Its about time...

Makayla finally turned back into her sweet loving funny self again! From about 11 months until 15 months lets just say parenthood was super challenging. Its no surprise that she started her terrible two's right when she turned one. She has been advanced with everything so why not be early at being naughty too right? Well she defiantly was testing us to our limits. She knew what we didn't want her to do, but did it anyways with that look in her eye. I know kids will always test the limits and she definitely knew exactly what buttons to push to make mommy and daddy go over the edge. I was feeling very frustrated, sad, disappointed, stressed and just like the worst mother of the year. It was extremely hard trying to tell her "its not funny to run into the street" and "you cant jump in the pool when we aren't ready to catch you" not to mention just the simple non life threatening things like running away as fast as she could just so we wouldn't take whatever she had in her hands away and turn around with that ha ha I can get away with anything look.

Well she has finally quit throwing her crazy tantrums 24/7. She started listening so so so much better. This past month has been very rewarding as a parent. Makayla has been so sweet and super funny. This girl can make us laugh till we're on the ground. Her listening skills have improved drastically and she is able to communicate so much better. Mommy hasn't cried to daddy at how stressed and frustrated she is. She hasn't had to tell her little girl NO as much or put her in a different room while she' s throwing a tantrum while I cried trying to get through the day. Lets just say I'm crying in a very proud couldn't be happier way now. I'm soaking in every bit of this wonderful stage Makayla is in before its back to tantrums and naughtiness. It is still so crazy to me how one tiny little person could make someone so frustrated and then one minute later feel like the happiest person alive. It really is the best thing to watch your child grow and learn more things. My baby is long gone and my little toddler is here and she is absolutely so much fun.