Yesterday

As a first time mom, I remember the first time I took Avery out on my own.  I think it was just a quick errand to the post office.  It seemed like there were so many little details to think through.  Which parking spot would be the best so I could get her car seat into and out of the car the easiest, did I set up her stroller right, would I have enough time to do what I needed to do before she needed to eat again, did I need to pack a bottle, etc.  Too many details!

So yesterday I decided to take her with me to downtown Los Angeles to the fabric district.  For those of you who don't know where I live, my house is about 45 minutes from downtown, without traffic.  But when is there no traffic in LA?  Driving downtown stresses me out- there are lots of one way streets, it's very crowded, there are crazy drivers, you get the idea.  But I needed to go downtown so I decided to see this as a challenge of sorts.  To see how far I've come in just 8  months. 

She cried or whined almost the whole way there (it took me a little over an hour).  I found myself driving the WRONG WAY on a one way street (luckily it was an alley not a busy street), got honked at and finger pointed (no not that finger), didn't find what I was ultimately in search of, and got back to my car to find that I had been boxed in. 

But I did it :)  There is no way I would have attempted that 8 months ago.  Something that seeemed so intimidating and difficult then is a piece of cake today.