Finding Peace

Ava, I read this this morning and had to save it for you. You have a book that Auntie Christine made for you, with all of my blogs for you from your first year. So for your second year book, this will be included.  I thought of you, because it was just this morning when I thought that something must be wrong, because you didn't need me. Yesterday and today, your Daddy and I dropped you off at daycare, and you didn't care! I thought it was THE worst feeling when we would drop you off at your new daycare the first three times and you would SCREAM and not want to let go. It broke my heart.  But then, you stopped needing us. You could not get out of our arms soon enough to see Stacy, to see your new friends, and to play with the new toys. Yesterday, when I took you inside, you did just that. You wanted to get going and because the idea of me leaving without you KNOWING I'm leaving scares me a little, I always ask for a hug and a kiss and tell you to have a good day. So...

My sweet, chatty girl, you are getting closer to TWO years old and I would like you to slow down please.  You are getting so tall, so sassy, so dang funny, and so chatty these days, which I love, but  don't always love that you are old enough to be all of these things. In the last few weeks we are seeing your vocabulary continue to EXPLODE! I feel like I say this every time that I write. You LOVE books again these days, and I am sure that has a lot to do with the vocabulary explosion. The other day, while at Gramma and Grampa's house, Grampa revealed their red, refinished wagon. While out for a little tour of the backyard, and obviously ecstatic about the new wagon, you said "wagon, I want to, buy it." Ha! And while walking to their house after a day at daycare, you said, "No Grampa's house, Austy's house." And often you are saying, "I want it," "I got it," "I did it." You are putting together sentences of 3-6 word...