Link to pictures from weeks 9 -12

Click here to see the pics.

Luka is 3 months old!

Wow, it's been tough to get out a blog posting.

Luka is now 3 months old and it is so hard to believe. The last couple of months have been great. It's been so nice to have the time to visit with a lot of family who have come to visit. In March and April, Luka got to meet his Grandma Carol and Grandpa Fred (Chicago), cousins Sue, Matt, Sammy and Colette (Los Angeles), Great Grandmother Shirley (Louisiana), and Great Grandmother Evelyn (San Diego). Thank you so much for coming to visit!

We are also feeling a lot more settled in our new home and actually have a housewarming party coming up next weekend.

Luka is soooooo wonderful! He is such a good baby. He's been smiling a bunch and even starting to laugh. His newest thing is holding rattles. :-) He is also fixated on sucking his fingers....I have a feeling he will be a thumb sucker. We started a 2nd series of the infant yoga class on Saturday mornings. His girlfriend, Riley, and mother Nicolette are joining us too. Last week we weighed him on our scale and he was 15 1/2 pounds! He's already growing out of some of his 3-6 month clothes.

My 3 months of maternity leave is officially over today. :-( The time has gone by so quickly. I am looking forward to the work I'll be doing and the people that I get to work with, but it will be hard to be away from Luka for so much time. I will probably be pumping at least 3 times a day too. I am sure we'll both get used to it eventually.

We found a family care center that we loved, but after a trial run this week we are having serious second thoughts. This has been very stressful and we are now on another hunt to find something better.

Tim has been working with Luka for over a month trying to get him to take a bottle. We've tried different bottles, nipples, positions, etc. and nothing really seemed to work. One good thing about the current daycare place is the mother has gotten Luka to take the bottle...so that is great! Tim was able to give him one yesterday too. Phew!

Gotta run to the grocery store......will send pictures later on today.

How has the month of April been for you?

Luka Pics Weeks 6-8

Here are the latest pictures of Luka with friends and family.

http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=285001888/a=3957549_3957549/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish

It's hard to believe that Luka is 2 months old now. He is doing great and smiling a bunch, which sure is a treat. At his 7 week doctor's appointment he weighed 12 1/2 pounds! He's probably past 13 pounds already and wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes now.

We are slowly getting settled into our new home and it's feeling great. Our new address is 5980 Majestic Ave., Oakland, CA 94605.

Fortunately, we just secured a daycare for Luka. It's a family care center in a couples home and the mother speaks Spanish to all of the kids. It's also five minutes from our house. We think Luka will be happy and well taken care of there.

We'll send more pics again right before Tajalli goes back to work on April 27th. Have a great April!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Pictures of Luka from weeks 2 - 5

Here are two links to pictures of Luka from the last couple of weeks:

http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=284803288/a=3957549_3957549/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish

http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=284869707/a=3957549_3957549/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish

ENJOY!

New house!

Wow, time has flown by quickly and so much has happened. Luka just fell asleep in his bouncy chair, so I'll have a quick moment to write a little.

As of Monday, March 2nd we finally closed on our first home. It still doesn't feel real to Tim and I, but we are extremely happy and relieved. It's the original house we wanted to Majestic Avenue in Oakland. There are pics on the blog from back in October I believe. We are moving this Saturday and have some friends helping us with some electrical work this week. We'll now have more space for visitors, so do come! :-)

I just dropped off my Dad and brother Neisan at the airport. They were here for a long weekend. It was great timing to meet Luka and help us with a lot of house stuff. I'll upload some pictures soon.

Luka is doing great and already 11 pounds and 4 1/2 weeks old. It is going by so quickly! He is already growing out of some of his clothes.

Overall we are doing great. It will be so nice once we are all settled in. I'll upload some pics soon.

PS. Our new address is 5980 Majestic Avenue, Oakland, CA 94605.

New pics of Luka and family

Dearest Family & Friends,

We are so excited to share with you the newest pictures of Luka and our family taken by our friend and talented photographer, Sara Goetz. Sara does amazing photography here in the SF Bay Area. You can first check out a couple of the best pictures on her blog:

http://blog.saragoetzphotography.com

At the bottom of our blog posting is a link to the slide show. It is underneath the picture of Luka smiling with Tajalli holding him. It says " Enjoy your slideshow!" Just click there and it will take you to it....it has music too, so turn on your speakers. :-)

If you are interested in subscribing to her blog, just click on the top right hand corner (subscribe by email). Her blog is wonderful and she regularly posts tips on taking great photographs along with work from her sessions.

If you would like to see all of the pictures or order some prints, you can click here:

http://www.saragoetzphotography.com/pickpic/gallery/jump.php

You click on "Luka" on the top left and then the passcode is: newborn
After putting in your email, you want to click "enter gallery."

We are thankful that she has offered us their special family and friends pricing.

We hope you enjoy these new pictures!

With love,

Tim, Tajalli, Luka and Bubba