"We're going to the mall. We still have to buy you new clothes”, her mother told Alex as they headed to the nursery.
Upon entering the nursery, her mother sat Alex down on the floor, and proceeded to look for some clothes in the dresser. Meanwhile, Alex decided to explore her new room a bit and began to crawl around the nursery. She was fascinated by how her parents had decorated the place, there were even more toys than when she was a baby for the first time. But while she was still exploring the nursery, she heard her mother say something from behind.
"Do you like your new room?", her mother asked her.
"I guess so," Alex replied. Soon after, her mother proceeded to pick her up and take her to the changing table. Before she knew it, Alex had been dressed in the same little green dress Jennifer had given her, little green socks, and green baby crocs.
Now that Alex was dressed, her mother proceeded to pick Alex up again and they immediately left the nursery. After going downstairs, her mother placed Alex on a playpen in the living room and left for a little while.
Alex didn't really know why her mother had placed her inside the playpen until she saw her mother come back with a diaper bag and a baby stroller.
"Okay, baby. Now we can finally go"
"Mom, no! I don't want to be in a stroller. That's just for babies", Alex replied annoyed.
"Honey, YOU are a baby. You're not old enough to walk on your own yet. Besides, I can't be carrying you, the diaper bag, and the shopping at the same time”, her mother answered her. Alex was going to throw a tantrum about this, but in the end she decided to calm down a bit and let her mother put her inside the stroller.
Now that they were ready, they proceeded to leave the house and head towards the mall. Along the way, Alex's mother was humming some lullabies while she kept moving the baby stroller. Meanwhile, Alex was observing how everything around her looked now. She even was so distracted that she didn't even notice that she started sucking her thumb again.