Trip to the Beach

Conan didn't have to work on Sunday because the stock market was closed on Labor Day, so we thought we'd take a little day trip. It seemed like a great day for the beach. Since you aren't supposed to put sunscreen on babies less than 6 months, we got a baby tent that was supposed to have UV protection and a sun proof hat for the little guy. After our hour long train ride and a diaper change in the grass outside of Burger King (I can't believe how few public places have changing stations!) we got to the beach. We walked onto the sand and set up the tent. After a brief inspection by the paranoid first time parents, we realized we didn't trust it to protect our baby at all. We got a quick picture of him on his first beach trip and then we left immediately. We were literally on the beach for less than 5 minutes. There was a couple who were expecting beside us and I think they got a good laugh (their time is coming :-) ). It wasn't a total loss- the train ride was pretty fun and now we know how to get there for next summer. I just wish we hadn't wasted money on that dumb tent.

Conan's brother, Dax started in his first Wyoming football game on Saturday. After much exploration of the bars in our neighborhood last week (I'm sure I was quite the sight with the little guy), I found a place that would play the game for us. We went to the Blind Pig and had a great time. Hopefully people understood why we had a baby in a bar after we told them all that Dax was the quarterback. We had the whole place cheering for him. They won 21-20, we were so excited! Christopher slept through most of it- I think we'll probably withhold the details of that little trip to him until he's much older : ). 

Little guy has gotten so much bigger in the past couple of weeks! I put an outfit on him that was huge when he was first born and the pants came up to his knees. All of the onsies I had been putting him in look like muscle shirts. On Monday we were walking back from the store and I peeked in the stroller and he was sleeping with his thumb in his mouth, it was so cute! And... last night he laughed for the first time! It was the best thing ever. I had him propped up on my legs and he started doing a big grin. I laughed and then he started making a cute little happy sound. When I laughed more he did it again- it took me a little while to realize that was his adorable laugh. Dad made him laugh a lot more when he got home. He's so entertaining now!