Current mood: pleased
Today we decided to have a little family outting to the mall. They have been upgrading this whole new section all year and it was finally opened to the public. We wanted to check it out, plus I needed to buy a new top for Mia's baptism.
So I got Mia ready and off to the mall we went. She was acting her normal spunky self in the backseat of the car and was always trying to get my attention by making noises. Once I would look at her she would flash her cute little smile. I would look away again and she would make this noise to get my attention. Again when I looked at her she smiled. She did this most of the trip down to Temecula. It was a fun little Mama/Daughter game.
When we got to the mall and parked in the structure. Boy it was cooooold! We bundled Mia the best we could with her blankey and her carebear (she LOVES carebears). We checked out the new section but it really wasn't all that great. It was more food places than shops so we went inside and shopped for my top.
First stop, JC Penny. I found a shirt but it wasn't all that great but not bad. I went to try it on in the dressing room while Adrian pushed Mia around in her stroller. Right away she got the attention of an older lady who just fell in love with her. Mia smiled shyly at the older woman and she got nothing but compliments from her on how cute she was. I pretended to be shopping and not paying attention but I heard everything and was beaming with pride. So was Adrian who was talking to the lady with Mia. I later tried on the shirt but wasn't completely convienced I wanted to buy it. So we headed off to another store. One of my ol' favorites, New York and Co. Once we got there I tried on another shirt while Adrian played with Mia. This time he took her out of her stroller and she perked right up. Again another stranger lady came up and said "Awww how cute!!!" Adrian then took Mia to a full length mirror so she could see herself (She LOVES babies) and she played with her reflection while I tried on the shirt. I didn't like the shirt afterall so we left.
We then passed by Annie's pretzels and decided we needed a treat. Adrian and I both got a pretzel and BOY It was sooooo good. We found a bench and sat Mia between us while we munched. Of course we didn't forget about little Mia, she ate some snackies too! So all three of us shared a bench as a family and ate our snackies. It was a cute moment.
After our brief snack we went back to JC Penny to buy the shirt. Again I wasn't completely convienced I wanted it so I decided to try it on AGAIN! When I came out of the changing room I could hear all these woman compliementing Mia!!! haha Two women sitting outside of the dressing room kept saying how cute she was and how she looked like "Pebbles" with her bow in her hair. Then a store clerk stopped by and also made it a point to see her and compliment her. Then it was time to go and pay for the shirt and as we left the ladies all waved bye and Mia waved back!!!! She finally started to wave (Something I have been practicing with her ALOT) I was so proud. Once we found a checkout counter we ran into that one store clerk lady from ealier, not only did she compliement Mia again she went to grab another co-worker to show her how cute she was. Adrian and I were all proud of little Mia, all this attention made our day. As for Mia she was doing her normal cute thing like nothing was happening haha.
Then it was time to go home. After a chilly walk back to the car we buckled Mia up and off to home we went. She had some play time with Daddy once we made it back home, then I bathed her and off to bed she went. What a fun little family adventure.
