Tears

Last night I had tears in eyes. Tears of joy, sadness, excitement, surprise, admiration and pride.

Charlotte took her first real steps AND said "mama." She'd taken a few steps before while Craig and I encouraged her to 'walk' between us on the floor. Mostly she would take a step and then lunge towards us with a big smile. She loves the little game of walking back and forth between mommy and daddy.

Tonight was different. She would get up on her own and then take a few steps towards us. We slowly started moving backwards so that she had to take 10 steps to reach us. She did it without lunging too. After almost 5 minutes - smiles and all, she said, "Mama" while walking towards me. I was so proud. I just couldn't help it - my eyes were full of tears.

Tears of joy - my little girl is doing so well!
Tears of sadness - my little girl isn't a baby anymore.
Tears of excitement - my little girl is growing up.
Tears of admiration - my little girl can do it.
Tears of pride - my little girl is amazing!