Target Baby
When we first brought Zoie home from Ethiopia, we headed to Target to buy diapers and new jammies for her. Our 6 month old only weighed 7 pounds and needed newborn sizes quick! We live in a small town and Target is our new bright beaming light beckoning us through their doors. It’s located at the center hub between all our local schools. Zoie’s first Target run, the staff surrounded us with congrats and love. In fact, every time we visit the store, we feel welcomed home. They have a mini Starbucks inside, so we love to meet Gramma in the mornings after dropping Hannah off at school. I realized the other day, that Target and the amazing staff have become our good friends. This winter has been so cold, that instead of heading to the frozen park, we play at Target. Zoie was officially crowned Target Baby, so just for fun here’s our daily trek. It goes something like this:
8:00 am- Target doors open.
8:01 am- mommy runs heads to the Starbucks to order coffee.
8:04 am- Caleb, the best Target barista, makes my caramel macchiato foam peak 4 inches tall.
8:10 am- Zoie greets the incoming customers with “na na” (knuckles)
8:15 am- we start off speed walking our first lap by the $1 racks.
8:17 am- I spot my Sexy Hair spray on sale and make the dive.
8:20 am- we greet the morning staff busy restocking laundry detergent.
8: 25 am- we dart behind aisle #34 and cart 2 gallons of whole milk.
8:26 am- I drop my coffee and spray extra foam on my UGG. (darn!)
8:28 am- we swoop to the right and head to the toys.
8: 31 am- Zoie screams “cook” and heads to bake me a cake.
8:45 am- I give Zoie the 5 minuet warning that we’re going home.
8:50 am- Zoie’s still feeling zippy.
8:53 am- I tempt Zoie with a quick peek at the candy racks.
8:55am- we say good-bye to all our Target friends.
8:58 am- dash to the car and start our crazy day.
Do you have a Target baby or do you hang out somewhere else? I want to hear.
Target Friends- Steiger girls & Zoie playing in Baby aisle. (thx Lenka)
My Crazy List (a few things I think are just great)
- Little Monster Clothing Link– Abbie Kelly, owner. “I am blessed to be a part of a very large and loving family (there’s 15 of
us, 9 adopted- some of my siblings are on the website:). Our father had a routine of creating endearing names for each of us when we started to develop our own little personalities. Little Monsters Gear was created as a direct result of these loving little terms of his affection. Our Little Monsters try to capture the love that our father felt for each of his children and then we use these unique traits in each of our designs. My hope is that through our monsters you are able to see glimpses of the little monsters in your life.” - My girls screaming at each other!
Scream Zoie! from Kari Gibson on Vimeo.
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By the way my girls can scream MUCH LAUDER!!!
Not got a Target Baby yet because we don't have it here in the UK!!! BUT…. that is soon to change because I absolutely LOVE Target and always stock up when we visit!! Soon we'll be living and shopping there whenever we need to!!
BTW we drink the same coffee!!!!
Looking forward to meeting you Kari!!!
Back again, I was wondering about your second adoption and if you have shared more details on the blog which I have missed. I'd love to know how far in the process you are!! Are you adopting girl again or boy? Young or older?
It would be great to know to pray for you specifically!
Yep! Almost every Tuesday or Wednesday, my 3 year old and I head to Target! We have Walmart too, but I would much rather go to Target! My very first job was as a cashier at that Target. Ha! Then, we always drive thru Starbucks on the way home. Our Target has a Starbucks now too, but I like to get mine on the way home and relax and drink it after I get my groceries put up!
I love that picture of Zoie with your Starbucks 🙂
I have a beauty shop baby! My sister is a hair dresser and every Tuesday and Thursday my 2 year old daughter and I drop my 5 year old son off at preschool and head over for our "standing appointments"! She loves all the old women that come in and we both get our hair done and nails painted twice a week…it's great!
I went to Target after I left your house today. Bought myself a Tiffany blue (almost) shirt to layer with my new SL shirt. I love it and will be sporting it a lot! Love you friend.
We don't have babies anymore, but when they were younger, we had Barnes and Noble babies. =D The other mommies and I would take the kiddos to the children's section in Barnes and Noble, drink our coffee, and let them play with the train table and the various books available for their perusing pleasure. SUCH good mommy time! And it didn't hurt that Old Navy was just next door. LOL
Sounds like a fun morning!
Zoie is getting so big! I remember how tiny she was when you brought her home.
Praying for you and your family on your journey to adopt again.
Hugs and prayers,
Debi
I cracking up at Zoie playing in the girlie toy isle like she lives there! Hillarious!!
I am LOVING reading about Zoie in your blog! My husband and I just started our adoption journey and are so excited. Your daughter is beautiful!