A walk in the park. . .

Last weekend, the boys and I enjoyed our first ever walk in the park....well, stroll in the park at least.  Yes, Jody and I decided to brave the double stroller and get the family out of the house for a bit.  Before we headed out, we realized that it might be a good idea to actually get out the stroller and you know, see how it works.  After a good twenty minutes and some healthy frustration, we finally figured out how to attach the car seats to the stroller.  Success!

Then of course, we had to undo the car seats so that we could get the boys strapped and loaded in the car.  This, coupled with the fact that our double stroller seems to weigh about a thousand pounds, had us sweating before we even pulled out of the driveway.  As you can imagine, by this point we were only slightly beginning to question our need for fresh air.  :)

We decided to go to Pitt's Park since it's not too far away and has nice, flat land--as neither one of us are in any shape to push our baby limo up a hill.

So, here we are, enjoying our first time at the park (or outside, for that matter).

  

These were taken during lap one of two, although I had planned on doing several more.  After lap two, I was convinced that we were all about to come down with a mad case of the West Nile Virus, so we had to leave.  Is it just me, or do all new moms struggle to maintain a healthy balance between a fierce protectiveness and flat out paranoia?  (Needless to say, I promptly researched mosquito nets for car seats as soon as we got home.)

Pesky mosquito fears aside, we all really enjoyed our short time at the park.  If anything, it made us feel confident that we can leave our house and experience fun things together.  We're looking forward to conquering many more family activities in the future!