Lucas Camilo

In February our friends Simon and Paola gave birth to a baby boy, and the little guy got a very special name: Camilo.  In taking the revolutionary name Camilo he thereby became Lucas’s tocayo (in Mexico that’s what it’s called when someone shares a name with you).

Today, Lucas Camilo finally met his extremely cute tocayo and it was fun times all around.  Needless to say, the two are very different babies, and it was rather jarring for us to hold a little dude who wiggles around so much and makes loud noises (not to mention a baby that’s able to hold his head up on his own).  Camilo cried and was fussy at times, while contorting his body and making all sorts of goofy faces; Lucas acted as mellow as can be, looking around the room slowly, taking it in, and only occasionally offering a change in expression.  We know that Lucas’s disease prevents him from doing a lot of things that other babies do, and at times that has made us sad.  On this day it was great to see Lucas be himself and to marvel at how far he has come, and how unique he still is.  And it was hilarious to put the two little guys who share the name Camilo next to each other and watch their very distinct reactions.  Camilo was very serious about the exchange, while Lucas kept his poker face. We think they both got a kick out of it all.