My 2 Year Old/My Best Friend

Last week Reagan really tested showing me she definitely is two and WILL throw a fit. There were a couple of days I just didn't think I was going to make it. She was throwing herself on the floor, screaming for 30 minutes or longer, just out of frustration or not getting her way. And not only once a day, but a few times. So, the days seemed longer and I began thinking of what it was going to be like with 2 little monsters at home.

However, this week has been much, much better. Darrin has had to work until 9 every night, so it has just been Reagan and I. There have been very few fits and they don't last near as long. I'm not saying she is "cured" of the fit throwing, but for now, she is doing great. Today she had her 2 year check up. We are 2 months behind, but she only lacked one shot and if I waited until today she could get her flu shot at the same visit.

Her stats as of today:

Weight: 30.8 lbs, 88th percentile

Height: 37 1/4 in, 99th percentile

Head: 19 3/4 in.

I have mentioned our peditrition before, saying the one we have always used and whom I loved moved so we had to see a different doctor. I had seen her a few times and I wasn't very fond of her. I am very personable, I talk a lot and ask tons of questions and I like for who ever I am seeing to be the same way. This new doctor was very to the point, matter of fact, tough (by that I just mean not gentle with Reagan, almost forceful) and I was just not used to that. She has never complemented me before, asked my questions or concerns, or seem interested in what's going on in my life. But today, she was a completely different lady. She was very complementive. She told me that she could tell I was a wonderful mother, she could tell Reagan was a high maintenance child and that I was doing a great job, she was impressed with her words and phrasing, she said that she believes that Reagan will be very smart, she feels I do a great job at disciplining her as well as rewarding her, and a few other things as well.

To me that was a huge compliment, especially coming from her. I didn't expect it and it felt really good to hear her say that. I felt so proud, more so of Reagan than actually of myself.

On the way home I had the Taylor Swift CD in, (still Reagan's favorite, anytime she comes on the radio she yells TAAAYLOR right away). One of the last songs came on, "The Best Day" and I pretty much lost it. If you don't know the song, here are the lyrics: (I tried to just paste a chorus or phrase, but I liked them all.)

I'm five years old it's getting cold i've got my big coat on
i hear your laugh and look up smiling at you i run and run
past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides look now the sky is gold
i hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home

i don't know why all the trees change in the fall
i know you're not scared of anything at all
don't know if snow white's house is near or far away
but i know i had the best day with you today

i'm thirteen now and don't know how my friends could be so mean
i come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys
and we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away
and we talk and window shop till i forgot all their names

i don't know who i'm gonna talk to now at school
but i know i'm laughing on the car ride home with you
don't know how long it's gonna take to feel ok
but i know i had the best day with you today

i have an excellent father
his strength is making me stronger
god smiles on my little brother
inside and out he's better than i am

i grew up in a pretty house and i had space to run
and i had the best days with you

there is a video i found from back when i was three
you set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me
it's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs
daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

now i know why all the trees change in the fall
i know you were on my side even when i was wrong
and i love you for giving me your eyes
staying back and watching me shine and i didn't know if you knew
so i'm taking this chance to say that i had the best day with you today

Lately I have been thinking about how much fun Reagan and I have together, just the two of us, and wondering if I am going to miss the way it is now. She is not a baby, but a little girl and already my best friend. Now that she is really able to talk and communicate we have so much fun together. We went to the Olive Garden last night for dinner, just her and I, for the first time ever and we had a great time. We shop together, (she isn't very good, but she is getting better), have lunch out together, run errands together and pretty much spend our entire day together and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Reagan - I am so lucky that I get to spend my days with you and I am so proud of you already. I know our mother/daughter bond with only become stronger and you will continue to make me more and more proud. I thank God for blessing me with a daughter of my own and someone as special as you. Thank you for all the wonderful days of smiles and laughter, I have the best days with you. - Love Mommy