Whip 'Em Out

Please excuse the awful photo. Nursing Jayden at 3 weeks old with my Hooter Hide in Zagreb, Croatia.

Nice title, ay? So as more of my friends are getting pregnant and having babies I have really become an advocate to nursing. Was I one to whip it out anytime at any place? No, but that has to do with my comfort level. I would however, where my Hooter Hider and nurse anywhere I was.

It all started for me when I was told, "My doctor said giving my child formula is better then nursing." First, who the heck is your doctor and second, are you for real? I then wanted my friend Maria to step in and bring down the house with facts! It really irritates me when people with infants do the following: don't even try to nurse and then go ahead and complain that formula is so expensive. Here is the good news, nursing is free!

Ok I am done complaining for now but please watch his comical but true video!

My Daily Reminder

When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul. - Psalm 94:18-19

As much as I am stressed out about getting everything ready for our wedding (which I can't believe is only 2 weeks away) I am constantly reminded that God in is control. He continues to keep my grounded and helps remind me that He is in control. Praise Jesus!

Blog: Single Dad Brad

My dear friend, Maria, posted a link to "Single Dad Brad: The life and times of a single Dad" on her facebook wall. The title seemed interesting so I decided to take a look. Well, I just caught myself reading the entire blog. It it full of interesting parenting tips that seem very helpful.

This is just the blog I needed to read after an early morning meltdown yesterday. Jayden had slept over his Oma's house since I had to bring Adam to the train station for 6 AM. Well when I drove to my mom's house to pick him up, my mom had informed me he was up since 6:30 AM. If anyone knows Jayden at all, you would know he is a 12 hour sleeper and it it's anything less then 10 he needs to go back to bed. By 9:30 AM he was ready for a nap but I was not ready for him to take a nap (selfish of me? maybe but I had offered to go lie back down with him at 7 AM when I got to my mom's house and he refused). So from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM Jayden had spent the morning being so upset at me that I finally told him he was not allowed to leave his room. At noon when he FINALLY calm down I had prepared him some lunch and then by 12:30 PM it was nap time. I had to wake him up at 4:00 PM so we could go to the gym before dinner and I didn't want him sleeping too late.

So what did the meltdown consist of? Well I don't think that is blog appropriate since it was one of his top 3 meltdowns ever. I could not believe how upset he was. For a good 35 minutes he just kept saying, "Momma, I can't stop crying. I can't calm down!" I swear he repeated that 100 times. But during this meltdown I tried my hardest not to have a meltdown myself. Jayden does not respond well to harsh, stern and negative words. I could spank him but he literally gets so upset it wouldn't phase him. So I sat on the couch and just listened to him yell, cry and throw himself around his room. Doctor recommended parenting technique? My gosh no, but there are times I feel I need to let him learn to calm himself down and realize what he is doing rather then go into his room and yell at him for how he has been acting.

At nap time I took some time to reflect on what had happened and looked to the Lord for guidance. He reassured me that it is in His hands and today has been a wonderful day thus far!

Contractor or Basketball Player?

He really needs to stick to playing basketball. LOL!

JEHH Golf Tournament: Photos

Have a look at the Golf Tournament through a lens! Enjoy!

The 1st Annual JEHH Memorial Golf Tournament

Sunday marked the 1st Annual JEHH Memorial Golf Tournament and to say it was a success is an understatement. It was by far the most amazing non-profit event I have ever witnessed. I cried, laughed and shared tears of joy throughout the entire day. The amount of people that came out to golf, volunteer, to watch or just come to dinner was overwhelming. There was so much love and support in the air it brought some much joy to my heart. To see the amount of people that connected with Jill and wanted to do something in her name was just incredible.

Most people plan golf tournaments a year in advance and to see Adam, his Mom, brother and all the other people involved pull it off in 7 weeks is unreal. Can you imagine how amazing next years tournament is going to be with a year of planning?

There were two photographers on sight throughout the day and I can't wait to show you pictures!