The beginning of the end

It's almost all over. My days of getting by without her noticing things I mean. I can still sneak some things past her, but that's getting less and less every day.

I can't take her to the grocery store. She notices when I put bananas in the cart and yells, "nana" over and over until she has a come apart. I took her into a store yesterday and she kept grabbing toys off of the bottom shelf since she was in her stroller. I kept taking them from her and placing them back which didn't affect her until she saw a toy Elmo. When I took Elmo from her- well, let's just say we made a quick exit from the store.

Also, I turned her car seat around. I know, I know... they say now to wait until they are 2. But, we did. Now I slightly regret that. I can't stop at Sonic anymore. I crave a cherry limeade almost every day. Now, when I get one, she cries out "juice!" until we get home. And I am not about to order her anything from Sonic, so those trips are over. I tried giving her a sippy cup every time I ordered something. That worked for about 2 minutes. The she would drop it, yell "uh oh" and cry until we got home because mommy had "juice" and she didn't.

I am glad she is growing and learning. But is it wrong to miss the unobservant baby who you could do just about anything in front of and not feel guilty? Oh, well. I have another one of those coming. I'll leave Bennett with Dad and take the baby to Sonic. Then I can drink whatever I want and he will be facing the back and never know what he is missing.