We went out for our first “family dinner” last night. We had a 20% off coupon for TGIFridays (which is 5 minutes away) so we figured we’d give it a try. If worse came to worse we could just get our food and come back home and people go out to eat with their babies all the time so we needed to stop being wimps :) Ben did great though! He happily munched on his little chewy ring the whole meal and got oohed and ahhed over by waitresses and people that passed by.

Since Ben can’t quite sit up yet, they brought out a highchair that apparently converted into a swing for infant carriers. We must have looked so silly because we couldn’t figure out how to make it a swing, so we just set his carrier on top (it was secured, don’t worry) and he seemed happy like that. All the newfangled gadgetry they have these days ;-)

I can’t say it was entirely relaxing as I was kind of antsy and waiting for him to start shrieking or something. But it was fun and I’m definitely glad we did it!

We went to Goodwill after (exciting family outing, I know) and I picked up some swimming trunks and a swim shirt for him. Size 12-18mo since he’s in 9mo clothes right now. I can use one of his cloth diapers (without the absorbent microfiber insert part) as a swim diaper, I’m so excited! Have you seen the price of Huggies swim diapers…ridiculous…they’re like $1 a diaper. We go swimming at a YMCA camp’s outdoor pool a lot during the summer so it’d add up quickly.

Summer can’t get here fast enough!