More firsts...and a revelation

At only 9 days old, Evan's umbilical cord stump fell off...or more accurately sort of popped off during a more rigorous diaper change from Daddy, but we're going with the theory that it was ready to come off anyway. =) In any case it was nice to be able to give him his first big boy bath in the tub...even if he did christen his bath seat with a large "present" the second his little bum-bum hit the warm water! We found out he absolutely loves bath time though. It calms him right down, and he's always scooching down in his chair to try to get deeper into the water. Very cute.

By the end of the week, my mom was back too, and it was so nice to have an extra set of hands around again! She stayed until the end of June, and during her time here, Evan made it through his second restaurant outing without a hitch (and by now he's an old pro...who has time to cook??), slept for 4+ hours straight for the first time (Oh, Happy Day!), and went to his first huge party. That's where our revelation came...at Kristen and Quinn's going away party, with 60-odd people there, loud music and loud talking, Evan slept like a rock the whole time! The noise didn't faze him at all, and in fact we actually had to wake him up toward the end of the night because everyone wanted to see his baby blues and he just wasn't obliging. So that officially stopped our worrying that life was too loud in the big bad world...he apparently loves it! Later on I heard on a newscast that it's as loud as a vacuum cleaner for babies when they're in the womb, so it's no wonder he felt right at home in the middle of a rocking party!