Well one down and one to go. Today we welcomed baby Luke into the world today at 10:07am in Longmont Colorado. Luke weighed in at 8 pounds and measured 21 inches and seemed to be totally at peace with his own existence within a few minutes, hardly even cried except when various nurses jolted him here and there. The photo above, today’s photo of the day, is the first ever shot of the four Fillmer boys, and also the four people who contributed and helped the very least in bringing baby Luke into the world today. It would be really cool to add the other two Fillmer boys (Larry and Les) to this photo some day, but one is in Germany right now and the other in Alabama.
I think I took about 1200 photos of the baby and all the various participants and visitors from today’s glorious event. There were many great shots of mom and baby but those will come later. Deborah and I were so happy today to be witness to the birth of our second grandson (and we were told our last), can’t wait to share a few more photos down the road so to speak. Next up is my sister who should deliver within a week or so, hopefully she will wait until we get back to Alabama so we can get the first photos of our newest niece.
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This week my Friday Feet post is a little different. We had the boys youth group out to have a campout, cookout, and whatever else they do at that age. Being Friday I used this opportunity to get a Friday Feet shot in with some of the guys before they ate. It was absolutely pitch dark but those are my feet in the middle and Rusty Hutson’s one foot stuck in the side, Heath to my right with socks on, and everyone else that stuck a foot in at the time.
The boys play this sort of cruel version of a game that no one over the age of 25 should play called catch the flag. I was given the “easy” task of guarding our teams flag (this is pitch dark night at 30* by the way) and when someone came by I was to “get” them. After several sprints, tackles, and sumersalts that this body hadn’t done in a while I was exhausted.
The food was great. They brought out some fraternity grill on a trailer and cooked all night until we were all full. Breakfast was a different story. I learned you need to cook a normal portion times 10 for these guys, but it was all great fun.
