Well, well...so we've been slacking a little lately. Its no big deal though, because nothing has really happened since our last post...except that our son Lucas 萧义博 Patrick Belnap was born. Just a minor detail really. Its not like having a baby changes anything. Life just goes on as it usually does, with just the addition of another person to enjoy it with. :)

NOT!!! PHSCY!!! Everything has changed! Messy diapers, baby wipes, breastfeeding, mastitis, car seats, Baby Bjorn, circumcision, swaddling, baby blues, messy diapers, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, doctors visits, messy diapers, rectal temperature readings, sleepless nights, parainfluenza, and we can't forget messy diapers! AAAAhhhhhhhhhhh........!

So there is a pretty good verbal rendition of how we felt most of the time during the first, say, three weeks or so after the little man made his grand entrance. Now, however, I think it is safe to say that we have made some simple adjustments (basically just giving up on the idea that we will ever have our own lives ever again...forever...until we retire...or die...maybe) and are enjoying our new lives as parental units.
We like to think that Lucas is pretty happy with us too. He has his own special way of showing affection to those he loves. Mostly Lucas says "I love you" through the unifying act of urinating all over yourself, himself, and anything else in close proximity (usually the couch, the diaper you were just about to change him into, the sheets on the bed and your pillow, etc). Other than the Lucas fountain of love, he is also good at smiling to those he loves. Actually, KT stated that she thinks Lucas is a child prodigy...at smiling. We agree. Being Chinese, Xiaoyu of course hopes he becomes a piano prodigy as well, but we'll take smiling for now. Some pictures or a video here should provide ample evidence to the above claim:

Other than that life is actually pretty normal. I'm still working to heal the world, and make it a better place, for you and for me and the, entire human race...and Xiaoyu is holding down the fort. We're still here in Salt Lake County, and will be here until September...upon when we will be back off to Nanjing, China to finish up my schooling. So for those of you that are here in the States, come see us! And for those of you out in China, see ya soon!