New Business cards and stuff March 8, 2008

My wonderful husband made me some great new business cards, that are actually grammatically correct.

My last set of cards were pretty on the eyes, but said “labor assitant”.

Obviously this is not a good thing for many reasons.

1. I only have two jobs listed on the card which makes it all the more noticeable.

2. I don’t want people to think they are hiring a teacher who is illiterate.

3. I just want my card to look good.

I also ordered some great new stuff for my childbirth class.

One of which was a beautiful and VERY detailed chart of everything from human anatomy, conception to birth.

Let me just say here that I have a good bit of advice to all other childbirth educators, if you decide to purchase this particular chart from Childbirth Graphics, you should not view it with your children or husband present.

First of all it will immediately and I do mean immediately bring about LOTS of questions from your children and then quickly following that will come lots of muffled laughing and “wait, what on earth was that” and “is that really necessary?” from your husband.

I mean really, this is a great chart but……(on the off chance that you are a man reading my birth blog, stop reading this now, before you are totally grossed out)

do we really need to show the penis in the vaginal canal????? Don’t we all know (adults anyway) that this is where it would naturally belong.

The point of the whole page was to show you the female reproductive system, ovaries, uterus and egg.

Unfortunately at the bottom of the page, you are casually looking at the picture and then…out of no where…

A penis in the birth canal! Come on. They already described the male reproductive system on another page, couldn’t they have just given the woman her time alone!

By the way…this was all illustrated by a woman.

So, now I have a very wonderfully graphic chart that I will have to put a post-it note over when showing the female reproductive organs.

I got some great handouts and such that I will be using in class, I also got a new breastfeeding video that should be here shortly.

So exciting!

I love birth.

“O’s and milk please” February 26, 2008

 

Every morning when Jude wakes up I ask him what he would like for breakfast.

The options are usually, O’s and milk and honey, waffles or oatmeal.

The O’s in our house are basically Cheerios except the organic healthier version that is wheat free from Central Market.

Every morning I get a good dose of happiness.

Jude usually requests “O’s and milk and honey with a bowl and a spoon”.

Is this not hilarious.    As if I would forget to give him the bowl and spoon and just pour it all into his hands.

I can’t get over it.  Every day when he asks me for his list of things for breakfast I laugh.

Then I go and tell Robin how funny it is.

This morning was a little different tho. 

I started reciting it to Robin and he looked at me and said “you tell me this every morning and you know what, I think it is funny that you tell me that every morning.”

I just enjoy so much that my child is so sweet and innocent that he thinks he needs to ask me for a bowl and a spoon.

God is that way with us so much of the time.

We think we have to ask for everything that goes along with our desires, when he already has it prepared for us.  

He is probably laughing to himself.

His word tells us that..

Matthew 7: 9 -10

9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for^(L) bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If you then,^(M) who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will^(N) your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!