With Michonne's help, Rick got Judith cleaned up. It took them forever to get all of the tomato sauce out of her hair; everytime they thought her hair was clean, they would double check and find some red in her hair. While they were doing this, Judith laughed the whole time.
"You think this is hilarious, don't you?", Rick asked his daughter, while smiling. Judith began to laugh even more.
"She's Carl's sister, so of course she finds this funny", Michonne said. "Your kids think everything is funny", she joked.
They finally got her cleaned up and Michonne was getting her ready for bed. She had just finished changing Judith into her pajamas and the toddler was looking up at her. A few seconds later, Michonne heard her say "Ma ma".
Michonne froze. "I'm not your mommy", she said with tears in her eyes as she picked up Judith. She held the little girl close. Judith would never get to know her real mom, and the worse part was, was that there weren't even any pictures of her to remember her by. The one picture Carl had of their mom was gone... left at the prison when they had no time to retrieve it when the governor attacked.
"I'm not your mommy", Michonne repeated again, "but I will always be here for you. You can always count on that."
She kissed Judith's head and sat down with her in a rocking chair in the corner of her room. Michonne rocked her until she fell asleep.
There's something that Michonne didn't know: Rick had been standing out in the hallway the whole time, smiling. Judith had officially welcomed Michonne to the Grimes family.