A person we can trust….

EDIT: Well is looks like the “Hero movie application” was shut down due to over popularity. Here’s a picture of the hero.

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I found this video on the internet very inspiring in the midst of all the governmental chaos. The truth is out there.

http://www.tackfilm.se/en/?id=1259790406580RA94&q=low

Polio vaccine blamed for outbreaks in Nigeria

I know this is not related to family life – per ‘se – BUT with a 6 month old at home things like this make me angry…

I suppose history always repeats itself. If we can praise the vaccine for the eradication of polio (there was an estimated 350,000 cases in 1988 to 1652 cases in 2007). When will we blame the live vaccine (OPV) for the latest resurgence of polio? OPV is far worse than the live wild strain or the IPV (inactivated) version; this is not rocket science even MSNBC gets it:

“Polio is spreading in Nigeria — and health officials say in some cases it’s caused by the very vaccine used to fight the paralyzing disease.

The World Health Organization has issued a warning that this particular virus might extend beyond Africa. More than 120 Nigerian children have been paralyzed this year — twice the number afflicted in 2008.

Nigeria and many other nations use an oral polio vaccine because it’s cheaper, easier, and protects entire communities. But it’s made from a live polio virus which carries a risk of causing polio. In even rarer instances, the virus in the vaccine can mutate into a deadlier version that ignites new outbreaks. Genetic analysis has proven that such mutated viruses have caused at least seven separate outbreaks in Nigeria.”

That’s why the originally stopped passing out the live oral polio vaccine in the first place. Now we have mutated polio virus floating around because of the vaccine – all of us who are ‘immune’ to wild polio are at risk of catching ‘mutated’ polio. Here’s another thought – live viruses SPREAD and INFECT others.

Do you know why we need more and more and more antibiotics (due to antibiotic resistant viruses)? because we use them – a lot – and we never finish our doses (the reason they give you a 10 day supply is because that’s how much it takes). It’s the same ordeal with the OPV – it’s mutating. Finish your antibiotics and use the inactivated polio virus…

But do you know why OPV is used instead of IPV??? Money.

Mat 24:7  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

It’s coming! And it’s ALL our fault – not God’s – not the Devil’s – OURS.

It’s Potty Time!

Here’s an awesome video of Josiah on the baby pot. What a ham.

The Age Accelerator…

I had absolutely no idea cortisol was even a word until I started reading up on nutrition & the negative effects poor diet has on the mind and body. These effects have been well documented for years. Does your wife or kids get cranky/depressed when they are hungry?

• Hidden Dangers in Kids’ Meals
• CLICK HERE TO WATCH
  A 5-MIN. PREVIEW
• http://www.foodincmovie.com/

Cortisol – The Age Accelerator or the Death Hormone!

Excess Cortisol created by stress can:

Increase blood sugar which in turn stimulates the production of excess insulin (excess insulin leads to body cell destruction and excess fat storage)
Depress immune function, leading to frequent or prolonged sickness
Cause loss of muscle mass
Decrease bone density
Osteoporosis
Impair wound healing
Slow thyroid function
Increase and prolong appetite
Encourage fat storage in the abdomen that may be associated with serious chronic health concerns
Interfere with reproductive function
Create feelings of anxiety
Encourage depression
Promote tumor growth
Foster feelings of anger and frustration
Cortisol is known as the "death hormone". It prepares our body to die. While cortisol increases with age, growth hormones decrease, which causes us to age.

Increased levels of cortisol are caused by stress, environmental pollutants, and lifestyle. Factors that increase cortisol in the body are: CAFFEINE, SUGAR and CHOCOLATE, STRESS and PROZAC/ANTI-DEPRESSANTS.

Read the 108 Effects of Sugar and you’ll understand why the FDA would classify sugar as drug! (According to the FDA, any substance that knowingly alters the bodily functions is a drug.) Use the healthy alternative to sugar: Agave Syrup and Stebia.

Three cups of coffee will keep elevated cortisol levels in your body for 18 hours. If you take your coffee with sugar, there is a 200% increase!

LAVENDER BLOCKS CAFFEINE – STRESS

http://www.healinghorsesnaturally.com/p_cortisol.htm

Factors generally increasing cortisol levels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortisol

• Caffeine may increase cortisol levels.
• Sleep deprivation increases cortisol levels.
• Intense (high VO2 max) or prolonged physical exercise stimulate cortisol release in order to increase gluconeogenesis and maintain blood glucose. Proper nutrition and high-level conditioning can help stabilize cortisol release.

Cortisol promotes tumor growth and foster feelings of anger and frustration? Religion did not start all of the wars, it was coffee! So should I drink coffee or not? I have a feeling the answer is no, coupled with the fact that I don’t wanna quit drinking it makes me feel like I should. As someone so wisely said, “If I don’t want to give something up or can’t live without it, I probably should”.

Maybe if we drank less coffee we wouldn’t need as many flue shots?

Josiah’s First Pair of Shoes and the 6 Month Checkup

We had our 6 month baby check up and all systems are a go! Since the last checkup Josiah gained 3 pounds (is now 19) and grew 1.5″ (28″)! That puts him in the 75th percentile for weight and the 93rd for height.

And any day now he is bound to start crawling… Or walking now that he has shoes.

Bedtime, the Talking Baby and the 6am ranting of a father…

It’s amazing how fast they grow up! Already he’s started crying when he doesn’t get what he wants (food, toy, etc…). I do agree that early training is essential; I can imagine how stubborn he could be at 1 or 2 years if we started giving in to all his demands now. As someone said, “The key to successful child training is to WIN, and if you can’t win – be perceived to WIN.” Even at 5-1/2 months Josiah has an awesome memory; he can remember words we say, actions we do to make him laugh or cry (like Rachel’s siren scream), he can even remember that we always let him reach out and try to grab stuff around the dinner table – after all we only move it out of the way. Isn’t that the game?

Besides, I can train a 9 month old DOG to leave the food on the floor until I say to eat it. It takes the magic word; patience. Repeatedly telling him NO and sitting him back down with the food/treat right in front of him. Can you train a 9 month old child to do the same?

Pro 23:13-14  Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Haha, now now – no one is advocating beating a child. We correctly say “I beat him out of $100 playing poker” or “beat it kid” or even “After beating about for several hours, he turned up the missing papers”. Remember the “rod and staff” are for comfort and shepherds never beat their sheep with them! The emphasis in Proverbs in on the ROD not the BEATEST and the point is simply this: “proper correction will deliver a soul from HELL”; however, If that is true (and it is) then the reciprocal is also true. If you abuse your authority as a parent providing improper correction you will send a soul to hell.

On a happier note: Here’s another video showing some funny moments from the life of Josiah.

Baby Dedication & Roe V Wade…

Sadly, with the current schedule there is not really any time to post updates. My sister Jenny watches Josiah from 10-2, Tuesday through Friday (sometimes on Monday as well), allowing me to get 4 hours of work done during the day. The rest of my time is spent driving Melody to school, teaching Josiah the basics about life from 8:30 to 10 and them from 2 until Rachel gets home (usually 3:30).

 

Well yesterday was baby dedication day, and like the other 10+ babies on stage they all had on special outfits, Josiah was no exception!

The first tooth, Darla’s Visit & a swine flu update…

 

Wow it’s been a whole month since our last post. Josiah is 5-1/2 and is cutting his first tooth.  My work schedule has changed so much (and I am still blessed with an enormous amount of work) that I have asked my sister to come watch Josiah from 10-2 Tuesday through Friday. So in that 4 hours finding the time to write updates is difficult. I spend most of my morning on the phone – 10 to 2 actually working – and the late afternoon playing with the boy. He likes it when I practice the banjo.

Oddly enough; when I watched Josiah all day by the time Rachel came home at 3:30 I was wiped out. Eating bonbons and watching Oprah is really tiring.

Rachel’s mom stayed with us from October 8th through the 20th allowing me to work 8+ hours a day. I’ve compiled a slide show of her visit, enjoy

 

 

Even though it’s a “national health emergency” we’ve evaded the swine/bird/human flu. All is well with our Souls!!

Rachel’s Busted!!!

Sunday’s are usually pretty busy, I think that explains the odd “baby like” behavior exhibited by Rachel after 9:30pm. Or maybe kids just bring out the best in us? I honestly think she hates going to work because leaving her baby at home is the last thing she wants to do; but we must play the cards we are dealt. As the gambler said:

“you gotta know when to hold ‘em

know when to fold ‘em

know when to walk away

know when to run…”

…a simpler life is a much happier one.

The Sunday Sermon…

…was Only two minutes longer than normal and Josiah was out.

Isn’t that the cutest thing ?