K and I bundled L up Sunday afternoon and took her on her first outing: a walk through a local university’s botanical gardens.

We made a couple of loops around the trail that runs literally over the river and through the woods. Toward the back, there is a historic log cabin.

L, though, was unimpressed: she slept through most all of it.

Being house-bound is perhaps the most annoying difficulty of having a six-week-old infant. To date, it is certainly more difficult on K, who has been home with L since her birth and can go an entire day without leaving the apartment. That explains why she’s so eager sometimes to run to the store to pick up that forgotten ingredient for dinner — to go anywhere is a treat.

It’s something we’re both anticipating with smiles.