Thanksgiving

Grandma and Aunt Sharon checking the Turkey

Arnold just loved Uncle John

Louis waiting for some food. :0)

Carving the Turkey

Sweet little pear place cards

Yummo!

Luke, Grandma and Aunt Sharon

What a feast!

Turkey!

Phoenix Birthday Party, Hooray!

Grandma Judy and Aunt Sharon made/decorated Luke's Birthday cake. It was in the shape of a giant cupcake!

Wow!

Luke really likes cake...

Handsome little man

Papa and Daddy playing with Luke

Luke checking out his dump truck that Grandma gave him

Aunt Sharon always finds the perfect gifts for Luke. He even liked playing with the box!

Luke in his little wranglers scooting the giraffe tricycle around the room

Elmo Birthday Party in El Paso

Yummy Tamales!

Gramps got Luke an Elmo outfit.

Luke loved playing with the tissue paper!

Tonka trucks decorated Luke's cake

Yummy cake!

We love our one-year-old son!

Mommy, Luke and Grammy

To Gramps...

Gramps got Luke an Elmo Live

I just love this picture!

We had Tamales and cake for Luke's birthday celebration.

Gramps, Luke and Grammy had fun playing and talking

Luke was about 4 months old in this picture. Gramps wanted to hold him all the time!

My Gramps passed away Sunday morning. He would sit and look at this blog for hours. He loved Luke so much. When he was very sick, and couldn't communicate with words, stories of Luke still brought a smile to his face. I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate this entry to him. We miss you Gramps!

Head Cold

Waiting for Daddy


Poor Luke has a head cold. He woke up last night and couldn't breath through his nose. We used the bulb suction and got some greenish goop out of his little sinuses. Even after that he still had trouble nursing. Finally he got to sleep at around 4:30. He didn't have a fever, but we decided we'd take him to the doctor just to make sure he was o.k. to travel.

The doctor told us that we can't really give him anything for the cold and that the bulb suction along with saline nasal spray was the best thing for us to do. Luke got a bunch of rest today and he ate very well at dinner. He had mac and cheese with little pieces of ham, corn, carrots, peas and green beans. He also ate some organic apple and strawberry puree. He drank some of his water and had fun spitting the rest out all over his shirt.

We took his temp before his bath and it was around 99.8. I put vapor bath wash in his duck tub tonight and we gave him a little Tylenol before he went to sleep. Hopefully he'll feel better tomorrow.

5 Steps!!

Luke took five steps at Sue's house today!! He was trying to get his hands on a water bottle. Yes, he still loves water bottles. :0) I can't believe he'll be 1 year old in 7 days. Oh my gosh, I'm so excited to see what the next year brings. God sure blessed us with a wonderful gift when he gave us Luke!

9 days and counting...