Luke Allan Thomas

Jenny and Alex's wedding

2009-07-08T19:40:00.003-05:00

We had such an awesome weekend celebrating Auntie Jenny and Uncle Alex's wedding. June 27th was a special day for our family. We were both in the wedding party and Luke stole the show as the ring bearer. He was such a good boy all day! He loved his tuxedo and shiny shoes. He walked down the aisle all by himself. Here are a couple pictures from the big day.

Special Visitors

2009-07-08T19:29:00.005-05:00

Uncle Rick and Aunt Cindy came for a visit from New Mexico! Luke had so much fun playing with them. Rick and Cindy are loyal blog readers. We love you guys!

Summer is Here!

2009-06-06T21:19:00.006-05:00

Luke and his best buddy Jack. Jack and his sister go to the same daycare as Luke. These two are so cute together. Jack likes to take care of Luke at daycare and show him the way. :) He's going to miss him this summer.

Buddies!

First trip to Canterbury Park...Luke loved the horses!

Luke and Matt in front of my cousin Tim's sign at Canterbury. If you haven't seen him perform, you should check him out this summer!

It was a rainy day on Saturday. We pulled out the Play-Doh for the first time!

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-25T19:35:00.005-05:00

Happy Memorial Day!

We had a lot of fun playing outside in the beautiful weather!

Swinging on Mommy and Auntie Abby's old swingset. Grammy and Papa Rick gave it to the neighbors years ago and they gave it back to them for Luke!
Mowing the lawn and loving it!

Feeding the ducks with Papa Rick.

I Smell Summer!

2009-05-07T15:01:00.008-05:00

Luke has really taken a liking to golf and baseball this spring. He pretty much begs us non-stop to take him outside so he can hit the ball around the yard. Here are some recent pics.

Rainbows and the first trip to the Zoo!

2009-03-29T21:59:00.006-05:00

My spring break has come to an end and it's back to reality tomorrow morning. Despite the cold weather, we had a great week at home! Luke and I had tons of quality time together. Some of the highlights of the week...
*Story hour at the Wild Rumpus book store. If you haven't been there you have to go! Luke loved all the animals they have.
*Swimming lessons
*Playdate with Evan Morris
*Choo Choo Bob's Trainstore in St. Paul. This is another really fun and FREE place. We met my friends Allison and Mackenzie there.
*Shopping with Grandma Pedersen
*Luke's first trip to the MN Zoo...see pictures below
Matt took the day off and we had such a great time at the zoo! It was a COLD day but Luke didn't seem to mind! We are hoping for better weather soon. This cold is getting old!

First rainbow of Spring

The monkeys...our favorite!

We bought a stuffed monkey to remember our fun day!

"I love my new monkey Milo!"

All tuckered out...

Swimming Lessons and Easter Bunny Breakfast!

2009-03-16T22:09:00.003-05:00

Luke started swimming lessons today at the Chaska Community Center and was pretty excited about it. When I arrived Luke yelled, "Dada! Take a bath!" He has seven more weeks of lessons and should be ready for the lake this summer.

The whole family also attended an Easter Bunny Breakfast at Mount Olivet Church last weekend. It's a fundraiser for the Gustavus Library Associates and featured an Easter Bunny and the Teddy Bear Band.

First Black Eye and First Haircut!!

2009-03-13T22:22:00.005-05:00

Luke had a week of firsts this past week. After tripping on a shoe by our back door, Luke fell into a wooden shelf and got quite the shiner on his eye. He's tough though and actually only cried for about 2 minutes. After Dad had been begging Mom to get Luke a haircut for about two months (no hockey mullets in this family!) Luke finally got his first haircut. He sat perfectly still for the haircut which lasted approximately 4 minutes.

2009-02-15T23:50:00.003-06:00

It's been awhile since we've posted on the blog, so here goes. Luke made his first ever trip to a toy store today. Luke's Grandma's tend to do all the toy buying that is necessary, so Luke had never been. We returned a duplicate gift from Christmas and Luke got several toys including a baseball bat that he was very excited about as you can see from the picture. In another new development, Luke has started to feed himself with utensils!!

Christmas Pics (Finally!)

2009-01-11T13:27:00.008-06:00

We had an awesome 2nd Christmas with Luke! As you can see it was hard to choose which pictures to add so I just put up a bunch. Highlights of our holiday include-
*Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with the Pedersen's and Great Grandpa Les
*Christmas Day with the Bolmgren side (Matt's Mom's Family)
*Sledding with Auntie Abby
*LOTS of new toys to play with. So many that we turned our loft into a toy room. Some of the favorites are a new easel, rocking horse, sled, basketball hoop and chair. We did major cleaning and organizing to make room for all of the new toys. Thanks to Grandma Pedersen for helping clean, Grandpa Pedersen for installing new shelves in our pantry and Grandma and Grandpa Thomas for watching Luke while all this was happening.
*Spending lots of time with friends and family!

Opening presents with Daddy

Snuggling with Great Grandpa Les

Snow! I like it now!

Faster Auntie Abby!

New chair

Luke's new sled and buddy named Bobby!

Shooting hoops with Auntie Abby

Opening presents at the Thomas'

I love Christmas!

Happy New Year!

2009-01-05T11:17:00.002-06:00

Happy Holidays!

2008-12-11T10:49:00.002-06:00

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

2008-11-30T22:25:00.003-06:00

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

2008-11-19T11:22:00.007-06:00

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!

2008-11-05T22:45:00.004-06:00

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

2008-11-03T18:35:00.001-06:00

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

2008-10-20T13:34:00.003-05:00

Some Fall Pics

2008-10-14T16:17:00.003-05:00

Walking around Lake Calhoun

Hangin' out at the Gustie football game

New Video! Luke Walks!

2008-09-24T10:03:00.000-05:00

Back at the Cabin!!

2008-08-06T01:10:00.006-05:00

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

2008-08-06T01:03:00.002-05:00

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

2008-07-09T09:46:00.005-05:00

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!

Happy 1st Birthday Luke!!!

2008-06-30T11:33:00.005-05:00

It was Luke's first birthday on Sunday, June 29 and we celebrated with a little family get together at Grandma and Grandpa Pedersen's house. (Luke's actual birthday party will be in a couple of weeks). He wasn't so sure about the cake at first, but eventually he had a few bites.

Ready For the Three Hour Tour

2008-06-17T16:10:00.003-05:00

This one was too cute to leave out! Hopefully the water will warm up by the Fourth of July weekend so he can play in the lake!

Cabin Weekend Pics

2008-06-16T10:05:00.004-05:00

We made our first trip to the Cass Lake cabin on June 13-15 for Father's Day Weekend. Luke did a pretty good job in the car during the four hour trips. The lake water was too cold to swim or ski, but Luke did take his first boat ride on Sunday. Luke is also becominging increasingly mobile as he has learned to crawl and stand up against furniture. The family now has a bet going on when he will be able to walk by himself. Grandpa Pedersen has a lot of faith in Luke and thinks by the 4th of July, but Mom and Dad are banking on sometime in August.