Nathan and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary this month. I can't believe it has been that long already. To celebrate, we both took the day off, dropped Hailey at daycare and went to the casino to lose money *we are really good at that* - it was a lot of fun regardless. Daycare offered to keep Hailey overnight for us (her first overnight away from both Mom and Dad) - so we got to spend some super rare, one-on-one time with each other. I didn't even realize how much I missed being together like that until we were able to have that time....thanks Jamie! Maybe I don't express how I feel about my husband enough on this blog, but I can't imagine raising a child or sharing my life with anyone else. We are far from being a perfect couple, that is for sure - there have been some serious rough spots in the last 10 years. However, when I think back to who we were when we were married... and the ways in which both of us have grown since then... I realize what being in a relationship is really about. I can honestly say that I love him even more now then I did 10 years ago, because I understand both of us so much better.
Speaking of photos to share.... I have one to post here from Hailey's latest adventure - SWIM CLASS! We started taking swim lessons last month at the Health and Fitness Center and she is really enjoying it! Both Hailey and Nathan get in the pool and she practices things like kicking, jumping in and pushing off. Daddy practices things to...like how to grip a wet, squirmy 3-year old. They end class by getting into a circle and singing songs - it's a 12 out of 10 on the cuteness scale. I think I am most proud of her behaviour at the pool, she is patient when she has to wait to get in the pool and fairly well behaved getting dressed. Her last class was yesterday, but we have signed her up for the next level -'Seashells' - in which she will be by herself (with the instructor) in the pool. I don't know how comfortable I am with that yet...I'll have to wait until the first class to see.Hailey is essentially totally potty trained - we have even stopped putting on pull-ups at night. In fact a few nights ago, as Nathan and I were falling asleep (Hailey had been asleep for a while), we heard her waking up. We almost got out of bed, but then we saw her from behind as she walked past our door to the bathroom (with an awesome case of bed-head). We listened as she went potty.... followed by a long, long silence. Nathan and I were actually concerned that she had fallen asleep on the toilet. After a minute, she started crying because she wasn't quite able to finish by herself and was still half asleep. We calmed her down and helped her finish. It was almost a major milestone. I think that if she had been able to go all by herself...it would have been me that was crying.
She is getting so independent now...part of it is liberating relief - like being able to take the Diaper Genie out of her room - but it is also tremendously bittersweet. I can see the day coming soon where she will no longer want me to put outfits together for her or help her with puzzles. That thought gives me a dull ache in my heart. I knew that feelings like this would come at certain stages in her life - the big independence moments like the first day of school or leaving for college...but I didn't expect them so soon. She's still just so...little. I can't even watch kids getting onto their school bus without a small pebble of anxiety. I know that between Nathan and myself, I have the role of the worrier - I'm trying to curb that now while I can (heck, before she can drive!). Things I never would have thought twice about are now major concerns. I just can't help being continually reminded of how much changes within yourself when you become a parent. I realize now how much growing up I still have left to do myself.
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