Lucas is 4 months old!

4/13/24

Dear Family and Friends, 

I decided not to e-mail this out because he was JUST in the hospital a couple days ago for that short stay and I didn't want to overload people.

Lucas is 4 months old! I got some cute pics and just wanted to highlight him. I can't WAIT til he's a bit bigger.😊






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