First firsts

One interesting thing about being new parent is that some pretty average activities become more exciting when you factor in that they are among your child’s first experiences.

For instance, our first non-medical outing as a complete family happened on Monday night… we went to Babies R’ Us, the mall and to a sit-down restaurant. Ian slept and/or quietly looked around through the whole thing.

Ian’s first holiday (aside from his birthday) was Valentine’s Day.

Here’s Ian’s first sit-in-a-puddle-of-water-style bath. We’ve pushed a washcloth around on him a bit in the past, but this seems a bit more official somehow.

Ian is also officially a person according to the US Government… he received his social security number on Wednesday.

Finally, just the other day the little stub of gauze finally fell off of Ian’s belly button.