FIRSTS

Well, pretty much everything these days is a first for our kids.  Here’s a list of the Becky and Billy firsts from our first half week in America as a family of 7.

• first time in a car seat

• first trip to the grocery store

• first trip to the doctor’s office.  Billy weighs in at a hefty 33 lbs according to the doctor.  Hey- that means the kid has porked up a full 3 pounds while with us!  His wrist is so skinny that I can make a circle with my index finger and thumb and slide it up and down his arm with room to spare.  The doc is doing a bunch of tests to make sure everything is functioning correctly too.  But I think he’s just a tiny kid in a happy home.

• first time touching a dog.  Yeah, pretty much that took 3 days to accomplish.  Our dog is a lab/rottweiler mix and he weighs over a 100 pounds, so he weights 3x more and stands almost as tall as they do.   In addition, in Uganda, dogs are either wild or trained to defend the house and eat you.  So to say that they were petrified of this GIANT beast before them is the understatement of the year.  But we’re making solid progress. 

• first time eating cherrios cereal

• first milkshake

• first PB and J sandwich

• first time taking a bath… and first one with a muzungu 🙂

lots more firsts to come.