I was worried because yesterday you fell while walking around in the pool and your head went underwater twice. All evening last night and morning today you just kept telling me you didn't do good and asking me over and over if I remembered you falling. Everytime you brought it up I told you that I did remember, but that we pulled you right back up and that you were ok, I told you I was so proud of you for how well you did and that you were going to get better at it.
I still wasn't sure as we sat under the canopy at the pool if you were going to let go of me and go with your teacher but when the time came you went right to her and followed her to the pool. I was so proud of you, so incredibly proud of how brave you were to go when I could see on your face you were nervous and you kept looking back at me on the way to the edge of the pool. I won't lie it hit me like a ton of bricks this intense urge to scoop you up and tell you everything would be ok, but I knew that you needed to do this on your own. You have grown so quickly, and you are becoming so independent. I can't even count the number of times I looked over at the pool to check on you during that one thirty minute class, just to make sure you were doing ok and were listening to your teacher, and I even caught you looking at me a few times. By the end of the class you got out and came right over to me to get a hug and get dried off and to tell me about how you threw the toys and went to get them. I soaked up every detail you gave me even though I saw the whole thing because you were so excited and proud to tell me about how you did it all.
You did great today baby and I am so proud of the girl you are growing up to be. It's only the beginning baby, it's only the start of all the things you will accomplish this year, I can just tell.
