Saturday, October 27, 2007

First outing

We finally decided to brave a journey out into the world, away from our safe haven of home! This was yesterday's timeline for the huge process of getting ready to leave the house for the first time since we got home from the hospital last Saturday. All we were going to do was go to Hallmark and pick up some milk from Braum's, but it was a long ordeal to get ready anyway! First, our day started out lazy and cuddly (our favorite thing to do in the mornings) as this first picture shows. Here it is around 12:30 p.m.

Her nap time also coordinated with mommy prep time of showering, hair washing/drying/fixing and getting dressed and ready. After her nap and her lunch, we decided to give her a quick hair washing. This picture is around 2:30 p.m.

After the bath, the dressing, and all the preparing, we finally got loaded up in the car seat. First she woke up and screamed but daddy was able to calm her back to sleep without taking her out of the car seat. Here it is around 3:30 p.m.

So we survived our first outing and here is when we got home. As you can see, she slept the whole time, but that entire days worth of timing feeding with napping to hopefully ensure sleep while we were out was all for an hour long trip; this was when we got home at 4:30 p.m.

Whew! What a full day!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

HAHA! Isn't it insane the prep time just to get out the door? I've gotten it down to 2 hours with 2 kiddo's and OH!! That took a lot of fine tuning!! Don't worry it get's easier!! LOL! BUT I'm glad you guys got out and had some fun!! Even if it was for milk!! :)

The McKays said...

Hilarious! And SO true!! It's amazing how much a tiny person can slow you down. Sometimes Brian still comes home from work and asks me what I did all day, and although I'm totally exhausted, I don't have much to show for myself. After you have a baby, what would have been a simple trip to Wal-Mart turns into a terrifying adventure full of feedings, diaper changes, temper tantrums, and ending with a mad search for that lost shoe or bow. Not to mention the fear of a stranger touching your baby or waking her when she finally does settle down into a nap! Sometimes it's just easier to stay at home and send the hubby on those kinds of errands.