New things

Watching Riley grow up will continue to amaze me. It is so awesome to watch as she learns new things. Watching her figure out how to crawl, sit up, stand, walk and now she's running...it's all so amazing. I remember when she first touched grass for the first time and how she wasn't sure if she liked it or not. Getting nervous the first time she went down a slide but then seeing how much she loved it. Putting her on her first amusement park ride with her brother and being terrified, but she just sits there.

Now she puts her clothes in the laundry basket, she helps clean up her toys, she loves giving high five's and she's trying to repeat everything we say. She wants to be Miss Independent and I'm just in awe of how much she does for herself now. I'm so proud but at the same time, very sad. I've never wanted to rush her into learning new things. I'm just enjoying every moment as it happens. I always struggle with wanting to protect her from getting hurt and letting her figure things out. Sending her to daycare was a huge decision for me. She only goes two days a week but those are the longest seventeen hours of my life. She's sad to see me go but she gets so excited when I pick her up.

Last night we did a few more "firsts" with Riley. I put bubbles in her bath and she was very thrown off. She just sat there and wouldn't touch anything. She didn't know what to do and she definitely didn't like that her toys where covered in bubbles. Towards the end she loosened up a little but not much. I also gave her her toothbrush and let her "brush" her own teeth. I want her to get use to it. She always fights me when I do it, so I handed it to her and let her try and get use to the feeling.  She did very well.