Firsts in Philly

This was a day of lots of firsts for Ben. This afternoon, we put a strawberry in one of those mesh teething things and let Ben suck/gnaw on it. His first bite created a sour look on his face. He loved it though, and ate pretty much the whole thing. He's had strawberry scented breath all day. Then, we went into the city. It was his first time in the umbrella stroller.

Then he rode Septa for the first time. First on a bus, then on the subway.

We took Ben to his first professional hockey game - Philadelphia Flyers vs. Boston Bruins. Of course, Ben and I were in our Bruins colors, and it worked - the Bruins won 4-3 in overtime. It was a fun time.

Ben did really well - he even fell asleep in the 3rd period.

The Bruins were up 3-1 in the third period. Then the Flyers scored twice. The first time the buzzer blew, Ben woke up, made a scrunched up, disapproving face, then went back to sleep. When the Flyers scored again to tie the game, the buzzer sounded again and the Wachovia Center got so loud that he woke up and stayed up. The woman sitting aside of us couldn't believe how he slept through that and how good he was during the whole game.

We took the subway back into Center City and strolled around the Reading Terminal Market. No good pictures of Ben there, but mommy and daddy did buy cookies at the 4th St. Cookie Co. Mmmmmmm. We did take a picture in LOVE park though.

If you want to see more pictures from the day, check out our slide show to the right, or go to our flickr site.

Tonight, we'll wear our red, white and blue for the Patriots and see if they can make it 17 - 0 and go on in the playoffs! Go Pats! This pic is from the last time Ben wore his Brady jersey.

Love to you all!