Meet Gavin Michael Tribble
My son. He’s 24 weeks old (this image is from our Sept. sonogram). The Wife’s due Feb. 23 — just a few days shy of leap year. Sarah and I found out we were pregnant in June and then promptly did what we do so very well: got new jobs . . . in Cleveland. Now November, we’ve left our friends in California, relocated to Ohio, driven across country, changed jobs, bought an old house in a beautiful neighborhood, almost cheered the Indians to the World Series, met most of our neighbors on a great Halloween night and are now anticipating the first snowfall of the year this week. Yes, this week. And all of this in just our second trimester. Now we’re a little more than half way to being parents. Scary stuff. But invigorating. I can’t believe it, but I’m so very happy.
How exciting to see a picture! I can’t believe you already have a name picked out, that’s very on the ball!
We like being on the ball here. Gavin came naturally. Michael wasn’t very hard either. But hey, it’s still early.
[...] into more of a home than any our last few stops. I suppose the nesting involved in preparing for Gavin represents some of that feeling, but I have a suspicion Cleveland fits so well because it is so, [...]
WTF???? Why am I ALWAYS the last to hear EVERYTHING!
I couldn’t be happier for you two! Yay!
xoxox,
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[...] The Wife had a baby appointment yesterday and was instructed to begin counting the number of times Gavin kicks. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, you should note the [...]
I finally found your blog and got to see some pics. Hey! -Renae
[...] Since our Christmas cards will be a slight bit late this year, here’s a new photo of Gavin from The Wife’s latest ultrasound. You can really get a pretty good glimpse of his face (and [...]
He looks like me…?