my first...

it's been a week of firsts for mason and because i never bought an official "baby book," it is imperative that we capture them here!

• my first grocery shopping experience. it's no secret that brad and i both (equally) hate to grocery shop. before mason was born we spent a significant portion of our budget on eating out. now that dining out with a 6-month old leaves much to be desired, we've been cooking more. until this weekend though, we managed to ro-sham-bo our way into deciding who the unlucky shopper would be. apparently brad was tired of losing, so we made it a family outing this time. outside of one minor meltdown when we ran into a friend of brad's (and i guess we stood still too long), it was a total success.

"outside of a little squash on my bib, i escaped unscathed"

• my first big boy bath. now that mason is a proficient sitter, brad upgraded him to the big bathtub (ok, so it's only happened once so far, but mason really liked it!) he splashed and played and even got clean in the process. bathtime is by far one of mason's favorite times of day.

"daddy, you're fun, but where are my bath toys?"

• my first (and only) six month check-up. mason and i were solo for the six month check-up and mommy has vowed to never do that again. the weigh-in went well and mason is 28 inches tall (92nd percentile) and 17.5 pounds (55th percentile)! the shots (only 3!) also went off without a hitch. and then other stuff came up. mason managed to spit up on me no less than 5 times (twice on the left leg, once on the right leg, once on the shoulder, and once all down my arm) and for good measure, spit up once more, splattering the ground. after six months, we're used to the occasional spit-up. this however, was extreme. he spit up so many times, in fact, that i called the doctor back in our room to have mason examined again. the diagnosis? it must not be your lucky day. how medical. it should have clued me in though, that more digestive issues were a' brewing...
  


• my first tummy-ache-that-made-me-scream-all-night. yes friends, this was one that we could have gone without. it was so painful (for all of us) sunday night as mason just couldn't get his tummy to settle down. after events that would lead you to believe that there couldn't possibly be anything left in his stomach, the crying continued. mommy and daddy took shifts holding him and letting him sleep on our chests all night long. needless to say we were at the doctor's office when the doors opened monday morning where, of course, mason smiled and cooed at the doctor as if nothing was wrong. awesome.

• my first time to sit and play in the grass. with all the beautiful spring weather this week, we couldn't resist taking mason out in the backyard for some (free) entertainment. he laughed, played with his "toss the taggies" ball, pet cassie, and rolled around on the blanket until dinnertime. in exciting, post-daylight-savings-time fashion, we were back inside before the street lights came on...

"i'm having a ball out here - can't you tell?!"

i'm not sure how we could top this week of firsts, but we are definitely looking forward to the weekend so we can spend some more quality time with our rapidly growing and changing boy!