stepping out with my baby

 

our first week and a half in the perfect newborn bubble eventually

had to come to an end.  richard had to go back to work, and i

had to leave the house with marty by myself.  looking back now,

i'm not sure why i was so nervous about it - i think it's just that

everything is so new.  all of these experiences are brand new, and

i don't know what to expect, but i'm finding that it really isn't as

scary as i thought it would be.  our first mother-son outing was to

his 2-week check-up.

 

 

 

we really like our pediatrician, dr. cobb, a lot.  richard and i both went to

the newborn check-up, and he made us feel pretty good about pretty much

everything, so that was nice.  and at this check-up he confirmed our suspicions:

our little marty is an absolute stud.

 

 

a couple of weekends after marty was born, megan, scott, & their

little morgan clan came to visit and meet our new addition.  richard

had a blas jamming with scott and eli.

 

 

and i really enjoyed the time i had to visit with megan and

little mary.  megan showed us how to use our moby wrap, and

although i've only used it a few times, i'm loving it.

 

 

marty's disgusting umbilical cord finally fell off one day while i was

feeding him, and we noticed something...barrack obama's face!  richard

thinks it's just a face, but it looks very presidential to me.  look on the left

side, just under the little panhandle at the top and you can't miss the face.

 

 

after the cord was in the trash (which i now realize was a huge mistake...

don't people sell their chips/sandwiches/etc. with jesus's face on them for

buko bucks?!), we celebrated by giving our boy a proper bath. 

 

 

no more freezing it out while we try to quickly wipe him down on

the kitchen counter, thank goodness.  he seems much happier about

this new bathing situation, too, which makes us all happy campers. 

 

 

it's pretty crazy how much things have changed in just the 3 weeks

that we've had our little man.  some of his clothes are getting more snug,

and our favorite swaddling blankets are looking smaller as we wrap them

around him every day.  i've even gotten back into the habit of showering

and wearing make-up on a daily basis, so i guess we're all growing.