Dear Alastair, the perks of being a mommy

The day we took you to your one month check-up it was 5 degrees outside. The flu has been making its way across the nation, and has actually killed a few people. Crazy, I know!

The week before you were born, I actually caught the flu, coupled with bronchitis. It was TERRIBLE!

Since then, I am super conscious about people and their germs.

The day we were at the Doctor's office the nurse who weighed you had a cold. I heard her sniffle, but your dad actually saw a drop fall from her nose, and land on the paper you were lying on.

Needless to say, you now have the sniffles, sneezies, a stuffy nose and boogers galore.

Since becoming pregnant with you, I have experienced so many gross things, that haven't really bothered me, because they were in the name of you: getting a shot on my butt cheek every day for two months, until the medication gave me hives all over my body (hives hurt! They feel like your body is swollen and on FIRE), having to swallow a cocktail of pills twice a day, getting internal ultrasounds three times a week, hands being placed in uncomfortable places, mucus plugs falling out, blood blood and more blood. Yuck!

And to think, this information is just the tip of the iceberg. Some stuff, I will never be able to tell you.

Well, for you, I would do it all over again, but I'm sure I will continue to experience many other gross things.

For instance, this past week as I was changing your poopy diaper, you decided to fart and squirt poop all over my arm.
As gross as that was, all I could do was laugh, continue to clean you and then clean myself.

My most recent proud moment was helping you to breathe better, by removing a big booger that was waaaaay stuck in the back of your nose. You couldn't sleep all day or the previous night because of this booger. This nurse really did a number on you. With the help of the nose aspirator (aka the boogie sucker), I was able to pull this huge booger out. You kicked and screamed and I'm sure cursed me out in baby language, but you were so much more comfortable once I got it out.

Mommy to the rescue, oh yeahhh!

Below is the booger. I should have been grossed out, but for you, I'd pull out a million more of these boogies hahaha