A busy week

This past week was my first week back at work, as well as CJ's first week in daycare. I thought I was well prepared, but little did I know how sad I would react on his first day! As I took him out of his car seat and handed him to Natalie, the babysitter, I started crying! It finally hit me that I would now have to leave him for hours for someone else to care for him. Need less to say, I pretty much thought of him all day at work, and made a couple calls to check on him.

CJ also experienced a few milestones this week at the babysitter's. First, he was rolling over during tummy time from tummy to back, and secondly he was batting at toys dangling above him, which he wasn't really doing when he was with me. Thirdly, when Jeff was making faces and noises at him, he laughed, meaning he did a little chuckle! It was sooo cute. And lastly, since CJ is now four months old, we were given the okay to start on solids so I decided to start yesterday with rice cereal. He didn't seem to enjoy it much...he made a sour face each time I put it in his mouth. Oh well, we're gonna keep trying. What a busy week!

More milestones

Jeff and I went to LA this past weekend so that my parents could see CJ for the last time before I went back to work. After changing CJ's diaper on their guest bed, CJ must have decided it was time to go because he rolled over. And not just once...he rolled again, from his back to his front! I think Jeff might have helped "encourage" this though, because Jeff's weight created a hole in the bed, so gravity helped CJ with the rolls. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get any of this on video or pictures. But we did take these pics of CJ starting to sit on his own and holding his head up 90 degrees from his body when placed on his tummy. As you can see, sitting doesn't last long and CJ falls flat on his face! I don't think it will be much longer!

First A's Game - Opening Day

Jeff was soo ecstatic to take CJ to the Oakland Athletic's first home game, known as opening day. He wanted to go meet up with his left field bleacher friends and coworkers at their tailgate parties and stay for the entire game. That would be a 6 hour day for CJ, which I thought was way too long for a baby to be out not to mention it would cut right into CJ's bedtime, but Jeff was reluctant to change his itinerary as he really wanted to go have fun at his old stomping grounds and also introduce his new little rookie. He eventually decided we can cut the trip short by going early and leaving early, so we dressed CJ up in his little blue A's beenie and baseball outfit and headed out there around 5, two hours before the game started.

At the tailgate parties, CJ was doing very well. I had him in the front carrier looking out, and he seemed interested everywhere we went. There were lots of tailgate parties going on, particularly because there was a mix of A's and Red Sox fans. It seemed like the trip would go smooth.

However, once we got to our seats in the left field bleachers, the noise and amount of people and activity going on must have overwhelmed him because he started crying hysterically, and nothing we did calmed him down. If you've ever sat in the bleachers, you'd know that the rowdiest fans are seated there, so there is a lot of yelling, drums, cowbells, etc. It was so nerve wracking for me, I didn't pay attention to the game the entire time, even when I wasn't holding him. After almost two hours of crying, Jeff decided it was time to go. Luckily we got a family pic before we left to (unfortunately) remember the traumatic day for CJ! I think we'll have to wait a couple more months for CJ's next game...hopefully next time it won't be so traumatic for him!