My First Christmas

We had such a memorable and special Christmas with our families this year. On Christmas Eve we went to Nana's House (Aunt Kathy) and had a wonderful time opening packages, laughing and watching Lukas' cousins Ethan and Sienna play. Then we had dessert at Aunt Elaine's house and Lukas' cousins Pete, Lauren and Ava snuggled with him. Aunt Elaine got a little snuggle time too between entertaining her guests. On Christmas Day Grandma Grande made us a breakfast feast and then we had a nice relaxing day. That evening the Murphys over for dinner and we all had a wonderful time playing and laughing some more. A special bonus was two days after Christmas, my aunts Peg and Jean came over for a visit. We're so happy to have had so much time for family to bond with Lukas this Christmas season. It is a reminder that we all need to make time to get together more often.

Big Crib

Lukas began sleeping in his big crib this week instead of the bassinet. He is such an independent little guy. Now we just give him his cho cho, blanky and turn on the soother and he goes right to sleep. We know we are lucky to have such a good sleeper (keep up the good work Lukas)! This picture was taken the day he had his first shot and he was very sleepy.

Let the ball obsession begin!

Lukas' cousin Ethan really likes any type of ball. It looks like this may run in the family. This is the first time Lukas has shown any interest at all in a rattle and he sure grabbed onto it tightly!

Visit with Julie

Our friend Julie came to visit Lukas today. Lukas loved Julie's "teacher voice" and having her take lots of pictures of him.

Hoodies!

Andrew and Lukas had to bundle up for an evening run this week. It was Andrew's first time taking Lukas out for a jog by himself.

Play Group

I have been fortunate to meet some really lovely women in Sacramento who also happen to be mothers. They are smart, fun and have great advice to share with me as a new mom. I'm sad that Amy and Ann will be moving at the end of this year of residency. So happy Tracy will stay though and she lives just around the corner!

Aunt Peg's Annual Mexican Fiesta

Aunt Peg had her annual Mexican Fiesta yesterday. Lukas met his Great Aunt Jean and Great Uncle Bob for the first time. He had a great time sitting in Great Aunt Jean's lap and then in Grandma Grande's lap. We also saw Lukas' cousins Elie, Peter, Lauren, Ava and Nate. Peter is so good with Lukas. I love seeing them together -- when Peter was born I really bonded closely to him and he is the reason I really wanted a boy. He was such an easy baby to love (and is a wonderful big boy too) just like Lukas. We missed seeing Janet who is in Hawaii this year!