Thank Goodness for Drool

The picture is a bit blurry but we wanted to show you Jack's talent of blowing bubbles in his drool. He has gotten pretty good at it but this was his biggest bubble so far. Normally we wouldn't be so excited about drool but last night, Jack's drool saved us a long night in the E.R. Earlier in the night Jack and I had been playing on the floor and, now that he can crawl, he was all over the place. I noticed him coughing a little and so I gave him some water. At that point he started to choke on something. I whacked him on the back a few times to get it out and started to panic a little. Long story short, Christian broke speed records to get home and the paramedics came by. Of course, as soon as they came, Jack was acting normal and they didn't see anything. As soon as they left he started to choke on something again and we drove to the E.R. As we were sitting waiting for a nurse Christian remarked that Jack sure was drooling a lot more than normal. I looked over and saw a piece of clear plastic in his drool. They made us stay a while to make sure he was ok, but were pretty sure that the plastic had been the problem. Anyway, thank goodness for drool and that it helped clear the plastic from his mouth. It could have been a much longer and scarier night than it was.