An Up North Christmas ~ 2009

Sledding FUN!

We headed for the sledding hill by Bumpa's house..

...it was a BLAST!

Santa #2

Santa #1

Not a fan!

Stefan MUCH prefers wearing 'the Santa' hat, than sitting on 'the Santa's' lap!

Thanksgiving 2009

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend with family and SO much to be thankful for!

Give a Hand to Stefan!

November 17th was Stefan's "Heart Day"!

1 year ago today Stefan had his open-heart surgery at U of M Mott.

And it was also the week for the Ronald McDonald House Charity. So we met up with some friends (along with fellow heart buddy Madi) and headed to McDs for a good time and a good cause!








A year ago both these beautiful babes were in the hospital recovering from surgery...today, we celebrated with McHappy at McDonalds in honor of RMH.














Stefan is now 15 months old and we could not be prouder of the sweet heart that he is and all that he has overcome.

Here he is pictured with a few of his favorite things: Blankie, Baby and Ball!

Stefan is also a HUGE fan of animals and books!

He is talking VERY well now and says many things...some of his favorites are: Milk, Animal, Cow, Blakey, Mama, Dadda, Open, Night Night, Bye Bye, Help Me, Cup Cake, singing 'na na na na....eh eh eh, goodbye' and much more!

Now weighs 20lbs!

Stefan seems very talented with throwing the ball and playing basketball...we will have to clear this with the cardiologist before he can go pro! :)

We thank God for our little trooper and know he can do anything he puts his mind to!

GR Zoo!

We headed to GR to monkey around with our cousin Gracie!

We enjoyed visiting Aunt Sarah and Grace and the beautiful November weather!