Our weekend of "Firsts"

We had a fun weekend here. And quite the weekend of "firsts". The weekend was too short as always, and Monday morning came faster than a speeding train... but I guess it makes you appreciate the good times that create life memories. (But for those of us that can't remember crap, like me, that's why I blog; so I can have it recorded somewhere!)

Our weekend consisted of the following "Firsts"

First Diaper Rash
Yup. It happened. I have always heard your baby will get this at least once. Let's hope this is the "one" time. Her little butt started getting red on Friday and got worse by Saturday - we were very diligent about changing her and keeping her dry and using desitin, etc.... We put her in the bath 2x this weekend so it would stay clean and let her air-dry (until she peed all over the changing pad! haha!) It just had to work it's course. Poor lil' baby butt. It looked so sore. It didn't seem to bother her luckily. Julianna is incredibly tolerant.  We change her diaper quite often, even before she needs it sometimes, so I know it was not from sitting in wet diapers (our daycare provider is also very assiduous about changing too). I read that diaper rash can be caused when babies start eating a lot of solids, and sure enough she is. Today it looks much better... Let's hope it's gone soon. Sorry, but I did not take a picture for your viewing pleasure LOL.

First time in the shopping cart like a big girl
Yes, we put Julianna in the shopping cart at the food store for her first time like a big girl. She has been on many shopping excursions, but not without being in her car seat. Well, it was time to graduate to 'sitting up in the cart' this weekend. She took it all in stride. Julianna loved it- she was squealing up a storm and loved looking at the people from this angle. And of course everyone was smiling at her because she was giving them her big toothless grin!

First time in the wooden highchair at the restaurant
This was Julianna's first time sitting like a big girl in the highchair in the restaurant on Friday night. It was awesome. Germ-phobe Mommy made sure to put Julianna's Floppy seat on before she could get one finger on the dirty highchair (YUCK!!). Daddy also wiped down the table with anti-bacterial wipes. OK laugh it up, but I know you all do the same thing! We fed her oatmeal & Sweet Potatoes for dinner while we dined on Calamari, Chicken Saltimbocca and Grilled Chicken with Penne & Vodka sauce. I thought she would be distracted but she ate like a pro. She was also hamming it up with the group at the table behind us of course. *Sigh*

"I want to order from the menu too Daddy!"

First time Julianna wore her Furry Snow-Suit
Julianna has a cute snow-suit that Grandma bought her and this was her first opportunity to wear it since she wasn't all tucked into her car seat now. It is so soft & fuzzy. I want one for me.

First Time chomping on a hard roll (and bagel)
When we were at the restaurant, Brian and I gave Julianna a roll to chomp on. And in Shoprite, we gave her a chunk of a bagel to gum. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am super-cautious about what 'human' foods we give her. I am just not into giving my kid everything at the young age of 8 months when her bitty-little digestive system is still developing. So for me to OK a bagel or roll is just astounding. LOL. She was only gumming it anyway ... I doubt anything even made it down the trap. It kept her busy and she liked it. We will be doing that again.

Some other pics from this weekend

Bath time fun - making razzzberries at
Mommmy.Nice way to treat the one that
washes the filth from your body! 

Snug as a bug in her warm towel  

Going... going... 

Gone.  

Julianna was exhausted from her first day of

shopping like a big girl!

A few inches of pretty snow this weekend