certain things...

There are certain things you must learn about before having kids.

They have parenting classes and how to care for your baby classes, and first aid classes. You read about what the birth process will be like, how long labor will last, that you should keep your baby sleeping on their backs and that you should read to them at a young age so they learn to like reading.

You learn as you go about other things.

There are certain things they don't teach you in parenting classes.

Certain things for which there are no ECFE courses or online education modules about.

Certain things no parent wants to learn about.... but nevertheless, you do. You must.

This past week we learned many new terms, things I never imagined I'd be talking about in relation to my baby.

Things like IV drips, catheters, nose swabs and blood draws, chest x-rays, oxometers and nebulizers, steroids and antibiotics... nothing a parent ever wants to learn about, and yet we did.

And it's amazing to me, how quickly we adapt. How soon we became experts in the medical terminology, the timelines and treatments, how to spot a fever, and even when exactly our kids are going to throw up so we can promptly catch it in the ever-rotating puke bowl in the room.

Thankfully, Kiley is back home with us, after a pretty exhausting couple of days. She's feeling so much better, though I can't help but think we have a very long road ahead of us... I mean, I know it could be worse and I have to just beleive that and know that we will certainly get through it.

When the doctors diagnosed Kiley with asthma, they asked what we knew about asthma. I immediately thought of the countless times asthma has sent my grandma to the ER over the years. And it made me think, I better lower my deductible next year.

Scott of course thought of the line 'Sucks to your Asthmar' from Lord of the Flies. We're not always on the same page, are we?

But, I think we both agree that this smile can light up a room and we are so happy to see it again.