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| Aunt Maddy gets credit for the "santa pants" |
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Charlie Brown Christmas
We've had this Charlie Brown Christmas tree from Urban Outfitters for years. Today I put it to good use! Charlie enjoyed it's one and only ornament. Getting excited for Charlie's first Christmas!
Elle
My friend Lisa was nice enough to allow me to practice my photography skills on her 3 year old daughter, Ellie. She was a charmer and so much fun to shoot. She had her own ideas about what would make a great pic, and I'd say she was right! Thanks Ellie and Lisa for a great afternoon!
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| Such a natural! |
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| It's hard to get a three year old to sit still! Wish this one wasn't blurry... |
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| I want a tutu! |
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| Being three is tough:-) |
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| Elle has the sweetest eyes. |
Monday, December 5, 2011
Snot Sucker
**Warning: Contains graphic content about snot. Reading may cause gagging, mouth watering, or even vomiting. Continue at your own risk.**
Last week the whole family caught a cold, baby Charlie included. We knew this day would come and I don't just mean his first cold which was tragic in itself. But no, I'm talking about something even more terrible than Charlie's first cold, I'm talking about the first time we had to pull out the dreaded SNOT SUCKER. This fine piece of machinery is exactly what it sounds like...gross. You literally stick an end in your child's congested, snot filled, adorable, little nose and the other end IN.YOUR.MOUTH. (Permission to stop reading and puke here.) Feel better? Rick and I have gone back and forth for months swearing the other was responsible for this task. Finally, the time came to open the snot sucker box and walk the proverbial plank and guess who was at work?
I was my son's only chance at congestion relief. I had to suck it up. Literally. I removed the "tool" from it's package and examined how it was possible that snot was not going to leave Charlie's nose and snot rocket into my mouth. Needless to say I was skeptical. Wouldn't you be? Charlie's labored breathing brought me back to the reason I was about to sacrifice tasting my son's snot. I'd do anything for that kid!
So I laid him on the changing table, inserted one end into his nostril, and the other into my mouth, and sucked. I wish it was possible for you to hear what I heard. Imagine the sound made when you're really congested and you blow your nose. Now imagine your mouth is the tissue and you're sucking the snot out of another person's nose! My mouth immediately began to water and I gagged. You just aren't prepared for that sound! I will say, that the snot sucker works like a dream! Once you get past the fact that the only thing separating your taste buds from snot is a tube and a tiny sponge filter, it isn't so bad. I've used it all weekend and Rick even gave it a try! Charlie was a fan the first couple of sucks, but has since decided he'd rather eat the snot sucker.
I did have one close call today. I successfully sucked his nose clean this morning and went to the bathroom to clean out the bad boy. That's something I'd neglected to think about prior to use. The cleaning is about as gross as the sucking. Anyway, I took it apart and to my surprise Charlie's snot had made it all the way to the spongy filter, mere centimeters away from my mouth! I shivered at the thought of what would have transpired had that filter not be there to protect me!
Do I recommend it? Yes. Do I suggest you rock, paper, scissors your partner for who has to do it. YES.
Happy sucking!
The infamous Snot Sucker.
The tiny filter I rely on to keep snot out of my mouth.
Last week the whole family caught a cold, baby Charlie included. We knew this day would come and I don't just mean his first cold which was tragic in itself. But no, I'm talking about something even more terrible than Charlie's first cold, I'm talking about the first time we had to pull out the dreaded SNOT SUCKER. This fine piece of machinery is exactly what it sounds like...gross. You literally stick an end in your child's congested, snot filled, adorable, little nose and the other end IN.YOUR.MOUTH. (Permission to stop reading and puke here.) Feel better? Rick and I have gone back and forth for months swearing the other was responsible for this task. Finally, the time came to open the snot sucker box and walk the proverbial plank and guess who was at work?
I was my son's only chance at congestion relief. I had to suck it up. Literally. I removed the "tool" from it's package and examined how it was possible that snot was not going to leave Charlie's nose and snot rocket into my mouth. Needless to say I was skeptical. Wouldn't you be? Charlie's labored breathing brought me back to the reason I was about to sacrifice tasting my son's snot. I'd do anything for that kid!
So I laid him on the changing table, inserted one end into his nostril, and the other into my mouth, and sucked. I wish it was possible for you to hear what I heard. Imagine the sound made when you're really congested and you blow your nose. Now imagine your mouth is the tissue and you're sucking the snot out of another person's nose! My mouth immediately began to water and I gagged. You just aren't prepared for that sound! I will say, that the snot sucker works like a dream! Once you get past the fact that the only thing separating your taste buds from snot is a tube and a tiny sponge filter, it isn't so bad. I've used it all weekend and Rick even gave it a try! Charlie was a fan the first couple of sucks, but has since decided he'd rather eat the snot sucker.
I did have one close call today. I successfully sucked his nose clean this morning and went to the bathroom to clean out the bad boy. That's something I'd neglected to think about prior to use. The cleaning is about as gross as the sucking. Anyway, I took it apart and to my surprise Charlie's snot had made it all the way to the spongy filter, mere centimeters away from my mouth! I shivered at the thought of what would have transpired had that filter not be there to protect me!
Do I recommend it? Yes. Do I suggest you rock, paper, scissors your partner for who has to do it. YES.
Happy sucking!
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