Today was Nicholas’ first real adventure out of the house. Julia had an appointment with her OB/GYN consultant and we planned a raid on the local Babies ‘R Us.
In today’s lesson, we discovered that proper packing for an outing is essential. Whilst we had all of the really critical things such as diapers and a bottle of Mom’s finest, we did forget the bragging book, a second set of clothes, and a pacifier for the little guy. As it turned out, none of those items were truly required for the outing (and when it came time to change the diaper, Estrogen Central (aka “The Mother Ship” or Babies ‘R Us to those uninitiatiated to the temple of all baby things!) had a special room for that very purpose well-stocked with newborn diapers). Two thumbs up! (BTW, I’m just goofing on you ladies…there are cool things for guys to see there, particularly if they’re the ones that get to go round with the scanner gun to shoot a baby registry and the toy section is pretty neat! 🙂
We got a couple of lovely shots of Dr Smith with Nicholas (Dr Smith was the catcher on duty that fateful morning and he had his hands full servicing all of the babies being born round noon!). Try to imagine this for a moment…there was at least one and possibly two babies on his docket at the same time Julia was doing the pushing thing. He was going from room to room and typically shows up about five minutes before the head crowns. Talk about good timing, folks! When it was Julia’s turn, he was right there to do that doctor thing. I’m glad we got pictures of him…he’s a really neat chap (and quite the busy one at that!).
I think at some point I’ll put some of Babies R’ Us stock in the old portfolio…I’m quite certain their bounce in sales this quarter is due in large part to our offerings at temple!
Anywho, that’s an awfully full day for a little one and predictably, he sacked out a little more than usual last night which was very welcome!
