Dad's got skills

...so that's how you get him to stop crying! Felix took his first bottle this morning like a champ, downing three ounces of freshly pumped goodness in about five minutes, which I assumed he would promptly throw up because of the speed, but he didn't; victory was mine. Pumping and bottling...a whole new world. Keep you posted.

Bad Parents?????

Okay, so we ventured to Penny Cluse Cafe for lunch today and the strangest thing happened. This hoity-toity middle aged woman came over to our table and said "I never do this, but I was wondering if I could hold your baby. I just love babies and my children haven't had any yet, so I just would love to hold your baby! I want to start of business as a "baby whisperer"...you could hire me to watch your baby while you are out to lunch, etc. I don't mind holding him for a few minutes while you eat your lunch." SO...Benjamin and I handed our pride and joy over to the nice lady and she coddled him for a short while we ate our lunch. I asked our friend and waitress if she thought we were bad parents and she replied "NO! You are psyched parents!" Benjamin and I munched our yummy food and a few minutes later the nice woman returned our baby! We weren't quite sure what to make of it, but we certainly made that woman's day. Felix has a growing list of now family and strangers who are smitten with him.

Felix's First Concert

Last night we took Felix to The Green at Shelburne Museum to see Feist. His friend, Hayden, came with his parents, Peter and Laura, and Uncle Sean and Aunt Michelle also joined us! Felix was fussy and hot during the opener, and pretty much ate and slept while Feist was on. Hayden was better prepared for the glaring sun, but Felix was sure glad he didn't have to wear a hat like that! just kidding, hayden! ; )

More Family??

In addition to Oma and Opa, Uncle Jacob and Aunt Diana came to meet Felix, too. Uncle Jacob painted 3 amazing paintings for Felix's room! We sure wish we could see them more! We love spending time with them. Felix can't believe the plethora of uncles he has! He still has more to meet!

Oma and Opa Come to Visit

This past week, John and Anita a.k.a. Oma and Opa came from Indiana to visit their first grandson, Felix. I think it is fair to say we can add them to the list of people who are smitten with him. We had great dinners out, went to the farmer's market, strolled Church St., and did lots of staring at the little one. Here are some photos from our visit. We miss them already.

A Visit From Aoife and Jessamy

Our good friend Jessamy brought over her daughter Aoife ("eefa") today for a visit. Aoife was born on June 2nd. As we did with Hayden a week ago, we tried to coordinate a photo shoot with the two kids, with varying results, as you can well see. I tried to motivate Felix by telling him some of these photos were liable to end up on the Internet, but he wasn't swayed in the least, citing the photo shoot as an act or pure parental vanity. He was right, of course.

Here we go Go-Go's, here we go!

Felix attended his first kick ball game last night at Oak Ledge Park, supporting his Dad's own Toki Yo Go-Go's Vs. Team Tupac Riding A Unicorn, formerly known as Sweet Tang. Other Go-Go babies were also in attendance, including one-month-old Cashel Higgins, also sporting his Go-Go's onesie, and one-year-old Josephine, who can be seen below intently studying the line-up between innings. With all this baby power to support us, our team was successful, routing Team Tupac 7-1, a sweet victory since we lost to them in the finals last year. Vindicated!