Its Tough Being a Girl!

Oh my goodness I have just wrestled a princess for the last hour and a half. She may be tiny, but boy is she strong. I am worn out! She finally realized that she was going to lose this battle and went to sleep. Now let me just remind you that I have an 8 year old daughter at home, and because of this I am an expert at making little girls look, smell, and act like little girls whether they like it or not. If you were to walk into Ashley's room tonight, I would beg you not to wake the sleeping "giant", but you would see the most beautiful little princess all tucked in on her princess pillow. Her nurse (his name is Jeff) just came in and said it even smells "pink" in there! I loved that statement.

Ash has had 2 line dressing changes (the new and the old), 2 ostomy changes (the first one didn't want to stick), a bath, a shampoo, a massage (with girly smelling lotions), and she is now sleeping in her new pink ballerina dress while wearing fuzzy bunny slippers. All she lacks is the bow, but we have already fought that battle this morning and I felt sorry for her and let her think she won.

Now that she has growled and grumbled at me the whole time while wearing the sweetest little grin you have ever seen, I too need a nap. Instead I am off to run a couple of errands while Nan sits with the "giant" and watches her sleep. I am leaving strict instructions to stand gaurd at the door of the castle with sword in hand so that no one dares to enter and risks waking up our princess.

All in all we have had a wonderful day. She looks better and I think she feels better than she has in a very long time. How thankful I am that she has the energy to fight against her necessary beauty rituals. If I left it up to her she would stay stinky and dirty and not even be recognizable as the princess that we all know she is destined to be. Its tough being a girl and when you add the title of "Princess" to that it gets even tougher. I am so glad I get to be her mommy!