Lucas Camilo

Burke got back from El Salvador on Wednesday afternoon (thanks everyone for worrying/wondering about how long Lucas was going to be without his dad) and though it was a short trip Lucas appeared to have doubled in size while he was gone.  In fact, he tipped the scales at 14 lbs. 2 ounces this week, a full pound bigger than when he got home from the hospital last month.  He’s so long that he no longer fits in his bassinet and therefore his Nona helped pick up a mini-crib for the back room while the grandparents were in town.  He also got a new mobile with flying cows and horses so that he has something to play with when he wakes up in the middle of the night.

We’ve been writing in Spanish lately because Burke’s trip to El Salvador (for some top secret CISPES business :) meant reconnecting with a lot of old friends who love to check out pictures of Lucas but can rarely read our blog posts.  It amazes us sometimes that compañeros from all over the world are following Lucas’s story, and indeed El Salvador has been one of the most important places in our life so it’s logical that Lucas would be well known there.  Burke feels grateful to have had the opportunity to travel a few times in recent weeks and we’re both glad that Lucas is stable enough for one or the other of us to leave the house for longer periods.  Now it’s Krista’s turn to take that around-the-world kayak trip she’s always wanted to take…