observations made between the hours of 12:00 and 1:30am

• there are few feelings worse than finally going in to check on a crying baby and wondering how long they have been sitting in their own vomit.
• quinoa is a fun grain to cook with. it is less fun to work with the second time around.
• my baby creates bile that smells strong enough to knock over a horse.
• having an extra set of sheets is so nice when you are trying to clean up barf in the middle of the night. having a couple more would have been even nicer.
• only having grape juice in the house is not a great idea when you are looking for a liquid that will not stain everything purple in the event that it re-enters the scene. 
• should have put zip up jammies on the first time that we had to get dirty pajamas over a very sad baby's head.
• iron chef america may be good entertainment for parents that are staying up with a sick child but is less entertaining for the child.
• i am very glad to have a husband that is so helpful in the clean-up process. he may have an uncanny ability to sleep through screaming children that can't sleep, but he is always right on the scene with sick children. 
• madeleine shares her father's uncanny ability. 
• diane is even more attached to her blanket than we thought. 
• having a kid get sick in the middle of the night is the pits.