Dear Georgia,

I dropped you off at daycare today, and you were more tired than normal, but you seemed fine.  You ate breakfast, got yourself dressed - just a normal day.  Then, at around 11, Brenda called me and said that you threw up at the playground.

At 11:15, I picked you up, and you were as white as a ghost.  You could barely walk over to me.  I put you in the car, and this is what you looked like. Isn't that a sad face?  My poor baby.  We went inside and you went straight to sleep in my bed and slept clear through until after dinner.  You seem to be fine now, but whatever bug you had really threw you off.  I'm so sorry you were sick.  There's nothing worse than seeing your children when they hurt, or don't feel well.

I have to admit, though.  It was nice to have you be a little bit clingy.  Normally you don't need a lot of cuddling, but today you have and I have LOVED it.  But I hope you are 100% tomorrow - I'd rather have you be happy :)

Love,
Mommy

Dear Georgia,

I have to first apologize to you.  I am a distracted mommy.  I have lots going on, and sometimes most of the time I end up spending too much time on other things and not enough time playing with you and Gibson and being a good mom.  Today I got home from work a little bit early and needed to go to the store to pick up a few things.  You and Gibson were fighting in the car, no surprise there.  I was feeling overwhelmed, and then I saw a playground.  I promptly pulled the car over and said, "Who wants to play on the playground?"  You went crazy.  It's not that you've never played on a playground before, but this was out of the blue - a special surprise.  We played for almost an hour.  I took off my shoes and we went down the slide together, we climbed the tree, we took pictures, we played tag.  It was a really wonderful hour.  I didn't make it to the store, but I got everything I needed from you and your brother.  I needed to spend some time with you.  No distractions, no email, no phone - just me and my kids having fun together.  I promise I will try harder to be the kind of mommy that I really want to be and know that I should be.  I watch how fast you are growing and can't figure out where the time has gone!  Spring is almost here in full force, so I hope we have lots of opportunities to just play together.

Love,
Mommy