Accomplishment

I've felt a great sense of accomplishment with several things over the years...getting a 97% on my U.S. Constitution test in the eighth grade, getting the "Golden Glove" award in high school softball, graduating third in my high school class, making the honor roll my senior year of college, graduating with my Master's of Business Administration degree, buying my own house and fixing it up so nicely, marrying Ross, having Lucy....all of those things have brought a great sense of accomplishment to my life.

Now having Lucy I have a whole new set of ways to feel accomplished. One of those ways is successfully doing outings with her. Today I met some friends at the park for a "play date." We walked the trail for a while and Lucy was so good. I fed her before we left home and put her in the stroller when we got to the park. She was awake for a little while but then fell asleep for about an hour. She woke up and needed to be changed and was in a pretty good mood (no screaming!).

After the park we went to a restaurant to meet some friends from my old work. She got a little fussy on me because it was lunchtime. I started feeding her a bottle and then realized she needed to be changed. So I changed her and then finished feeding her and all was well. She sat in her car seat while we finished eating and was just so good!

Lucy immediately fell asleep when I put her back in the car seat to leave. Since she was sleeping I decided to run an errand, of which she slept the entire time until I got home!

I am so proud of Lucy and kind of proud of myself, too, for adjusting so well to this new life. Today I certainly do feel accomplished!