Christmas Day

We had a nice, relaxing Christmas. The girls woke up at about 7:00, and we all headed downstairs. They all seemed to love their gifts. After presents, we ate ebelskivers (Swedish pancakes) and hung out most of the day. In the evening, we headed over to Nate's brother's house nearby, and we ate pizza and played with cousins. It was a great day.

 

 

Paige and Kate gave each other gifts, and it was so cute to see how excited they were to show each other what they had picked out.

One of their favorite gifts was a Frozen watch.

Paige showing off her new dress and scarf. 7 going on 17.

 

Christmas Eve at Anthony's

On Christmas Eve, we had a late lunch at Anthony's in downtown Spokane. It was pretty fun, and I'm glad we did it since we didn't have much planned that day. We always love Anthony's.

Santa and the Reindeer

A few days before Christmas, we visited a nursery and met Santa and two of his reindeer. They were pretty cool to see in real life.

 

Luke's CT Scan

On Monday, December 22nd, we took Luke to Sacred Heart to get a CT scan. The specialist in Seattle wanted to be sure that his malformation wasn't any worse than they thought, and to make sure that his skull was completely intact. Thankfully, we heard back yesterday that it all looked good, and there were no surprises. So his surgery should be pretty straightforward. We are planning to have it done when he is between 6 months and 12 months old. We need to decided exactly when.

 

 

This is right before they put the IV in. He was so good! He wasn't able to eat for 5 hours beforehand, but he took it like a champ. He slept a lot and was really happy. His malformation looked abnormally large for some reason. It's usually not quite that big.  

Our nurse was so nice and caring. Great guy.

For some reason, it was kinda sad watching him fall asleep from the drugs. He was such a little sweetie though. He didn't seem scared or anything.

This is him in the recovery room, slowly waking up.

Luke's laugh

So cute. I just love it.

Mini-cheerleader

Paige found my high school cheerleading uniform in the basement, and she was pretty excited about it. It may look like it fits, but it was actually quite huge on her. She had to do this pose to keep the skirt from falling down.

 

Go, Tides!! Weird mascot, huh?

 

 

 

I'd like to have a moment of silence in honor of my hometown, Gig Harbor. Love it. Miss it.

 

 

Additions to Luke's room

I stopped by TJ Maxx a couple days ago (I love that store) and I was so excited to find some cute nautical décor that matches the theme in Luke's room...