Gavin had his first doctor's appointment last week Friday. Grandma Shirley came with Gavin and me. This was just my second outing with the little man (I have yet to do it on my own), so it was so nice to have an extra pair of loving hands to help out. Everything went very well at the appointment. And the highlight was Gavin's weight--he gained back the weight that he lost while in the hospital. When he was born, he weighed 5 lbs 12 oz. At discharge, he weighed 5 lbs 7 oz. Then, Brad and I took him to the breast feeding support group at St. Mary's last week Monday, and he weighed 5 lbs 8 oz. So, I was excitedly surprised to see that by our appointment on Friday, he weighed in at 5 lb 12.5 oz--back to his birth weight in just 9 days! The goal was to be back to birth weight by two weeks. It's so reassuring to know that he is eating well!
This weekend, we celebrated Grandma Mary's birthday. Gavin bought Grandma a huge tub of Jelly Bellies, her favorite. Unlce Andy and Aunt Karen got to meet Gavin for the first time, in person. Andy was in Switzerland for work when he was born. So, Gavin did get to meet him and Aunt Karen via webcam a couple of days after being born. Now, he got to meet them in person.
Here are a couple of pics from the weekend. One explanation, without getting too political (that's not the purpose of this blog)...Uncle Andy bought Gavin an Obama bib on a recent trip to Washington DC. We all give Andy a hard time for voting for Obama--so, as a joke, he picked up this bib. And now we joke that little Gavin's generation will be responsible for paying off the $800+ billion stimulus (aka pork) package, so he may as well wear the bib. So, I do not mean to offend any of our blog followers who did vote for Obama. While I didn't vote for him, I support our country and hope that his efforts will improve our economy. Enough said.
Our little family
Grandma and Grandpa
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Uncle Tim
Aunt Karen
Uncle Andy
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