Lucas Camilo

Lucas had a good weekend (watching college basketball with dad, among other things) and was happy to see Gramma back in town on Monday.  She  took care of Lucas while we went next door to hang out with friends on Monday night – we carried a walkie-talkie in case anything went down – and then got in on the action with a whale bath on Tuesday.  As usual Lucas enjoyed his bath, making little cooing sounds and kicking about, and then Gramma helped out with a post-bath massage.

But Lucas enjoying the whale bath is old news.  On the other hand, the abundance of smiling Lucas has been doing lately is a fun, new development.  Today he couldn’t stop smiling while playing with toys, or watching mom make goofy faces, or getting his diaper changed, or even while in the midst of a mouth-sunction (he loves chewing on the tube.)  In fact, the only time he would stop was when we pulled out the camera to take a picture of his beautiful smile.  As soon as we pointed it toward Lucas he would turn very serious, only to bust back into a wide-eyed grin once we clicked the off button.  We finally did catch a few half smiles, as you can see from the photos.

Not to be outdone, Lucas continues to put meat on his bones, weighing in at over 15 and a half pounds during his visit to the pediatrician yesterday for some vaccine shots.  The other day we realized that he was sporting the same outfit that he’d once been swimming in so we decided to take an updated picture… from late October to today.  Chubby cheeks indeed!