Week 1 Wrap Up & 1st Trip Out

The past week has been a bit of a tired blur, but it has been filled with a lot of laughs, smiles, and joy as well. Beth has continued to be amazing and although I know it could change tonight, Caroline has proven to be a laid back, easy to care for baby. With the exception of her first night at home, she slept a lot, took to breastfeeding within the first 35 minutes of her birth and continues to eat well, and she has only really gotten fussy when hungry. Hoping to take advantage of Caroline’s demeanor this week and hoping to prevent going stir crazy from being in the house all week Beth and I decided to take our first family outing today.

This small excursion proved to be another opportunity for a lesson learned: getting out of the house with a baby is no small task, but is definitely worth the effort. After showers, me getting ready, Beth getting ready, and getting Caroline ready: feeding her, changing her, dressing her, and everything else necessary, it took 3 hours from 1st shower to out the door. 3 hours??? Seriously? I can roll out of bed and have $200,000,000, half a million pound airplane in the air in less time than I can get an 8 pound baby and two adults out of the house? As mentioned above it did turn out to be worth the effort. We made it to Target (pretty nice little Sunday…would have made it Bed, Bath & Beyond, but we just didn’t have enough time) where Caroline and I waited in the car while Beth picked up some lounge wear. From there we got milkshakes and headed home before the snow began. Caroline seems to enjoy being in her car seat—she slept the entire time we were gone so I’m guessing she at least didn’t hate it. If it stops snowing anytime soon she’ll be back in it tomorrow for a trip to doctor in the afternoon. Look for a tweet about that or a snow update tomorrow.

Asleep in her car seat.
Caroline (1 week old) with her Mom