01/24/2026
Banner East Morgan County Hospital celebrates arrival of New Year's baby born on Jan. 2
Brush, Colo. (Jan. 7, 2026) – A local family celebrated the new year with a new life – a baby boy who was delivered on the morning of Friday, Jan. 2.
Tahais Carpenter gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Dean Brooks Carpenter, at 11:43 a.m. at Banner East Morgan County Hospital. Dean, who was delivered by Dr. Sarah Pederson, was born weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces.
Tahais and her husband, Colton Carpenter, are excited to introduce their first baby family and friends.
East Morgan County Hospital is operated by Banner Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health care systems with 32 hospitals in six states. East Morgan opened in 1967 and offers inpatient and outpatient diagnostic services, cancer care, emergency care, intensive care with iCare technology, medical imaging and the state-of-the-art Alonzo Petteys Rehabilitation Center.