"I Love Lucy" and so do Koreans!

Oh the fame...you would think she was a movie star or somthing! Things can take really long here in Korea when you bring Lucy along, but we have learned a few tricks that help. Trick one: walk fast and pretend not to hear the numerous comments about the American Baby who looks like a doll (usually works great, but I practically bulldozed one lady who had already detained us for about 10 minutes. She jumped right in front of the stroller like she had a death wish and would sacrifice anything for one more minute with the American Baby. Crazy Lady). Trick two: put a hat on Lucy (of course, that still doesn't hide the big blue eyes) Trick three: put the shade cover down on the stroller (but Lucy hates that, which can sometimes draw in more attention) Trick Four: Just play up the foreign card. When someone comes and starts clapping as if they want to hold Lucy just say "I'm sorry, I don't speak Korean" and then run before they try to make their wishes known with sign language. Trick Five: We are debating purchasing a black wig. How do you say "My child is not a pet. Please do not touch!" in Korean! Here is a little glimpse into the life of Lucy here in Korea: The average congregation around Lucy, taking pictures with phones, etc.


Help!!!!!!!!

Mom? Dad? Are you really going to abandon me like this?

This is at the grocery store, which is always the craziest because of the workers. One of these ladies was playing a game with Lucy where she started slapping Lucy on the face. It made me pretty angry and just before I grabbed my baby from them Lucy started bawling as pictured above. Poor girl.

Despite her worried look in some of these pictures, Lucy actually loves the fame and usually doesn't seem to have any stranger anxiety toward Koreans. She smiles and waves like a queen as we walk along. She has even started bowing like Koreans do when people stop to say hello. I have to admit, I enjoy attention as well, (who can resist people doting on your child who you adore so much) so unless I am in a rush or completely exhausted I make the best of the fame and try to make new friends. It only bugs me when someone coughs all over and then reaches out to touch or hold her, or like the other day when some random woman said hello and within 10 seconds was kissing her on the lips. I am just not okay with that kind of germ sharing, but at that point there was nothing I could do. I have been praying for her safety and I am pretty sure despite the amount of germs she has encountered, she will survive here in Korea. I'm more worried about how deflated her ego will be when we get back to America and she realizes she isn't really Shirley Temple.