This is Happiness

Posted on October 22, 2008

Kate is a perfect combination of David and me. She looks exactly like him, but she acts exactly like me, which is sometimes totally fun – she’s animated, full of personality, has hilarious facial expressions, is creative and goofy, but along with all that fun stuff comes the not so fun elements of being full of so much personality – lots of emotional stuff! So it’s not rare for out of nowhere she just melts down. Part of it is being two…but I’m big enough to admit part of it is my genes. Hee-hee. Today she had a crying spell cause of something quite minor (well minor to my adult mind…not minor to her toddler mind) and we struggled and I tried so hard to make it all better, but just like me she needed her own time to get over it and appreciated being left alone to yell at the heavens at her misfortune. So once she calmed down a bit I scooped her up in my arms, dried her tears up and told her how much I love her. She grabbed my neck and pulled me tightly to her and said, “Mommy, you are so cute” well gosh talk about being precious! That priceless comment totally made up for the 15 minutes of shrieking and screaming in itself! Then she teared up a bit more and with a poked out bottom lip said, “Sometimes Kate just has to cry” and wow, isn’t that the truth? I mean how many times do even adult need to grasp that concept?? That sometimes a good cry just needs to happen! So we read some books, enjoyed some quality snugs and then she held my face in her hands and said with the most overjoyed expression, “I’m all happy now!!!” So here is my girls completely happy with the world face. I was swinging her at the park and clicking away…so it’s crooked, but I love it none the less!! Love when my girl is “all happy” Love it!!