Milestones

Last week was wonderful. I began last weekend with a move of the CollabNet office to the fabulous Monadnock Building. Then, our family spent the beginning of the week in the St. Louis area, where we were able to relax and enjoy the company of Amy's extended family. Amy's three paternal aunts even watched Gavin for us so we could have an evening to celebrate six years of marriage (dealing with runaway mushrooms and sleeping parking garage attendants, even). Gavin was wonderful on the trip, and when we returned home, he continued to impress us with newfound skills—starting to stand unsupported, giving kisses, and trying out new vocal terrain. And as if that wasn't exciting enough, Amy added another year to the count of her age!

Finally (x2)

Two long-awaited and exciting things have finally occured:

1. Gavin has begun to crawl. We suspect he's been practicing in his crib in the wee hours of the night, but he recently he decided it was time to demo his new-found skills. Our house now sports a stylish new baby gate.
2. My co-authors and I have handed Version Control with Subversion off to our editor, in whose hands the rough stone will become a work of art.

Subversion 1.0 ships

Subversion—the software on which Mike spends 30% of his time working—officially released its 1.0 version yesterday. The announcement was actually leaked a day early to Slashdot (News for Nerds), so in the past couple of days, Subversion's web servers have been hammered with visits by folks interested in the product. In fact, there were over 118000 visits to the web server which houses Version Control with Subversion, the book I'm co-writing!

Holiday wrap-up

Well, the holidays have come and gone. The season officially ended as we strolled out of Cafe Le Coq this evening with my co-workers and their families. What a great way to return to Chicagoland! Earlier this week, we returned from a three-week vacation to North Carolina, complete with snow-hindered driving through Tennessee, much-needed time spent with our families, and of course, Gavin's first Christmas. And so we begin a new year. I wonder what it holds…