I'm Tired...

I'm too tired to blog....

don't take this the wrong way. I want to and think I will continue. But this whole mom thing is such a job! I think living in Anchorage makes it harder though. It's so much work to just get out and do one thing like the grocery store. Today was the first day I put Gunnar in the child seat of the cart rather than moby-ing him. This meant putting him in his snowsuit in the car, before getting out. Once in the store and situated...and let me tell you, being"situated" takes time in and of itself....we started our quest. He was content for about 10, maybe 15 minutes. At which point, he started squirming, whining and I knew if I didn't do something soon, it would be a full on meltdown. So, the rest of the trip was consumed by trying to multi-task-giving him toys, bottle, etc etc...meanwhile pushing the cart, picking up groceries, trying to maintain a "I'm cool guys-totally in control" mom look. After getting through checkout, I tried to make sure everything that came out of the diaper bag ended up back in, that Gunnar was appropriately clothed for the winter cold and that keys were in hand. After getting the snowsuit off, all the groceries unloaded and putting him in his carseat with monkey and pacy-we were on our way home. Unfortunately, he screamed the whole way back. I'll spare the details of getting into the house with a screaming baby, cold temps, lots of groceries and probable lurking moose. It's hard...and this was just a fraction of the day. Can anyone relate???