LUCAS

LUCAS IS MY THREE YEAR OLD NEPHEW. WE CALL HIM 'JEEVAN' WHICH MEANS 'LIFE'. THAT FITS HIM VERY WELL BECAUSE HE IS DEFINITELY FULL OF LIFE. JEEVAN IS MY SISTER MARTHA'S GRANDSON. THE SON OF HER SON, DAVID, AND HIS WIFE, SUSAN. THEY TELL ME THAT HE'S A CLIMBER AND HAS BEEN SINCE HE FIRST STARTED WALKING. THEY HAVE TO WATCH HIM CLOSELY BECAUSE HE WANTS TO CLIMB ON CHAIRS, TABLES, THE KITCHEN COUNTER, AND YOU NAME IT. ANYTHING THAT CATCHES HIS FANCY.
JEEVAN SPEAKS SIGN LANGUAGE PRETTY GOOD. HIS GRANDMA HAD HEARD THAT BABIES LEARN TO SIGH PRETTY EASILY, SO FROM THE TIME HE WAS VERY SMALL SHE WOULD SIGN WORDS TO HIM WHILE SHE ALSO SPOKE THE WORD VOCALLY.
HE LOVES THE COMPUTER. IN FACT, I UNDERSTAND THAT HE HAS HIS OWN HOMEPAGE WITH LINKS TO INTERESTING SITES FOR 3 YEAR OLDS. HE KNOWS HOW TO GO TO THE SITE HIMSELF. HIS DADDY TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER DAY HE AND JEEVAN WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ON THE COMPUTER AND JEEVAN SAID, 'PAPA, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD GOOGLE IT?' WHAT A KID. I LOVE HIM DEARLY. I DON'T GET TO SEE HIM AS OFTEN AS I WOULD LIKE TO, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HIM THIS SUMMER AT OUR FAMILY REUNION.
I LOVE YOU, JEEVAN. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! I'M GLAD YOU'RE SO SMART. JUST LIKE YOUR AUNT JUDY!

AUNT JUDY OR JUDITH