Letters to Hope

I don’t think your ‘Terrible Two’s” are soo bad. I say that now, but wait… I might change my mind.  Today you where cranky but I know you did not sleep that well for some reason last night, so this morning you were very tired.  And all day you have been tired.

You are almost officially out of diapers. I still put them on you when you go to bed but you have been doing VERY well with not peeing in your pretty panties and you tell us when you have to go to the potty.  You are so cute you look and say uh oh pee pee and then RUN to the bathroom.  I think you have only had like 2 accidents and in the morning you have been dry even in your diaper.  When I go out for LONG trips I still put the diaper on you but then as soon as we get home I take it off again.

You are growing up so fast and becoming quite the little woman.  You have started this slapping thing that is driving me crazy.  You keep hitting me when you get mad and I just can’t have that.  I have no idea where you picked it up from but it is not very nice and hope I can find a way to correct you without hitting you back.  Since that is what my mom used to do I am out of ideas.  We do have this one thing that works though and I think it is kind of funny.  I ask you if you want to go to your room and you always say no and stop what ever it is that you are doing.  I don’t know what is going to happen if you ever say YES but for now it is working.

Your father and I are still on the outs, but you guys seem to not notice and you spend a lot of time together.  I hope that everything can stay this way and that no one will become resentful or bitter.  It is good that you hardly notice that he is not here; I think if you did notice it would be very hard on me.

I love that you snuggle with me and now you are really getting the cutest little sense of humor.  You sing all the time now and are sooo smart.  Your memory is great and you remember things from 8 or more months ago, which is amazing to me.  You’re just simply wonderful. And I am sooo proud of you for the potty training, man that makes life easier :)