A Milestone Reached

Since having Rylee, I have slowly gotten back into doing some of our normal activities, but learning to do it with a second child. I have been really nervous to do this since I have this envision of me in a public place with Cade throwing his shoes in the trash, running quickly away, making a royal mess of the place as he knocks large stacks of things to the ground, Rylee screaming at the top of her lungs, poop smeared all up her back, me standing there not know what to do next, and a crowd of people gathering thinking, "Why on Earth can't this mother handle her children!" Maybe a little dramatic but not entirely impossible. As I have slowly gone on different outings-to the library, park, playgroups, a short errand run- I have added it to my list of things I can do. This has slowly built up my confidence in completed the one I have been dreading the most. But today  I did it!

I successfully completed a trip to the grocery store with both kids by myself! 
Not just a run-in-and-grab-a-few-things trip. Like a I-have-a-whole-list-and-this-could-take-an-hour trip.

This may sound funny to some but it totally felt like an accomplishment to me. I have totally been avoiding going to the store. I have been making sure either Cole is home with the kids or he is with me at the store. I am not sure why this has made me so nervous but it has. Some of my concerns: Rylee screaming nonstop, Cade knocking Rylee's car seat off the cart, Cade throwing food out of the cart faster than I can put it in, Cade not wanting to sit in the cart with food piled all around him, Cade jumping out of the cart, Cade walking by the cart and all of the sudden running away (yes-his running is a problem), Cade opening all the food I put into the cart, Cade throwing eggs at people one by one, you get the idea. But everything went so smoothly. Cade was a champ and Rylee slept the whole time! I know it probably won't go as smooth each time but I definitely feel like I could do it again.

I know I will probably look back on this in several years when I am doing way more with more than 2 kids and laugh at myself but hey, you have to start somewhere and I enjoy rejoicing in little accomplishments. :)

 Because I hate to post without a picture, here are the kids being festive. This was the best I got. Rylee was a little less than pleased the whole time.