You Guessed It, but not really...

Yes, that is a picture of Jason's dad. I guess most people who read by blog did already know or knew at one point and may have forgotten. ;) It may as well be Jason, I need to get some old pictures of him. I, unfortunately, don't have any little kid/baby pictures of myself and have only seen a few. So, there's a little explanation for my current obsessive picture taking. Not that it matters, I don't believe I have a horse in the race on the look alike contest!

Is it normal to still be in mourning about Addie's birthday? I guess it isn't just that though, we have also registered Freddy for the Pre-K program at our elementary school. It is kind of heart wrenching. I had a 10 minute conversation with a complete stranger at Target this evening. She had two little ones running around and a newbie borned in the cart. Her kids were adorable and she was very sweet with them despite the little boy taking his clothes off in the middle of the aisle so he could "try on" the new shirt he wanted. I told her that her kids were really adorable and her baby was so sweet. She looked a little frazzled but we got to talking about how fast they grow and she about how hard it is to care for a newborn with a 3 year old (the boy taking his clothes off in the aisle) and an 18 month old (pixie blond girl in pigtails) running around, especially while she's trying to breastfeed an infant. I told her that I was mourning my baby's first birthday already, but she said she was really eager for hers to be 6, 4, and 2, or maybe 8, 6, & 4, I'm not sure.

The point is that I immediately felt guilty for all those times that I may have ever felt someone feel judged or embarrased by their kids' behavior. I've never been blatantly rude to anyone, and I'm usually more appalled by the parents' behavior than the kids. I just realize now that the only people who have any business thinking ANYTHING about your kids' behavior is other people with kids, and they wouldn't DARE because they have their own! I laughed at this little boy taking his clothes off and I immediately felt bad because I knew I'd be devastated if Freddy did it, so I smiled as genuinely as I could to this lady and a few aisles later we were chatting. I wonder if I'd stayed longer...we may have been buds! I guess this started as a so sad my babies are too big post, but ended somewhere else. That's fine.

One more thing, do you know what I did tonight? I went to Kroger and got a list of all the items in their buy 10 items get $5 off and I went through the store and priced them so that now I can gather all my coupons and all my online coupons stored on my Kroger card and figure out the best deals/steals. I just happened to luck out with a bebe sitter husband tonight, so it won't be a common occurrence, but I am excited to see how it all works out. I'll share if I have the energy afterwards!