Posts by Christine:
The case of the giant booger
Cardin has a tendency to develop gigantic boogers. I’m not exaggerating here either, Brett can confirm their massive size. The other day, one booger came flying out of her nose that was easily as big as my thumb nail!! It was the king of all boogers!! (It was so big that it requires extensive use of exclaimation points) LISTEN LADY, how are you breathing?!?!?! Your nostrils are not even that large. 
We can’t get her to understand the concept of blowing out of her nose, instead she just spits out of her mouth. The boogers hang around for some time and I’m convinced this squatting effect allows them to quadruple in size.
One night last week I offered to be Cardin’s personal booger digger and grab the sucker with a Q-tip so she could actually breath. Don’t get ideas, this isn’t a role I would take on for anyone but my own kid. This was unacceptable and we must have tried blowing her nose 50 times. As a side note, each time you blow her nose you must utilize a new Kleenix. Hopefully this fresh Kleenix need does not turn into another OCD habit. Needless to say the Kleenix box was looking mighty empty after our failed attempts to grab the giant booger.
A few nights later the case of the giant booger was solved when I was giving her a bath and washing her face. Clearly the steam from her bath and me using a washcloth was enough to dislodge the culprit that had been plaguing her sleep for a few weeks. This thing could have gone in the Guinness book of world records.
She was able to sleep peacefully that night, without snoring like her father. Since then, the boogers seem to have regenerated themselves. These always look lovely, especially since she’s such a lady and wants to be dressed up all the time.
The Amnio
We are rounding the corner on having this baby and I cannot wait! The other day, I scheduled an amniocentesis for May 10th. Provided that the results of the amnio show that Rory’s lungs are out of their fish like state and strong enough to handle the toxins that seep out of Cardin’s butt, I will […]
Under the Sea
After bath time the other night, Cardin decided it was again time to load up on some fresh ink from her newly acquired princess tattoos. After I had completed putting at least 5 tattoos on her body, she informed me that Rory also needed a tattoo. Since I wasn’t keen on the idea of inducing […]
The never ending question
Internet, ya know when you were 8 years old and sang, “This is the song that never ends…” just to annoy your parents? (You’re welcome for getting that stuck in your head now). I’ve discovered that this particular brand of parental annoyance begins at a much earlier age; the roots of which are from one […]
Epidural Me!
Last week, during one of my scheduled OB visits, we began discussing the details for inducing me prior to my expected due date. I was induced when I was pregnant with Cardin, so most of this was not a surprise for me. One of the items that I had blocked out was the need for my platelet count […]