Gator madness

In honor of the Gators playing in the NCAA Tournament today, here are a few photos of Gavin (& Jacob) in Gators attire. Yes, it's the same outfit he wore the day of Florida's football bowl win.

He did fall asleep during the game... :)

St Patrick's Day

a Gavin gesture

There's a certain rude gesture Gavin makes frequently, and we were beginning to think we'd never catch it in a photo. But at a moment when we weren't even trying...

Pi Day

I don't exactly have a math background, but I'm not a person who passes up an opportunity to make a pie. So today we celebrated Pi Day--get it, March 14th--3.14?

We made a chocolate chess pie. It was pretty yummy. :)

We didn't have graham crackers, so we made a Nice biscuit crust (above). [Nice biscuits are little British cookies with a very faint hint of coconut, and I'm obsessed with them.]

Le semi-marathon de Paris

We went to Paris over the weekend, but it wasn't the typical tourist trip. Jacob ran the Paris half-marathon!! (I'm super-proud of him!) Above are the before and after photos. The race started and ended at the Chateau de Vincennes (see photo below), and Jacob was able to see lots of Paris from the race. Also participating in the race were Jacob's boss Irena and his coworker Marcia (both of whom we've traveled with before--both on this trip, and Irena also on this one).Then after the race we did do touristy stuff. We visited the Centre Pompidou, Paris's big modern art museum. It was really amazing, and the views of the city from the museum were part of the cool experience.We made more than one trip over to the crepe district, and we ate some incredible pastries and breads. One item in particular is now in the top 2 most amazing things I've ever eaten (see this post for the other). The macaron framboise was so delicious we went back for a second one we ate on the train on the way home Monday night (left). It reminded me of something we ate in 2009 at Buckingham Palace with my grandparents (photo on this post). But this one was...well, possibly the best thing I've ever eaten! [And hopefully you're familiar with macarons, not to be confused with macaroons. See this article if you're not sure you know macarons--you poor thing!]
Gavin was such a trooper the whole time. Don't be fooled by Jacob's shorts and short sleeves at the race--it was COLD. And Gavin wasn't fond of his warm attire. He also wasn't fond of stopping, whether to ride the metro or place an order at the boulangerie--he wanted to be going nonstop. But he did such a great job and was so alert and interested in looking at everything --when he wasn't sleeping.

A rollover on the A11

Gavin has rolled over! This video is about the 4th or 5th roll. Obviously I didnt get the first few on video because I wasn't expecting it.

I've read that most babies first roll from their front to their back, but Gavin's rolls are back-to-front. It's funny because he hates tummy time (as most babies apparently do), yet he won't stop rolling to his tummy. He just did it for the first time today, and he's already rolled about 10 times. This afternoon I put him on his play mat while I left the room briefly, and I returned to find this:

I really wish I could have seen this one--how high his leg would need to get in order to end up straddling the pole. So cute. :)

Ok, one more photo since you can't quite see what he's wearing in the above, and he looks so cute in his England jersey.

more grandparents, etc

Last Friday we visited Denver Windmill with my parents; then Saturday we all went to London. It was Gavin's first trip to London, and he slept most of the day. But we all had a great time. Here are a few photos from the last few days we had with grandparents. They're all gone now... :( My Dad said it was hard to leave today because of the "GAVitational pull"--cute.
(PS-Gavin's 3 months old today!)