Kaylee and her Daddy

I have been wanting to write a post for a few weeks now about this but just hadnt gotten around to it. Recently Kaylee has been so emotional. She gets upset and angry for no reason. Just out of the blue she will go from being this really relaxed laid back little girl to being so upset by something. If she isnt angry she is crying a couple times a day. I was making dinner the other day and she came into me and said "Mommy are you chopping onions because I feel like crying" I wasnt and her eyes werent burning she just wanted to cry. I know this is normal. She is changing. I can see this in her. Her hormones are going CrAzY and she doesnt know how to deal with them. Often times I sit down with her when this happens and I hold her or we talk about why she is angry. We've talked about what is happening to her and what all these changes mean too. But the thing I am most impressed with is Lee. He has no idea how to deal with this. His little sister is quiet a bit younger than he is and it is unlikely he remembers her having any hormonal changes. But if Kaylee gets upset and runs off upstairs every time Lee is home he goes up and sits with her. He hugs her and talks to her until she has calmed down enough to come back down stairs and rejoin us for whatever we are doing. This impresses me so much. I remember going through this exact same thing when I was about her age but instead of my dad doing as Lee does my dad often said if youa re going to cry I will give you a reason to cry. Or he would say go to your room until you are finished. I didnt know what was going on. I didnt know why I wanted to cry for no reason and instead of taking the time to talk with me about it I felt like no one cared. I have always worried and never wanted to be that way with my children and I am so grateful that I married to such a wonderful man who deals with this stage of Kaylees life the same way I do. That he cares so much about her that he wants to help her through this hard time in her life. I am sure that we will have a lot more hormonal times to go through but at 8 years old I just want to help her get through this one for now. :-)