Good Times

Hi All, it seems like ages since I have posted on here and I apologize. This baby thing really tires you out! Lucius flew on an airplane for the first time. We all went to Orange County for 11 days to visit the fam. It was the first time Lucius met both of his great grandmas and his great grand pa. We all stayed at Michaels' moms house. It was fun to see her dote over Lucius. We made it down to My great Aunt Polly's house for a gathering and got to see her daughters Lucy and Debbie . My Great Uncle Larry and Aunt Terry were there also. We bbq'd burgers and dogs and had a great time showing off the baby. My two aunts, Vickie and Tracie, were the winners of "who gets to hold Lucius the most" contest. It was fun.
After leaving Polly's, Michael, Lucius and I drove to San Diego to visit with Marty and Laura. They are expecting their first baby in the summer and we are very excited for them.

Unfortunately, Michaels sister Patti got sick as well as his aunt Susie, so we got to spend a lot of down time at Grammy Patricia's house. It was the first vacation we had that we didn't come home exhausted! Grandma and Grandpa Callahan were on a cruise for the week and only got to see them on the last few days we were down there. Definitely not enough time together, but they might come up here to visit us before I go back to work. Patricia is also planning a visit up here soon. It'll be great to see them. We should of had a baby sooner!

I am in the process of adding photos to a slide show. That'll take a few days to complete, but in the mean time, here's a few pictures from the trip!

~mommy jen

Flying is fun!

Grammy Patricia, Great Grandma Teresa and Lucius

Great Grandpa Santa and Lucius

Great Grandma Gretchen and Great Aunt Tracie

In front of Grammy's house

We're on Vacation!

Hi all!
Just to let you know that we are on vacation visiting family down in the O.C. and will be home on Sunday the 27th. By then we will have accrued about one million photos and will post them for you all to see. So check back next week! It'll be GRRRRRRREAT!
~Mommy Jen

4 Weeks Old

Today Lucius is 4 weeks old and boy have we been busy! My Mom left on the 29th, a few days after Emily and Eric arrived. They stayed during New Years and left a few days ago. We had a great time visiting and hanging out (aka nursing, diaper changes and naps!). I really miss having my Mom around. She was an amazing help and a great cook, but what I miss the most is just having her near. It's funny how my perspective has changed now that I am a mother. She always would tell me "just wait 'till you're a mom, then you'll know." And you think, yeah, I know Mom. But you really don't know. I apologized for all the turmoil I put her through as if it will lessen the blow that Lucius will lay on me. What goes around comes around? I hope not.

Anyways, we took Lucius out on New Years Eve to Sushi House for his very first outing. He did amazingly well and as it turns out, he loves wasabi! He also had his first bath. Auntie Em took pictures of that (and hopefully she'll send them to me!). My friend Liz stenciled some onesies for him and I finally put him in them to take a few pictures. They are awesome, however Lucius decided that today was not a good day for his close-up and thus ended the photo shoot. But I did manage to get a few good shots in.

I put all of these pictures in a slide show off to the right. There are a few Christmas pictures as well. Lucius is sleeping and I am going to join him! Hopefully I'll get an hour in before he wakes.
~Mommy Jen