mommy moment

I had my first "I am going to give in right now so my baby will not make a scene in the store" moment today. I will admit that before I had a baby of my own, I was probably a little judgmental of some things I saw other moms doing. I've quickly realized how silly that was. Most moms are doing the best they can and what's best for one mom/child may be different than what's best for another mom/child. What was best for me/Reid today was giving in. :) Anyway, today Reid and I were at Hobby Lobby and he started fussing pretty much as soon as I put him in the cart. He's really doesn't like riding in the cart for some reason. I tried to distract him by showing him a little wind up chick in the Easter isle. Well, as soon as I took it to put back on the shelf he freaked out. I decided that in order to avoid a full blown meltdown I would just let him play with the chick while I was shopping and then go put it back before we left. Well, by the time I was finished shopping, the tag on Mr. Chick was ripped off and chewed up. Luckily the cashier wasn't totally grossed out when I handed her the slobbery remains to ring up. I don't want to make this a habit, but $3.99 saved me from being "that mom" in the Lob today.

This is just a picture of Reid doing his new trick. He's kind of proud if you can't tell. ;)