On Monday, we took the local lightrail train out to the store to get a new brush, as we had a casualty this morning.  One baby all dressed up, changed, and placed in the back/frontpack carrier and attached to me, and my walking legs, proceeded to the train station about half a mile away.  The trip there was uneventful – we met some Spanish speaking ladies who were fascinated with Tristan, although the one who asked his name kept calling him Christian.  Another one had a baby of her own who was a little over a year old and very grumpy.

We got to the shopping center, went through the beauty supply store to get the brush and then to the Mexican grocery store (I love ethnic grocery stores).  By this time, Tristan was beginning to get fussy so on our way back to the train, I brought out the bottle I’d packed and put it together.  I carried him and fed him simultaneously – that was sort of amusing.  He was doing well until the train came, and then I found out that he doesn’t particularly like eating while moving.  Two stops later, we got back off of the train because he was screaming, and we finished the feeding and got onto the next train.  He fussed his way through the ride and spit up on me a little bit, but he was quiet enough that we didn’t have to get off of the train again. 

On Tuesday I put him in the carrier for a repeat, this time to the Great Mall.  He did well for about the first half of the walk, and then he got very fussy whenever I tried to go into any store.  I think he was just sleepy and overstimulated.

On Wednesday we stuck to the stroller and went to the Valley Fair mall.  He had the usual older Asian lady fawning over him and asking a million questions in broken English, but he loves the attention.  It’s funny because whoever accompanies these ladies usually looks entirely embarassed, but the ladies are so lost in the fact that there’s a real live baby sitting there that they don’t notice.  He didn’t fuss too much and he took a small nap in the stroller.

I’m not sure where we’re going to go today – I don’t need anything that I can think of, so we may stick to local scenery.  I hope it’s not too cold out – I hear there’s snow falling in other parts of the country.