Just Call her Suri Cruise

Okay, so I've been meaning to write in detail about what it is like to take Cate out of our house and into the public eye. You have all seen the pictures of Cate with the Korean paparazzi, but there is so much more than that. To sum it up, people are obsessed with her. I kid you not. To be fair, there are some really sweet people that are just excited to see a white, blue-eyed baby.

Cate has been given numerous gifts by random people on the street, like oranges, a container of milk, a pair of socks, some little cakes, and lots of candy (which they honestly expect we'll let her eat. ) However there are some examples that are verging on ridiculous. Today a woman came out of nowhere and put a used barrette in her hair. Another woman grabbed the wheels of Cate's stroller as we were pushing it onto the subway so she could sneak a peak. People try to take her out of her stroller all the time, they pinch her cheeks, grab her legs, and actually try to kiss her face. But my personal favorite (?) happened yesterday. We were in the subway station, nearly running as we were trying to catch the next train, when an old woman started punching David's lower back repeatedly. We turned to see what was going on and she was absolutely desperate to get her hands on Cate. She actually punched David to see our baby. As I write this, I can't help but laugh at the situation, but let me tell you , we were certainly not laughing when it happened. It's as though people lose all common sense when they see a foreign baby.

Cate usually handles it pretty well, but it's so frustrating when people just won't let up. Case in point, we were at a grocery store a few weeks ago, and Cate was pretty tired, and as we stood in line a large group of teenage girls came up and started touching her and making faces, and Cate just lost it. We pushed her out of the way a bit, and the girls just followed and would not stop. And the thing is, you can't escape it - because if you take her away from one group of people, there is just another group of people waiting to get their hands on her!

So, after two days of non-stop attention, I think we'll keep her in for most of this week, until we get brave enough to step out again.