Well, we've finally entered the blogging community!!!!
I used to think I was pretty savvy when it came to computers, the internet, and technology in general… Unfortunately, after writing out this initial post TWICE already (this being the third) and somehow deleting the entire thing accidentally, my perception has changed… Anyways, here goes attempt #3.
We decided to get involved in blogging so we could keep all our loved ones up to date on our family (especially the ever-growing Lucas Richard Faust!!). With the multitude of friends and family that we are unable to see nearly as often as we’d like, something like this blog has become more and more necessary. Just so I don’t have to post 8 months of photos and videos of Lucas’s life up till now, I’ll direct you to a site (http://www.lucasrichardfaust.shutterfly.com/) to which we’ve been posting since he was born. That way, we’ll just have to keep this one site current with updates, and you all can enjoy pictures and videos of our little fella as he keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Okay, so on to the updates... Since my graduation earlier in May, I learned that after you earn a doctoral degree, all that gets you initially is that you get to be named Dr. Mom instead of just Mr. Mom... See, when Rach's maternity leave ended around Thanksgiving, she went back to work part-time, which meant Lucas had to go into daycare for 3 days per week. Well, since I graduated, she's gone back to work full-time and I get to watch Lucas full-time (since I can't actually work until I get my license in a couple months AND daycare is friggin expensive). The first couple days weren't quite as smooth as they are now, but overall things have gone well. We've worked out a good routine that keeps me sane and keeps Lucas fed, happy, and in a clean diaper... I'm actually really enjoying this time with him because once I get my license, I'm going to be working pretty much all the time...
I’ll have Rach post later to give you a better idea of Lucas’s abilities and the benchmarks he’s met so far… Hopefully that doesn’t make me sound like some deadbeat Dad who doesn’t know what his son can do… The truth is, though, that Rach is just better at knowing what Lucas should be able to do at his age… I can say, though, that he seems to be right on the verge of crawling now… He can easily get up on all fours, but he hasn’t quite taken the plunge into full-fledged crawling just yet…
Lucas has also become a lot more verbal in the last few months… In fact, one morning back in March, I could have sworn I heard him make the “Da” syllable when I was picking him up out of his crib. I thought it was just a fluke, but he actually kept doing it the rest of that day and since… These videos are from later that day…
Currently, we’re all sitting in Rach’s brother and sister-in-law’s house in Tallahassee, Florida. We drove down from Indiana yesterday (Saturday) with Rach’s parents and Pacey (our puppy for those who don’t know) and will be here in Florida through the rest of the week. Actually, we’re all headed to St. George Island (http://www.stgeorgeisland.net/) on Tuesday to stay in a beach house we’re renting through Friday. For Rach and I, it’s our first vacation since our honeymoon… For Lucas, it’s the longest car trip he’s taken since we drove to Iowa to visit with his uncle, aunt, and cousin (Jim, Reagan, and Riley) (http://mnboilermakers.blogspot.com/).
We’ll definitely have more pictures to post by the end of the week… For now, I’ll just post some recent photos along with a few older ones... Enjoy!!
