A Few Firsts

Last week was a big week of firsts for our Little Man!  He had a few firsts that I just wanted to write down so that I could remember (and to share with all of our family & friends).  So here they are (in no particular order):

First Accident Involving Blood

Yes, I know.. it's sad to hear, but our baby boy has now spilled a little blood.  :(  But he is okay now!  Let me try to be brief in telling the story.  We were out to a church-wide lunch at a family's home north of town.  It was really a good time, and after everyone ate, we all stayed and talked for a few hours.  (As a side note, Hugh and I really enjoyed it!!)  To keep Enoch entertained at one point, I had given him a little 4 oz tupperware container with Cheerios in it.  (He loves to pick it up, shake it and throw it.)  Anyway, he was sitting in my lap at the dining table playing with it, being such a good boy.  [The scene seems quite picturesque, right??]  Well, he ended up throwing his head down and hitting his jaw on the tupperware container (which was on the table), forcing his bottom teeth through his top gums just a bit.  [I still get a little squeamish just typing it...]  Anyway, he took in a REALLY big breath/gasp before he started wailing (which I don't blame him for one bit, but Hugh and I always joke that the bigger the breath/gasp, the bigger the booboo).  So I turned him around to comfort him in my arms, and after a few seconds, I realized that this was a pretty big booboo because he wasn't calming down.  So I opened up his mouth to check, and sure enough, there was blood!!  Mommy and Daddy played ER in the kitchen for a few minutes though (meaning we wrapped a paper towel around an ice cube and let him suck on it), and then he was only a little pitiful (I think he gets that residual state of pitifulness from me).  :)  This morning when I checked, I could hardly tell that his gums were bleeding yesterday.  I'll attribute that to a baby's ability to heal quickly + a little breastmilk (which our midwife called liquid gold and claimed could heal almost anything).

First Time to Eat Cheerios by Himself

So, after Enoch calmed down from his first bleeding booboo, we sat back down at the table.  He was feeling a little restless though, so this time I gave him a few Cheerios to play with.  We've been letting him play with Cheerios for a few weeks now (since our recent trip to visit Great Grandma Mary), but the ability to get them from his hand into his mouth had evaded him thus far.  Well, I don't know if having his first accident matured him or what, but sure enough, he learned how to transfer Cheerios from his hand into his mouth yesterday afternoon too!  He ended up eating around 5 all by himself!!

(I realize as I type "all by himself" that this is the first of many things he will begin doing without parental help, which is a little sad from a sentimental point of view, but as Hugh always likes to point out, helping our children mature into responsible, God fearing adults is a higher/better calling than trying to keep them at a certain stage for the rest of their lives.  ;)

First Time to "Swim" in a Big Pool

Okay, so this didn't happen yesterday; it was technically this past Tuesday, but I still wanted to include it.  :) We went over to a play group on Tuesday with some other ladies that I had met at church the prior Sunday.  The pool was in the back yard of one of the grandparents, and it had a nice big shallow end (around 3') for the kiddos to play in.  Enoch wasn't thrilled at first, but as long as I held him he was okay.  By the end of our swim (which lasted about an hour) he was enjoying it and laughing some.  He did NOT like the floaty made for babies, but maybe next time he'll warm up to it.  And I'm also happy to report that he didn't poop in the pool.  What manners!  :)

First Time to Stand Solo (while holding onto the couch)

While Hugh was playing with Enoch this weekend, he taught him how to grab ahold of the couch while standing to keep his balance.  I think both boys really enjoyed playing like this!  I'm hoping to upload a video for the FFF post this week.