My Daddy!

This weekend we finally got to see a friend and her 5 month old baby, Charlie. Charlie was 6 weeks early like Lucas so we had been delaying our visit until everyone was healthy. Us preemie moms are funny about that. I was just as anxious to meet Charlie as I was to have Cheryl see how big Lucas is and to see how Lucas would react to a baby. First, Charlie is so cute and HUGE! He has definitely packed on the weight and is in good health. Second, Lucas was more interested in explore their house and chasing their cat than actually visiting with Charlie. He walked up the steps for the first time all by himself. They have an open stairwell so he got great pleasure of inching his way up the stairs and grinning at us over the banister. When Charlie finally woke up from his nap, I held him. It was so odd but so much fun. He didn't have quite the octopus syndrome that Lucas has now when we hold him. Lucas was OK with me holding him, he came up and acted like he wanted to sit on my lap as well but when Marc got his turn, Lucas looked at Marc and said, "my daddy." It was cute. Holding Charlie while looking at Lucas made Lucas seem like he was 6! I was thinking "who is this child that is so old?"

We had a good time-it was nice to bond with another preemie mom. And know that our boys are going to be just fine:)