b e n j a m i n f a l k e n b e r g

Benjamin’s first baseball game was last night, Friday night: Brewers home game against the Cincinnati Reds (Brewers lost, big surprise, 4-3). The three of us went with Mom’s parents, and we had fun, although it was waaaay too hot.

Benjamin himself seemed to have had a good time… The big crowd (attendance was around 33,000) seemed both interesting and scary to him. He looked around a lot at all the people, all the activity, but when there was a big play and lots of cheering, or some sudden yelling or catcalling, he freaked out and started crying. :(

Closer to the end of the game he seemed to be handling it a LOT better; we made sure to see that it was happy yelling and cheering, showing him that we were clapping and being excited and all that. It seemed to help.

There were some fireworks at the start of the game; Benjamin LOVED them.

Our little guy got hungry while we were there, too… Mom was a little nervous breastfeeding in front of 33,000 people, but did it anyway. Mom’s really not afraid to feed him pretty much anywhere, anytime. Go, Mom! :)

Benjamin was pretty hyper duing a lot of the game, mostly due to the craziness of the crowd, but closer to the end, he managed to fall asleep for a while, which helped his demeanor. He was up past his bedtime, and it was starting to show. It was also really, really hot; we stripped him down to just his diaper, which seemed to help, but we were all dripping with sweat.

Over the course of the game, he dropped almost every toy we brought on the peanut-shell- and beer-covered floor, too, so he was running out of things to play with…

In the end, it all went pretty well. It looks like we can take him to another game sometime and not have any real problem. Dad’s pretty excited about eventually taking him to some hockey games now!

Oh, by the way, we hope you all had a Happy 4th!

We went out with Ben to see the Milwaukee fireworks last night. Since it’s so crowded downtown, we decided to find a vantage point a little further south and watch from a bit of a distance, and we found a great spot. Not sure how fun much Ben got out of it all, but he did enjoy watching the other little kids there and the giant glowstick some lady was swinging around most of the show, distracting everyone. A special thank-you goes out to the 8-foot tall couple that stood directly in front of us, too. *laugh*

The mosquitoes were out in full force, too, but the only people that received bites were Mom and Dad.

All in all a pretty great time for Ben’s first real fireworks. :) He fell asleep within seconds of being put back in the car for the ride home. Long day!

Earlier today we went to the parade in town and he seemed to like it quite a lot. He was mostly fascinated by all the other kids there, but he was bouncing around in his carrier, dancing to the bands and seemed to really be watching the floats and the clowns. We spent the afternoon in Sheboygan, and were back home just in time for him to go to bed. Long day again!