Milestones are not just for babies. They're for mamas too! Carter and I joined lifetime fitness this past weekend. Today was the first time we went. Lifetime has this are called Lifetime Kids which is their little version of daycare so parents can go work out. Needless to say I was nervous about leaving him. I've never left him in that kind of capacity before. I've left him with my parents a few times and once with a friend in Flagstaff but he was already asleep then so that doesn't really count. And leaving him with my parents doesn't count as "leaving" him in my book.
Anyway, so we went to lifetime and to the kids area. I told the girls that it was his first time, could I stay with him for a bit, etc. Carter and I walk into the play area and I tell the girls in there that it's his first time and I set Carter down. I expected him to stand by me for a bit and take it in. WRONG! As soon as I set him down he went straight for a toy! There was an older woman in there (and by older I mean she probably had kids, versus the college girls who probably don't have kids) who went right over and played with Carter and blocked his view of me. Not that he was looking for me anyway! This woman (should have gotten her name!) gave me the thumbs up and I tentatively walked out... holding back tears of my own... leaving him for the first time was hard!
I head upstairs to work out. The entire time I'm wondering how he's doing but I know they will call me if he's unhappy for more than 10 minutes or needs a diaper change. All of a sudden the music stops and someone comes on the paging system. So and so to the kids club please. They didn't call my name! Carter must be doing well!
I worked out for 40 minutes... I didn't want to leave him too long the first time. As soon as the kids club comes into view I see my little blondie's head and the same kids club woman helping him down the slide. Then his face comes into view and I see he's having fun and smiling! Relief! When the kids club woman noticed me she said he did so well and no issues at all! I said great, I was nervous because I've never left him before. She was astonished that he did so well, especially at his age and me never leaving him before.
While I was happy he did so well the next part is hands down the best part. Carter looks up and sees me, does his loud yell/scream, smiles, and runs to the door and grabs the handle to try and open it. The little door is locked so he starts to see if he can climb it. (the door is a short door) Talk about melting my heart in an instant! He's smiling at me with his arms raised so I'll pick him up. Seriously that kid can melt my heart with the simplest of things. Now I'm holding back tears again but this time because this little dude makes me so incredibly happy. I'm pretty sure I had the biggest, dopiest grin on my face ever.
Turns out I was worried about the wrong things! I was worried about leaving him and he didn't have a problem with that at all. I was also worried that when I went to pick him up he might not want to leave because of all the new toys. Wrong! He clearly had a good time and they were taking good care of him. How he was so excited to see me made me feel like the luckiest mama in the world. Love my little guy! Talk about a big milestone day for me!
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