Life with a toddler

Toddler years. The time where a child realizes "hey! Wait a sec, I'm my own person!?!) And takes you for a ride..

As a mom, I now know what love is, but, now I know what life is. Life with a toddler is hard. To me it consists of scanning, cooking, yelling, crying...running, chasing... its all way to much at times.

Maegan, is like all toddlers; rambunctious. She will throw a fit in the grocery line, yell at the top of her lungs to make sure I hear her clearly, push food away because she doesn't like it (even though she ate it yesterday), try to dress herself, undress herself, climb furniture like she is on an expedition... Toddler behavior.

My little girl will be 26 months on 10/11/12, but has an attitude of a 15 year old. Nothing I do is right, however, I know I'm doing it right when she says "Aww I wuv you mommy, I like you. You Maegans buddy" I can't be doing everything wrong. She is a smart, beautiful intelligent little lady. She can count to 10, knows her ABC's, and colors. She eats practically by herself, and opens the fridge to get her milk when she's thirsty. It's quite.comical to watch.

Two years ago was the hardest part of parenting now that I look back. I didn't sleep, and I felt contained. Life with a toddler is hard, but its joyous in the same respect. She's able to have freedom, and we have conversations now. We read stories, color and watch some cartoons together. In all honesty, I kind of feel like a pro.