His Firsts

As first time parents, we are proud witnesses of Elliott's firsts-cheering him on and documenting the occasions. He has two enthusiastic cheerleaders for every roll, bite, and sleepful night. Every new first is met with the same amount (or more!) of awe, wonder, and excitement. It never gets old watching our little one get older. 

Already this month we welcomed a first tooth, first swim class, first Father's Day, and first camping trip. Mama was there -usually behind the camera- for each event having the time of my life. 

Since I always thought my drooly, ear tugging babe has been teething, his first tooth showed up one day without us even noticing. I don't think the rest will be that sneaky and silent. So, here's to praying for some patience while the rest break through. I think Elliott will be quite adorable with a toothy grin!

elliott's bottom tooth

Swim class was something I thought important to introduce to Elliott as young as possible. Luckily, he has loved the water since day one. Most of our activities ended for summer break, so I signed up for swim to give us something to do together to fill up our early summer days. Class was early, like had-to-wake-up-my-baby early, something that doesn't always make for the happiest, easy going days. But Elliott is a water baby. As soon as we got there, he kicked all around. And as soon as we left, someone took a couple 3 hour naps to fill the rest of our day! He learned to blow bubbles, go under water, "jump" off the side of the pool, and back float. Thankfully, we have a beautiful pool in our complex to keep practicing the rest of the summer.

Zack's first Father's Day was a success. He got a gift a day early--something to wear for family photos we took on Saturday. Then, Sunday we went to Tent Rocks and did a couple short little hikes and had a picnic. It is beautiful there! We spent a good portion of our hikes talking about how much we love Albuquerque and have immensely enjoyed our time here. Our time is almost up, so we hope to have more time here in the future. Elliott and Daddy got Lego sets to play together on Father's Day. Someone just chomped on his with his new tooth, and someone else built a helicopter. 

zack flew through this canyon earlier in the week!

We took our first family camping trip in the Jemez Mountains this week. I agreed to a one-night-with-a-baby-trial-run. We learned a lot to be more successful for a longer trip next time. Elliott loved camping so long as we let him play in the dirt by himself. Luckily he wasn't interested in eating it, but he did like to sit by himself in a pile of dirt, pine needles, sticks, moss, and rocks. We took a hike and enjoyed scouting the area out. I think this is the first of many camping trips for some quality father-son time.

helping set up camp

hey, i like the tent

checking out the view

Loving family time and all of my babe's firsts!