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This guy is too hilarious! Thought I’d share another video of his. Enjoy!

OK - this is HYSTERICAL!!!!   I’ve never heard words before sung to Cannon in D (and I LOVE to play that song on the piano).  But, this was toooo hilarious not to share!

This is our song - Happy 5th Anniversary sweetie!!!  I look forward to growing old with you!  I couldn’t ask for more….

Lying here with you
Listening to the rain
Smiling just to see the smile upon your face
These are the moments I thank God that I’m alive
These are the moments I’ll remember all my life
I found all I’ve waited for
And I could not ask for more
Looking in your eyes
Seeing all I need
Everything you are is everything to me
These are the moments
I know heaven must exist
These are the moments I know all I need is this
I have all I’ve waited for
And I could not ask for more
Chorus
I could not ask for more than this time together
I could not ask for more than this time with you
Every prayer has been answered
Every dream I have’s come true
And right here in this moment is right where I’m meant to be
Here with you here with me

These are the moments I thank God that I’m alive
These are the moments I’ll remember all my life
I’ve got all I’ve waited for
And I could not ask for more

Chorus

I could not ask for more than the love you give me ‘Coz it’s all I’ve waited for
And I could not ask for more
I could not ask for more

My darling little soon to be 4 year old son decided today that picking a very small red berry and sticking it UP his nose would be a LOT of fun!  Only to find out that gravity doesn’t work QUITE as well in a nostril as it does on the playground.  So, we tried tweezers and a flashlight and started getting frustrated.  Then one of the ladies at the church said, “I think if you blow in their mouth as if you were going to do mouth to mouth resuscitation that it will come out.”  You know what?  It worked!!!!  Moms - tuck this in your brains - you too may need to know this very critical skill one day!

May we never forget…..

I hear people saying we don’t need this war
But, I say there’s some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn’t get to keep ‘em by backing down
They say we don’t realize the mess we’re getting in
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn’t worry ’bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it’s too disturbing for you and me
It’ll just breed anger that’s what the experts say
If it was up to me I’d show it everyday
Some say this country’s just out looking for a fight
Well, after 9/11 man I’d have to say that’s right

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And we vowed to get the one’s behind bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I’ve been there with the soldiers
Who’ve gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they’re fighting for

Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yeah, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on
Don’t you tell me not to worry about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?
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For you Daddy’s out there with little girls, you’ll cry all the way through this song - so, consider yourself forewarned. 

I just have to add that watching my husband with my daughter sometimes brings tears to my eyes.  I know how very special that Daddy/daughter dynamic can be and I hope that she’ll continue to have a very special relationship with her Daddy for her entire life.  This song so beautifully tells the story of a father’s love for his daughter.  Get out your hankies. 

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there’s nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I’m not gonna stand in your way

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she’d find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she’d find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I’m going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

I have an RSV baby….  But let me preface that by saying I am blessed that she was born ON her due date at a whopping 8 pounds 5 ounces and VERY healthy.  She was also 100% breastfed until she was 9 months and then I started with food but continued breastfeeding for another 6 months.  So, all that to say it helped my daughter IMMENSELY with this dreaded virus.  It can be a deadly virus for parents of premies or children born with underdeveloped lungs or other problems.

When she was 7 months old (and it’s been almost a year to the date), she came down with what we thought was a nasty cold.  But, we were up with her for an entire Friday night - and I mean we paced the floor with her for 6 hours and she whimpered in our arms almost the entire time.  We KNEW something was wrong.  Fortunately, our pediatrician was open that Saturday for illnesses like this.  We took her in and the second the doctor listened to her lungs she said, “I think she may have RSV - let’s test her.”  Fifteen minutes later, we had the positive diagnosis.  We quickly became the proud owners of a nebulizer  and one treatment of Xopenex and Pulmicort in the doctors office and my daughter was no longer wheezing and had fallen asleep in my arms - FINALLY she could get oxygen to her lungs.

We continued with breathing treatments pretty steadily through January but we QUICKLY discovered that when she got the Pulmicort (which is a steroid) in the evenings, it woke her up at night.  So, we just continued with the Xopenex through January and then after that watched her carefully and with every cold, she started back on the Xopenex treatments.

Fast forward to this year - she’s now 19 months and the RSV is still affecting her.  We had to start back with the breathing treatments this year for all colds and continue them for a couple of days after the cold symptoms are gone.   The doctor highly encouraged us to do Pulmicort twice a day and Xopenex three times a day.  Well,  we gave her Pulmicort at night for 2 nights straight and guess what?  Our little “like a rock” sleeper was up each night - WIRED TO THE MAX wanting to PLAY!  What???  This is the SAME little girl that will go to bed at 8:00PM and sleep in and cuddle with her Daddy on Saturdays until 9:30AM!   So, we decided to NOT give her Pulmicort last night - guess what?  Our little sleeper was back!  She didn’t want to have a party at 3:00 in the morning!  Anyway, just wanted to post our experiences with that in case other parents are out there searching for answers!

Thank you for all that you do!!!

I’m just trying to be a father,
Raise a daughter and a son,
Be a lover to their mother,
Everything to everyone.
Up and at ‘em bright and early,
I’m all business in my suit,
Yeah, I’m dressed for success from my head down to my boots,
I don’t do it for money, there’s still bills that I can’t pay,
I don’t do it for the glory, I just do it anyway,
Providing for our future’s my responsibility,
Yeah I’m real good under pressure, being all that I can be,
And I can’t call in sick on Mondays when the weekends been to strong,
I just work straight through the holidays,
And sometimes all night long.
You can bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at the door,
Hey, I’m solid, hey I’m steady, hey I’m true down to the core,
And I will always do my duty, no matter what the price,
I’ve counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice,
Oh, and I don’t want to die for you,
But if dying’s asked of me,
I’ll bear that cross with an honor,
‘Cause freedom don’t come free.
I’m an American soldier, an American,
Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand,
When liberty’s in jeopardy I will always do what’s right,
I’m out here on the front lines, so sleep in peace tonight.
American soldier, I’m an American,
An American,
An American Soldier

This is a MUST see!!! 

I forgot about the Halloween toy/costume recalls.  There is an article on FoxNews about the recalls.  Below are some important highlights from the article.  The really scarey part is the number of parts listed in the article.  How many of you parents knew about these?  I read the news regularly and found many of these a surprise. 

 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued warnings on items such as witch and skull pails, cape costumes and pumpkin Mr. Potato Heads, saying they are unsafe for kids.

“We’ve tested 22 Halloween products, and three were found to have contained high levels of lead,”

About 142,000 purple witch buckets, manufactured by Family Dollar Stores in Charlotte, N.C., were recalled because of toxic lead levels found in the paint coating them. Also pulled were 55,000 candy-filled skull pails, made by R.L. Albert & Son of Greenwich, Conn.

Fake choppers called “Ugly Teeth” tested positive for lead too, with conflicting reports about whether the levels surpassed the limits set by the Food and Drug Administration.

How safe are you feeling about buying toys made in China?

FoxNews has another article dated October 31, 2007 - Lead-Tainted Toys Recalled.  Are you surprised?  Below is an excerpt from that article:

WASHINGTON —  Toys “R” Us recalled about 16,000 Chinese-made Elite Operations toys because of lead contamination, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Wednesday.

The military-style toys are recalled because their surface paints contain excessive levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested by young children. Under current regulations, children’s products found to have more than 0.06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall.

This is the second recall of lead-tainted children’s products for Toys “R” Us this month. On Oct. 4, the company recalled about 15,000 Totally Me! Funky Room Decor Sets because surface paints on the back of the decorating kits’ mirrors contained high levels of lead.

But, this is just one of many  articles I found when I did a search on FoxNews of “Chinese toy recall”. 

If you’re not rethinking what you are buying for your children, you need to be!