What has two little thumbs and rocked their first day of daycare?! 

This girl!!

And apparently I crashed her fun when I showed up yesterday to pick her up because that's the look I got - the "Already?!" look. Honestly though, I'm ecstatic about that! I don't even care that she didn't squeal with delight to see me. I'm happy she did well and was content to be there!

Sarah (our daycare lady) asked me again if she'd ever been in daycare before because she would've sworn she wasn't a newbie, as well as she took to it! She played well on her own as well as with the other kids, took a while to go down for a nap but eventually knocked out (and on a little mat which she's never done!) and while she refused lunch (typical Violet), I found her eating her snack like a champ. I'm so proud and SO relieved to know she's totally fine being left with other people. Makes me wanna leave her with all kinds of strangers now so Ronnie and I can just get out for a date more often! (Kidding. Sorta.)

Last night she was just the sweetest and in such a good mood. And you see that face on the end? WHAT. Is that not the cutest little smile EVER? That's her "new" smile and she breaks it out every now and then and it just completely melts my heart.

Her big day was a success!

a big first.

We've been lucky that Ronnie's school schedule allowed him to be a SAHD for most of Violet's life and that his mom has been able to watch her a lot too, as needed. Now that Ronnie's working though, we needed something more consistent and didn't want to put that on his mom either so we found a daycare! It's an in-home daycare in our neighborhood, just a few blocks away! It's Violet's first time ever in daycare and it's the first time she's ever been in the care of "strangers" so I've been pretty emotional the past couple of days. Such a sappy mom. ha I am really excited for her though; for all of us!

We thought this would be a good start for her before we eventually put her into a preschool type of program. I'm so excited for her to get some good socialization and also have more of a schedule. It's hard to keep to a schedule when she spends her days with Ronnie, then his mom, then me and then on the weekends with just us. It'll be good for her to have a real routine!

When we dropped her off, she totally forgot all about us. ha! She went right in and made herself comfortable playing with all the toys! As soon as we left, I cried like a baby and Ronnie had to remind me that we are just normal (albeit overprotective) parents. ha. We know she's in good hands and I've already texted the lady to check on her - she said she's doing great! She didn't want to nap or eat lunch lunch but that's typical stubborn Violet. She assured me that they've seen this plenty in some of their newbies and that they all eventually caught on when they see the other kids doing it. Here's hoping!

I pick her up in a couple hours and can't wait to see her little face!!