Happy Holidays!

We hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. We should mention that last Sunday (Dec. 7) was the one year anniversary of Luke's heart surgery! It kind of passed us by without us even acknowledging it! We are so lucky to have such great doctors in Minnesota who have helped Luke to become a happy, healthy little boy.

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a busy, but great Thanksgiving weekend. Thursday we spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa Thomas' house. Friday we spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa Pedersen's house. We ate way too much, as usual, but had so much fun. We have so much to be thankful for this year. We have the BEST families that love us and help us in so many ways. We have great friends, many who have been friends since childhood. Most of all...we are thankful for this little guy.

Getting ready to head outside and play in the snow for the first time.

Not so sure about the snow...

This face tells it all. Winter sucks doesn't it Luke?

Fun Night at Home In Front of the Camera

Brushing our teeth is one of our favorite things. Uncle Gary will be so proud!

Who's there?

Beep Beep!

We love basketball

We had some chocolate pudding!

Halloween and Heart Clinic Update!

Here are a couple of pictures of our cute little penguin. Luke had a very busy Halloween. We made the rounds to visit Grandma and Grandpa Pedersen, Great Grandma Shirley, Grandma and Grandpa Thomas and the annual Okey Halloween party. Luke was a trooper and a big hit with his costume at all of our stops.

We also thought we should share some good news from our most recent Heart Clinic appointment with Dr. Baker over MEA. They did an echocardiogram as usual and found that Luke's mitral valve leakage has improved a little bit. It is still quite mild. The narrowing of that valve has stayed the same. Dr. Baker was happy with this news and decided to take Luke off of the blood pressure medicine he has been on since his surgery last December! Giving him that medicine 3 times a day has become such a party of our routine. It felt strange the first couple of days...but we are not complaining! Thanks for checking in with us and our little boy.

Election Day 2008

While Luke won't be able to vote for about 16 and a half more years, we now know where his loyalties lie (with a little help from Daddy!).

Trip to the Apple Orchard

Some Fall Pics

Walking around Lake Calhoun

Hangin' out at the Gustie football game

New Video! Luke Walks!

Back at the Cabin!!

We have lots to update everyone on. Two new posts today, make sure you don't miss the birthday party pics below the cabin pics! We spent almost two weeks up north in Cass Lake. Luke loves the water, whether its in the lake, or in the sink! We also surprised Mom on her 30th birthday with some t-shirts that Dad had made. The bottom line after the two weeks at the cabin is this: Still not walking, but doing lots of talking!

Ready for a boat ride!

Lovin' Grammy

I love the lake!

Bath time!

Dad! What are you wearing?!?!

Happy 30th Birthday Mom!

I love you Auntie!

Luke's 1st Birthday Party

A big group of family and friends were nice enough to join us at Grandma and Grandpa Thomas' house to celebrate Luke's first birthday. While he wasn't so sure about the cake as you can see below, he had a great time with everyone who came!

4th of July Weekend

We spent four and a half days up in Cass Lake at the cabin over the 4th of July weekend. Luke got to swim in the lake for the first time and go for his first long boat ride. He was pretty tired by the time fireworks started on the 4th, but he did ok with the loud noises. Both sets of Grandparents were at the cabin this weekend, along with Aunt Abby, Aunt Jenny and soon to be Uncle Alex. In other exciting news, Luke has a new friend as of this week because Matt and Mackenzie Anderson had a boy, Norse Gordon Anderson, on Monday morning. Congrats to the Andersons and Luke can't wait to meet Norse!

Luke loves his lawn chair

Not so sure about this flag sticking out of my hat!


He's a water boy!




Nice swim trunks!

Brrrrrrrrrr!