"I want to be Like Mommy when I grow up"

This morning was similar to most mornings around our house.  It was a kind of hurry, let's get the kids dressed, and out the door to daycare kind of day.  Lorena has developed into quite a little diva.  In the NICU, they had nicknamed her "little diva" and she is living up to her name.


Her hair is always a terrible mess in the morning.  She has fine hair like I do and it tends to get super tangled when she sleeps.  She cried the whole time Dan brushed her hair.  Then I put it in a pony tail which was ok for a while, but then I had the wrong barrette, which happened to be placed on the wrong side of her head.  Tears ensued.  Dan planned on stopping to get a donut at the convenience store in town on the way to daycare and proceeded to tell Lorena she could have a donut.  She started crying because she wanted M&Ms, not donuts.  I explained that you can like donuts and M&Ms in life, you don't necessarily have to choose one or the other.  Then as I'm putting her in Dan's truck, she shrugs her shoulders and starts crying again.  "There isn't any snow!." "All the snow is gone."  "But snow is my favorite."  I told her that maybe we could get snow this weekend and that seemed to calm her down.


Lorena also said something that made my heart smile today.  When I was helping her put on her favorite coat she was crying again because "she wanted a coat like Mommy's coat so she could be like Mommy when she grows up."


Lorena is a very strong and sensitive little girl.  This is the first winter we haven't had to deal with asthma related issues and chronic coughs due to her prematurity.  She just might be growing up.