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Thursday, August 28, 2008

New Picture

Luke came in to work with me on Saturday, Josh had to see a patient and then we were going out searching for a coffee table or ottoman that Luke can't hurt himself on or crawl under. Still haven't found one, so let me know if you have any suggestions. Anyway, while Luke and I were waiting for Josh in my office, we played with the camera on my Mac. Here is a fun picture I got of the two of us.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Crawling...attempt #2

I tried opening all of the blinds and turning on all of the lights, but the video is still not very bright, but I think it is at least better than the last one. Luke is a lot faster now and we went out today to get a few more gates to keep him from the stairs. He can pull himself up and stand now, but I haven't been able to catch that on video yet.

Vacation in North Carolina

At the beginning of the month, we went to Fontana Village in North Carolina for a family reunion (my Mom's side). Luke and I got to spend nearly a full week there relaxing. Josh had to work and go to a seminar in Fort Worth, but he was able to join us for the first few days. We had a great time and Luke got to meet more family, including his Great Grandpa and Mummu (Finnish for grandma). Anyone know how to say great grandma and grandpa in Finnish? One of our favorite things to do was to go the pool and float around in the lazy river. My mom and dad bought this little turtle for Luke to float in and he loves it. It keeps him mostly shaded and he can enjoy the water.

all the playing in the water tires the little guy out
We went and visited the Fontana Dam, one of the many dams built by the TVA during WWII, Luke slept through most of that trip :-)

Luke with his grandpa and great-grandma

Luke with his great aunt Lynn and great uncle Victor

The best thing about the trip was getting to see my grandpa play Table Tennis. I had heard stories from my Mom growing up about how good my grandpa was at table tennis, he once was the champion of the upper peninsula (or the 'UP') of Michigan. He's still got the skills at 87 years of age!