he came from a puppy mill in Missouri. He is 3 years old and is really doing well considering what he has been through. He will be put on the NBGR website http://www.brusselsgriffonrescue.org and wil be up for adoption in a few days.

Thanksgiving 2008

2008-12-01T11:01:00.004-06:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday this year. We are so thankful to have so many blessing in our lives. We were able to spend time with most of our family and eat lots of wonderful food. I was impressed on how much Austin put away this year. I think all of us gained a few :)

A day of fun after a really bad week

2008-11-23T18:38:00.003-06:00

Today we decided to take Austin to the park because none of us have really been out of the house in a while. Brent had to take me to the ER this past Tuesday evening because of a kidney stone and kidney infection. That is by far the most painful thing I have ever experienced. Way worse than childbirth. I returned home Friday afternoon and still haven't felt well. Hopefully I will get back to my old self soon.

Rockband Party

2008-11-16T12:30:00.000-06:00

We attended a rockband party last night for Jason's 39th birthday. We were asked to wear our rock gear and Brent really went out for it. He dressed up as Slash off Guns N' Roses and looked just like him. It was hilarious watching grown-ups dress up as rock stars and jam on rockband with the strobe lights and fog machine.

Happy Birthday Griffyn!!

2008-11-11T21:21:00.002-06:00

Today was Griffyn's birthday and he turned 5 years old. Austin started hugging on him so I thought it would be cute to get some birthday pics of him.

Fall Pictures

2008-11-04T16:16:00.003-06:00

Austin's fall pictures came back today and we were very pleased. I was a little nervous during the shoot because he was more interested in the pumpkins (which he called balls) instead of smiling for the camera.

Zandra turns 57

2008-11-03T21:31:00.002-06:00

Tonight we celebrated Zandra's 57th birthday. It was fun to have everyone over and to spend time together. After we finished eating we got out Rock Band and Austin showed us all how to play the drums.

Halloween

2008-11-01T10:06:00.004-05:00

This was by far the craziest but best Halloween I've had. We were so busy but we all had so much fun. Austin really got into the trick or treating this year. It was so cute seeing him running up to the door and getting candy.

Sunday October 26

2008-10-26T20:55:00.005-05:00

Today we took some pictures of Austin after church and some more at the Fall Festival. Austin had a great time on the hay ride and running around the farm.

PG Football

2008-10-25T12:06:00.005-05:00

Last night we took Austin to watch his first high school football game. We watched the PG hawks play Mt. Vernon. Austin had a great time watching the game and listening to the band.

Boy or Girl?

2008-10-22T20:46:00.002-05:00

Today I had my 20 week sonogram to determine the sex of the baby and was very disappointed. The baby was curled up in a ball which made it difficult to see anything. From what the tech could see she thought it was a girl but was not certain. Now I have to wait another month to see what we are having :(

The Quadrangle Festival

2008-10-12T19:56:00.004-05:00

Today Austin and I met Zandra, Lori and Caleb at the Quadrangle Festival. We were all very disapointed once we entered the gates. There were only a handful of vendors and about 4 different concession stands for food. Despite all of this we still managed to have a great time.

Texas vs. O-who?

2008-10-12T19:46:00.004-05:00

Dad and I got to attend the TX/OU game on Saturday. It was a highly publicized game of epic proportions. It lived up to every minute of all the hype. With OU being ranked the #1 team in the country and Texas coming in as the #5 underdog, the stage was set for a heavyweight fight! Of all the Texas games I have attended in my life, this was definitely one of the best! Afterwards we went back to Sandra's house to celebrate with the family.

Texas State Fair

2008-10-12T19:25:00.005-05:00

We drove to Dallas Friday afternoon and met the Gallucci's at the Texas State Fair. The kids had a blast riding rides, petting animals and eating cotton candy. Austin first experience of riding rides was a hit. He was smiling from ear to ear and laughing it up.

Granna turns 58

2008-10-05T18:14:00.005-05:00

Today we went over to G-Daddy and Granna's house for a birthday celebration. We had a great time eating and spending time with one another. Austin was very helpful blowing out the candles and helping Granna open up her gifts. He is getting to be such a big boy!!

A visit from the Gallucci's

2008-10-05T18:04:00.005-05:00

Last night Joe, Angela and Avery came over for a visit. We had a great time catching up and watching the kids play and fight over toys. We introduced them to ROCKBAND so it ended up being a pretty late evening.

The Eagles

2008-09-30T21:01:00.005-05:00

Tonight we went to Caleb's football game. They won against the Broncos 49-6. Caleb had 3 interceptions and 4 touchdowns. Austin had a great time watching the game and playing with the football. At one point he ran out on the field. Thank goodness Zandra was light on her feet tonight.

Coach Treadway

2008-09-29T00:49:00.011-05:00

I am currently coaching the Hawks flag football team in the PGYA. I was summoned for my knowledge and experience to help my boss coach a team. We are now in our 3rd week and things are starting to come together. We started off slow with a loss after 4 turnovers, but came back with a solid win in week 2 with a 28-0 shutout. Coaching 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders can be challenging but fun. Austin has been enjoying the games and is trying to learn the in's and out's of football. We are off this week but will have a couple of practices to harness the circus a bit more.

Brent

Rescue Puppies

2008-09-29T00:37:00.005-05:00

Three weeks ago I traveled to Springhill Louisiana to pick up four Brussels Griffon puppies that were scheduled to be euthanized that day. The breeder could not sell them so she decided to have them put to sleep. So, we are currently fostering 4 puppies along with our 3 dogs until they get adopted. Things are a little crazy around here.

Erin

New York City

2008-09-27T22:55:00.000-05:00

This past August Brent and I traveled to New York City for 5 days. Brent has been several times but this was my first trip to the Big Apple. It was hard to leave Austin behind but time really flew by.

Chicago

2008-09-26T23:37:00.002-05:00

Chicago was a blast...we went to Wrigley Field and got to see the Cubs beat the White Sox with a walk off HR in the bottom of the 9th inning. We went to the Shedd Aquarium and lots of other cool places. We also went to see the Broadway play "Wicked" which was really good. --Brent