Making His Official Debut on the Social Scene

As of yesterday Quint is 6 weeks old and in his first 6 weeks he has been a very busy little boy!  Already he has traveled throughout the state of Pennsylvania and up to New England!  

Rehearsal Dinner - Quint had a great time!

 Memorial Day weekend, at the ripe old age of 2.5 weeks, we headed down to New Freedom, PA for the wedding of two dear friends, Amanda and Adam.  I was a bridesmaid so we began the process of learning to be flexible and adaptable right off the bat.  Quint was a wonderful little guy throughout the weekend.  He made his first (and maybe last) trip to a nail salon, wrapped in the Moby (attached to me), attended his first wedding rehearsal and dinner, attended (part of) his first wedding and wore his first dressy outfit!

Dressed up for the wedding

Dressed up for the wedding

Quality time with Aunt Chuck (Amanda)

Aden finished with his school year on June 9th and we have been thrilled to have him home during the days.  Quint and Daddy have been spending quality time together.  Aden has a knack for making him smile.

Morning snuggle time

My little cuddly guy

Quint is a very good little traveler though he definitely prefers to be moving.  He tends to let us know that he'd prefer not to be sitting still, particularly at red lights, stop signs and in traffic.  For the first time in our lives we have started aiming for pot holes and rumble strips...and I'm not really kidding.

Real smiles started to show up around 4 weeks

Food coma

The next big event was Quint's first trip to the Breen Family Reunion over Father's Day weekend. We broke up the typically 10 hour drive by going part way the first day, staying in Rhode Island with Uncle Biggie and Auntie Sue Sue and Meghan.  In general everything went very smoothly, though we had to stop to eat every few hours.  On the way home we went by way of my Dad's in Vermont and visited him for Father's Day. 

 For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Breen Family Reunion, it is an annual reunion for my mom's side that takes place every Father's Day weekend in New Hampshire.  It is a huge deal in our family, complete with a cookout, softball game, raffle, horse race (wooden horses - better described in person), Saturday night activity, and other Irish shenanigans.  There are generally approximately 75 to 90 people (?) in attendance.  It is a pretty awesome event.  We've been having it at the same place for 25 years and we've even been featured in Reunions Magazine. My grandfather has 7 siblings and they are considered the first generation.  My mom is the oldest of the second generation, I am the second oldest of my generation (after my brother Casey) and Quint is the first member of the 4th generation and "The Littlest Breen."  For many years there was a t-shirt (made by my grandmother) circling around from kid to kid, worn by the youngest child at the reunion.  Unfortunately it had been lost, but my aunt had a new one made and thus Quint was sporting it throughout the weekend.  He made quite a splash, constantly surrounded by an adoring crowd.  He had the chance to meet PopPop, my grandfather and his great grandfather and Mamie Joan as well as many great and great great aunts and uncles and a ton of cousins!

Chillin' with Auntie Liza

On display

Surrounded by admiring ladies

With PopPop and Mamie Joan

In addition to being a good traveler, Quint has started sleeping through most of the night - 6 to 7 hours in a stretch.  He is getting much better at holding his head up and follows Aden and I with his eyes much of the time.  He has begun making noises other than grunts and cries and has some moments of seeming to want to giggle but it just doesn't quite come out yet. 

The next 6 weeks will be just as exciting as we have a birthday party (cousin Benjamin) and 3 more weddings in July - Aunt Amy (my best friend), Aunt Claudia (my step-sister) and Auntie Meg (my sister).  Stay tuned for more tales from the exciting life of Quint Wertz!