Christmas!

We are having a great Christmastime here! Look at our silly little elf!

Breaking News!

We think Lucas is left-handed.



That's all. Over and out.

And a Video!

Here we go, click here!

26 Weeks

Wow. Not only is Lucas sitting up on his own, he is really reaching for everything in sight. Still no teeth, but that is ok by me. He is just growing up too fast and I want it to slooooooow down already.

Lucas is feeling much better, no more nebulizing! We go to the doctor's again this week for his final round of vaccinations. He is even going to get the H1N1 vaccine. Ben and I decided that we couldn't bear to see him sick again...ever. Now if only I could feel better, we'd be in great shape.

How funny is the photo, by the way?

Finally!!!! 6 MONTHS!!!

OK, so I lied.

I didn't post tonight, but just because it was so hectic. I promise the video is coming!

Did I forget to tell you?

In all of our craziness here over the past week, I think I forgot to mention that Lucas can sit up on his own! It is true! Not for terribly long, but he is getting there.

At this very moment, he is working really hard at being a scootch and not going to sleep, which is a little good and a little bad. Good since we have to use the nebulizer again in a half an hour, and bad because I am so cotton-picking tired. I mean it!

No video tonight, we are just too pooped! But tomorrow is Lucas' Half Birthday, so you better believe I will post something for you.

Totally sick!

Well, here is the kicker. I just knew that Lucas was sick. Just knew it. So I went in to the doctor's office and learned that Lucas had a very low oxygen concentration in his blood so we had to do a nebulizer treatment in the office. The doctor said that if it didn't raise his oxygen levels, we'd have to go to the hospital! The WHAT? Yes, the HOSPITAL! He was breathing about twice the average rate also, another sign that he just wasn't getting enough oxygen into his stressed out lungs.
So, we nebulized. I should mention that during our visit he was nothing but smiles and made tons of girlfriends. Did I mention how great he is? Ever? Well, his is something.
Ok, so back to the nebulizing. (cue dramatic music) We nebulized and re-check the O2 levels and after some initial difficulty in getting a good number, we saw that his O2 was in the acceptable range. So, home we went with our own nebulizer to use every 4-6 hours. Our little weezer is a trooper!
Here are photos of our day. Check out the cute booties from Anastasia! Love them! Look how serious I look as we do our treatment, I promise I don't look that serious all the time.

Sick again?

What a bummer. Our little snot producer is doing a bang up job of being sick. He has a runny nose, coughs, and sneezes and is just the pits. We didn't even leave the house all day, just tried to stay cozy and restful. He'll feel better soon, right?

Panda, what a trooper!

Our girl Panda is so brave. Well, she didn't know she was being brave, but whatever. She has been growing quite the tumor on her usually gorgeous face. Over the past few years, it has gotten bigger and bigger and bigger, so that it had gotten larger than a golf ball, almost the size of a squash ball.
Anyway, we thought it would have been way too expensive to have removed, but the Oakland SPCA really made it affordable. Panda went in for her face lift this week, and she came home with over 20 staples in her face.
We were afraid that she would be really adversely affected by pain meds or anti-inflammatories as she had been in the past, but they didn't even send us home with any pain meds and she showed no signs of pain.
The wind has definitely been taken out of her sails, but she looks a million years younger after her 'facial rejuvenation.'
Here are her before and after shots. You'll know which is which!

So cute!

Now you see him.



Now you don't!

Holy Cow! 25 weeks!

Almost 6 months! I can't stand it! He is really loving solid foods, rolling over and looking poised for scooting around. What a happy little guy we have on our hands! We are planning on getting our tree soon and that will make our house even cozier.

Back to normal...I hope!

Hi everyone!
Sorry that I haven't posted this week. Between Lucas' 4 days of fever and snots and my ensuing horrifyingly congestion-filled week, I just haven't had the time to post. But I promise I'll take a video of the little one tonight and post it.

Thanks to Jessica Charney for the photos from yesterday's Crab-a-thon 2009!