My Third Birthday

Hello everyone. As you may know I turned three last week. Thursday night we went to Chuck E. Cheese for pizza and fun. We had a big group of 20 including 4 kids and 16 adults. It was great to hang out with Brennan, Connor, and Toby. I had fun playing with the TV cameras, playing skee ball, basketball, and playing the other games and going on rides. Chuck E. Cheese even came out to sing happy birthday to me. Then we had some yummy Elmo cake. All of my friends gave me the tickets they won so I could get a robo panda toy...it looked way cooler than it actually is. Here are some pics from the party.
Grandma and Grandpa Eaton came to Michigan for my birthday weekend. On Friday morning we headed to Ohio to go to the big water-park Kalahari. After we checked in we found a cake and balloons in our room for my birthday. We spent the afternoon playing on the slides and in the wave pool. We had our own cabana to hang out in when we needed a break from the water too. After dinner Mom took me to the big game room before we headed back to the water. Here are some pics from the water-park.

We woke up Saturday morning with plans to play at the water park all day before heading back to Michigan but when I got out of bed I could not walk. I told Mom & Dad that my leg hurt so instead of spending the day at the water-park we headed back to Michigan to go to the ER. After a long six hours the doctors said I fractured my tibia. They put a cast on my leg and sent me on my way. Here's a pic of me sleeping with Mom after the cast was put on.
Since Grandma and Grandpa were here we had a Christmas with them and I got to open all of my presents and even help Grandma and Mommy open theirs.

After Grandma & Grandpa left Sunday morning we went out in search of a Christmas tree. This is the first year we decided to get a real tree. We decided on a seven and a half foot tall Douglas fir and tied it on the top of Mommy's SUV to get it home. We got home in time to watch football and decorate the tree.

I'm looking forward to more family visiting soon and opening a bunch of Christmas presents. Take care everyone. I'll leave you with another pic of me and my cast.

Luke William

Thanksgiving 2009

I hope everyone had a great turkey day. Of course I was in Iowa visiting my family and friends. But first I would like to tell you that I had another lung function test done on Nov. 18th. This should be my last for a while as I am too big to fit in the box and I am too little to do what they ask of me. Thank goodness because this last one was rough. Daddy took me to my appointment because Mommy needed to rest for work. My appointment was at 1p.m. and we didn't get home until 4:30p.m. They had some equipment issues during my test. I threw up a few times from the anesthesia before Daddy could get me home. Once home, I laid on the couch and slept. Every time I tried to drink any water I would throw it back up. Mommy decided to stay home that night from work because I was so drowsy and sick. I ended up sleeping 17 hours straight. I was finally able to keep water down after midnight. I didn't go to school the next morning because I was still sleepy and Mommy wanted to see if I could keep breakfast down. By noon I was sleeping again. When I woke up an hour later I had a low grade temp and my left ear hurt. Mommy then had to take me to the doctor and get some medicine for my ear infection. I am happy to report that I am 100% better. What a rough couple of days though. Now on to Thanksgiving.
We traveled to Iowa on Wednesday night. It rained our whole drive home but luckily there wasn't much traffic. We had Thanksgiving lunch at Grandma Ann and Grandpa Bill's house. Here I am with Uncle Jason stacking blocks.We then went to Grandma Kris and Grandpa Bob's house for dinner. Grandma Kris had a job for me to do when I got there. She needed me to put in the child safety plugs into the empty outlets. Mommy told her I like to do this at home. She gave me a basket full of them and I went to town looking for empty plug ins.Here I am with Great Grandma Dorothy. It was so nice to see her. Deb Millwright and her girls also joined us for dinner. They gave me a really neat shirt for my birthday!Daddy's friend Sol stopped by after dinner. Mommy said they needed a mans night out.On Friday, we went to the farm to visit more family. Here I am with cousins Bayne and Clare. I had to say hi to Clare and lay next to her for a few minutes.Great Aunt Glenda played tractors with me.Then it was time to work. I helped by throwing wood down the chute to the basement to be stacked. It was a lot of fun.After lunch, Mommy's friend Erin stopped by to see me. She was on her way back to Colorado. It was nice of her to stop by.After dinner we went to Grandma Kris's house. Mommy's friend Jessica came over with her daughter Kenley. We had fun running around the house and chasing Grandma's dog Macie.Saturday, we stopped out at Eden Valley to take a walk and see Grandpa Bill and Uncle Jason. Daddy and I crossed the swinging bridge and we also took a walk up to the tower.For lunch we went to Ava Peterson's 3rd birthday party. Here I am eating lunch with the birthday girl. We had fun jumping on her bed and playing with balloons.Here is Grandpa Bill reading to me.Grandma Ann got a turn too!The next day was Daddy's birthday. We had breakfast at The Decker and then went home to open presents. I made Daddy a card and bought him a book and a new Vikings shirt. Grandma and Grandpa bought him a Wii. Of course we had to play it immediately. We had fun bowling. Daddy let me take his turn a few times. Now I have my own player and I must say that I do very well. Daddy also taught me how to play tennis.Here is Daddy with his Dairy Queen ice cream cake that he just had to have.We spent the afternoon at Grandma Kris's house watching the Vikings play and having snacks. We went home Monday morning. Traffic and weather was great. I stayed awake for the whole ride except for the last 30 miles.
That's all for now. I'm turning 3 tomorrow and Mommy and Daddy have lots planned for me so I will be blogging soon about my weekend.
I will leave you with a picture of me and my pumpkin tattoo and a picture of me watching our first snow.
Love and hugs,

Luke William

Fall 2009

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you all got lots of candy, I know I did. Let me start off with a visit from my Grandpa Larson. He stopped at our house on his way to and from Philadelphia. We had fun building big towers together with my legos.I also had my 3 month check-up at U of M on October 8th. I weighed in at 30lbs 2oz and just over 3 feet. Dr. Arteta was checking me over when he thought my liver felt enlarged. He decided to order an ultrasound just to make sure. Mommy went to a meeting for my nutritional study while Daddy took me to my ultrasound. I sat very still for my belly pictures and was very fascinated with the whole process. When it was over Mommy was waiting for me in the waiting room. A few days later we found out everything was okay. Thank goodness. Dr. Arteta says sometimes people with CF have enlarged livers and this means more medication. We feel very blessed everything was okay.
During the weekend of October 23rd, Grandma Kris rode an airplane to come visit me! We had a great time hanging out for the weekend.On Sunday, we traveled to Wiards Orchard for our annual fall trip. We started off by saying hello to the lamas and goats.Then it was off to touch the BIG pumpkins.Next, Daddy took me down the huge inflatable slide. WEEE!!!And then my favorite, the hayride through the Valley of the Lost.This year we decided to do the corn maze. We did very good and didn't get lost. It was a lot of walking but I was up for it.I also spent some time playing on the play equipment. I am getting really good at climbing ladders.Here I am driving a tractor.We then went looking for our perfect pumpkins. I picked this one. I sat on it to claim it.After dinner we all carved pumpkins. I didn't really like touching the ooey gooey mess that is inside. Mommy insists on saving all the seeds and baking them. Daddy carved Trick or Treat in his pumpkin and Mommy carved a monster into mine. She was so tired after carving mine that she just put a simple face on hers.On October 30th, Mommy took me to school for our Halloween party. We went trick or treating in a couple classrooms and played games in the gym. We had a great time! Later that evening, Mommy and Daddy took me trick or treating in downtown Milan. This year I was a monkey. I even carried my own candy bucket this year. The weather was 70 degress, little warm but still fun. Don't mind the last few pictures. Mommy's camera was on the fritz. I guess it's time for a new one.And now for a school update. I will be going three days a week now because I am doing so well and enjoy my friends. Mommy and Daddy have decided I will no longer ride the bus in the morning because it is just too early. I don't like to eat breakfast that early. I now get to sleep an hour later and have time to play and eat before Mommy takes me to school. Well, that's all for now. I hope to see some of you at Thanksgiving as we will be in Iowa for the holiday. I will leave you with a picture of me on Sandy the horse at Meijer. Mommy lets me ride the horse if I am a good boy while shopping.
Love,

Luke William