highlights

thursday: we finally get to bring gabe home. the morning brought a scare when he learned his bilirubin levels (jaundice) were pretty high so they might have us stay another night. but we waited it out, got another test done & they cleared us for departure.

friday: his first pediatrician appointment! while getting ready to go, amy casually remarked that there are probably a lot of people who are late for their first appointment. naively, we laughed it off. soon after, i had just gotten gabe buckled into his car seat when he spewed all over himself & the straps. i called the pediatrician to say we might be a bit behind.

we had prepared for this. we still had time.

we got him changed, the seat wiped up, all ready to go. as we got him buckled in again, like pavlov's dog he spewed all over again. apparently, this was a game of some sorts. score: gabe 1; mom & dad 0. however, we managed to even the score by making it out of the house, everyone wearing clean clothes and arriving a forgivable two minutes late. granted, the doctor is only a two minute drive, but that's neither here nor there as long as we got there.

saturday: we all slept in until almost 10! gabe is doing really well through the nights. other than waking up & eating every 3-4 hours, he found that mom & dad are pretty boring when they're sleeping.

today: gabe learned what fun a properly aimed stream can be. he showed his appreciation for his first bath by peeing & pooping at will. he then told grandma how great she was by peeing a good 18" onto her shirt, teaching her to cover the artillery when changing a little boy's diaper. and mommy, having failed to learn that same lesson, taught gabe that peeing on his face isn't as funny as it sounds (except to mom & dad). and then daddy, having learned the value of a well-placed washcloth, learned that such washcloths don't really matter given that gabe can pee right under it, soaking gabe's newly adorned pajamas.