My boys love each other… in the way that boys best love.  WITH FISTS!  WITH LAUGHTER!  WITH FUN!

This is not a debate about whether vaccinations cause or are correlated to autism or any other health concern. I am not trying to convince anyone to vaccinate or not.  I am just processing ablog.  Process with me if you’d like…

I read this article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26269069/ regarding vaccinations and it discusses an aspect of the “to vaccinate or not to vaccinate” debate that I hadn’t considered.  I have friends who do and friends who do not vaccinate.  I have friends who select some vaccinations and refuse others.  I have friends who have altered the vaccination schedule and those who have stayed right on track with it.  I have a friend whose son cannot get vaccinations due to severe allergies.   I generally do not keep a list of who has received what vaccinations and when because I respect their choice.  But this article has me wondering if I should start to question.  After all, I do have two little guys who are not fully vaccinated and will not be for a while (well, fully vaccinated in my sense of the phrase)… I think chicken pox is welcome… jk.  Should I ask this question when my children go to childcare at church or the gym?  Now I better understand why my own pediatrician made a rude comment about my babies being off schedule for their vaccinations (though I still do not like his delivery).  What would I do with this information anyway?  Try to keep my babies away from non-vaccinated children?  Not unless they have the measles!

My boys have been inspired by Michael Phelps and they want to follow in his fins. So this summer they began training for their olympic debuts 20 years from now. They heard Michael follows a unique diet full of carbs and that he sits around and chills the day of a meet. You can tell my boys “get it.” They’re in the Phelps training zone. Watch out Unnamed City in the year 20xx!

The bleak darkness of our colds was eclipsed by the following rays of sunshine today:

1) Elijah rolling, grabbing, and scooting (well, trying to anyway)
2) Justice making a genuine deposit in the potty - which he celebrated with his favorie “boobooberries” (yes, he’s only 18 months old so I’m not holding my breath that this means he will be trained soon… but I hope so)

3) Mommy fit into some of her pre-mommy pants again

I took video of Elijah and he was all smiles.  Of course the pic didn’t capture the smile.

Please note Justice’s SNOTTY blueberry face - lovely!

We went to the mountains last week… thanks to the generosity of my parents. Here is the view of the cabin from the loft. Later I will post more pics and share some details of our fun trip.