My parents have a secretary who had a little baby girl just a few months ago. the mom came into work this morning crying her eyes out. Apparently her baby girl spent mother's day crying (not unusual for an infant)...slept pretty good until 2 am woke up crying, then went back to sleep. When she woke up this morning the mom tended to her to find out one of her legs is not moving!  Please pray for this precious baby girl as she undergoes testing to find out what happened. Pray that she fully regains movements and muscle in her tiny little leg.  It definately puts life into perspective on how precious each minute of every hour in every day is.

Alright Mommies.....

I am hosting a baby food making class starting out once a month. It will begin Friday June 20th. I am getting the word out there to see if there are any requests for this type of class. I will be putting together two different times that morning for 1st foods and then 2nd and 3rds.  I will show how to make a few recipes that we will all participate in and will take home around 50 2 ounce jars of food.  I will also be giving out some sample recipes for the picky toddler eater and common food allergy's.  Please give me some input on whether or not this sounds like something you would be interested in. I will post by the end of this week the exact time, price and the place.

It will be an event thrown by myself, Nikki Billiard  owner of Body By Billiard.

Thanks so much for your help!!!!!

When you become a parent your whole entire world and thought process changes.  At a certain age your child really starts to mimick everything you do and say.  My son now loves to walk around and do two lunges and a squat.  He also loves to do leg lifts for his abs and pretend like he can run like mommy on my treadmill or on the sidewalk.  It makes me smile and laugh because I hope that one day my lil man can be a running buddy. But then......it makes me wonder.  Will these kinds of early teachings of fitness be good or potential harmful.  There are so many problems wrong with body weight images in all ages and stages of life that I can't help but wonder if it will eventually make him "obsessed" with fitness. Which in my mind is awesome if he chooses to live a healthy fit lifestyle, but I just hope he sees the good in it and not the confusion of fit and healthy and not the distorted images of "health" in the celeb society. 

But for now He's happy and I can not help but install healthy habits and an energetic life.  I think we just have to remember to keep the good fun parts in mind and never down our own body image or that we don't work hard enough to stay fit.  If we believe in ourselves then they will mimick that and believe in themselves.....at least we hope, right?! :)

Okay what in the world is up with these stinkin cereal bars!!!! My son, who ate nothing but fresh veggies, tons of fruit, garden burger, egg whites and anything and everything dipped in hummus....is addicted to those cereal bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean, granted, they are really good, but geez it's nothing but sugar and thankfully whole grains.  I swear he fiends for those things. I wish they never came out with those. Or at least I wish I never introduced him to them. At least he still loves egg whites and odwalla bars.  One thing I have gotten him to enjoy these days is sweet pototoe pancakes...hahaha prob. because they taste like those cereal bars. 

How many people here have ever questioned back and forth on having two children rather than just one. Before my son was born it was a definite two children type of deal.  Although now that I have Him I can't see myself giving the same amount of love and attention to both as I do to him.  I know this is probably on every parents mind before having two...but is it really possible to provide equal amounts to both?

Okay, so....My son, 16 month old little boy, woke up the other night with a fever of over a 100.  Although I am not quite sure if it was more or not because the "wonderful" thermometers that we have to use are so accurate.  I was freaking out so bad that I stayed up all night on the couch with him to make sure that his fever didn't get worse, go into a seizure, and not have an idea in the morning that he went through all this.  I understand I am a little dramatic about it, but after all the stories you hear as soon as you hit motherhood.....every new sickness, cold, outrage of tempers makes a mother "freak" out and examine everything to a T.  I guess this is just the beginning of all nighters from worrying, mind racing from different ideas and theories of how to deal with the situation at hand, and tons of plans put to the backburner because your lil one is sick.  It's amazing that not a single thing matters in the world as soon as this little person in your life needs you more than usual.  It really makes you grateful for every second of your life as being a mother. 

hahah all this from a fever....imagine the stomach flu ;)