A bunny for Halloween

Gavin was a little bunny for Halloween. We visited Dan at work, we trick or treated a few neighbors, and we bought cinnamon pine cones. Our pumpkin never got carved because we ran out of time! Gavin rubbed off most of his whiskers and his bunny nose by the time we came home from our friends' party. Apparently he likes wearing make up as much as I do!

He's finally due!

As I approached our due date, I just couldn’t believe that Gavin is still supposed to be in there! He is just over 8 pounds now. His eyes are still a gorgeous oceany, almost navy blue. He goes from zero to sixty in about 15 seconds: he whimpers a little, and within the minute he screams like he's on fire! He's our little ticking time bomb.

For my birthday, he and I got a donut with a friend. She told a story and when I repeated the line “four pregnancy tests!!??” he smiled a very big, and very intentional smile. It wasn’t gas this time! And then he just kept smiling! I kept saying “four pregnancy tests!!??” and he just kept on smiling! It was the best gift ever. He looked right at me with that heart-melting smile. I can see why parents work so hard to see their kids smile like that. He has made my life much richer. I think he is absolutely amazing. We are so honored.

How can he be a month old?

This week, Dan went back to work so it was just Gavin and me. Feeding him, playing with him, and keeping him happy are very easy so far, but he is still so hard to give a bath to! What a slippery little bugger.

We took him to a photo shoot this week. Four quick weeks old. 7 little pounds, 3 tiny ounces. Gavin peed 3 or 4 times during the shoot - naked! What a leaky little faucet! And just when we thought we got the pee under control, he pood all over the photographer’s ottoman! So gross. So funny.

This week, Gavin stuck his tongue out at Dan and then smiled a smile so wide, I could see it from behind Gavin's head! His first! I would have given anything to see that smile. When Dan talks, Gavin has always paid close attention and he's very expressive. They are the perfect pair; Dan tells a good story and Gavin has great reactions. I hope they are always close. I will always recall how widely he opened his eyes at the hospital when Dan spoke. Dan was the only one who could hold his attention that first week! It's wonderful to see one of the loves of my life so in love with the other.

He has a smirky half smile (that Dan says came from me. What? I do that?); he has a dimpled cheeks (that looks just like mine); and the top of his cheek bumps into the bottom of his eye, making his eyes smile into little slits. Sometimes I think I'm looking into a time-machine-mirror.