I experienced two very new things today that I felt were blog worthy.  The first one is going to take a minute so the second will require its own post.  But the first one is REALLY fantastic.

Today, December 13, 2009 is the first day I have felt true parental pride in my daughter’s behavior!  Now, when I say that let me clarify that I have been proud of Addison and so many things about her countless times.  I am always proud that she is my child…but today I found that I was ridiculously proud of her actions and her decision making!  At two years old!

She had a super long day, especially for the day after a long travel day.  She woke up early (early for us, 6:30 am) and we went to breakfast with PaPa (my dad) at his country club.  They were having a children’s day so Addie got to see a big train display which was awesome because she is BIG into choo choo’s, she got snowman shaped pancakes, got to hit a golfball in the pro-shop with Addie-sized clubs AND as we were leaving she got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus (did you know Santa drives a bright yellow Jeep Wrangler?) From there we stopped by the church so MoMo (my mom) could show Addie off to her friends, then we stopped at the grocery store and then home to find Aunt Thayer, Uncle Craig and baby Jackson.  After playing with them for a little while she took a two hour nap (and I did too) then the WHOLE family piled into Craig’s suburban and drove to the factory outlets.

It was pretty chilly in Colorado today, a comfortable 48 in the late morning but it grew steadily colder as the day progressed and by the time we were shopping in Castle Rock it was coat/mitten/hat weather.  Addie and I had tights/leggings under our jeans it was so cold!  But that little Goose was SO good.  PaPa bought her new sunglasses and she wanted to wear them all day, and into the evening, so she was running around with a plaid jingle bell hat, pink flower shaped sunglasses, a red puffer jacket, pink gloves, sparkle jeans and pink boots on.  It was a sight to see.  And she was just happy as a clam the entire time, saying hi to everyone, making people laugh and just being a happy kid. After the factory outlets we went out to dinner and I was pretty worried that Addie would be spent and would never make it through a sit down dinner.  But shock me, she was fantastic!  AND SHE ATE A TON!   To top it all off, she was awesome on the drive home even sitting next to a crying Jackson, she just wanted to hold his hand and try to make it better.

I am absolutely, 100% SO proud of my little goose.  What an awesome kid.

This motherhood thing is incredible.