There's a first time for everything

It's been a busy few weeks for us in Virginia. Beach has been working, but that hasn't stopped us from taking a trip up to Washington DC, seeing the sites of Colonial Williamsburg, going fishing, hitting the beach, and even hosting both of Finn's grandmas for 4 days. It's been fun but I, for one, am exhausted and am looking forward to returning to normalcy (?) in Cincinnati the week after next.

For Finn, Williamsburg has been the site of many firsts. No wonder he's been easy to get sleep at 8:30 every night. He's been practically begging us to put him to bed.

First solid food
Finn started with rice cereal and soon demanded some variety, so we added oatmeal to the menu. He's doing great with eating from a spoon; he gobbles up two bowls a day and is showing a definite preference for the oatmeal. This is no big surprise considering my love of oats in all forms.

Note: Along with the first solid food came an added bonus - first incredibly stinky diaper. Now I know why odor-blocking diaper pails really are necessary (the hotel housekeeping staff must love us).

First baseball game
For those of you who know of Beach's love of the Reds, you'll be surprised to hear that Finn's first MLB game was the Washington Nationals vs. the Cleveland Indians. Beach's cousin Chuck lives in DC and has season tickets. Anyway, if the Reds are the worst team in baseball, it only made sense to to see the second worse team in baseball so we're better prepared for the disappointment of what I'm sure will be many more Reds losses that we'll see this season. We do know that Finn is not a Cleveland fan, as he screamed through most of their comeback to win the game.

First swim
Even though the smallest size swim diapers are still too big for him, we've taken Finn for a couple of dips in the hotel pool. He seemed to enjoy it, if with the slightest hint of apprehension. That's OK with me - a little bit of fear is healthy, especially of large amounts of water.

First trip to the beach
We took Finn to Virginia Beach last week when the grandmas were visiting. It was very hot and windy that day and there was a lot of sand blowing around, which was not ideal. However, he seemed to be doing OK until we brought him to the edge of the water. When a big wave crashed and splashed him, Finn decided he was definitely not interested in continuing the fun. But then he fell asleep under a tent of towels held up by human tent stakes (his grandmas aka handmaidens), and everything was OK. Beach and I later took Finn to another beach on a cooler day and he enjoyed putting his toes in the sand and eating seashells.

First time rolling over back to front
Finn's been rolling from front to back for a couple of months now, but today for the first time he decided he wanted to have some tummy time and flipped right over. Actually, I'm pretty sure he had no idea that what he did would result in him being on his stomach, but he was clearly proud of himself for his big accomplishment. So are we!

It's been a few weeks and we've been saving up the photos. Check them out here.