Maturing?

I have to wonder if Julia is maturing and growing up.

For the last couple of weeks, she has been such a good girl! She has been listening to what I say and doing what I ask. She has been behaving when we have to go to appointments and have to wait. She is also being good when we go to the store.

She had been holding my hand without complaint and will even stop and hold out her hand when I tell her to "wait for mommy and hold my hand".

The other day we were getting ready to head out the door and she was unwrapping a piece of candy. She threw the wrapper on the floor and ran to the door. When I sternly told her we do not throw trash on the floor and to pick it up and throw it in the trash can, she did it!!! She has been also doing other things I ask her to do! We really need to work on her cleaning up her (toy) messes, so I am slowly moving to that.

She has been WONDERFUL in the few restaurants we have been to recently. Waiting patiently and not fussing.

The meltdowns have seemed to be much less too!

She is still a toddler and still acts like a toddler, she does get in ornery moods a lot, but I really think she might be growing up and maturing! Although, I am sure I have just jinxed it and now she is going to be a real handful!