Lucas Camilo

Lucas is having a good day so far, as we all enjoy the beautiful weekend weather in Washington DC.  We’ll give an update on his condition later today but for now a couple of shout-outs:

First, we want to thank everyone who has brought us food, or sent us packages and flowers, over the past few weeks.  We pretty much haven’t eaten at a restaurant OR prepared our own food since Lucas was born on August 17, and we’ve loved every minute of it.  From pupusas, to curries, to multiple batches of lentils, to many other vegan and vegetarian treats, its been excellent.  One of these days we’ll have an apartment-warming party and share the leftovers.

The second shout-out is for 20+ cyclists that hit the road this morning to ride nearly 200 miles over the next 3 days.  We helped start the “Solidarity Cyclers” tradition back in 2007 and we’re sad to not be joining this year’s ride.  But we know that Lucas’s energy is accompanying the brave riders who took to the trail this morning, and indeed there’s actually been a few donations to CISPES in his name (the little guy is fundraising already!)  Check out more details about the ride and join us for the welcome home party on Monday night if you happen to be in DC.

And finally, an extra special shout-out to Krista (this is Burke writing now) for her strength over the last few months.  We decided to publish some emails that we sent out in late July and early August since they tell some of the back-story leading to Lucas Camilo’s birth.  After Krista went into early labor (on the airplane!) in late July we endured a rough couple of weeks of bedrest, not to mention going in and out of the hospital in Seattle (and by “we” I mean Krista.)  She held it together amazingly during those weeks of tests, probes and repeat doctors visits – visits that we hoped would never happen given that we were working with midwives and planning to have a home birth.  Since then Krista has continued to show remarkable power in ways that inspire me and which I myself could never accomplish (her robust daily output of breast milk being just one example : )  So today, a special shout-out to Lucas’s mom.