Fears

We all have a fear of something. Mine has always been heights. I get dizzy just thinking of being high up somewhere and looking down.

Ava has developed a new fear as of this weekend. She is afraid to go for a car ride. She keeps thinking that we are going to leave her. She won't let me open the car doors until I put my shoes on and doesn't want me to turn the car on until I am in. (Luckily the cooler weather is on the way, because I always turn the car on to cool it off). As soon as I say we are going to go out, she starts to ask if we are going in the car or stroller. If I say car, she starts to say over and over "mommy is never going to leave me." That is because that is what I have been telling her to calm her down. It started the day we left Prescott. We had everyone packed up and Mike went in the house one last time and she started to freak out, as if she thought Mike wasn't coming with us. I am hoping that this phase will pass fast. We go out and about in the car EVERY. DAY. Luckily as soon as I get in the car equipped with snacks and good music, she is ok

Noah's has a fear of public restrooms. Random, I know. Every time we are out and I have to use the restroom, as soon as I start to go in one, he starts to cry. Then it goes into high gear once he hears the toilet flush.

He is also scared of big crowds and loud noises when he is in his stroller when we are out and about. He mostly starts to cry when we walk by the play area at the Chandler mall. I guess it echos and is loud and he probably realizes that I am not there. (On the bright side, my arms are getting a great workout because I have to carry him the rest of the time.)

I know that each of them will be afraid of something at every stage of life. I just hope I can ease their fears as their mom.

And with that, I leave you with my two cuties...