New Experiences

When we brought Belly Boy home from Ethiopia, we kept him at home for a long time so that he would attach to our family and everything. (Remember how long ago in another post, I said that I wouldn't be able to let Belly Boy get really attached to me because it would be really hard when I left for college? Forget that! He's pretty attached to me! AND I've finally been able to start to feed, wake him up, change his diaper, [oh fun!], and dress him. This was all stuff that Dad and Mom were ONLY able to do for attachment reasons.)

But after we felt he was very attached to us, we started taking Belly Boy to new places and new experiences. This has been a lot of fun, especially introducing him to our friends and family! (We've found he likes blonds!!) He hates car rides, but LOVES going to new places!

Yesterday we took Belly Boy to his first store.(Baby's R Us, I love that place!!!) Dad put him in a cart and slowly started pushing him. Belly Boy went "Weeeee!" very softly! He loves to be pushed on things! It was so sweet! Then he pushed Dad's hands away and pushed at the metal bar in front of him, trying to push himself! The kid's never been in a cart before!

It's so much fun seeing his reaction to things! He had his first french fries and hamburger bun yesterday! He sucked the potato and salt from the fries! And I didn't think I was gonna have any more bun left to my cheeseburger with the way he kept asking for more!

I love it! I love HIM!