stella my dear,
you are the sweetest thing in this world (well you and lady jane of course). this sunday night was so fun. after a fun day of tea parties, dress up, bike rides, the pirate ship park, and even lunch at a restaurant, you wanted to join me and claire to a "big girl" jewelry party. you were such a doll. you listened so well, played politely by yourself, drank out of your big girl cup without spilling, you talked with everyone...i can't believe how grown up you are getting! and i got so many good kisses and hugs from you, and how you pat my back with your little hand when you give hugs...there is nothing sweeter in this world than feeling that little pat from you.
and putting you to bed tonight, you cradled my head in your little hands and pet my hair while i sang you are my sunshine...and how you push my head back down on the pillow when i'm trying to leave and you want me to stay, saying "mommy lay wit youuuu" (or more often, "daddy lay wit youuu"), and listening to you talk about your day in your little munchkin voice and telling me you are going to dream of lollipops.
but as fun as tonight was, his weekend was trying. it started off so rocky. i want to say now that i apologize for being tired, your dad and my's trip to new york last weekend took all our energy and it has taken a week for us to get our feet back on the ground. and because of that i have had little patience, and i'm sorry my sweets...thats not fair to you. you have also been on edge a little, i feel, because we were gone and your schedule was off. you havent napped properly, and lets not forget halloween night...a night completely overloaded of candy and friends. which was so fun, but left you sugar crashed and sleep deprived. lets just say this week was not normal. i'm sorry for all the tears you cried on saturday (almost the whole morning). we just couldnt get it right that day.
i'm sorry for the fights we had this weekend, i should know better and not take your tantrums personally. i promise to try better. and i promise to get more sleep so i can have more patience. i'm going to cherish these so called "terrible twos" because you are still a baby and still want to be babied and you still let me baby you. in a few years i have a feeling this will not be the case.
you are the sweetest thing in this world (well you and lady jane of course). this sunday night was so fun. after a fun day of tea parties, dress up, bike rides, the pirate ship park, and even lunch at a restaurant, you wanted to join me and claire to a "big girl" jewelry party. you were such a doll. you listened so well, played politely by yourself, drank out of your big girl cup without spilling, you talked with everyone...i can't believe how grown up you are getting! and i got so many good kisses and hugs from you, and how you pat my back with your little hand when you give hugs...there is nothing sweeter in this world than feeling that little pat from you.
and putting you to bed tonight, you cradled my head in your little hands and pet my hair while i sang you are my sunshine...and how you push my head back down on the pillow when i'm trying to leave and you want me to stay, saying "mommy lay wit youuuu" (or more often, "daddy lay wit youuu"), and listening to you talk about your day in your little munchkin voice and telling me you are going to dream of lollipops.
but as fun as tonight was, his weekend was trying. it started off so rocky. i want to say now that i apologize for being tired, your dad and my's trip to new york last weekend took all our energy and it has taken a week for us to get our feet back on the ground. and because of that i have had little patience, and i'm sorry my sweets...thats not fair to you. you have also been on edge a little, i feel, because we were gone and your schedule was off. you havent napped properly, and lets not forget halloween night...a night completely overloaded of candy and friends. which was so fun, but left you sugar crashed and sleep deprived. lets just say this week was not normal. i'm sorry for all the tears you cried on saturday (almost the whole morning). we just couldnt get it right that day.
i'm sorry for the fights we had this weekend, i should know better and not take your tantrums personally. i promise to try better. and i promise to get more sleep so i can have more patience. i'm going to cherish these so called "terrible twos" because you are still a baby and still want to be babied and you still let me baby you. in a few years i have a feeling this will not be the case.
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| i have never seen more excited eyes in my life |
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| your first school photo! look how proper those hands are!! how in the world they got you to sit still for this i'll never know. |