A big day at the Redding house

Christopher turned 2 today! Actually, Mike reminded me this morning that at 6:23 p.m. he will be 2. I can't believe how fast time has flown by. We are definitely hitting the terrible twos and he really is growing into a little boy.

Today that became quite the reality for me. We started our new daycare and I was really kind of nostalgic about leaving our old daycare on Friday. Especially, when I picked up his stuff and they made a card for him with all his little girl friends hands on it. It was really sweet of them. They even gave me the picture that was on the front of his cubby which is so cute!

This morning I was really nervous about this new transition for him and thought that I would be at the daycare for an hour while he got adjusted. Not so much. The director was waiting for us in the room and he remembered her, walked right up to her, took her hand and started playing with her and the other kids. It didn't even matter that I was there or not. I even walked out of the room to put his stuff in his new cubby and he didn't even notice. When I went to leave he just turned and waved by and went off to play with more toys. I'm glad that he is growing into a confident, independent little man, but sad that it is happening so fast.

Let's just hope the rest of his day goes as smoothly for him as the drop off.

Choosing a daycare ...

Mike and I have decided to start looking for new daycares for Christopher. We've never been overly disappointed by our current daycare, but never blown away either. I guess it was the letter that we have a $75 registration fee due by April 27th that gave me the motivation to start looking at other daycare options ... or the fact that they may or may not have painted Christopher's toenails during an art project.

This time around it's a lot harder to make a decision. I don't know if it's the impending change or that we know what to expect from daycares now. We've narrowed it down to two places, a daycare center and a church run daycare facility. There are pros and cons to both, but we are still having trouble making the decision. So today during lunch, we're stopping by the daycare center to see it in action. Hopefully, this will help make our decision a little easier.