I'm HAPPY....and a little sad....

Since we started daycare the first week of October 07 - I've carried Haley in, when she was smaller - in her carseat, then when she got bigger - if she wasn't asleep I'd carry her on my hip - I've always carried her in...today....I got her bag out, set it on the car, picked her up out of her carseat and took a couple of steps towards the building. Haley had something else on her mind. You can tell when she doesn't want to be held or carried around - she'll sort of push on you and at the same time try to get down herself. Well, she did that. So, I put her down and we started walking - the 2 of us, me and my baby. It really felt strange to hold her hand and the 2 of us walk in together. She is such a big girl! While I'm so happy that she is growing and getting more independent, I mean, that's what we're supposed to do - that's a good healthy sign, right? I know it is yet part of me is just plain sad! Nobody was at the front desk to see it either! She even knew what direction to walk to - the girl is a genious. I announced it when we walked in her classroom, like we had won the lottery or something big like that - and I told everybody that would stop and listen here at work, but it was something that you just needed to see. Priceless! That's what it was. That's what being Haley's Mom is too!