Lucas Turned 6! (Aug 17)
Six years ago a little, bitty, barely-breathing Lucas came flying into the world, and we have absolutely never been the same since. This weekend we celebrated, Lucas-style. We threw a dino-themed birthday party at the nearby accessible playground with a great mix of family, our friends and his friends from school. We wore dinosaur name tags, did dinosaur three-clawed races, had a dinosaur trivia contest (which Lucas won handily) and handed out dinosaur prizes. Parties still aren’t always Lucas’s favorite thing, but mix dinosaurs with ANYTHING and he’s happy. And he seemed to genuinely appreciate having his cousins and friends out to do his favorite things for his birthday. (And we appreciated Teyo, the game master, plus Gramma, Papa, Ashley and Brandon for the help!) That night we had all three grandparents over for dinner, and Lucas loved continuing to be the center of attention.
It’s hard to know how to tell a six year old how much you love him — if we start, he usually just says “yeah” and wants to get back to whatever he was doing before we got all sappy. But the other day we started telling “baby Lucas” stories and he got really excited — though stories about our trials and triumphs as parents in the beginning aren’t all that interesting to him. He wants to know about himself. What did he do? What did he like? And what else did he do, and like? It was a fun challenge to try remember back to five or five and a half years ago (without looking at the blog!) to remember what he was doing at different times. The stories we kept coming back to were of all the people – especially his first nurses and our friends and community in Washington DC – who loved him so much from the very beginning. Its awesome to see him growing up, now able to talk, joke, play, tease, and share his love with more and more people.
The Allosaurus Race in Slow Motion:
Comments (9)
Nurse Amy
August 21st, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Happy Belated Birthday Lucas!! I can still remember the day, as if it was yesterday, that we met for the first time. You still hold a place near and dear in my heart and I am so amazed to see and watch how you have grown. Sending hugs and kisses to you on your special day. Tell Mom, Dad, and and your sweet baby sister I say hello!
Naiem & Cairo
August 19th, 2015 at 11:40 am
Happy Belated Birthday Lucas! From your friends in New York! You’re a source of hope and inspiration to all of us especially little Cairo who is just starting in this journey which you seem to have mastered so far! Hopefully one day our families can meet and share stories of similar achievements!
Chris Lione
August 18th, 2015 at 8:19 pm
Happy Birthday Lucas Sweetie,
Simply loved the slo-mo race video. We miss you all very much.
Love,
Chris and Tom
Emil Fischer Bilbao
August 18th, 2015 at 3:16 pm
Hi Camilo, all the best also from me and my family in Germany! Your life is so inspiring! I hope that I will be like you, when I grow up :-)
Great Aunt Kit
August 18th, 2015 at 3:10 pm
How special to be 6, Lucas. What a fun birthday party you had! Happy birthday…
Kristin
August 18th, 2015 at 10:43 am
Happy Birthday Lucas!!!
Kat and I are so sorry we missed your party. Can’t wait to see you again at school soon.
Love,
WHC NICU, night crew!
August 18th, 2015 at 6:38 am
I remember the first time I met Lucas. I can still picture it in my head, where his warmer was. He was about 8 hrs old, and his story was just starting to unfold. I remember seeing his long legs and arms, and his long little fingers, but more importantly his sweet face and his kind heart. I remember meeting you two, Krista and Burke, and thinking how I had never truly witnessed two people so happy yet so scared at the same time. You quickly moved on from scared to determined, as did sweet Lucas, and were amazing advocates for your son. He is an amazing little boy, and I am so excited to be able to see him grow and read about all of his great adventures. When we got to see him, just a short time after you guys moved to Seattle, I remember him being fascinated with nature and bugs. Burke found some kind of water grass and put it in a magnifying box. Lucas examined it for as long as we were there. We also got an amazing concert of his favorite tunes, in Spanish no less, and he had a snack of bananas, which from the couple times I babysat him when you all lived in dc, were always his favorite. Happy Birthday, my sweet Lucas. You will always have a place in my heart :)
Claudia Rodriguez
August 18th, 2015 at 5:19 am
Happy Birthday Camilo!! Abrazos!
Ingrid Savage and Family
August 17th, 2015 at 10:16 pm
We have watched this beautiful boy face challenges and thrive since the day he was born . We have watched the “Collective Stansbury /Hanson Families” raise a beautiful son/grandson with love, support and activism through their dedication , huge awareness, and support that has ignited our community for the “greater good.”
Our Savage family could not be more proud of the village that surrounds Burke’s and Krista’s family . We send our love to Lucas and all of you on this special 6th birthday and we are so proud to know you all.
Happy Birthday Lucas! Go Stegasaurus Rex AND Saber Tooth Tigers!!!
Love, the Savages All
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