This past weekend saw several firsts for Quincy. First off though, we had a great visit from our friends Frank, Steph & Mary Parnin. We had several outings around the area and had a nice fire in the backyard Saturday night. Quincy made sure to smile nice and big for them while they were here.
On to the firsts…..Quincy made his first trip to Sprague’s Maple Farm out in Portville. He behaved very well and we got to sit at the table that is right next to the bear family table. Dara and I are slowly mastering the one-handed eating techniques while holding a baby. He wanted to be held and take in the sights, rather than just lie in his carrier – I can’t blame him. 🙂
Also over the weekend we experienced Quincy’s first little laugh. One morning he was in such a good mood and smiling really big that I started doing stuff to him in the pack ‘n play to make his smile more and more. Oddly, the thing that got him to laugh for me was when I pretended that my hand was a face-hugger from the movie Alien. I slowly walked my fingers up his body and then lightly grabbed his head – enveloping it in my hand. This was all accompianied by sound effects, mind you. When I would remove my hand, he would smile very big and then one time he let out a laugh. I was able to replicate this a few times just to make sure that it wasn’t a fluke.
And the last first from this past weekend was the inaugural launch of Quincy in his stroller. We took our company to the local park for some fresh air for their toddler, and we took the stroller for Quincy to use. The only other time we tried it was here at the house and he screamed – of course that was a while ago. He really enjoyed his time being pushed around the park and taking in the sights and sounds. The park was empty and that helped by not having too many people around to startle him.
We said goodbye to our friends at 3AM this morning as they began their trek back to Connecticut. Quincy will be sad to see that he is “stuck” with just us again. He won’t be stuck with just us for long, since his cousins are coming for a visit tomorrow. Yeah!
Since this is Monday, be sure to check out Quincy’s seven week picture.
