Lucas Camilo

Since we started created Lucas’s blog when he was 5 days old, the various videos we’ve shared have been amongst the most loved items for Lucas’s loyal followers.  From his very first video when he was just 13 days old (he’s looking pretty rough!), to the classic “Who’s my favorite Friend” series, to the inauguration of the Whale Bath during which we witnessed more smiles, kicks and noises from Lucas than ever before, the short videos have been a great way to demonstrate the growth and progress of a little guy that doesn’t get out so often.

In anticipation of his coming first birthday we’ve decided to make the power of video available to all of you!  That’s right, in lieu of presents we’re asking for friends and family to post video messages (however creative, serious, or goofy you wish to make them) to Lucas’s blog. (Ok, and we realize he’ll probably get a few material gifts too, but if you’re thinking about getting him a vintage Supersonics onesie you should know that he’s already got one :)

If you click the “comments” link at the end of this post it will take you to a page with a button to “submit video comment”.   Enter your info, click on that, and then select “USB video class video” if you want to record from a webcam and “upload” if you’ve got a video file already prepared.  Next week on Lucas’s 1st birthday (August 17), we’ll post the series of video gifts presented to Lucas and the Stans-Hanson family.  Of course, if you want to send a video message but don’t want us to post it publicly that’s cool too… just let us know.  And thanks for playing!

PS: speaking of the power of video, the “We Are America” immigration stories project that Burke’s been working on succeeded in publicizing the story of Yves Gomes, who we mentioned on the blog a few weeks ago. Yves was set to be deported on Friday but through the advocacy spawned in part by the video Burke worked on, the Department of Homeland Security granted Yves a 2-year deferral on his pending deportation!  Watch the original video here and read the story of Yves from the front page of yesterday’s Washington Post.