Rocktober

Happy Rocktober! We celebrated the opening of night of fall's greatest month by taking Clara and Wilson to their grandparents' house for a few hours Saturday night so we could go to a going away party for one of our close friends. Yes, you read that correctly, we made it out of our house. But our first sojourn back to "normalcy" reminded us how much has changed.

No kidding, it took us two hours to get ready to leave the house. The ridiculousness of this detail was amplified by the fact we were only planning to go to the party for about three hours. The two hour prep time included taking showers and getting dressed, but I didn't wash my hair and put on makeup in the car. We'll get better, but feeding two kids, packing diapers, outfits, the heart rate/oxygen monitor, and other various sundries took longer than we expected. Oh well, it was worth it for our first taste of freedom. However, we did find it slightly amusing that our first stop on the path to freedom was Morgan's parents' house.

Once we arrived at the party we were surrounded by adults. No kids were crying, pooping, eating or spitting up so what did we do . . . we talked about the kids. This was a rookie mistake and we promise to be more entertaining on our next trip outside the confines of the Twin City. It was a good thing this was a going away party because we might not have been invited back.  

Then the late night party began after we got home . . .

 . . . .until somebody had too much to drink.

Clara and Wilson are both doing well and we're all learning to adjust to each other. The only abnormal problem we had this weekend was Clara's body temperature dipped sharply during the wee hours of Sunday morning. Of course we probably over-reacted and wrapped her in so many outfits, sleep sacks, and hats that she was sweating during her 9:00 a.m. feeding. She looked like a cross between a glow worm and an infant Richard Simmons. (Do those references mean we're old?)

 

The real test begins tomorrow when Morgan goes back to work. Going from man-to-man to a zone will present real challenges. As usual, we'll let you know how things go.