Wednesday's Baby Steps

Big day.

Ran some errands with the kids.  Their 1st day going somewhere out of the house {besides to go to the doctor} since January 25, when all this RSV sickness BS started.  Baby steps to returning to a normal life!

We went to Shopko to pick up Livi's pink glasses.  Decided to keep them as a spare pair & just finally got them picked up.  Whats so exciting about this trip?  We did it stroller/cart-less!  Yep my first solo trip with 3 walking kids.  I knew we wouldn't be standing in line to pay, just picking up glasses, so I figured it would be a good choice of trip to try it.  We used our backpacks.  I made the kids hold hands {which they did very well outside, not always inside}.  But it went well.  They held hands in a row, as I followed with my "leashes" in hand & we walked through the parking lot... they were so darn cute.  {Though it made me feel a bit like a professional dog walker!}  We walked a lap or 2 around the store just for practice & it actually went really well.  Standing in line to pay would have been a challenge though.  But I'm proud we did it!!!  Baby steps to stroller independence!

We ran some other errands too.  And were out & about for almost 3 hours.  We stopped at one store to put Livi on the potty {but she didn't pee.}  It was a production.  Pushed a cart into the bathroom & took the whole darn thing into the handicapped restroom.  {Can't imagine the things the boys would have gotten into had they had freedom?}  And I had to totally strip her down, shoes & all to get her legs wide enough for that potty.  Ugh.  But we tried & no one fell in!  She did pee at home before we left & again when we got home.  A big, long day of errands without an accident {Though I did kind of chicken out & go with her in a pull-up because the thought of a cart full of groceries, 2 ornery boys & an accident made me cringe!  Baby steps.}