Mixed blessings??!!

So here is my small dilemma.

I am going to be a bridesmaid in a wedding on Saturday. While pregnant, I was hoping that I would lose the babyweight in good time so I would look great in my dress during the wedding.

I am happy to announce that because I am breastfeeding Jemimah, I was able to shed the pounds pretty quickly!! I can fit into all of my old jeans again which is wonderful because I love most of my jeans and other trousers!
The problem is that as a result of breastfeeding, I am quite blessed in the chest area, if you get what I mean ;) That means that my tops are a little tight in that general area. Many women pay plastic surgeons to help them get bigger in that area and here I am complaining. Oh life is so unfair :) Hmm, I wonder if they will shrink after I wean her because they did not shrink much after the first baby. Gosh, the things having children can do to your body.

Anyway, back to topic, so I was shopping for dresses and ended up buying one on the internet. It seemed like a beautiful dress but it was going to be shipped from China!! Not a problem since I purchased it weeks before the wedding right?? Wrong! I got the dress this afternoon (a week before the wedding). The dress would be perfect if I could fit my boobs in there. Arghhhhh. Now I have to go shopping and hope I find a dress in the right color and perfect fit. Wish me luck.

Oh no you didn't!!!

So I saw a clip online about a little boy of about 11 years of age. They were on the Dr. Phil show I guess and he was upset about the way that his mother treats him. Well the child went off on his mother telling her that she was not a good mother and she did not respect him as a human being and what not. Well the mother (who is a single mother by the way) was trying to say something back and this possessed child slapped his mother across the face.

I was very shocked and was waiting for that mother to show that child who is boss but she just sat there with a pained look on her face and tears in her eyes. I'm telling you I was wishing I could reach my hand into the screen and help this mother put her child in place. I am afraid of what would have happened to that child if his mother were an African woman. Oh he would be calling on angels to rescue him.

Many groups in America say that you should never spank your children. I hate to disagree with them but I do!!! Sweet Lord, my mother whooped my little behind and I turned out okay....I think :) Lord knows, I would have to be out of my mind to slap my mother! I would be afraid that fire would come from heaven and reduce me to an allotrope of carbon for commiting such a preposterous act. Nobody should ever.. ever... ever... EVER slap their mama!

Unfortunately, this boy who thinks it is okay to slap his mother may grow to become a wife beater if someone does not straighten him out right away.

Baby Jem 1

Baby Jem 2

Our little Jem is growing so chubby! I love it. I guess I should not be surprised since she nurses so well and fairly often. The only time she will accept a bottle is when I am out and about and she is hungry and has to take one from Daddy.

We took some proffesional shots when she was two weeks old. That was a month ago!! Gosh. Time flies. Safiya is still fascinated with her little sister and just loves to shower her with kisses. It's so cute.

America's Loss

I'm not always in touch with politics in the US and Nigeria, but I was a big fan of Tim Russert. He was a fair political analyst and TV man.
His death was so sudden and unexpected.
I'm sure he just wanted to live long enough to see the result of the 2008 face off between Obama and McCain. Television in America will really miss Mr. Russert.