3 Months Old!

This is what my mom promised would be the "magic time," and I'd have to say we agree. Gavin smiles a ton, thinks his reflection in the mirror is the most hilarious thing ever and seems to know who we are more and more each day. He "talks" a lot, much more than he cries. He is super strong and we have a feeling that once he starts moving around, we're in trouble!

Shameless Plug!

Our friends Otto and Hathaway are open for business!

We're hoping to check out the new place ASAP and toss back a pint of "Hatha-weis"

For more info: http://www.aleasylum.com

Grey Matter

How much do I love Grey's Anatomy? So much so that I gasped and yelled at the TV during part one of the season finale last night. I think it sounded something like this: "Oh my god, it's Burke!" Don thought someone we knew had actually been harmed. When my favorite show takes the summer off I am going to have to find some other way to let my brain escape for an hour each Sunday night. There's always reading, or yard work or gourmet cooking, but none of them involve the high drama and eye candy this program provides. I found this great blog http://www.greyswriters.com/ that my fellow Grey's fans should check out.

And They're Off!

Thanks to many friends who came over yesterday to watch the Kentucky Derby with us. 40 brats were consumed along with mint juleps (Thanks Troy!) and Kentucky Derby Day Pie (think gooey chocolate chip cookie in a pie crust). Four party-goers split the $24 in winnings for correctly guessing Barbaro would win the race.

I want to be on the blog!

So here I am with its true star! I was reminded at dinner with friends the other night that I need to make sure I end up in some of the baby pictures so Gavin knows I was there : )

Double Vision

When we took Gavin to the doctor this week, she took one look at father and son together and said to Don, "Well, your genes just plowed right on through didn't they?" Looks like his red hair and blue eyes might be here to stay!

Motherhood --- tales from the front

Gavin had his 2 month doctor appointment yesterday -- weighing in at 15 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 24.3 inches.
He also got his first round of vaccinations. Don held his hands, one nurse held his legs and the other administered the shots. What did I do? I stood back and averted my eyes and cried. It was a striking moment in which I was hit by the fact that I am his mother and there was nothing I could do but listen to him cry in pain. I can only imagine how much harder parenthood is going to get, but also how much more love we're going to feel for him with each passing week.

Gordy strikes again!

Jenny's dad was kind enough to make us a new bench and coat rack for our house -- a plan cooked up by Jenny in her ongoing and usually unsuccessful campaign to de-clutter. Still, the bench looks awesome and it's nice to have coats hanging somewhere other than the dining room chairs for a change.
Too bad we didn't think of the idea earlier ... it would have made it a whole lot easier to put on shoes while 9 months pregnant!

Gavin... a man of many moods

Happy Easter!!!

We celebrated the holiday by eating ham and tons of other food at Jenny's parents' house (recently damaged by the tennis-ball sized hail that hit Madison). As you can see, Gavin was so excited about the event he decided to sleep right on through it.

Update on the G-Man

This is what 6 weeks old looks like...

Gavin and his Goldendoodle

Many people have asked how Keely is dealing with the arrival of Gavin in our household. As you can see here, she is doing just fine and enjoys hanging out with our boy!

Triviatown

We hit the Wisconsin Film Festival on Saturday to see a screening of the documentary "Triviatown," which featured our own team, The Cakers, from a couple years back when we placed 6th. Several team members made the trip from out of town for the event and everyone gave the movie "thumbs up." In short, our team was juxtaposed against other teams that take the event way too seriously. We were shown for who we are: fun-loving trivia nerds that get together every year to eat, drink, be merry and answer some questions. Trivia is this weekend and we won't be playing heavily, but will be stopping by Saturday to introduce Gavin to everyone.

One month old!

Is the smile for mommy or because of gas? Doesn't matter!

Time is flying between blog postings! Gavin is doing great and growing at a fast clip -- he's already too tall for many of his 0-3 month size clothing. Now if only all that getting big and strong would tire him out enough to sleep more than 3-4 hours at a time : )

First play date...

Gavin hung out with 7-month old Claire this week and the two of them had a good old time -- though there was not much interaction on Gavin's part, to be honest, we're looking forward to these two pals seeing each other again soon!

So who does he look like?

Gavin is now in his third week and we are getting some sleep, believe it or not, but it's in small increments of 1 to 4 hours. We'll spare you any photos of his parents with bags under their eyes!!!

One week old!

We are getting the hang of being new parents -- including dealing with lack of sleep combined with the sheer excitement and happiness we feel right now about having Gavin in our lives. Thanks to everyone for your calls, e-mails, cards and flowers welcoming him home this week!

GAVIN!

Gavin Price Smith
Born Feb. 26 at 1:14 a.m.
8 pounds, 13 ounces -- 21 inches long
Enjoys eating, sleeping and occasional staring contests
See more photos at: http://www.stmarysmadison.com/internet/home
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Still cooking...

Many of you have called and written to find out if the baby has arrived... The answer to that is still no as the Feb. 16 due date has come and gone. Though it's hard to wait, we're trying to be patient and figure Baby Smith will come out when it's "done." Thanks for all of your thoughts and we hope to be in touch soon with some news!

Go Casey Go!

We'll be glued to the TV this week for the Winter Olympics to cheer on U.S. Speedskater and Jenny's fellow Verona native Casey FitzRandolph. Casey won gold in Salt Lake City and will compete both Monday, February 13th and Saturday, February 18th in the 500 M and 1000 M. He and Jenny grew up in the same neighborhood and we wish him the best of luck because he is not only a champion, he's a nice guy!