The world according to Gabe

Here are some recent Gabe highlights:

Gabe is very conscious of the summer heat. He says "AC on" within minutes of waking up or entering our warm house or car. I am thrilled... Natascha not so much.

Gabe is suddenly into stuffed animals. He mostly ignored them for the first 22 months of his life, with the exception of his Elmo, which has more to do with his Elmo obsession than being a stuffed animal. Recently, however, Gabe has started to like to go down for a nap or bed with his stuffed animals all lined up next to him going to "bed" as well.

Gabe went wild the other day when they did a "18" segment on Sesame street. Each episode includes a special video highlight of a number, and 18 struck a note with Gabe. He runs around the house screaming "18" with glee, watching the kids dance and play and make 18's on the TV. Gabe will ask to see it over and over. "More 18!".

We had a run in with the Police...

and they rocked! Natascha and I saw the Police perform at Madison Square Garden last night. The played all the old hits, and jammed for about 2 hours. It was surreal to see them playing songs that I remember from 20 years ago. Apparently, tickets on the floor were being offered for $11,000 on Stubhub .