Illinois Dreamin' on Such a Summer's Daaaaaay!!!

Hey you!  Yeah, I am talkin' to YOU!  I just wanted to tell you that I am super duper stoked for tomorrow!  Why, you ask?  Well, I will tell you:

By this time tomorrow, I will be with my friend, the lovely Alyssa, in Chicago, Illinois!!!  I am visiting her so that she can meet T.J. and also because... well... she is awesome and stuff.  =]  Totally excitedddd!

Travis will be joining us in the evening on the 13th, and then we will all head to Indiana to celebrate my birthday on the 15th!  For those of you who don't know, since I was born, I have never woken up in the same state on my birthday.  =]  Just a crazy tradition that we have kept up which I LOVE!  Definitely something unique!  <3  Anyway, I lived in Illinois years ago, so obviously I can't wake up there again.  Thus, off to Indiana we will venture.

So, anyway, that is all.  I just wanted to brag about how I get to see the fabulous Alyssa and you don't- na na na na NAAA NAAAAAA!  xD

>>-----> All right, all right... you get the chance to brag, too.  Any upcoming trips you'd like to spread the news about?  That is what the "Comment" section is for, so go on and fill it up with news of your upcoming adventures!  =]  Hey, you should take advantage of this... I am letting you steal my bragging spotlight!  Heehee!  This doesn't happen often... savor it. <-----<<

Another View of T.J.'s Birth

For those of you who haven't read the story of T.J.'s birth yet, please check it out here and the sequel post here!  However, if you prefer to look at things from a less detailed/graphic point of view, please check out my lovely sister's post about his birth on Portugal Ponderings!  It is super funny- definitely made me laugh out loud!  xD  Even if you have read my posts about the birth, I highly recommend reading her post- it is hilarious.  =]

-~- Please, please, please don't forget to comment on her post and show her some love!  Let her know I sent ya! -~-

me too

You know when you feel like you are worth nothing and are nothing?  ...yeah...me too.

Parent Night

You know what they should have at movie theatres?  Parent Nights.  This would be a showing of a movie that adults want to see (AKA The Vow, Hunger Games, etc.) in a child-friendly setting.  What I mean by this is that the movie would play at a lower volume so it wouldn't hurt delicate baby ears and crying/fussing would be relatively acceptable.  This would be awesome so that moms like me could go to see a movie without it blasting the volume so high into my 4 and a half month old's ears and without having to worry that the slightest fussiness will bother other viewers.

When people see movies such as Madagascar, Shrek, etc., they don't worry as much about babies crying or fussing because it is understood that sometimes if an older child wants to see a kid movie, the parents may have to bring the younger child (perhaps a baby) along with them.  Now, anyone who knows me knows that I am just a kid at heart- I love anything ranging from Spongebob to Pixar films.  However, I don't always want to go to the theatre to watch a kid movie, and I don't know too many people who can babysit T.J.  Therefore, I end up not getting to see movies in the theatre many times.

Now don't get me wrong, this is part of being a parent.  Those are just the facts- selflessness comes with the job.  And I have no problem with giving up movie theatre dates, but it was just a thought.  How cool that would be!  You could meet other moms and families with children the same age as your children, and you could watch a movie you want to see without feeling pressured to duck out at the slightest fuss! 

A girl can dream, can't she?  =]

Enough.

I have had JUST about enough.  Went to the pediatrician today.  Ended up seeing a different doctor even though we asked for an appointment with our previous pediatrician who knows us and our child, but instead we got another pediatrician who even grouchily admitted when he came in that it had been "one of those days" for him.  So then the best thing ever happens... he decides to give me a 10 minute lecture on why I should vaccinate my child and why it is a horrible idea not to, etc., etc., ETC.

I am done.  It is MY decision to not vaccinate MY child.  If you want to vaccinate your child, then, by all means, GET ON WITH IT!  I tried to stay polite with the man and end the conversation by saying, "It is just a personal decision.  We just aren't comfortable with it," and yet, amazingly, somehow that didn't seem to work for him!  If you have a different opinion- great!  You are more than entitled to it, but please back off and allow me to have my opinion as well.  Just because my opinion doesn't happen to be the "popular" one right now, it is still my opinion that I am just as entitled to.  Years ago, it was the popular opinion that women shouldn't be able to vote- I am guessing that you are happy someone decided to stand up and say, "I disagree."

Here it is, point blank: your child, your choice to vaccinate.  My child, my choice to vaccinate.  Yes, I know the risks.  However, to me, the risk of not knowing all the risks of vaccines (because no, I'm sorry we do NOT know everything about them) is greater.  Oh, by the way, apparently deodorant and SUNSCREEN help cause breast cancer!!  So the entirely safe, wonderful sunscreen we use to prevent SKIN cancer, is now contributing to BREAST cancer.  See what I mean?  We don't know everything.  We can't know everything.  I am just saying that the "unknowns" bother me more than the "knowns" at this point, okay?  Now get off my back and let me make my own decision for the child I spent 9 months carrying and caring for in the whom and then a freaking hour pushing through my hips and out of my BIRTH CANAL!!!!!