Into the big, big world (Anna)

We had to laugh at ourselves today, our first trip into the big wide world with just the three of us. We went all the way up the big, scary hill to Shoppers. If you know our neightbourhood, you'll know that this is a long and arduous trip that takes an intrepid explorer a good five minutes to conquer and that the Shoppers is full of terrible threats to a newborn. We both felt very vulnerable and Emmy looked so small and fragile in her stroller. And it was raining! We both felt a strong need to make sure she was safe and warm and snug and protected. I must have peeped in to look at her at least every two metres, and when it was Caroline's turn to push, I had to bite my tongue to avoid reminding her not to let go of the handle so that the stroller didn't roll down the hill. Caroline pretended to be calm, but confessed at the end that it was all show and that she had an insane desire to tuck our daughter up on her chest and breastfeed her for hours to help her to overcome her terrible trauma of going out into "the world".

Needless to say, we survived. Oh the joys of being a new parent! :)