A Few "First"s

Dear Noah,

We've had a number of "first"s for you these past couple of weeks:

1) First clothes shopping trip - you went with Mommy for a walk towards the beach and somehow we ended up at Old Navy.  Mommy decided that it was a good idea to pick up a few items for you since you are starting daycare.  You seemed cool with the idea of wearing stripes.  

Here we were at the checkout.

2) First time visiting Mommy's work - on Monday, Mommy took you to her office to visit her work colleagues.  You saw Mommy's office, met some of her work peeps, and even attended your first business meeting with Mommy's director!  You found out firsthand that when Mommy goes back to work, she will be taking on a new role and managing analytics for Brita, the water filter stuff.  You were well behaved and they all think you are pretty adorable.  We also went to lunch at Specialtys with Mommy's work friend Auntie Teresa.

Here you were riding the elevator up to the 20th floor to meet Clorox's Analytic Insights' management team.  You seemed nervous...

3). First transition week at daycare - we started taking you to "school" the week of September 16th.  Because it was the first week, we brought you there for a little bit longer everyday for the week so you can get used to the new environment and being away from Mommy.  On Monday, both Mommy and Daddy went with you to see where you'll spend your days and meet your teachers, Miss Martha and Miss Xuan (who is actually a teacher for the older baby room, but she was there substituting for Miss Phouc, your other teacher).  On Tuesday, Mommy dropped you off and let you stay there by yourself for an hour.  You did great - no crying or fussing - even though Mommy got sad and cried a little after leaving you.  She went and got breakfast and coffee before coming back to pick you up.  On Wednesday, you were there for about 3 hours and then nearly 6 hours on Friday. In general, you seem to have settled in just fine...except for the fact that you're not quite used to the excitement and noise from the other babies, so you haven't been napping very much and would come home exhausted.  Hopefully you will get used to it soon so you can nap properly while at school!

Mommy had been preoccupied when dropping you off/picking you up, so she hadn't taken any pictures of your school. She will be better about it next week!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy