OMG, so much has been happening! My Zaveybug is 10 months and I am having so much fun as a mom. I love all of his fun mannerism's and his personality is so cool. He is actually really hilarious, like this little comedian. He tries to show off and make his mommy and daddy laugh. He already is understand many words and that things have a "name". It's pretty cool!

Well, it's time for fantasy football draft tomorrow. woohoo

Well, it sure has been a long time since I have written. Life is good because I am staying busy. I am actually taking a break right now and enjoying my office and the peacefulness of my husband next to me...and Zavey is fast asleep for the night. We went out and ate and he was not in the mood for Chili's like we were....he didn't want to sit still and watch us eat....(I don't know why??) and he continued to throw everything on the ground. He loves that game. So we couldn't get out of there fast enough. He's now 9 months, can you believe it? I can't.

Bright and early i have work which I am not looking forward too. My job is AWESOME some days, and horrible the next. It's a big roller coaster ride that sometimes I regret getting on.

Nighty night

Freaked out....

So, my ultimate most important thing in life is my son right....and I love him more than I could even imagine. If anything ever happened to him I would be devastated and if anyone ever did anything to him...ugh...I would die. I want to protect him so much - maybe too much right now. That is my purpose in life. I am almost sick to my stomach to imagine someone taking his innocence away....

Okay, well I got a little freaked out after watching Oprah this past week. The show was about child pornography and it was completely eye opening. Not that I didn't know this existed, but just hearing the stories about what these people imagine and look at and do to manipulate kids online is disgusting and I can't help but worry about Xavier. Yes, I know he's so young right now, so this would not happen yet...but even just public pictures of him online I am removing.
So I immediately came to my blog and deleted alllllll of his pictures because I do not want some sicko looking at him and thinking anything about him. There are men that look at children as young as him and who knows what they do with his pictures. I even had some fun pictures of him laying around in his diaper and well...those were the first ones I deleted. Then I thought about it further and I don't want anyone like those men knowing anything about him either...so to make it easy I deleted everything. Maybe I will slowly get over this, but it's just not worth it to me....

The saddest was this young teenage girl was stalked online by this disgusting man and he then took her to a motel, did all kinds of awful things to her, then continued to mentally abuse her online and she eventually killed herself. This young girl was great in school, loving family, innocent and just had everything going for her. Then there were all kinds of other stories about men and the things that they had on their computers of much younger kids and videos...eeekkk I can't even type the things that they do. But DEFINITELY go to Oprah.com and watch it there. I will try and embed a video.

Here is a link of the details of this portion of the show: http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090220-tows-online-predator

There are estimated more than 5 million pictures of child pornography circulating on the internet - and it's getting out of control. They are saying it's now an epidemic in America. They went to this guys house and there were videos and pictures of children being raped, penetrated and children in bondage. It makes me cringe. I don't even like to write the words....but I know it's important and needs to be recognized that there are sickos out there like this. And the worst part is that it was found to be on an 18-year old's computer.

One of the tips to make you and your family safe that hit home with me:

3. Be selective about who you interact with online and what information you make public.

The risks are relatively low when you stick with people you know—your family and friends. Going into public chat rooms or opening your blog up to the general public, for example, significantly increases your risk. Think before you post online any information that can personally identify you, a family member, or friend in public place. (That means in a public blog, in online white pages, on job hunt sites, or in any other place anyone on the Internet can see.) Sensitive information includes birth date, gender, town, e-mail address, school name—even photos. This information can be used to help someone find you or steal your identity.

Anyways, so sorry for deleting all my posts, but that's the story behind that.

I WON!!

Hi All! I WON!! Yes, I won a giveaway! I never win anything! WOOHOO! I won a giveaway from Northern Mama's blog - she is a GREAT writer and just starting out, so definitely go over there and check out her great blog and the pics of her cute kids!

Thanks Northern Mama and Abigail Road! Check out Abigail Road's Etsy store here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8925341

AND Northern Mama's blog here: http://northernmama-northerngirl.blogspot.com/

Weekly Giveaways - April 15th-ish

I hope to win a pair of COOL rubber boots from Feisty, Frugal and Fabulous' blog from Rain Co. here: http://www.feistyfrugalandfabulous.com/2009/04/rain-co.html

I hope to win a Skin Free Moisturizing Soap Bar or Spritz product from Northern Mama's blog! She is one of my favorites to read and I hope to win! Here: http://northernmama-northerngirl.blogspot.com/2009/04/skin-free-review-and-giveaway.html

I hope to win my choice of t-shirt from MommyStars at Feisty, Frugal and Fabulous' blog here: http://www.feistyfrugalandfabulous.com/2009/04/mommystars.html

I hope to win a floral scarf handbag from Abigail Road! She has great items and her store is on the etsy site here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5126816 The giveaway is from Northern Mama's blog here: http://northernmama-northerngirl.blogspot.com/2009/04/abigail-road-review-and-giveaway.html

I hope to win a pair of UMI shoes from Simply Stacie's blog. These shoes are adorable and I really hope to win because I don't think that I could spend $55 on a pair of shoes for him. (Does that make me cheap and a bad mom?) Anyways, they are super cool and I loved going through their inventory. The giveaway is here: http://stacievaughansblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/umi-shoes-review-giveaway.html

Weekly Giveaways!

What an amazingly great week, but also amazingly busy. I can't even keep up and am entering giveaways while I am printing my friends baby shower invitations. I can't do anything while they are printing except load and reload, so I actually have time to enter some fun giveaways:

Entered to win baby bath grips at Mommy's Idea blog here: http://www.mommysidea.com/2009/04/win-pair-of-palm-palms-baby-bath-grips.html I would love to win these because pretty soon we are transferring Zavey to the BIG BOY tub and he's a slippery little sucker.

Entered to win a customized book from Bunny Press with Xavier's picture in it at Simply Stacie's blog! HOW CUTE is that?! I hope to win that one, he would love that! http://stacievaughansblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/little-bunny-press-review-giveaway.html

Entered to win a pair of See Kai Run shoes for Zavey at Life w/ Ellie & Eve's blog here:
http://www.lifestarringellieandeve.com/?p=629