Stroller woes

Yesterday we met my friend Tracie down in Kirkland with her two little ones (Brett and Bailey) for a walk on LW Blvd. We started off ok, Addison was awake in Starbucks and smiling and cute, and then once we started on the walk....waaaaaaaaaah! She was tired and within a few minutes she was asleep. Whew. I thought "Ok, I can deal with a bit of crying if she's just going to fall asleep soon after." We made it to the park, she woke up and took a bottle as we watched Brett (3 1/2) play, and then we started back. This is when I wished I didn't have to walk the mile back to the car. She screamed the whole way back. If I stopped the stroller and made sure the binky was in her mouth, she would stop crying, but the minute I started rolling again....waaaaaaaah! And this was not a pleasant cry, although many people tell me her cry is sweet, including Tracie, it's a heart wrenching cry to me! We finally made it back to the car, in one piece. Uh-oh, now the dreaded car seat. Move a screaming child from stroller, to the thing she hates most in this world? I put her in the car seat and she was all smiles! I have no clue why, she just smiled and stared at her Baby Neptune car seat toy, and we made it home with no tears. Ahhhh, the unpredictability of infants...

And to make matters worse, I just returned from Safeway, and now I'm sure all of Kirkland knows who Addison is! She screamed bloody murder the entire time, causing mommy to want to scream too! Note to self: Don't leave the house. :(