Discovering the Outside World

After his two month check-up and receiving his first round of shots (well, in addition to the Hep B shots previously received), we decided to take Benjamin out in public a little. Grandpa and Grandma Lucken joined us in our activities, as they came down to visit for the weekend.

We took him to Sears to have his first professional pictures taken for his two month. He did so well! We changed him into four different outfits (and brought many other clothes as back-up), so it is funny that my favorite shots were of him wearing nothing! Of course, it occurred to me then that we really see how little and sweet he is when we are not covering him up.

This weekend was the first time we took Benjamin to a grocery store. We got a membership to Sam's Club a couple of weeks ago (we don't have Costco), mostly for the diapers and wet wipes, and we went to get a few items to grill over the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Lucken.

Here is Benjamin in the midst of all the food we got. He seemed to enjoy the new environment and his Daddy and Grandpa really enjoyed the free samples they were giving out!

The following day, we all went to a mega consignment sale that occurs here twice a year called One Week Boutique. The night we went was for first-time moms and teachers. They sell lots and lots of baby and kids items. We found a few toys and some clothes for great prices. In the picture, you can see that we are at the front of the line to enter the warehouse. What you don't see is the line wrapping around the parking lot behind us. Benjamin got a lot of attention from all the other moms there and there were A LOT of first-time moms there (i.e. pregnant or carrying little ones). We even met someone whose baby was born on the same day as Benjamin! My Dad remarked that he had never in his life seen so many pregnant women in one place.

Here we have Benjamin in some of the new items we bought for him over the weekend. We got the vest at Baby Gap, but the undershirt and khaki pants were from the consignment sale. My goal at the sale was to find clothing to make what I called 'mini-Steve outfits'. I got a lot of button-up shirts, corduroy/khaki pants, and adorable sweaters.

On Sunday we just relaxed, as Benjamin had a very busy couple of days! Here are my parents with Benjamin.

And here is a new picture of our family.