The answer is YES! I had a very interesting morning. It's my hubby's birthday (yeah!) and we were finally going OUT to celebrate. So, I woke up extra early, got Kayla ready earlier, had everything set for the day to be productive, and we were right on track....until 8:30am. As we were driving in the car on the way to school, Kayla was singing her usual "Itsy Bitsy spider" songs, etc. Then, all of a sudden, she started squirming like crazy. "Kayla baby, are you ok? We're almost there. Don't worry." She kept squirming and moaning. Then...it happened.
She threw up everywhere! *sigh. I was shocked and worried. Even as an infant, Kayla never really threw up at all. This is literally the 3rd time she ever vomited. She looked shocked, too. Then started saying, "oooo...dirty. Very dirty, mommy." I turned around, went home, and literally had to cancel all of my meetings, plans, etc.
The PRE-mommy Jessica would have been frustrated and frantic about getting everything done. But, for some weird reason, I felt an overwhelming sense of LOVE. I felt LOVE for Kayla. I felt LOVE for being a mom. I felt her love for me as she said, "thank you, mommy! I better. You happy? I happy." These are the times that moms make a difference. I cleaned her up, put her in comfy sweats, cleaned the car, and just watched a movie with Kayla as I stroked her back.
The vomit on my cute new outfit (ready to go out after work), the cancelled meetings and work...it all didn't matter! The day was a bonus day spending relaxing time with Kayla making sure she was feeling better. I later laughed about it saying that there is nothing better than being a mom. Who plans for this kind of stuff? No one, but I learned to LOVE the unplanned moments of truly taking care of this little munchkin.
(Don't get me wrong. I don't want it to happen again soon! I can feel LOVE in other, cleaner ways.)