This is one of those entries that may not be too interesting to readers but I want to include as a chronology of Gavin's development. So, if you came for something cute or funny, feel free to skip to the next blog entry with the stinky video! It's the best... the BEST!

With that great intro, here's the scoop. Gavin celebrated his five month birthday by going to the pediatrician again today to have his umbilical granuloma checked. At the past two regularly-scheduled wellness exams, the doctor applied silver nitrate to help it dry up. This has been absorbed since the last check-up three weeks ago, so Jeff took the Gavster again to have more applied. If the granuloma doesn't go away on its own, minor surgery may be required.

If you haven't Googled "umbilical granuloma" by now, you may be wondering what it is. Gavin has a little ball of red skin (sorry if this is sounding gross) in his belly button. It's what caused his umbilical cord stump to hang on for so long when he was a newborn. I've read that 1 in 500 babies have it, there are no causes or ways to prevent it, and it's painless. I'm sure you never even noticed it in any of the naked baby pictures posted here because it's so small (a little bigger than a peppercorn) and nestles quietly inside his innie belly button.

Gavin was weighed again and is still growing fast - 19 pounds! That's about a pound and a half in the past three weeks!