You Know You Have a Boy When.....

What oh what was Preston up to this past week? Well let me tell you a little about Preston's adventures. In his quest for unwavering independence, Preston and I were walking to the car on Thursday morning when I turned to put our bags in the front seat. Upon turning around, in slow motion, I watched as my son stuck his finger in his mouth. No big deal right? Well my brain processed as quick as it could, a mere millisecond prior to him actually sticking his finger in the mouth. You know how you know what he did, but you cannot get the words out yet because you saw it, but language cannot process that fast? Well it was that quick. And what appetizer did he fancy? He stuck his finger in spit on the sidewalk-and not his spit either. So beyond disgusting! I mean maybe he thought it was his since I constantly am suctioning him and sometimes if we are in public the "collection" in the aspirator goes into streets or bushes. I tried wiping out his mouth with a wipe, but reassured myself (with that fake medical degree I have) that any illness would have been killed upon being exposed to the sidewalk. Ew gross.

Fast forward to Friday night. We are in the car in the parking lot of daycare when I go to suction him before our ride out to the Island and I see a flash of green. Upon further inspection I realize that Preston has wedged a pea from lunch into the nether regions of his left nostril. When I asked him if he stuck a pea up his nose he started to cry. I felt so bad-poor thing has had it up there since lunch-but I mean why did he even think to do this in the first place? I went back into the daycare and with a small audience of everyone consoling him and the promise of chocolate Munchkins, (he was super calm and did not utter a peep though), mommy performed emergency pea evacuation surgery with a very sharp tweezer. No need for another hospital co-pay. I really hope he never attempts this again. My sister stuck a bead up her nose when she was younger (last year....no just kidding she was a toddler too) and my mother assures me she never attempted putting stuff up her nose again. Even during those college years...go Katie!

After those two escapades, the weekend was normal. My brother Charlie got married civilly two months ago, so this weekend was the wedding reception. I have a wonderful new sister-in-law Patricia and a five year old step-niece Nicole who is very camera shy, which is a shame since she is gorgeous. Here is our family picture-my dress in this picture makes me look wavy, but hey it was a good family shot! Have a great week everyone!

Sorry to my dad that he looks like a floating head in the picture!