Lucas can Swim

This morning, Alicia and I brought the little guy over to the pool. Although a little difficult logistically, we had a lot of fun. I'm not 100% sure he enjoyed it, but we did. I'm sure he'll be loving it once we can take him into the outdoor baby pool they have here. Hope you like the pictures.

Lucas can Swim

p.s. nobody will believe I have been updating my blog this often -- maybe I was body snatched...

Lucas can Smile

He can smile -- when he wants too. We added a few more pictures to the website of Alicia trying to catch Luke mid-smile. This proved harder than expected, but we got a couple of results. I'm sure we'll see that smile a lot in the coming weeks! We hope you have a great weekend.

Lucas thru 7 weeks

Lucas in 7th week

Greetings, all. We had several visitors over the last few weeks. Gwen came into town to check out some apartments, my cousin Derek and his wife Jenn stopped by in passing, and Alicia's parents were in town. So the guest bedroom has been going through the ropes. It was good to see everyone!

Lucas has been doing very good. He is cooing and gurgling a little more this week, which is always better than crying. He has also been standing with support for the last week or so. He can pretty much hold 100% of his weight if you stabilize his upper body for him. I think he is way ahead of time on that one. He has been eating a ton. Alicia is getting a workout when he is feeding nearly every hour during the day, ugh. He is pretty healthy, and for that we are very thankful.

I updated with some of the recent pictures, so please enjoy. We hope you are all doing well.

Lucas thru 6 weeks

Lucas thru 7 weeks

Lucas Birth Experience

Greetings, all. Luke is doing pretty good. He has begun occasionally smiling. Not very much for me, but everyone else seems to be seeing it. He has also become a lot more attentive, and really concentrates when he is looking at you. Also, he appears pretty healthy and we think he has been gaining some weight, which is good. His eyes are still a grayish blue and maybe they will be staying that way. Hope you all are doing well!

I have spliced some of the video that we shot surrounding the birth together to share with you all. I hope you enjoy it.

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Lucas at 1 month

Greetings. Can you believe it -- Another blog update, and more pictures! This week, Alicia's sisters came to visit Lucas. All of them were excited to see and spoil Luke. He is just starting to coo, instead of just crying now (although we still hear quite a bit of that). Luke's been spending a lot of time on his belly, and will hopefully be able to hold up his head sometime in the future. We're looking forward to some of changes we have ahead of us -- especially the sleeping through the night thing. I hope everyone else is doing well.

P.S. Happy Birthday, Mom!

Lucas at 1 month

Lucas at 3 weeks

Hello, all. Everything is going pretty well with Lucas -- except for a few sleepless nights. He has regained the pound he lost following birth, and was up to 8lbs 10oz at two weeks. He has also flipped over on his back from his stomach a few times, and can hold his head up for short durations. I have added a bunch of pictures for you all to see. We hope you all are also doing well!

Lucas at 3 weeks

Lucas Jeffrey, First Pictures

Alicia and I were fortunate to give birth to a healthy little boy, Jeffrey Lucas, on Friday, June 8th. He was 8lbs 8oz and 20.5" in length. Here is a set of the first pictures from the hospital.

Birth of Lucas