Puke = A Good "Are you ready to be a Parent?" Litmus test

Griff got sick at school today.  On me.  So a question to ask yourself if you're considering kids (or to prepare yourself if they're in your future) is:

• Do you think all of the positive experiences of being a parent (hearing "I love you" from your kids is tops for a lot of us....) outweigh the negative experiences (for example, being thrown up on or cleaning throw up chunks out of the prickly velcro on your kid's favorite shoes).  

The answer for us is yes.  And its not a perfect yes - there are loads of positives and negatives.  

It comes in waves.  Part of the problem of life "pre kids" is you just don't realize what all of the positive situations will be and what all the negative ones will be.  OR what your reaction will be to things like, say, only sleeping in spurts of 2 hours at a time.   

Griffin is feeling better now.  In an odd sort of way, nothing makes me love he or Vera more than seeing them fall ill.