Little Miss Shopper: April 8, 2010

Rylee is becoming super animated and is learning to use her face to communicate. In the beginning, she used to stuff her hands into her mouth and squint her eyes to let us know she was hungry. And then, usually in the mornings, she would start to smile really big to let us know she was well-rested. And now, when she recognizes her mom or dad, she smiles really big and even lets out happy outbursts. These have all been fascinating and exciting for us to watch. Here is a picture of one of her big, smiley outbursts:


And just when I thought it couldn't get any better than this, she blew me away. Today we were running some errands. As most of you may know, Rylee isn't one for sitting in some dumb car seat while we are out and about. She always wants to be held so she can look around. I assumed she was a people watcher and was interested in her surroundings. But today I learned that the only reason she wants to be held is because she is shopping too.

As we were perusing the baby aisle, I noticed that she was super giggly. When I turned to see what she was looking at, I saw this. When I pointed at it and asked her if she liked Minnie Mouse, she tilted her chin down and let out a side grin. A friggin' side grin that said "Yes Mommy. I do like Minnie Mouse and I will be so good to you today if you let me bring her home." I honestly couldn't believe the look this girl was giving me! Had she already learned that a sweet little side grin would melt my heart into buying her whatever she wanted?! Well, luckily for me, she was an understanding little girl. After I explained to her that she already has like 27 security blankets (& that they don't offer any real kind of "security" anyway), she backed down and returned to her usual people watching. I know I got lucky this time, but I'm cautiously awaiting for the side grin/chin tilt move to show up again on our next trip...