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Jeff's New Haircut
I thought it might be amusing to share this with you. I finally got fed up with people cutting my hair longer each time I went -- I think they were afraid I wasn't aware of my receding hairline. So, I chopped it all off. Enjoy the pictures!
Lucas thru 11 weeks
Greetings! This week, Lucas is starting to sleep a little better through the nights. Let's not get ahead of ourselves and claim he is sleeping through the night -- that is not the case. However, he is giving Alicia a break in the nights by not making her get up every two hours. He is still eating good, and seems to be gaining more weight. Also, we went swimming again last weekend and Luke was a little more comfortable in the water. Although the water is still a little cold for him, he was not as upset as last week. We hope everyone is still doing well! A, J & L
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| Lucas thru 11 weeks |
Lucas - 10 weeks
Lucas has really been enjoying his jumperoo this week. He's been reaching for the bear and the sliding blocks. He even lifts his feet off of the ground to jump. Today has been the first day that he has started to go a little longer between feedings. Hopefully, that trend will continue. He's still eating about 3 times during the night, but we're starting to get used to that. Hope everyone is doing well!
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Lucas thru 9 weeks
Howdy. Lucas turned 9 weeks last week, and also had his two month check-up. He is doing really good, and is now up to 13 lbs 9oz and 24.25 inches in length which is around the 90th percentile for his age. That is a huge difference from last time we went to the doctor. Unfortunately, he also got four shots while at the doctor's office. He really did not enjoy the shots and was crying loudly all that afternoon. Luckily the tylenol he was taking was able to calm him down by that evening, and he did not end up with any fever. However, it's always good to get the reassurance that your baby is doing well -- and we are very glad. Don't forget to check out the 9 week pictures! We hope to see you all soon!
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Lucas thru 8 weeks
Greetings! Everything has been going pretty good here. Lucas is starting to enjoy cooing .. he especially likes "ahh goooo". It is very cute to see him do it over and over. We have had him in the jumper quite a bit, although he is still a little small for it, he seems to have fun. He is holding up his head very well now, but still needs some practice on his belly to increase his forearm strength. We think he is growing pretty well, we'll find out when he goes to his 2-month pediatrician visit this week.
I updated his 8 week pictures -- you can use the link below. We wish everyone well!
I updated his 8 week pictures -- you can use the link below. We wish everyone well!
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| Lucas thru 8 weeks |
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.
p.s. nobody will believe I have been updating my blog this often -- maybe I was body snatched...
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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.
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| 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 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.
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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.
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!
P.S. Happy Birthday, Mom!
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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!
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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.
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Alicia's Blanket
Alica's Blanket
Alicia has become a craftswoman with the sewing machine she got for her Birthday. Here is the first 'tag blanket' that she has made. It looks pretty good! See you all soon.
We built a fence ...
New Fence #1
Just thought I would drop off a picture of our new fence for you all to see. Alicia and I spent a whole 3-day weekend working on that fence! It was alot of hard work, but it is really nice to be able to let Biscuit roam free in the backyard. I hope you are all doing well. We'll see some of you at Thanks Giving, and are looking forward to it.
Jeff & Alicia
Still Adorable
How could you not love a face like that one?
Biscuit is still being a good girl. We have let her run around the basement for the last couple of days when we were out of the house, and she has been quite good. We just need to get her under control around other dogs. She behaves very well up next to them, it is getting there that is the part that needs some work. She gets WAY too excited by the site of other dogs, and it is very difficult to settle her down. We have been thinking about obedience training for her sometime. She is behaving decently, but does not have the obedient dog "fear" where she instantly does what we ask her. Labs are one of the most highly trainable dogs -- ranked up there with German Shepherds -- so I know she will get better.
Biscuit got spayed on Wednesday, and we had to leaver her at the kennel overnight. We were told to keep her very calm and isolcated for the next 3-5 days (yea right, a puppy calm). I'd say she is back at 100% and has been great -- we havn't seen her licking or pawing at her stitches once. She however did get a whining habit that she brought back with her from the kennel. I think she has forgotten it already though, which is wonderful :).
We are having some people over for poker and dinner tomorrow for the holiday weekend. We'll really get to see how she behaves around multiple people then :). I'm sure she will be barky at first, but calm down and warm up to everyone after a few minutes. That is quite standard for her. What a good dog.
Anyhow, I hope everything is going good for everyone! Hope to see you soon.
Biscuit is still being a good girl. We have let her run around the basement for the last couple of days when we were out of the house, and she has been quite good. We just need to get her under control around other dogs. She behaves very well up next to them, it is getting there that is the part that needs some work. She gets WAY too excited by the site of other dogs, and it is very difficult to settle her down. We have been thinking about obedience training for her sometime. She is behaving decently, but does not have the obedient dog "fear" where she instantly does what we ask her. Labs are one of the most highly trainable dogs -- ranked up there with German Shepherds -- so I know she will get better.
Biscuit got spayed on Wednesday, and we had to leaver her at the kennel overnight. We were told to keep her very calm and isolcated for the next 3-5 days (yea right, a puppy calm). I'd say she is back at 100% and has been great -- we havn't seen her licking or pawing at her stitches once. She however did get a whining habit that she brought back with her from the kennel. I think she has forgotten it already though, which is wonderful :).
We are having some people over for poker and dinner tomorrow for the holiday weekend. We'll really get to see how she behaves around multiple people then :). I'm sure she will be barky at first, but calm down and warm up to everyone after a few minutes. That is quite standard for her. What a good dog.
Anyhow, I hope everything is going good for everyone! Hope to see you soon.
It's a girl!
She weighed in at about 55 lbs, and 52 inches! Ouch. Okay, well -- maybe she's a dog, and 10 months old and she was already named "Biscuit". However, she has made her home with us very quickly. She is a full-bred labrador retriever, and as sweet as could be. We have been amazed at how intelligent and loving she has been.
Yesterday, when we picked her up, was pretty crazy. We went to see about getting her as a pet from some neighbors of one of our Jenn and Dan. She spent the first four or five minutes barking up a storm at us, but quickly warmed up and befriended us. I think she hasn't been very socialized with other adults. There was a young child in the family, and two other dogs -- so she is very comfortable around both children and other dogs. The family we got her from was very kind -- you could tell they just really cared for the well-being of Biscuit, and knew they didn't have the time and or energy to deal with their daughter and other dogs who had been in the family longer.
When we decided to take Biscuit home with us (we weren't actually definite what the plan was going to be), the child in the family who was about 2 years old was just bawling up a storm. She didn't realize her dog was going to be leaving. It was sad, but I hope she recovers from it quickly.
Before heading back home, we took Biscuit over to Jenn and Dan's house for a little company afterwards. She spent about an hour getting completely tired out -- running around with the biggest black labrador you have ever seen, "Jake". I'm not sure how you get a dog that big, I'd guesstimate he's about 120 lbs :) (Note: I'm bad at estimating). That worked out well, because Biscuit was quiet during the hour car ride we had back to our home. She has quickly adopted us as her family, and is being a real angel for us. I can't even believe how much so -- she is literally sleeping on my feet as I'm typing this :).
It is going to be a great experience having a dog -- I have always been a dog person, and we all know that Alicia is too. Throw those allergies aside, says I!
Missing you all! Love Alicia and Jeff.
Happy Independence Day
Hello all. I hope everyone had a great 4th of July Holiday weekend. Ours was pretty good. We played some poker at one of our friends houses on Saturday, and had a BBQ over there.
Alicia and I headed out to see the Oriole's play out at Camden Yards on Sunday. We got some really good tickets. We were waiting in line to buy the tickets we would usually get, and were approached by a couple that had some club-level tickets that their friends didn't show up for. They gave us the tickets for $25 each, which was great because we were going to buy $20 tickets otherwise. The seats were awesome, 4th row just left of home base. You could actually see if it was a ball or strike :) .. I think these were the best baseball tickets I've ever had. Not a bad deal at all.
Sunday morning we woke up early (reletively speaking) to play Volleyball. It was pretty nice outside, the sun was hidden by clouds, so we got to play for several hours. Later that afternoon we headed over to Dan's house for yet another BBQ. It was very tasty. Topped off the night chilling out and watching a movie and watching the fireworks from a distance. Ashburn actually had a very long show, Alicia and I almost went back inside before the finale :).
Overall, it was quite a good weekend. I hope yours was as good as ours. We hope to see you all soon!
Alicia and I headed out to see the Oriole's play out at Camden Yards on Sunday. We got some really good tickets. We were waiting in line to buy the tickets we would usually get, and were approached by a couple that had some club-level tickets that their friends didn't show up for. They gave us the tickets for $25 each, which was great because we were going to buy $20 tickets otherwise. The seats were awesome, 4th row just left of home base. You could actually see if it was a ball or strike :) .. I think these were the best baseball tickets I've ever had. Not a bad deal at all.
Sunday morning we woke up early (reletively speaking) to play Volleyball. It was pretty nice outside, the sun was hidden by clouds, so we got to play for several hours. Later that afternoon we headed over to Dan's house for yet another BBQ. It was very tasty. Topped off the night chilling out and watching a movie and watching the fireworks from a distance. Ashburn actually had a very long show, Alicia and I almost went back inside before the finale :).
Overall, it was quite a good weekend. I hope yours was as good as ours. We hope to see you all soon!
Nearly Vacation Time
Caribbean, 2003
Well, I was just playing around with the new version of Google's Picasa, and it has support for uploading images to your blog easily through an Instant Messenger like interface. Pretty cool, I'd say. So, I posted a picture of the Caribbean (not sure which island the paticular shot is from) since I am a near-vacation mood. One more week before Alicia and I depart on another Caribbean cruise! Woo hoo! We're really excited about the fact that one of the excursions available is a "Canopy Tour" where we get to go up into the jungle canopy on zip-lines and crazy stuff. Should be very cool.
Other than that, there should be some sweet snorkeling this time around. You know, considering it's not hurricane season and all. :). Anyhow, hope you are doing well. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Jeff & Alicia
Sometimes, The blog gets updated
Hello All. Wow, I have been a big slacker on updating my blog. I know that you know this :). So, since it has been so long I do have a lot to say.
First off, I am now an uncle! Well; A blood-uncle this time, not a uncle-in-law :). Alicia and I got to see Lindsay Madison over Christmas break. She is a little angel. A little angel with projectile vomit! Clearing a person and a half is quite a good hurl if you ask me. Go Lindsay!
New Years Eve was nice and relaxing this year. Alicia's parents came to visit us and we mostly played cards and a little poker all evening. We had dinner at the Sweetwater Tavern, and they have the best BBQ'd ribs ever. My first batch of beer, a Red Ale, was reading for New Years. It was pretty good, although slightly hoppy -- which is OK for the style of beer. Later on we had a little champaigne at midnight. Very nice.
On to the next holiday, Martin Luther King day. In honor of our Monday off, Alicia and I threw a poker-party with about 10 of our friends. We made Mom's BBQ'd brisket for dinner, and served some other side items. Alicia made a cheesecake, which turned out really good. Yummy. Btw, my batch of beer I made for New Years mellowed out by now after settling in the bottles for a few more weeks. It was excellent this time around :), less hoppy.
The weekend before last Alicia and I went to town on our guest bathroom. Since we had a Friday off we decided to try our skills at doing some ceramic tile. We removed the toilet, tore up all the old tiling, and layed out some nice light brown tile. It is currently waiting to be grouted. Hopefully I'll get to that before Alicia gets back home.
I guess that brings me to the present. Right now, I am home chilling after playing some racquetball. Alicia is in the UK! She got to go there with work, and will be back on Saturday. She has already been to seen Stone Henge, which is really awesome. I will definitely post some pictures when she gets back. The English are treating her very well, and she is having a good time.
First off, I am now an uncle! Well; A blood-uncle this time, not a uncle-in-law :). Alicia and I got to see Lindsay Madison over Christmas break. She is a little angel. A little angel with projectile vomit! Clearing a person and a half is quite a good hurl if you ask me. Go Lindsay!
New Years Eve was nice and relaxing this year. Alicia's parents came to visit us and we mostly played cards and a little poker all evening. We had dinner at the Sweetwater Tavern, and they have the best BBQ'd ribs ever. My first batch of beer, a Red Ale, was reading for New Years. It was pretty good, although slightly hoppy -- which is OK for the style of beer. Later on we had a little champaigne at midnight. Very nice.
On to the next holiday, Martin Luther King day. In honor of our Monday off, Alicia and I threw a poker-party with about 10 of our friends. We made Mom's BBQ'd brisket for dinner, and served some other side items. Alicia made a cheesecake, which turned out really good. Yummy. Btw, my batch of beer I made for New Years mellowed out by now after settling in the bottles for a few more weeks. It was excellent this time around :), less hoppy.
The weekend before last Alicia and I went to town on our guest bathroom. Since we had a Friday off we decided to try our skills at doing some ceramic tile. We removed the toilet, tore up all the old tiling, and layed out some nice light brown tile. It is currently waiting to be grouted. Hopefully I'll get to that before Alicia gets back home.
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I guess that brings me to the present. Right now, I am home chilling after playing some racquetball. Alicia is in the UK! She got to go there with work, and will be back on Saturday. She has already been to seen Stone Henge, which is really awesome. I will definitely post some pictures when she gets back. The English are treating her very well, and she is having a good time.
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween everyone! It is nice to have an extra "fall-back" hour on Halloween weekend; especially after being at two parties the night before. Alicia helped me put on all the make-up to become a werewolf, which was about an hour and a half. She did a good job, and I got lots of complements on it last night. She dessed up as a "One, Nightstand" (although you can't see her whole costume in the picture), complete with a lighted lamp top. She got lots of points for being clever with her costume.
We attended two parties last night. One with our friends from Volleyball, and also the group of friends we hang out with more often. The first was a full-blown event, with lots of people and events going on. Even Karaoke. It was pretty crazy. We didn't know most of the people that were there, so we didn't stick around too long. We spent the rest of the night hanging out and drinking with our other group of friends. It was a good time.
The trick-or-treaters have been kind of slow tonight, we have probably only gone to the door 10 times. We'll see if that is all we get. We are running low on candy anyhow :). Anyhow, I hope you all had a great halloween. We look forward to seeing you all soon!
Jeff and Alicia
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