I needed to run to the bank this morning, which obviously is not the ideal place for a baby. In addition, its not likely she is ready to learn about finances or money management ... so we werent going to turn to trip into an educational one. The bank is not too far from Kohl's, where I needed to make a return. So we hit up Kohls first. She hasnt been there since she was a tiny baby, and this time she was big enough to sit in the cart. They have a very funky cart that is like a high-chair attached to a basket. She honestly thought it was the coolest thing in the entire world.
After Kohl's and the bank we went home for a nap, which met with some issues. Brooke has become a very light sleeper. By very light, I mean that we cannot talk or move (or breathe), have had to turn all of our phones almost to silent and turn the house into a graveyard at naptime. Unfortunately, Wrigley was not in on the plan. She decided she needed to yell at another dog for peeing on her tree ... and Brooke woke up. Her 1.5 hour nap turned into 30 minutes, and she was not happy.
We went to run another errand, walking up to pick up a race packet for a race I am running on Sunday. I thought the walk would do my cranky baby some good, and it did. We then met my friend Emily (and Brooke's friend Owen) for lunch and followed lunch with a trip to Target to buy a sound machine (I have heard that babies who are sensitive to household noise do better with these). At Target she sat in the shopping cart, and it actually was her first time to do so! We always walk to stores (she is in her stroller) or go as a family (she is in her Ergo carrier or stroller) and I actually have yet to put her into a shopping cart. As you can tell, it was even more awesome than the Kohl's trip!
As you can see, she appears to have adopted a "shopping cart pose", since the Target and Kohl's pic are almost the same :) My mom asked me if I was teaching her to shop, and mentioned that she seems to like it. Honestly, I think Brooke was born a shopper. There is no training or education needed!
Now it is naptime again. Brooke is testing out napping to a waterfall (must be nice). The dog just barked (stop peeing on her tree!!!!) and Brooke is still sleeping. Dont know if the sound machine helped with that or not, but we will be testing out this new toy over the next few days to see what happens.
