A Selfless LoVe...

I usually like to go to the grocery store with Andy, he keeps Addi occupied while I shop. This morning I decided that I would go it alone so I wouldn't spend the whole day cooped up in the apartment. Like I have said before, I usually get stopped by lots of people who ask a million questions about Addi. Typically, Addi just sits there and takes it all in. She loves going shopping and playing with the bottles and jars that I giver her... but today was a different story.

This grocery shopping experiences started off normal... people walking by and saying "oh she is SO cute", "she should be a baby model", and "oh my gosh! Look at those eyes". I smile and say my polite "thank you" (eating it all up, of course). As we continued to stroll through the grocery store, Addi's attitude began to grow larger and larger with each passing aisle. While looking at the refried beans, a nice man came up next to us and started to say "hi" to Addi. She dramatically screeched and threw her head down on her arm. The poor guy was like, "I am sorry, I didn't mean to make her mad". I couldn't think of anything else to say other than, "No, your fine!". You know he is thinking one of two things (or maybe both) 1. That's embarrassing! or 2. She must be a bad mother if her child acts like that. Personally, I am horrified that my child just acted like that. Of course, we see him again in the next aisle over. He looks at me and says, "Don't worry, I am not going to talk to her. Does she always freak out like that?" Great. Sadly, that wasn't the end of her bad attitude streak.

Let me just start off by saying, I love old ladies.... and they love all babies, whether they know them or not. They can't help but to come up to random babes and give them "some sugar". Well, the old lady picked the wrong baby to squeeze on today. Again, Addi threw her fit (although I don't know that I can blame her so much considering that the lady was squishing her face). I felt so bad, when she started talking about how she only had one child and no grand babies. She said she had to give all her love to everybody elses. She then thanked me for letting her love on mine. We actually ended up talking for awhile. She was so happy to meet somebody from Nebraska (no idea why). She talked me in to buying the 125th anniversary Dr. Pepper case even though I was perfectly content with my regular DP. She was so enthralled by our conversation that she would roll her eyes at anybody who had the nerve to walk between us during our conversation, even though they had no other way to get around us (maybe that is why she didn't mind Addi's attitude, she had one herself). I finally had to start inching away for her to get the clue that it was time to move on.

Checking out was no picnic either as we were upset that the cashier was even looking at us. Oh the joys!Perhaps it was a learning experience. Don't take the baby to the store without a nap. I guess it's just one of those things....