Lucas Eye View...

I've always wondered what the world looked like through Lucas's eyes. It looks whacky!

Crawling, Going to Jail & Fists of Fury!

It has been a super big week here and it's only Tuesday! What's been going on? Well, on Monday Lucas finally made his first move forward. For weeks now he's been able to do a "push up," and then, more recently, he learned to get up on his hands and knees. As we've noticed, he, like most babies, learns things in batches. He practiced getting up on his hands and knees everytime he could. When we put him down on the rug to play with his toys, he popped up on his hands and knees, when he woke up in bed with us he popped up on his hands and knees, and, not suprisingly, when we crept in to his room in the morning, assuming he'd be still sleeping, there he was, on his hands and knees! Next came his rocking motion back and forth, which was soon followed by the ability to scoot backward and rotate around like the hands of a clock. Despite what thrilled us as amazing progress, this left Lucas frustrated - he could move away from the objects he wanted to badly, but not toward them! But finally it happed, finally he managed to scoot himself forward. He laughed, we laughed... and then we grabbed the remote control away before he erased our recording of the Mad Men season premier. Check out the little guy in action:



So what do parents do when their baby learns to move on his own, thus ending the placid "potted plant" stage? Throw the little guy in jail of course! Mom, being the genius she is, had already purchased a gate system. Dad popped it up in the form of an hexagonal "play pen" and voila, Lucas was sent to the slammer. As all parents know, this is a total win-win situation: Lucas is free to roam around a safe environment and we can actually step away far enough to, say, make a quick dinner. Here's the little guy in jail - who knew a jailbird could look so happy?


Finally, auntie Hedda and uncle Leonard joined us for dinner on Tuesday, and brought out Lucas' fists of fury. Check out the karate action - I think it's a chest block! Mom's gonna have her hands full...

Lucas Strikes a Pose

It's great to have friends who are photographers - a nice perk. Our friend Leonard took some head shots of Lucas at 7 months old. The behind the scenes was pretty funny, with all of us making noises and ridiculous faces to make him laugh.

Lucas is starting to go up on his knees when he is lying on his stomach. I think this means he might want to crawl soon. He's able to push himself backwards, but not forward. I'm not sure how I feel about this - I kindof like him just being able to roll over and push himself around but crawling? It's going too fast. When he gets excited, he starts to flap his hands up and down and shake his head. He is so curious already, trying to touch everything and seeing small details like strings and textures.
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2nd Anniversary

Wow, can't believe Todd and I are on our second anniversay - July 28th!. A lot can happen in 2 years, and now we have 3 in our family. We got to celebrate by going for dinner at the Porterhouse in San Mateo. Hedda & Leonard were our babysitters, which was so nice. It was so nice to go out on a date together, sans diaper bag. I actually carried a purse! Anyway, we ordered the porterhouse (of course) which was like 32 oz of beef..it was so big that we couldn't finish it and had to take it home. I got us dessert, a mocha mousse cake which was super yummy. Todd made this slideshow card, which showed me progressing through my pregnancy and had all these sweet words in it. (what a romantic). Yay, 2nd anniversary..I'm loving the adventures and path we are taking hand in hand together!

Summer Vancouver Visit

We had a fun summer Vancouver visit. When we got in, it was a scorching 30 degrees C, which isn't common. I was totally unprepared for such weather, and poor Lucas only had 1 pair of hot weather clothing. The first night, Myra hosted a welcome dinner at her townhouse and it was an all night BBQ affair. They boys drank and drank and the girls chatted away. We didn't even realize what time it was, until one of us said it's 2am? Todd and I got to take the night off as Grandma was so excited to take care of Lucas that night. Lucas got to swim in my brother's indoor pool with Maddie. He really enjoyed the water, and would slap his hands and then splash his face with water and then laugh and laugh. It was fun seeing the dads, Cam with Maddie and Todd with Lucas in the pool.

The rest of the week I saw more family and friends. I stayed a whole week, while Todd only stayed the weekend (I guess one of us has to work). Lucas enjoyed hanging out with his Great Grandma too. She just totally enjoyed him as he just loves to laugh and would respond to her. I love how it made my grandmother happy. They call him "Jun Jun", the first part of his chinese name. We also stopped by my mom's office to meet her coworkers. He just loved meeting them all and was laughing up a storm. He especially loved being thrown up in the air. Oh and he left Ellie a nice gift at her cubicle (sorry about the spit up).

My mom flew back with me to San Francisco and spent a few days here. She loved the ritual of putting Lucas to bed, giving him a bath first, then changing him in his PJ's and then giving him his last bottle before bed. We took my mom to Half Moon Bay to have their famous Lobster Sandwich at Sam's. Coni joined us too and Lucas had 2 grandma's to watch over him. My mom and I shopped one of the days and Lucas was on his best behaviour, although at the end we were pushing it. I guess he's going to get used to all the shopping.

Little Chomper, what's the rush?

Our little Lucas has cut his first tooth! We think it is really cute - it just barely pokes out of his pink gums, like a little white pearl, gleaming, ready to chomp. As a matter of fact, to mark the occasion, it's got a name: Little Chomper. I did my best to actually capture the tooth in a photo but that proved impossible. Instead I've illustrated the location of Little Chomper - it's his lower left front tooth. Check it out...



So what's come with this latest development, other than our own Hetch Hetchy sized supply of drool? What's come is sadness that time is flying by and that Little Chomper is already here! Sadness may not be the right word, but we are shocked at how quickly Lucas, who once fit snugly in one arm, is already teething. Our little baby boy, the baby boy who could get lost in the seemingly cavernous crib, the baby boy who would sleep soundly on my chest, stretching no farther than my belly button to my chin, the baby boy who would grasp our fingers and squeeze them tight, he's growing, fast. Again I am reminded that time waits for no man, that events, no matter how monumental, no matter how clear it seems that the entire world should just stop and marvel at them, they just slip into yesterday. Lucas is our little angel. He makes us laugh a hundred times a day. His life is a gift. Little Chomper is just another flashing signal on the road, reminding us to savor every miraculous moment.

Oh, and this? This is just really funny:

Gardening?!

Ok, so I decided it would be fun to have a little herb garden on our outside patio since Todd cooks and loves fresh herbs. I have no green thumb so this should be interesting as to whether they will stay alive. I mean I kill bamboo plants - is that possible? My friend Diana helped me (she has a green thumb) and we picked up a few supplies at the garden store. I'm trying to grow dill from the seed, so that should be interesting. Here's a few pics of Lucas and the herb garden.