Sickie...?

Mommies are made for the messy stuff.

Saturday evening, shortly after bribing Samantha to eat her dinner (veggie burger & hummus) so she could have some ice cream for dessert, everything came back up.  It was completely unexpected.  And to add insult to injury, Steve and I had just ordered pizza for ourselves to eat after she went to bed (needless to say, we now have lots of leftovers).

Now this is a child who, other than having had her first two years punctuated by reflux after every meal (maybe one day I'll share a few embarrassing stories...), has only actually vomited two or three times in her nearly five years of life.   I consider us very lucky.  And because the illness came on so quickly, and passed so quickly (she was finally sleeping soundly by 11pm), we are pretty sure it was something she ate.  Which is weird, because I tasted everything myself, too.  Who knows?  I guess I have a constitution of iron.  But it wasn't pretty.  And my girl, ever the trooper, would wretch, then say after every instance, "All done."  No tears, it's just how she rolls. 

And in true Samantha form, she woke at her usual time of 6:30am on Sunday (oy, I really could have used another few hours sleep after spending a restless night in her bed), and began playing with her toys, asking for something to drink and acting like nothing had ever happened.  "How are you feeling this morning, Sammi?"  "Better, Mommy."  Whew!

And in true Samantha fashion, my little model, dark under-eye circles and all, was ready and willing to pose for some glamour shots after eating a breakfast of juice and toast with peanut butter.  Like nothing ever happened. 

Go figure.

Sleeping on the couch, covered in her school bed roll and lying on the old towel usually reserved for dyeing hair and taking cats to the vet.  One old hair-dye towel had to be thrown away that night, with much sadness on my part - I had used it since college and it had lovely streaks of random colors all over it.  Easier to throw it out than to figure out how to clean that mess out of it...

Ohhhh, I just looooove those dimples!!!!