Day of Firsts

OK, so most days of Sadie's life are filled with "firsts", but today seemed to be full of monumental events (for a newborn). We're in the middle of a heat wave here in Maplewood. It had reached 91 degrees by 10 am. By the afternoon Sadie had experienced her First Day of 100-plus weather. Sadie seemed to tolerate the heat rather well, thanks to her Daddy's weekend-long air-conditioner installation project. At about 3:00, in the middle of yet another post-feeding diaper change (where, incidentally, Sadie peed on me AGAIN - I'll never learn), the power went out. Although this old house cools off pretty quickly, so too does it heat up. Thankfully, Alison was home from work and called to report that she was also without power. Seems as though all of Maplewood and several of the surrounding towns had lost power due to an explosion at a local power station. To avoid slow-roasting Sedona and myself, I decided to do what every good New Jerseyite does in the face of inclement (or nice) weather - head to the nearest mall. Thus Sadie's First Trip to the Mall. This proved to be somewhat more complicated than I originally thought it might be, due in large part to the fact that all three (yes, three) of our strollers were in the garage behind a garage door that requires electricity to open.