First Checkup: Big Boy

OK, break out your office-pool sheets: What number did you have for Gabe's weight at his pediatrician's checkup for his first week?

A little background: Gabe was born 7 pounds even and left the hospital two days later at 6 lbs, 15 ounces. Got a guess yet?

When put on the scale, our little fatty weighed in at a whopping 7 pounds 13 ounces, which means that either Margery's milk is laced with HGH or the kid converts food into tonnage like a pro.

(It might be noted that his father's metabolism is similar, if on the opposite end of the spectrum: While Gabe is packing it on to fuel his growth, Dan is packing it on while eating Cocoa Puffs and sitting on the couch.)