And on the baby front, looks like your trip to the market was a success! As the mom of a newborn I found it liberating when I finally realized that I could take her anywhere as long as I was prepared to nurse or change a diaper (or both). Once you get used to it, it's not that hard to be prepared for either of those possibilities, and at least for me, being able to get out more was great. Also, if you have a hankering to bake more (which I did, before and after baby!) there are a lot of things that can be prepped in stages and left for indeterminate amounts of time while taking breaks to tend to baby. I remember a few batches of muffins I made where I mixed the dry ingredients and left them on the counter, later mixed the wet ingredients and stuck the bowl in the fridge, and eventually got a chance to mix it all up and get the muffins in the oven. Yum-looking apple bars! With the fall colors in full swing in Wisconsin, I decided to make apple pies (with my Little Sister from Big Brothers Big Sisters). We did them with an oatmeal struesel on top. Found a new portion control trick yesterday -- we served the slices of pie with ice cream and I used my 1TBS cookie scoop to serve ice cream instead of the big scoop. Made it easier to serve just a tiny portion.