scott fegette » devin

our lil’ rocker

Scott — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:03:21 +0000

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Originally uploaded by desfegette

Man, Devin’s growing quickly. This shirt has to be my favorite of his non-onesie wardrobe (thanks, Heidi!). He’s almost big enough for the Frank Zappa onesie Wendy got him (awesome), but for now this is about as rockin’ as he gets. The camo pants/hoodie round it out pretty well, too.

on civil liberties and big game

Scott — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:30:55 +0000

It’s been interesting to watch our freedom erode like sand through a funnel since having Devin- interesting as in lab rats, not interesting as in ha-ha. I think he’s playing us far more than we’re educating him- Des and I have had probably about 45 full minutes of elapsed ‘alone’ time since June 1st, and even those 45 were hard-won. Usually when Devin’s gettin’ his nap on, either Des or I am doing the same. We learned early that you have to snag sleep time whenever you can with a newborn… which, however, resulted in Des and I just taking opposing ‘shifts’ with the Munch. I sleep mostly through nights while she’s on regular bottle, burp and poop duty, in parallel she sleeps during the day when he’s napping, and more in the evening when I’m home from the office and can keep an eye on the tyke myself. We’re slowly getting back to parity with our lunar schedules now, though. With Devin sleeping much more through the night of late, Des has been sleeping more at nights and we’ve been spending a bit more time together during the evenings, which is nice. Evenings are usually the Munch’s cranky times, so he’s pretty much on edge from around 4pm to 8:30 or so cycling between being fast asleep for 45 minutes and balls-out screaming for the last 15 minutes of the hour, at which time he eventually falls off a metabolic ledge and fast into slumber until his ~11pm eat and poop appointment.

And the cycle goes on…

Now I’m not complaining, mind you – Devin’s well worth the effort – I’m just saying. You really can take your freedom for granted before having a kid. As wonderful and life-changing as it can be as new parents, we certainly have a healthy level of respect now for those areas of our lives we took for granted beforehand.

Parental pride is going to be difficult to maintain, cause Devin’s just such a damn cute kid. Now we’re not sure, but are reasonably certain he’s already said his first word as of 2 months, and it was a surprising one – “elk”. I had no idea he was so literate with his wildlife, but after a few days of surprised looks between ourselves, Des and I finally figured out what it is he’s saying. Every time he feeds – without exception, he just keeps saying his new word over and over (with his mouth full, no less)…

elk
elk
elk
elk
elk
elk

Now we’ve no idea where he’s seen an elk here within the San Francisco city limits- or even less how he was able to learn to speak it’s name, but clearly our boy’s a genius. Or a naturalist wunderkind of some sort.

Or something.

devin at one month

Scott — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:32:56 +0000

wide-eyed

Originally uploaded by sfegette

He’s so freakin’ cute now it’s almost painful. But of course I’m biased.

At this point we’ve got a rudimentary form of communication down in the form of some hand signs/body & face gestures (i.e. I’m hungry, I’m bored, I’ve got a major poop on deck, change my diaper now), but his main vocabulary is a rather adorable series of grunts and noises that get downright expressive. Much like his dad, he ‘talks’ in his sleep a lot, and it’s not uncommon to hear almost lyrical phrases and themes in what he’s grunting or singing out (I may post an MP3 of this at some point, cause it really is classic to hear). Can’t wait til’ we’re all speaking the same language!

devin’s first cartoon appearance (sorta)

Scott — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:21:26 +0000

I get mentioned or referred to online quite often due to my day job, and occasionally my wife gets sucked into the frenzy. But you can imagine my surprise when my son makes his first appearance in the online media, in utero, in comic form. Well, he’s not really making an appearance, but he does have a speaking role. (lol)

Check out the strip at Community MX

In case you don’t get the gag- ‘NDA’ stands for non-disclosure agreement, which means I often have to answer many public questions with a vague “no comment” due to security/intellectual property issues with my employer. Chris Flick (the brilliant cartoonist who pens this strip) loves to grill me for it, too…

mother and child

Scott — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:20:25 +0000

mother and child

Originally uploaded by sfegette

Desiree and Devin catch a quick nap on the sofa.

I then interrupt them with my flash.

Follow the saga here.

devin’s first breath

Scott — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:26:58 +0000

devin’s first breath

Originally uploaded by sfegette

Our little guy gets his first gulp of real hospital air after 38 grueling hours of labor(!!). 10 fingers, check. 10 toes, check. Healthy cry, abs-checko-lutely.

There’s more pictures here, too

howdy, devin.

Scott — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:25:15 +0000

howdy, devin.

Originally uploaded by sfegette

Devin Benjamin Fegette was born at 10:11pm on June 1st, at 8 pounds/7 ounces. Although you can’t see it here, he’s got his Grandpa Pete’s red hair, too. There’s a lot more pictures here, too.