Babies have a lot of firsts -- all of which you want to capture on film and document in books -- as though you're a court stenographer. But last week marked a first for me.

I'm officially a dad. You can chalk it up in the books you're keeping on my progress. I delighted in taking embarrassing photos of my daughter that can be shown to her and potential boyfriends in the future.

A majority of these photo opportunities were during her first bath, which came as a direct result of her umbilical cord finally detaching from her belly button. For those of you that had innie in the belly button pool, please collect your winnings from the office secretary.

While the bath progressed without incident -- everybody got more water on them than they expected, but nobody was sad about it -- the towel portion of the evening may have been the highlight. Yup, that's a green pig towel. We're a full-service operation here at the Bender household.