Germy

I call Hannah "Squirmy" because she doesn't like to lay still on the changing table. I think I'm going to start calling her "Germy" instead. We're sickly, AGAIN. Body aches, sinus pressure and pain. Since Germy has come into our home, we've had more colds, stomach flu, and bacterial infections in a short period of time than ever before. Hannah starts snotting and 12 hours later I'm full of goo as well.

Maybe I should stop kissing her.

No way!

Kevin called me at work at 1:30pm today and asked when I was coming home. I know he doesn't feel well or he's having a rough day when he calls to ask me that. I left at 3pm. Nana came to the rescue and gave us a night off. We got some decongestants and Tylenol in us and started feeling a little better. We looked at each other and said, "What are we going to do, now?" "Do you want to go see a movie?" "Na, let's clean the kitchen." I must be ill if I'd rather clean the inside of my microwave than go see a movie.

While we were cleaning the kitchen... the conversation went something like this. "Doesn't it feel strange to not have to worry about what Hannah's into?" "It feels freeing." "I keep thinking that it is way too quiet."

Speaking of snot, Kevin bought this nasal aspirator online called Nosfrida that is wonderful. We could never find a bulb that had enough suck to get out Hannah's boogers to our satisfaction after trying three different models. You don't have to put anything inside a nostril, and you use the power of your own lung power to control the sucking action. Because your mouth is doing the sucking, you've got both hands available to hold the child still and hold the tip near the nostril. Great product that really sucks!