Purple Panic

This is Purple. Purple has transformed my four year old daughter into a full fledged mother. She breastfeeds (ya, I know..), she changes her diaper, spent her birthday money to buy real diapers for her, changes her clothes, feeds her, rocks her, calms her cries (yep, she's one of those crying babies) and takes her everywhere. Literally. Everywhere.

Tonight, we had a Purple mis-hap. These are far and few between, but when they happen, oh man, sound the alarm. It's bedtime and Purple had vanished. She wasn't in the usual hiding spots (as Avery believes she hides when we can't find her). Purple tends to 'hide' under the bunk beds, under the computer desk or has an extended nap in her crib and is covered with so many blankets that she's not visible.

Finally, we find her. On the trampoline... She hid really well tonight.

I know how I've felt when I've turned around in the grocery store or in the park and can't immediately spot my kids. That deep and instant panic where you feel like you're not breathing. And I see that in my daughters face when we can't find Purple. As sad as it makes me to see her upset, I love seeing the Mommy she has become.