Yesterday was a day of ups and downs. Mainly one big up - Josie took her first steps! She has been standing and taking half a step for a couple of days, but we are officially calling yesterday her first steps. She took two steps before sitting back down. Of course we got out the video camera and tried to get her to do it again to no avail. Stinker.
Then we had one big downer at the end of the evening. I will start by saying Bailey was very tired, and so were Mom and Dad. We meant to get her to bed early but somehow we failed. I won't go into details about what started the huge meltdown because that isn't really the point of this story. I will just say that it was a monumental meltdown. We tried to reason with her, we tried to get tough, we tried hugging and loving her. Nothing worked. Finally it came time to dish out the worst punishment known to man (or girl) - we took away Baby Carrie. Yes, we ripped Bailey's dolly out of her arms while she screamed and cried on the floor. It was not pretty. It was understood that losing Carrie for a night would happen if she could not get herself together during a meltdown, but never before had it come to that. I had to fight back tears myself, and my heart was breaking right along with Bailey's. When we threatened another night without the doll she did get herself together enough to make it to bed. Unfortunately she continued to sob in her bed until she finally fell asleep. My heart continued to break until I too fell asleep. Sometimes being a parent is a really nasty job.
Upon waking this morning Bailey rushed into my room to get Carrie back in her arms. All is well with the world again, and it seems we have been forgiven. Until the next major meltdown anyway.
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