September 28th is Ask a Stupid Question Day

Today is the day for everybody to ask "Does your baby sleep through the night?". I really don't understand why people care, and what difference it makes in the general scheme of things! I think that is a stupid question. If your baby does sleep through the night you get a "great" and if your baby doesn't you get a "BIG SIGH". I get a "BIG SIGH" which is a failing grade for Jaxon--and he doesn't deserve a failing grade. He is a super good baby! He just needs his Mommy during the nifght--that and his middle-of-the-night milk!

Scary!

“In the world’s rich nations,
more than 20,000 children will
die from injuries in the next
twelve months.”
Injury is the principal cause of child death in all developed nations –
accounting for almost 40 per cent of deaths in the age group 1 to 14.
Taken together, traffic accidents, intentional injuries, drownings, falls,
fires, poisonings and other accidents kill more than 20,000 children
every year in the OECD nations.
Sweden, the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands occupy the
top four places in the league table of child injury deaths. At the
bottom of the league are the United States and Portugal, where the
rate of child injury deaths is over twice the level of the leading
countries, and Mexico and South Korea where the rate is three to
four times higher (Figure 1).
Boys are 70 per cent more likely to die by injury than girls.
Traffic accident deaths account for 41 per cent of all child deaths by
injury.
There is a need for a better ‘fit’ between research findings and current
practice in injury prevention strategy.Many proven strategies for
injury prevention are inadequately implemented.

Furthermore, injury deaths are but the mortality tip of a
morbidity iceberg; for every injured child who dies, many
more live on with varying degrees and durations of
disability and trauma.

Safety, Safety, Safety!!! This is so scary to me. I worry so much about Jaxon!

Another Idea taken from Dena's Blog!

Appetizer: What was the very last song you listened to?
I do not recall, but I was in my car with Jaxon. It may have been his CD.
Soup: What is one company/store/corporation you would recommend that people stay away from?
I don't really know of one right now!

.Salad: On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy having your picture made?
Oh, I don't mind getting a good picture of me, so I suppose 5, because I hate bad pictures of me!

Main Course: Besides a bookmark, what is something you've used to keep your place in a book?I use toe book jacket a lot, but have used a piece of paper lots of times

Dessert: Name a food that you like that most people don't.
I LOVE Sushi, and the general concensus around here is that it is a big YUK!

This Week will be Hawaii

1. I love the beautiful beaches! The sand is almost white, and the water is crystal blue!
2. I love the beautiful trees! Palm trees, banyon trees, and plumeria trees to name a few!
3. I love the Geckos! They are so little and oh so very cute, and they run about everywhere!
4. I love the Weather! It is cool in the morning, and nice and warm in the afternoon! There is also lots of rain in between.
5. I love the Macadamia Pancakes & Cocomut Syrup! They are to die for! I ate them almost every morning I was there.
6. I love the Macadamia Nut Ice Cream! It is a Haagen Daz product, and only available in a few areas in the world (so I can't get it here)!
7. I love the Warm Water! It is awesome, because it isn't so cold like the coast of California.
8. I love the fresh seafood! Mahi Mahi
9. I hate that it is so far away! It takes 6 hours to get form CA to Hawaii, and that is one LONG time in a little bitty airplane seat that sits straight up!
10. I hate that it is so expensive to get there! What a drag that it takes about a thousand bucks per person before you consider spending money!
11. I hate that I don't live there! I really would like to move there someday, or tomorrow!
12. I love the fresh fruit! Mangos, Pineapples, coconuts--yummy, yummy!
13. I love themixed drinks--the Mai Tai's and Pina Colada's were out of this world!

So Jealous it Hurts!

I got a phone call from my Dad today, and he made me so jealous it hurts and will probably continue to hurt for a very long time. I am not a jealous person, but when he called me from the beaches of Hawaii, I turned green with envy! I don't know if anybody will miss me, but one day, I WILL live in that beautiful state. If Brady was willing, I would be working on it now! There is nothing in this world that I want more than to visit the love of my life again (Maui). I am obsessed and have been for 5 years!

Fun Meme

My friend Dawn had this on her page, read this and please answer it for me, and put it on your page, too!

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:

HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...
1. Do we know each other in real life?
2. What’s your philosophy on life?
3. Would you have my back in a fight?
4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
5. What is your favorite memory of us?
6. Would you give me a kidney?
7. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
8. Would you take care of me when I'm sick?
9. Can we get together and make a cake?
10. Have you heard any rumors of me lately?
11. Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me?
12. Do you think I'm a good person?
13. Would you drive across country with me?
14. Do you think I'm attractive?
15. If you could change anything about me, would you?
16. What do you wear to sleep?
17. Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?
18. Would you go on a date with me if I asked you?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Will you repost this in your blog for me to answer for you (or email it to me if you don't have a blog)?

Thursday Thirteen

I got this idea from my friend Dena's blog. The idea is to write thirteen things you love/hate about something. Read mine, and then try it on your page.

Thirteen things I love/hate about being Jaxon's Mom.

1. I LOVE Jaxon's adorable smile. He smiles at me quite a bit, and it is exciting to know that seeing my face brings him joy!

2. I LOVE sleeping with him snuggled up beside me. I always said I would never have my baby sleep with me, but I am so glad I did. It is one of the best parts of being a Mom, and to think that I coulda missed out!

3. I HATE the idea that my husband doesn't even have a clue what goes into being a full-time Mom with no childcare and working 30 hours a week at night. It really sucks to work 2 or 3 nights in a row and get between 3-4 hours of sleep during the day and not get any understanding from him!

4. I LOVE buying cute clothes for Jaxon and putting them on him. Clothes don't make the baby, but my baby sure does make the clothes cuter!

5. I LOVE being able to share my experience as a Mom with my friends who already had kids. I am now a part of the MOMMY Club!

6. I HATE my new worry wart status. I worry about things that definitely don't make any sense and think about things that I never did before.

7. I HATE that I can't relive all of the time that Jaxon and I have had together. He is so precious right now, but his newborn days are gone and I wish I could hit rewind and live those special days over and over again! I would love to relive the day he was born over and over and over, too! That would be totally awesome!

8. I LOVE looking forward to sharing his life as he continues to grow and change!

9. I HATE that my Mom has to be so far away from us. It would be so wonderful if she were closer, because it would be so much fun for Jaxon to be able to see her more frequently!

10. I HATE leaving him. It makes me so sad when I have to leave my little man to go to work. I am glad I work at night and he sleeps through most of the time I am away, but it is still sad for me. It is also good that Brady is the one I leave him with--he is a great Dad, and does great with Jaxon.

11. I LOVE taking pictures of him and sharing them with the world via Jaxon's world. It is fun to update his page and see what other people think.

12. I LOVE working on his scrapbook. I can't relive the time that we have shared, but I can remember it with the scrapbook.

13. And the best for last . . . I LOVE JAXON!!