We'd been starting to get cabin fever, but between the never-ending rain and the host of things that seemed to pop up every time we thought we had created a few free moments, had not been able to make it out of the house. But then about 45 minutes in to Nicholas' afternoon nap yesterday, Joe's "drinking problem" provided the incentive to finally venture out. Joe had some water go down the wrong way and so had a coughing fit, which woke Nicholas up and agitated him so much that he was inconsolable (too tired to handle anything, but unable to go back to sleep). So on the spur of the moment we decided to go the mall. We had some errands we needed to run, we figured the car ride and stroller motion would put him to sleep and so not throw off his newly-emerging sleep schedule too much, and we just needed to get out of the house.
Going to the mall has never felt so adventurous. As Joe said when we got home, as long as Nicholas doesn't come down with the bubonic plague from all the germs in the mall air, the outing was a success. Mall air probably is bad, but I think it is probably better than say church because no one was within a few feet of him, touching him or breathing directly on him. And, no, there are no pictures of this first outing because we were just trying to make it through.
The munchkin just woke up from his first ever morning pack n' play nap (I am desperately hoping this is the beginning of a trend), so if he is up for it after he eats, we may try to go out for a walk since the rain has finally stopped.
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