Dear Georgia,

As I had hoped, you woke up in a very pleasant mood this morning.  Probably because sometime in the night you ended up in my bed, without letting me know you were there.  At about 6:30 I rolled over and your face was right there and it completely freaked me out.  But it was too close to wake-up time to put you back in your bed, so I just left you there.  At 8:30 I woke up to you rubbing my cheek.  You look so cute in the morning, with your crazy hair and your swollen face.  It's priceless.

You had a "Daddy Day" today, which usually means that you get to tag along while Gibson and Daddy do boy things.  You hold your own, though, and can always add a bit of glamour even to sporting goods.  You wore a summer dress, tights, and your snow boots today.  I think that's funny.  And of course, you wouldn't let me do your hair until about 6:30, and even then it was an ordeal.  You wanted the back of your hair up, but the front of it down.  Right...like that's going to happen.  So I put your hair in a ponytail and through your tears you said, "I'm not pretty!"  It was so funny, but when I laughed you cried harder.  But the ponytail was not an option, and so it stayed and you got over it after about 15 minutes of crying.  I thought your dad was going to kill both of us.  He thinks you only throw tantrums when I'm around, and that's probably true.  I do tend to bring out the worst in people.

We were playing a question game and I don't know what led up to it, but suddenly you were laughing hysterically and said, "Oh...my...gosh!"  We were dying.  That's a new expression for you.  Kind of like the "th" sound.  I noticed today that you said "teeth" instead of "teef."  Crazy.  You must have said teeth about 20 times today.  It's funny how things just click, and then you always know them.  Like walking, riding a bike, and drinking out of glass without getting a mustache.  Every day you learn something new, say something new, do something just a little better than the day before.  It's amazing when I sit back and think how much more you've figured out in the last three years than I have!  It's too bad the learning curve levels out so much as you get older.  Good thing I have you to keep me young. 

And good thing we have each other, so we can do girl things while the guys go to Cabela's and Best Buy!  "Mommy Days" are so much more fun :)

I love you.

Love,
Mommy