Tickle Him WIth Kisses

I just love hearing my boy laugh, especially when it's about something I'm doing. I hope you love to hear him laugh too.

Water Baby

Josh loves his bath time. I love watching him during bath time. He has too much fun splashing and playing with his bath toys. He should've been a fish. I took him swimming at Aunt Rachel's house on Saturday and you should've seen him smile and laugh. He could've stayed in all day, if I hadn't been so chilly. I'm waiting for myself to get up enough gumption to blow up his little swimming pool, so he can play in it at home. He would really think that was neat.

Gardasil Vaccine: Think Twice!

My mind is reeling. I have spent the last two+ hours researching the Gardasil vaccine. Ugh. It's very brain-tiring. I hope you all do your research and get all the facts before vaccinating your children. Especially with a new vaccine that hasn't even finished it's third phase of safety tests. These informative sites have certainly motivated me to do more research on what I allow Joshua to be given. Not all doctors know all the facts. Especially insightful is the "judicialwatch" link.

*http://www.judicialwatch.org/gardasil
*http://www.nvic.org/Diseases/HPV/HPVrpt.htm
*http://cbs5.com/wrapper_consumer/seenon/gardasil.merck.vaccine.2.721920.html
*http://cbs4denver.com/local/gardasil.danger.paralysis.2.766473.html
*http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58004

These are just a few. When looking up information on this vaccine, many of the results on the first several pages were all good reports from "reputable" sources. But after sifting through more pages, I found quite a few not-so-glowing reports. These that I linked to were only a handful.

Please, I think it is quite urgent that we let our friends know that this is not a safe vaccine. There are very dangerous side affects that parents and young girls are not being told of. Paralysis, seizures, Guillian-Barre Syndrome, blood clots, extreme low blood pressure, and Syncopea (a temporary suspension of consciousness due to inadequate blood flow and lack of oxygen) to name a few of the more serious side affects. I didn't see any of these side affects listed with the CDC's evaluation of Gardasil vaccine. The CDC website says:

Safety of the HPV vaccine

This vaccine has been licensed by the FDA and approved by CDC as safe and effective. It was studied in thousands of females (ages 9 through 26 years) around the world and its safety continues to be monitored by CDC and the FDA. Studies have found no serious side effects. The most common side effect is soreness in the arm (where the shot is given). There have recently been some reports of fainting in teens after they got the vaccine. For this reason, it is recommended that patients wait in their doctor’s office for 15 minutes after getting the vaccine.

Why aren't they telling us the rest of the risks? If they won't tell, we need to!

A Golfing Sort of Day

It was a beautiful day for golfing... Yes, I said golfing. It may be a foreign word for you readers of my blog, but it was the word of the day. Adam took me out golfing with my Aunt Rachel and Uncle Dave. I have never golfed before, besides mini golf, and that doesn't count. I tried to look like I belonged on a golf course and wore my visor like they do on TV. Aunt Rachel had only golfed once and that was ages ago, so I wasn't terribly worried about being left too far behind. I didn't have to worry anyway because Aunt Rachel had even forgot how to stand properly when swinging the club. She had to have a LOT of help from Uncle Dave to figure it out. ;) Us girls tied on a lot of holes and we both got a lot of "1's". Okay maybe they were really 11's... but that is two one's at once... Uncle Dave nearly got a hole in one and Adam had so much fun, he was ready to play the whole course again. I really enjoyed myself and I think everyone else did too, for the most part :) I wouldn't mind tagging along again sometime!

A Sunday with Friends

On Sunday afternoon, Adam and I drove out to meet a couple friends of ours for dinner. Stephanie and her husband Stephen live rather far away but were much closer for the weekend, so we had to meet them while we could. The five of us (Josh was with us) went to Uno's Chicago Grill for supper and ordered two pizza's. We sat patiently and visited for a while, Josh ate all his crackers and his mixed veggies, and we downed several glasses of soda. We watched as the sky turned black with clouds and as rained poured out in the parking lot. Time went on and still we waited for our pizza. It must've been about an hour before Adam went and asked if someone could check on our pizza. Our waiter had forgotten to push "send" when he put in our order, so we had waited that long and the kitchen hadn't even started making our meal! By that time, Stephen was starving and our waiter offered us a free appetizer to enjoy while our pizza was baking. I guess sometimes it pays to wait patiently. I wonder how long we would've waited if Adam hadn't gotten up to ask? We might've been able to eat for free! All in all, it wasn't too bad that we had to wait so long. I only get to see Stephanie once or twice a year, so we soaked up all the time we had together and didn't mind the rumbly tummies too much.

After we left Uno's, we headed off to the bowling ally (much to Adam's chagrin, as he hadn't been bowling in ages). Stephen and Stephanie enjoy a good game of bowling and I don't mind either. My only dilemma was that I hadn't dressed for the occasion, in my wrap skirt and flip-flops. Thankfully, Stephanie had some overall jean shorts I could borrow and a extra pair of socks in her overnight bag. The two of them had spent the weekend working at the Bible camp where we had met as kids. By the end of the night, Adam had decided that bowling wasn't as horrible as he had remembered it to be and even suggested that maybe we go again sometime! That was a shocker to me. He has always despised the thought of bowling. Good work Stephanie, getting him to like something new!! Look at that bowling form! Way to go Adam!!

A Sandy Saturday Evening

Finally, some respite from screaming and temper-tantrum throwing... Hopefully, after a nice nap, Josh will be "Mr. Happy Pants" again. Now I will tell you about the things that keep us busy these days.

Since last Friday, we have been dog sitting for some vacationing friends of ours. You may remember that Roxy stayed with us a few times over the last summer. Molly loves having her visit and I do too, because having a doggy friend over keeps Molly occupied so I can concentrate a little more on other things. Anyway, now that we have two dogs for the week, we have more inspiration to go fun places like the "beach". Saturday evening was Joshua's first trip to Sodus Point. Sodus Point is a historic hamlet on the shores of Lake Ontario with small cottages and big cottages alike. Boats can always be found in and around the bay and fishermen are almost never absent from the pier. We took Josh and the dogs for a walk across the sandy beach and then down toward the lighthouse on the end of the pier. I had found some old bread in the fridge at home, so I made it my plan to feed the ducks before heading back. While feeding the ducks, we spotted a mommy swan whose babies she had tucked up beneath her feathers riding on her back. I had never seen such a thing in person, so this was quite exciting for me. Even Adam found the mommy swan to be fascinating. I didn't get any good pictures because by the time we were feeding the ducks, the sun had started to set and it was too dark. So you'll have to enjoy these other photos we took while it was still light out.
Adam walking the dogs along the beach.













Josh was skeptical of the lake.

















The water was very cold on our toesies.













This is one of many similar looking summer cottage homes.

















Molly and Roxy meet another dog on the pier.













The Sodus Point Lighthouse.

















Homes line the Bay on nearly every side.













I took this photo because it reminded me of my blog friend, Jessica, calling her baby "Li'l Mo".













One of many boats that pass by the pier on their way in to dock.













Sunset on Lake Ontario.

Tip Of The Day

I've been a bit busy this past weekend (but not as busy as some, so I really have no excuse). But I haven't much time left before I need to leave with work, so I'll just tell you my tip for the day. Never, never neglect to put sneakers on when using the weed whacker. Flip-flops just don't cut it. And this is why...


I hope to have a moment or two later today to tell you about the wonderfully exciting weekend my family and I had... So stay tuned.