Jakob Storm is here!!

I would like all of you to meet our new little man Jakob Storm, born on July 31 @ 11:30pm, weighing 7 lb 5 oz, and 21" long!

Heather and I have hardly had time for ourselves, let alone getting on the blog so I appreciate all your patience! Attached are pics that you might be interested in. . .God Bless you all and will keep you in the loop on any new happenings with us!

Updates on the whole family!!

Hello family and friends from the J.Pedersen family! I wanted to keep you all up to date on what Taylor is up to, Heather and the pregnancy, and even some stuff about me!!
Below is a picture taken on Sunday (Mothers Day) evening showing Taylors arm cast.

The green colored cast starts just below his fingers and goes past his elbow. On Wednesday of last week, Taylor fell out of his crib and onto the floor. Heather and I monitored his arm for any signs of swelling all day Thursday. No swelling ever appeared but we noticed he was doing everything left handed. We decided to have Heather take him into Dr. Lisa on Friday morning to get her opinion on the condition of his arm. She recommends that Heather take Taylor to "First Care" out at the Parkview North campus.

At "First Care" the X-rays showed a small fracture in his arm just below the wrist area. They recommended that Heather take him to "Orthopedics North East" to have a cast put on to help the fracture heal. Heather recalled that Taylor was not happy with the Dr. who put the cast on his arm. Taylor is due back in ONEs' office in two weeks for a follow-up appt.
If that wasn't enough, Taylor spent all last night vomitting almost once every hour starting at 10:30 or so. He ended up going through about 4 pairs of jammers. As of 12 noon Heather said that he is doing much better and is starting to eat again little by little.

If you haven't heard Heather is measuring 4 weeks ahead and her blood pressure is starting to rise just a little. Dr. Blackmon decided to start her on some medication and we have an appt. Thursday to see if it is helping lower those numbers!

As far as things go with me, I am just trying to help "hold down the fort" and keep Heather and Taylor as happy as I can. Work out on the Parkview North jobsite is going well. They have the 10th floor steel erected for the helipad and are continuing to add the steel on the heart tower just west of the core tower. I was hoping to head back to the mothership (office) this week but they have pushed the date back again. I am keeping very busy so I am not complaining.

Hope you all are doing well and keep us up to date on any new happenings with your families.

Take care and God Bless.

It's a . . . . . .

Boy!! After waiting almost an hour and a half in the waiting room we were finally called back for the ultrasound and found out we are having another boy!! We are both so excited and he looks healthy and happy!!

I will try to post the ultrasound pics as soon as I can.

Hope everyone is doing well.

P.S. - Meggan Hollys' boy Keaton is doing very well, he is off his blood pressure medications, taking milk every 3 hours and Meggan is able to hold him up to 3 hours a day. He has been a miracle in their lives and is helping them cope with the loss of Mason. Please continue to keep them in your prayers.

Update on Dave Trietsch. . .

Afternoon all. Wanted to give you all an update on the status of Heathers father Dave.

He has been diagnosed as having a Duodenal (Peptic) Ulcer. The Doctor also noticed that Dave has some constriction in his esophagus. The procedure to stretch his esophagus will happen in a couple of weeks. He is going to be released from the hospital tomorrow.

For those of you who don't know what occurred over the weekend Dave had to be admitted into Parkview (State Blvd.) Hospital early Sunday morning after complaining of stomach pain and a few other symptoms.

Heather, Taylor, and I visited him yesterday afternoon and were happy to see him feeling a little better.

Please keep Dave and Aleta in your thoughts and prayers.

Next blog update. . .Thursday afternoon after we find out if we are going to have a baby boy or girl!!!!

Keep in touch all.

Taylors first haircut on Feb. 17!!

Parkview North project - steel shown is at 7th floor with 2 more floors to go.

The work trailer that I spend all my time in during the week.

Great picture of Taylors wonderful smile!

Taylor in his bathtub.

Good afternoon everyone! I thought I would create a quick post since I see we haven't posted since June '09!!

Everything for the most part is going well with the Pedersens. Heather turned 19 weeks yesterday and we both can't wait till next Thursday, April 1st, when we have an ultrasound done to find out the sex of the baby!! Heather has recently been feeling the symptoms of the flu and has a call into Dr. Blackmons office to see what medicine they recommend she use due to the pregnancy.

As far as Taylor goes, I am taking him to the pediatrician at 2:20 today to see what has been bothering him the last couple of days. We have been treating him ourselves with Motrin every 8 hours to help him feel a little better but there is something definitely wrong with the little guy :(

Heather is now driving the new car we purchased last Wednesday, 2006 Toyota Camry SE V6. We really love the car so far and plan on keeping it for quite awhile. Taylor loves all the room he has in the back seat and can't wait for his sister/brother to join him!!

Everything at my job is going very well. They have erected almost all the steel for the entire expansion which allows our company to proceed on the 110 million dollars of work we have. I have attached some pictures showing the current stage of the project.

We want to send out two prayer requests for close friends of ours. Troy Floor is currently starting his chemo treatment and we pray for strength and patience through this process. Also Meggan Holly (Furniss) and her husband Ryan on the difficult process they are going through post pregnancy.

Hope everyone is doing well and keep us up to date on all your happenings!!

Here are just a few random pictures I wanted to share. First Taylor has is two front teeth and even though there are just two we need to start brushing them. So, here he is brushing his teeth while mommy was brushing hers. He was just too cute with this Big Bird toothbrush!

Does my son know how to brush his teeth or what? He even has the right end in his mouth.

These next couple pictures were from my parents house. The boys were enjoying the "sit-n-spin". Remember those from when we were kids. I think my mom found it at a garage sale and couldn't resist.

By the looks on the boys faces, I don't think they were to sure about this toy. But they are cute anyways.

Father's Day at the Zoo

What a beautiful day! Today was Taylor's first day at the zoo and on Father's Day. We started the day by meeting my parents, Ryan, Sam and Nathan for breakfast. We, being Trietschs (well most of us) needed to get our bellies full for a fun day at the zoo. The boys were great and the sun was out! Here are some pictures of the animals!

Taylor strapped in for the ride!

Taylor and daddy playing the bongo drums.

New at the zoo in the African Journey--Lions!!

Pelicans
Taylor feeding the giraffe

Nathan feeding the giraffe

All the boys!!

Taylor riding the big turtle

And finally the goats. I like going to see the goats because you can actually touch them. But one of those darn things started to eat my pants, so Jason had to come over and get my pants out of his mouth.

Nathan and Taylor with the goats.

It was a fun day but exhausting day too. Taylor was asleep in the car by the time we got out to the road. And from there he took a 3 hour nap. Boy he was a trooper at the zoo though! Jason had a wonderful first Father's Day with Taylor!!

February and March '09!!

Well, where do I begin. We haven't posted in awhile so I will try to bring you up to speed. Taylor is keeping us very busy and we are loving every minute of it. He is 7 months now and growing and growing. To be honest he is growing but he is still my "little peanut." Of course what do you expect when his parents aren't very tall either. He is eating all kinds of fruits and veggies and seems to like all of them! This picture here is what he sits in when we feed him is food. For those of you who don't know what he is sitting in it is called a Bumbo. He likes it but his legs are almost getting too fat to fit in it! (I just love fat little chunky legs.)

Valentine's Day has come and gone and although we didn't do much my mom got him this cute little outfit. It is a little hard to read: My heart belongs to mommy. I absolutely love his smile in this picture. Isn't he cute!!!!!

Grammie got both Taylor and cousin Nathan the same outfit. So, at church we got them together to snap a few pictures of them matching. Plus, grammie and grampie were in Cali so they didn't even get to see the boys all dressed up. Remember Nathan is almost 2 months younger than Taylor but they look about the same size in this picture. We can't wait until they can start talking and running around together!!!!!!

I had to post these next couple pictures because he got this adorable outfit from Jason's best friend (The Swopes) who live in Phoenix. We don't get to see them much so I wanted to show them how cute he is. He wasn't sure at first with the hood up- I think he looks like a little gangster.


But he is all smiles with the hood down!!!

Taylor LOVES bathtime! He has never cried or fought me when it comes to getting a bath. I am fortunate for that. And I think he has reached another small milestone. He has out grown his first bathtub. As you can tell he is head to toe in his tub. But he doesn't care he is just having fun. There were others pictures I could have posted but it showed too much of his goods.

Love your leg Taylor!!!

As you can see Taylor is doing great!! Jason and I don't know what we would ever have done without him. I tell Jason all the time that we must have been boring people before him. Everything we do now is for him. But that comes with parenthood. Hopefully the next time we post I will have some cute Easter pictures to share.

Taylor and Cousin Nathan's Dedication!

Happy end of January '09 all! Hope all you "out of towners" are enjoying your warm weather-us hoosiers are still not getting out of the 20's!! Gotta love the snow though.

Well, this past Saturday night was a monumentous occasion at Pathway Community Church. Taylor and his cousin Nathan were dedicated in front of family, friends, and the church body. It was special that Taylor and Nathan were dedicated at the same time considering in the past the church has always done each child individually. Both boys did really well up on stage and Taylor couldn't keep his eyes off Pastor Ron! This picture below shows Ryan, Samantha, Nathan, Heather, Taylor, and I all up on stage with Pastor Ron:

This picture was taken after the dedication at Dave and Aleta's house where everyone that attended the dedication was greeted with a wonderful dinner and great conversation. We just love this Norwegian sweater that Taylor got from his great Uncle Eric!

And lastly, this picture below is of Pappa and Taylor with his hood up at Dave and Aleta's house. I think Pappa Ken likes his grandson just a tad!!

Heather and I again want to thank everyone who was able to attend. We also want to let all family and friends that were not able to make it know that we kept you all in our hearts during this special occasion and can't wait to see you all sometime in '09!!

On another note, I want everyone to not take life for granted, and to live everyday as if it was your last. The reason this is on my heart is that within the last month, at Shambaugh, two co-workers have had some terrible health problems creep into their families. I know that God has a plan for all of us, and at his own will, he may feel that anyone of our times have come to join him for eternal life. Take this thought and know that he wants us to be loyal servants and get the word out about how wonderful it is to have him in each one of our lives-teaching us, guiding us through life's ups and downs. And one of my favorite verses and Dave's all time favorite verse that you can hold close to is out of the book of Jeremiah, 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"... now lets go out and live life to the fullest!!

Taylors' First Christmas and New Years!!

Hello and Happy New Year family and friends! Can you believe it's already 2009?! It feels like '08 was a blur! Well here are some pictures from Taylor's Christmas...

This is a picture of Taylor with his new stuffed animal Cat from Deb (Grandma Deb) Taylor's wonderful caretaker:

Here is Taylor and I holding his present from his Great Grandparents Pedersen:
His shirt from Great Grandparents Pedersen:
His First Christmas Ornament from Great Grandparents Pedersen: Taylor looking at his gift from Nanna's close friend Maryann:
Taylor's Ornament from Maryann on our tree:
Taylor and his eyebrow in his first Christmas hat:
Heather holding Taylor with his Santa hat on with Rylan and Conner looking on:
Rylan on his new Tricycle from "Ho-Ho":
Nanna loving her present-an 8x10 of her three grandchildren:
Daddy holding Taylor during Christmas at Nanna and Pappa's house:
Conner holding Taylor:
We hope you enjoy these pictures, and from Heather, Taylor, and I we wish you all a wonderful and prosperous '09 and we will continue to update you on all the happenings with our family!

God Bless!