a wonderful day

Dear Diary:

Violet turned two yesterday, I can't believe it. Where did my baby go? How am I the mother of a 5 year old and a toddler? We had such a great day yesterday, a little party, good food and a chocolate heart cake with cream and raspberries! Her midwife, my very dear friend Amy, drove 2 hours to come to the party, it meant so much to me to have her there.

I find myself reflecting on the past two years, because as my dear friend reminds me, that it is also "Happy you gave birth-day" I think about her birth, surviving her first year and now surviving another. Things I would have done differently and things I would do again in a heartbeat. And something I am really proud of....she is still breastfeeding. Liam weened himself at a year and it was fully his decision not mine. Violet still nursing is such a gift for both of us, it is that one thing that even though she is now a toddler, we still have this lovely thing that is just between her and I.

So now as she is becoming a full fledged toddler, I miss the baby she once was, but I am loving the child that she is blossoming into.














P.S.

We were all so excited to see her video birthday card, I think we watched Isa singing about 20 times. Violet is already in love with her.