Houdini

Today at 1:45 pm, I put Lucas down in his bassinet wrapped in his swaddle (a little blanket with velcro to wrap tightly around his body making him look like a burrito--only his head sticks out) after NO naps all day since he woke up at 8:15. He screamed for a few minutes then got silent. I came up to check on him 15-20 minutes later and somehow he was able to weasle his arm out of the straight-jacket like swaddle. The sneaky snake.

Sweetest Things

* Lucas' milk breath
* The frantic sound of his gulping when he first starts feeding...the kid doesn't come up for air
* The way he stretches by jutting his little dimpled chin out and thrusting up his arms
* Baby sighs and all of the various precious sounds he makes
* Mike holding our son
* The way he smiles when he is satisfied (really he's probably just pooping, but I like to think that he is smiling at me)
* The peaceful expression on his face as he sleeps
* The silly, non-traditional way that he sucks his thumb for comfort...the thumb in the mouth and the rest of the fingers splayed out on his face
* His little, kicky frog legs that curl up as we are trying to change his diaper (making it nearly impossible to fasten the sides)

Fountain

Last night, daddy had diaper duty and was changing Lucas on our bed. I was out of the room and heard Mike yell, "Oh no, he's fountaining." I ran into the room in time to see a stream of urine shooting up into the air and landing on our clean sheets. It was a funny sight and I had to laugh. Suddenly, though, Lucas was hysterical. He had gotten some pee in his eye. Poor little guy.

I'm in the Money

As an added bonus, since I gave birth without any pain medication, I am $100 richer. I WON the bet! If you haven't a clue what I am talking about, see No Baby Yet post below.

Christa and I were talking the other night and I mentioned my plans to have the baby sleeping through the night in about 8 weeks using a method that I read about. She laughed at my idealism. I asked her if she wanted to bet $50. "NO, I already had to write you out one check today."

He's Here!

On Tuesday, March 1 at 1:01pm, my sweet son, Lucas Gabriel officially joined our family.

Here's a quick recap of his birthday:
* My water broke at 4am and we knew that it was time to get to the hospital
* We got to UC Davis Hospital several hours later after taking our sweet time getting ready (a momma's gotta look good for her new baby)
* I was admitted after they tested to see that my water indeed did break
* After four hours of dealing with pretty intense labor contractions, I was finally allowed to start pushing (these were more painful than I imagined they would be and I dealt with them without meds)
* And then after a very long hour and twenty minutes of trying to push the child out, my little Lucas finally emerged to breathe his first breath and start screaming

I was quite tired at that point. Tired, but ecstatically happy. And my freshly washed and styled hair (from 4 in the morning) still looked good, dang it!

Here are his stats:
7lbs 6oz
20 in
A cone-headful of hair (hey, give him a break...he was in the birth canal for awhile)

Mike and I are really thrilled to be this amazing kid's parents. Look at how cute he is...I am a little partial, I realize, but come on...He's marvelous.

A Little Wet Behind the Ears (Lucas' first bath)