We made it!

Ike and I survived our first day together without J.  We went downstairs with Daddy to see him off.  J sang Ike the "Good Morning" song (from "Singing in the Rain"), which was so sweet!  Ike's face always lights up when he hears it from his dad.

After we both had our breakfasts, we ventured out to a local park to meet up with another mom and her little one.  I found her on thebump.com.   Her name is also Lauren, she's a teacher (now stay at home mom), and her son is only one day older than Ike!  We walked around the park for an hour while the babies slept.  She told me about an area group that she belongs to that has all kinds of activities for mom and kids of all ages.  I already joined their online community.  I'm going to meet up with her (and some other moms) again later in the week.

After the park, we made a quick stop to the library.  Ike slept the whole time and was such an angel.  We spent the rest of the day at home.  Ike didn't sleep much in the afternoon, but his morning nap was so long that I figured he wasn't too tired.

We were both glad to see J get home around 6:15.  After dinner and a little TV, we went upstairs at 8 for Ike's bath.  The evening was quite short!  :(    I fed Ike at 8:30 and was in bed by 9:30.  I was tired, but happy.  I think we'll stay at home today.