Her's Now, and Forever

~ Chapter 20 ~

{ Rose's POV }

I read a book for 30 minutes while my baby slept, I made sure not to let her sleep too long. She told me if she naps for too long, she won't be able to sleep at night. I quickly put my book down and went upstairs to the nursery. I walked over to the crib and saw how adorable she looked sleeping, I awed and I almost didn't wanna wake her up. I lowered the bars of the crib, sat down and shook her awake gently.

"Mommyyy nuu!" She whined and turned away from me, I thought she was absolutely precious in her headspace.

"Princess naptime is over, it's time to get up." I shook her some more and then she nuzzled her head into my chest.

"Mm dun wanna mama" I loved how she called me a mix of Mommy and Mama, it made so happy as a caregiver. I loved taking care of my sweet little angel, even when she's a bit whiney or bratty sometimes. Since she was so close to me, I decided to check her diaper and she was a little wet.

I pulled out a changing mat from under the crib and I unrolled it, then I picked her up and laid her on the mat. Her footed pajama has buttons on it that I could've used to change her, but I decided to take it off all together since I gotta get her dressed anyways. I heard some whines as I changed a sleepy Kamil and got her into a new diaper. 

I picked her up and sat her back in the crib, I thought about letting her pick out her outfit but she was so sleepy. I noticed her thumb was in her mouth so I replaced it with a pacifier and went to the closet. There were so many adorable and cute outfits, but I went with a set of pink overalls and a white bunny shirt. I came back to the crib and put the shirt on it, then snapped the overalls, I also clipped her pacifier on her shirt. It seemed like she was finally awake now.

"Mama wy dress? wa in pajama?" She tilted her adorable little head and I awed.

"Because Mommy's taking you somewhere you'd like because you've been such a good girl!" I spoke with lots of excitement, I love seeing her reactions.

"WAAAA wher?!" She started bouncing up and down in her crib.

"It's a surprise! You'll find out soon baby!" I pat her head and then started to put her white sneakers on. I tied her shoelaces as well. Then, I put her hair in two buns, it was kinda hard because braids are different than what I'm used to. They make way more neater and prettier buns though.

I took her hand and we quickly went to the bedroom so I could get my purse and keys. Once I got those, we went downstairs and went out to my car. I put her seatbelt on for her and put on some cartoons on my phone for her. All throughout the whole drive, I heard lots of little giggles and looked over to see lots of smiles.

I decided to take my princess to a cookie shop, I was about to take her out for ice cream but then I remembered . . . lactose. I'm glad I didn't make that mistake because that would be very awkward. But back to the cookie shop, she's gonna be able to pick out a whole box of cookies! Of course, she can't eat them all at once or I'd have a really hyper baby to put up with . . .

After 10 minutes, we arrived at the cookie store. I got out of the car and even when you're not in the store yet, the aroma is so sweet. I went to the passenger side to help Kamilia out, I unbuckled her seat belt, took off her paci clip, and when I was done she ran inside the doors without me. I laughed, she was so excited. I saw her bouncing through the glass front of the store. I walked in and heard . . .

"MOMMYYY com on!! m wan cookiz!!" She whined and my eyes widened, I looked around the shop, luckily there weren't any other guests there but I know for sure the cashier heard that. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't care, but we're in public.

"It's fine, I have a little one too so I understand." I heard the cashier speak as I walked up to the counter with my baby. 

"Oh thank god, I'm sorry still."

Kamilia crouched down and had her hands all over the display case of cookies, her eyes were looking at all of the different flavors on the bottom rack. 

I kneeled down and moved her head, "Princess, you can't call me Mommy in public, you just call me Rose okay? I know you were excited, but you shouldn't run off without me either, you gotta wait and hold my hand. Do you understand?" She nodded but I wanted to hear a verbal answer.

"Use your words, do you understand?"

"Mm undertan, Kamil sowi!" She hugged me and I pat her head.

"It's okay baby, now can you tell the nice man which cookies you want? You can pick 16!" She gasped and started pointing at lots of cookies. 

"Wan dis! an dis! an deez! Wos how many dah?" She tried to count them on her finger but got frustrated and tugged on my shirt, pointing at the ones she chose. I laughed at how cute and small she was, even counting is hard for her in her headspace. 

"That's 7, you can pick 9 more love." She already picked out 2 sugar cookies, 1 smore cookie, 3 chocolate chip cookies, and a rainbow one.

"What's her little age? She seems a lot younger than my little." I heard the cashier say as he rang those up, I didn't notice until now but his name tag said Grayson and his hair was short, black, and curly. He was a poc like us, but he was mexican.

"About 2-4, so far I've only seen her in a 2 year old headspace."

"Wow, my babyboy's 4-7 and he's a handful, I can't imagine what you put up with." He laughs a little and smiles.

"Yeah . . . most of the time she's a sweetheart but she'll have tantrums and a lot of bratty moments."

I heard whines and felt some more tugging on my shirt so I looked over at my baby.

"Wos wuh bou nowz?" She chose 2 cookies with M&MS in them, 3 macarons, 2 peanut butter cookies, and 2 snowball cookies.

"That's 16, good job!!" I pat her head and kissed her cheek. Then the cashier wrapped the cookies in a box and rang it up, it was only 20 dollars but I ended up giving 50 for a tip. 

"Oh my god thank you ma'am!" He smiled.

"You're welcome, and do you think I could get your number so we can arrange a playdate for our little ones?" I was pretty sure Kamilia would be comfortable with it, she always tells me how she wants to go out, socialize, and play with others.

"Of course!" He grabbed a napkin and wrote his number on it, placing it ontop of the cookie box before he handed it over.

"Thank you, have a great day!" I said as I took my little girl's hand and walked her out the shop. I was happy to see that she didn't run ahead or pull away, since she usually does that when she's little. Once we were back outside, I opened the car door and buckled her with the seat belt, clipping her pacifier back on. I kissed her cheek before I got into the driver's seat and drove to a small store.

 It wasn't just any store, it was a store just for littles and stuff like that. Honestly, I was surprised there was one near us, I didn't know because I usually order stuff like that online. I unbuckled my baby and we walked into the store. It looked normal on the outside, but once you walked in it was very pastel and decorated cute. I got a cart and put my purse in it, then I lifted up my princess' chin.

"Make sure you stay with me at all times, if you run off you're not getting anything from here. Do you understand me?" She nodded but didn't reply because she was suckling her pacifier.

We went down the diaper isle first, everything was so so so cute! I pictured my baby in all of them, she'd look so adorable. I put two 2 packs of diapers in the cart, one with little farm animals and another with pink bunnies on them.
 
"Are there any you want angel?"

"Dis an dis Wos!" She pointed at a pack with a big cute lion on it, it looked like an actual baby print so it was even more adorable. She also pointed at one with teddy bears, blocks, and toys on them, I put both in the cart and pat her head, telling her she's a good girl for using her words.

Next, we went to the little gear isle, there were all types of pacifiers, bottles, bibs, toys, etc. My baby pointed at a pacifier that said "Baby" with Cinnamoroll on it and blue n white gems on it. I put it in the cart and kissed her cheek. I thought about picking up a couple bibs for her, but do I really wanna deal with her getting fussy over it? Maybe she won't be so fussy if they're cute ones, but she's far too messy to go without them. I got 3 bibs, one white with pink cats on it, another white with teddy bears, and one that said, "Mommy's little princess" with hearts on it. I thought about getting a new toy for her, but she has so many that it's really not necessary. 

I pushed the cart to the next isle, the stuffie isle, and I already heard my baby squeal. She took out her pacifier and spoke, "Wos how mani i getz?" 

"You can have 3 princess, can you put up 3 fingers for me?" She put up three fingers and I pat her head.

"Good girl! Now whenever you pick up a stuffie, put a finger down and when you run out of fingers, you got all your stuffies!" 

"Tay Wos!" She toddled around the isle looking at all the stuffies. I thought about getting one for me, but I only like the aesthetic of them, I don't really like to cuddle them or anything like my princess does. My baby picked up a medium white calico cat stuffie that was laying on it's stomach and carried it back to the cart, it was fluffy like a squishmellow, I thought it was adorable too!

She held up three fingers and put one down, I pat her head and was so proud, "Now baby how many are left?"

"Uhmzz waii!" She put down both fingers and then put them up again one by one. 

"Wos dah 2!!"

"Yes that's right!! You're such a smart baby, I'm so so proud angel!" I covered her cheeks and forehead in kisses before she waddled off again.

This time, she picked up a pastel green dinosaur stuffie with spikes and spots on it's back. She brought it back, declaring that she had one more left to pick. I was so proud of her for being a smart girl and counting, and honestly I just liked to praise my angel.

For her final stuffie, she chose a grey and white penguin in a frog outfit, I think that one was my favorite, they just looked so adorable. Once she was done, she followed me to checkout. I didn't go on the other isles there because they were kinky, I could see the pacifier gags, chasity cages, and lockable mittens when walking to checkout. By just seeing those, I was uncomfortable with even associating that with her littlespace. I put the items up on the counter and when they were scanned, I pulled out my debit card to pay for it. Once the items were bagged, I rolled the cart out and buckled my baby in the seat belt before I started to put the bags away. 

I hopped in the drivers seat, kissed my princess' cheek, and started to drive home. I'm glad I was able to spend some more time with little Kamilia and spoil the hell out of her.