The Block
Sticks and wife Terri welcome baby boy Lani
Sticks gave up everything to be on The Block and even thought he might miss the birth of his second child. So after several weeks on the show with his teammate, friend Wombat, 37, he was delighted to be reunited with his family just in time for the birth of son Lani Chase Crocker. He even had time for a Maccas drive-through on the way to the airport!
“I did the same on the way to Kanoa’s birth,” says the proud dad as he cradles his newborn baby.
Sticks, 31, made the mad dash home from Melbourne to NSW’S Sussex Inlet by helicopter, where he was reunited with his wife Terri and son Kanoa, 18 months, just before Lani’s arrival.
“We’d planned on me not being there for the birth, so Terri’s mum was on standby,” says Sticks, a carpenter and photographer.
While Terri, 32, was prepared to give birth without her devoted husband byy her side, she saysy she was so glad he made it. “I was on edge for the last few weeks so when I heard Sticks was coming home it was a relief,” she says.
Lani arrived happy and healthy two days after his due date and it was a relatively easy birth. “I didn’t have any drugs, just a bit of gas,” says Terri, adding it was love at first sight when she met her baby.
“You think you don’t have more love to give after the first one but he’s opened up our hearts even more!”
And larrikin Sticks was given a very important job once Lani arrived. “I cut the umbilical cord!” he says proudly, adding, “It was like cutting a bit of squid.”
The family hope the auction of The Block’s Elsternwick property will help with their mortgage and give them the boost they need to enjoy holidays with their boys.
“Coming home reminded us why hy I I’m m on the show and how it could potentially change hange our lives.”