First Night Away From Mommy

Well, Tara left one morning around 5:30 to go to Dallas for training. She was gone overnight and came home the next evening. This was Raegan's first complete night away from mommy. That evening I picked her up from daycare and took her to the house. We played with lincoln for a while and then went in to have dinner. After dinner it was time for a bath. She loves playing in the water and i figured it would relax her. It is also part of our night time routine. We read about 4 books together before I began turning out the lights and turning on her lamp in her bedroom. It was at this time that she realized mommy wasn't home. She started crying the walked through the house yelling "momma, mommy". In one of our hallways there are 3 pictures of Tara and Raegan. She pointed at each one of them and said "momma". I tried to explain to her that momma would be back tomorrow. She came and sat in my lap and we finished a few more books.

The next morning, Raegan woke up at her normal 5:30. We got up and ate breakfast. Then she started asking for momma again. We went to our bedroom and she saw some picture frames up on a dresser. She asked me to get them down for her. Below is a video of what she did with them. I took her to daycare and then I picked her up that afternoon. We went and met Tara for our anniversary dinner at Red Rock Canyon Grill. Needless to say Raegan was pretty upset at this point. When she saw Tara walking through the parking lot her eyes followed. As she got closer, she pointed at Tara and said "No, No". She continued this as Tara approached the table. She was obviously upset that Tara had left.