My crazy morning..

I thought today was going to be great! Chloe woke up in a good mood, stayed in a good mood even while being in her car seat, and even took a nice long nap until 11. I knew I wanted to go grocery shopping today, which was the first time going at it alone since moving to South Dakota. I was really excited because I enjoy doing it alone and taking my time getting everything. I load Chloe up into her car seat after she finished eating and tried to get out the door as fast as possible, because you never know how long she will tolerate being in the car seat. It took about 20 minutes before I left. Chloe was still in a good mood so I thought this was going to be great! We got to the store and it had been raining all morning, so I pull the car seat cover over the top so Chloe wouldn't get wet, and I walked quickly to get inside the commissary. Once inside I got a cart and set her in it and quickly realized how much space I didn't have, that was okay because I had a plan! We started to walk around and get some stuff and after about 15 minutes she had reached her limit! Chloe started to fuss and scream, so I did the only thing I could think of and took her out of her seat. I tried to buckle her into the seat in the cart and she did okay, but we still don't have the sitting thing down yet so she would slowly fall to one side, so I ended up carrying her. This worked for a little while, but as the cart got heavier steering with one hand was just not cutting it. I had filled her seat with food so I couldn't put her back in it. I had to work with what I had and continued to carry her. I was dropping things left and right, she was fussing and fighting me, and I was trying to shorten my shopping list as fast as I could. I was so frustrated at this point and to top it off she starts spitting everything she ate up! At this point, I had to find a blanket to wipe the mess up. Everyone around me just looked on at me with annoyed faces and not one single person offered to help me out. Everyone was just annoyed that I would accidentally steer my cart into theirs or take too long getting something, etc etc. This was the worst shopping trip ever. Finally I was finished and I made my way up to the check out and the bagger offered to unload my cart for me, which was so nice of him! The cashier on the other hand, was quite the little ray of sunshine! She was super annoyed I didn't have my I.D. out and that I said I wanted plastic so when she confirmed that, I changed to paper then back to plastic because I didn't realize what I was saying. Anyways I payed then got to the car and Chloe did not want to go back in her seat so she's screaming while this teenage kid with my groceries is loading them into my car, he probably thought I torture my kid! I tipped him and he left and as I'm leaving the parking lot Chloe finally gave in and fell asleep, which gave me a nice quiet ride home. When I got home I realized I had to go pick something up from a lady in our ward, so I loaded Chloe back into her seat and she was so mad at this point! We drove to her house which is right down the street, I got out got this thing and I was literally gone for 2 minutes and Chloe was screaming with tears streaming down her face. I got home as fast as I could and it took a while to calm her down, but she gave in and fell asleep!

She stayed asleep for the rest of the day!