Errands

Keelin does not nap well while running errands so after a long weekend of running errands and having a very cranky baby in the evening I decided I needed to do less during the day. She has been less interested in the pacifier (go figure) and unlike normal babies riding in the car was not putting her to sleep. I had a few errands to run in the morning and than I was going to stay home the rest of the day so she could nap and feel good, but a friend text me and reminded me of our lunch plans.

Before I go on I am going to complain about my bank. Apparently the building is owned by someone else and they want parking validated. The thing is if you don’t get your parking validated there is no charge so I’m not sure what the point is, it just ends up being one more thing I have to do while in the bank. The guy handed me the ticket, I go inside and while doing my banking which is normally a pain Keelin started crying so by the time I was done juggling her and all the transaction papers the parking ticket was long gone. I came out of the bank with her in her car seat still fussing in one hand, my wallet full of papers half falling out and my keys in my other hand, and her diaper bag half hanging over my shoulder and the guy holds out his hand and asks for the ticket. When I say I don’t know where it is he looks beyond annoyed and I could tell her wanted to say something so I gave him a look that said “Are you kidding me?!?! Do you really think I know where the stupid ticket is and if I did do you expect me to quickly grow a third arm so I can pull it out of wherever it is it might be. Lets just pretend I am a phantom of your imagination and was never really here” and we both moved on with our days, or at least I did with mine.

I got home made myself look decent while feeding her and we left and I hoped for the best. When we got to the restaurant she was still awake (big surprise). After being seated she wouldn’t take the pacifier so I threw this kitty cat blanket over her (thank you Aunt Joanne) and gently shook the hammock her car seat was setting in and she fell asleep and stayed asleep pretty much the whole time we were there. When we got home she woke up and after feeding her and hanging out for a bit a couple more errands came up so I threw the blanket over her and off we went. When we arrived at our first destination she was asleep (what?!?) and she stayed that way at the next 4 stops. We got home she woke up, ate, hung out, and started getting sleepy. The last two naps of the day are usually a challenge because it’s too hot for her to sleep upstairs and she has trouble falling asleep and staying asleep downstairs even though it’s nice and cool. I tried getting her to sleep but she kept squirming so I put her back in the car seat with the blanket and less than 5 minuets later she was asleep.
(it's dark but you get the point)

I guess that means I should go start dinner