Bye-bye Birdie... I mean baby

Cole started his first day at Apple Tree Daycare yesterday (tear drop splash).

After preparing 5 bottles, getting his diaper bag packed, gathering a month's worth of diapers and wipes, extra blankies, extra outfits, bibs, pacifiers, favorite toys, etc... we all scrunched into the car and headed downtown.

Darwin had a peculiar look on his face and we couldn't tell if it read "oh no, everyone is leaving me" or "praise jesus that screaming baby is going somewhere else for the day"!

Cole did well for his first day without mom and dad (although we did come check in on him once to make sure all was going well). When we picked him up after his first long day... the staff told us that his favorite activity was looking at himself in the mirror for long stretches of time.

Go figure!

Our new weekend activity

We're on a never-ending quest to find interesting, 'baby-friendly' things to do on the weekend...

A few weeks ago, we stumbled upon a drive-in movie theater about 45 minutes south of Iowa City... one of only three drive-ins left in the entire state! A lost piece of Americana, they are not only super fun... but they allow us see movies while taking Cole along with us! This particular drive-in is in the middle of a corn field (it is Iowa, after all) and when the stars come out it is actually quite beautiful. Cole loves going and usually falls asleep about half way through... letting us lay back, dive into some popcorn and soda, and finally enjoy the big screen once again.

The past two times we've gone it's been pretty toasty outside, though, still around 85 degrees at 9:00 at night (gotta love the summer). I joked with Mark about how much our lives have changed since Cole's arrived... gives a whole new meaning to "going to the drive-in on Friday night with a hot babe"!

Cole eats his first solid food!

Mark was a good sport and let me put this on regardless of his, ummm, 'outbust'...