Monday, December 29, 2008

Christmas 2008

This Christmas has been truly blessed.  Our family is together, happy and healthy!  What more could we wish for.  This year has been an especially blessed one.  I found out I was pregnant in February and had my beautiful, precious little Jed Maxime' on October 7th.  What a blessing he has been.  I cannot describe the overwhelming love I feel when I hold him!  Nothing makes me happier than seeing his little face light up with excitement when he sees us and smiles!  Being a Mother is such a remarkable gift.  He loves his brother, boy does he!  He is the most excited about Joey.  He talks to Joey and smiles and coos the most around him.  I love seeing them together.  I know he recognizes him.

Joey, Jed and I were able to visit California and see all our family and friends!  It was a great time.  Joe flew over for the Thanksgiving weekend, which we spent with my family.  I was also in my Aunt Susan't wedding on John Wayne's Wild Goose Yacht on November 29th.  What a blast it was.  So beautiful! 

This year, Joey has started school in the 1st grade.  He is doing very well and his teacher, Mr. Gomez, is already starting an advanced program for him and a few other students to participate in.  Joey is so smart and witty and talented it blows my mind.  His favorite things to do are drive me up the wall, watch Total Drama Island on Cartoon Network, draw, draw and draw some more (he is amazing), karate, play soccer and with his legos.  Some things he participated in this year was swimming, karate, soccer and the beach.  For the new year, in addition we are getting him into piano lessons (if we find a good piano here), theater and hopefully a swim team.  What fun!

Joe has been working very hard.  In addition to all the activies he is involved with in Joey's life and the Church (he is now the Cub Scout Master for our ward) he enjoys the gym as often as possible and surf!  He cannot get enough of surfing!!  I am glad he has such a fun hobby to be involved in.  This year he also received his Melchizedek Priesthood.  I am so happy for him.

This year has been a bit of an exhausting one for me.  I was working full time through my pregnancy (thank goodness I had an understanding office and boss who didn't mind when I passed out on his couch when he went out of the office.  Haha!)  and swelled up like a balloon!!!  gross.  Despite having a semi-difficult pregnancy (can we say wearing ridiculously thick tights with grandma Dr. Scholls sandals throughout my entire pregnancy during the summer in ridiculous heat and humidity!!!!!!) and a life-changing labor (I asked to die - I doubt I will ever cry from pain again in life), I couldn't ask for anything more from this year.  I have an amazing husband and children.  For the next year, I plan on getting in amazing shape.  Yes, look out for my blog in hopefully 3 months when I should be done with my program!  I can't wait.  Other than that, I want to progress mentally and spiritually so I can improve myself as a Mother and Wife.  Joe and I are planning our temple marriage to be sealed together with our kids.  I can't wait.  We haven't decided on the temple yet.  

Below are some pics of our Christmas together:

Christmas Eve.  Unfortunately when this dinner looked the best, my camera wouldn't work.  When it finally decided to, this is what it looked like.  I cooked my husband's favorite meal - roast.  I dare say it is pretty incredible.

Followed by homemade apple pie - served with natural vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.  By the way, you cannot get the same amazingness with store bought desserts.  Just isn't the same!



Here's my amazing little guy!  I can't stand it.



Dessert left over for Santa!
And Santa's Thank You card to Joey.
Here's Joey reading Santa's note.
Here I am wishing I was still sleeping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Opening presents.


Joe's funky toys he finds for him.
After presents, I make my Christmas morning breakfast.  Eggs with sausage, onion, mushrooms and cheese, french toast, spicy grilled potatoes with peppers, onion  and bell pepper, orange juice and (turkey) bacon and sausage.  During the day I play my all-time favorite movie, The Sound of Music and have a relaxed day.  
This is directly after breakfast!  He just passed out!

To end the day, we saw Marley & Me and cried.  So cute.


Tuesday, August 5, 2008

My Awesome Husband!

I just wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation to my husband. I can't say what a wonderful companion and father he has been. Aside from being a great provider, he is always there to support and love me unconditionally. I'm just gonna list some of the things he does for us and his efforts.

- Wakes up extra early to get Joey ready for school every morning. He fixes him an awesome breakfast of eggs and the works, irons his own clothes, gets Joey dressed, teeth brushed, hair done and school things ready to go... so all I have to do it get myself ready and out the door. I have been super tired during this pregnancy so every minute of extra sleep is a god-send. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this!! He even does this for me on his day off and for church!

- Let's me spend all I want on skin care products, clothes, etc for my pregnancy and beyond.

- Is understanding when I come home aching and tired from work and just don't have it in me to make dinner or do housework. He's been really great at pitching in around the house and makes his own dinner most of the time.

- Takes me out to dinner a lot so I don't have to worry about it! And he takes me anywhere I want!

- Paints my toes!

- Does housework on his days off like laundry and sweeping, etc! (I never would've imagined this some years back!) He hates laundry.

- He's a scout leader.

- He teaches Sunday School to 11 & 12 year old boys... Those kids love him!

- He's Joey's soccer coach. This is 2 to 3 times a week!



- Takes Joey snorkeling, biking, swimming, etc on his days off and when he can, after work. He's such a great dad!


- Drives Joey after work whenever he can to karate which is 25 minutes away from work and 45 minutes away from home. He is absolutely committed to his children.


- Pitches in with (okay does most of) the shopping for groceries and for the home- Costco, K-Mart (we are limited here!), etc. This has been a HUGE help. I'm ready to turn in at 5- when I get off work!


- Is so thoughtful about me and the things I like - He is always thinking of us.


- Always thinking of Joey and looking for things for him online... Takes so much time and care in Joey's clothes and making him look stellar! Joey is a lucky kid.



- Much, much more!
What can I say? He is a great head of our home and is my perfect husband. I am so grateful to him for all he does and being so amazing... God has truly blessed our family. I am a lucky woman.
I love you honey!


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Sunday, July 6, 2008

24 Week Prego Pics

16 Weeks left to go here! Again, huge.







Prego and the Maid of Honor



Here I am at Heidi's Weddinng on June 6th. 20 weeks. I AM HUGE!


I was like Bride-zilla for Heidi! Running around like crazy and trying to make sure everything went smoothly amongst all the incompetance. I can get crazy. I will post the wedding later. Let's just say my feet were killing me!

19.5 Weeks Pics

Here I am at almost 20 weeks (almost 5 mos) and I can easily pass for 7! This is us in a shop at the Marriott in Lihue. I needed a dress for dinner that night so I tried some on here.

Joey just loves my belly!

Here we are by this giant fish sculpture on the property. This is the dress I ended up with.

13 Weeks

Yuck! Is all I can say.... but what are you going to do??? I get pretty big quickly when I'm pregnant. I am already showing in this pic and still in my FIRST TRIMESTER!

18 Week Prego Pics

Here I am at 18.5 weeks which is just into the second trimester (about 4 mos). As you can see, I am already getting very big! I can easily pass for 6 mos here... crazy.

People were (have been) constantly guessing I am way ahead in my pregnancy. Everyone I work with swears I have 2 in there! haha...

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Karate

We just signed up Joey for Karate yesterday. I could not believe how on top of it he was! Wow.. I was sitting there so giddy and proud of him. This was his first day ever. He was completely focused and serious and yelled out all the commands... just like a little soldier.

The Sensei came up to us afterward and praised him for being the best first lesson he has ever taught! He and the other instructor were so impressed. They said that most kids have a hard time answering questions on demand or are unsure of themselves and they'll just stare back... When he asked him if he was smart, Joey goes, "Yes, Sir!" and when he asked him if he could do something, Joey said, "I'll try!"


The Sensei said that he is going to go slow with him because he thinks he can be good. My little guy.
This reminds me... the other day, Joey was asking me about making money, then asked me what happens if you are an adult and you don't have money? I immediately told him, "Joey, you never have to worry about that. You will always be successful."

Monday, June 2, 2008

Whatnot's by Joey

~At a restaurant with my Mother he was tired, out of nowhere! "Can we please just get the check and get out of this joint??!!"

~I wanted to see Narnia. Joey, "Mom, you know that movie is rated 'L' right?" "Joey, there is no rating 'L'." "It is rated 'L' Mom... because it's LAME and I don't want to see it." Where does he come up with this stuff.

~At another restaurant.. and I guess him just being done. He goes, "Okay, I'm tired, I've just eaten my entree' and so now we will need the check." and looks up at the waitress filling our water right then, as if to say, hint hint. She looks down startled, "Okay." And I said, No, that's fine.. don't listen to him. Man is he demanding.

~Genuinely, "Mom, I'm really very sorry you have to clean up this mess I just made." haha... yeah.. right.

~"You know how the gum ends up in my hair or clothes?? Magically! It's just there." With a sweeping motion he makes with his hands and a look that says, 'that's just the way it is.'

Aspirations

Saturday Night we had the missionaries over for dinner. I asked one of them how much longer he had on his mission, since I knew he had been out for quite some time.
Missionary, "4 weeks."
Joey, "What are you going to be after this?"
Which by the way, I thought was some pretty advanced insight for a 5 year old. It might be difficult to understand this if you don't have kids.
Missionary, "Oh, I'm not sure... I have to figure it out. I have no idea."
Joey, puzzled by this, "You don't know what you want to do?? Well, I know what I want to do! I'm going to make movies." very matter of fact might I add.

Joe and I had our ideas for him.. we finally came to the idea of an astronaut, which I know sounds funny, but I love science and he is definitely smart enough. Joe wanted this cause he wants him to be a pilot... But Joey had other ideas.

Here's the ticker. Some of you who know Joe might think he got this idea from him... oh, you are wrong. He has come up with this on his own... kind of evolved. From 3, he saw books as scripts. At 2, he preferred to carry around pictures of his super heroes over the actual super hero figures themselves. I saw his admiration grow for images and photography to movies at a very young age. He appreciates them, memorizes lines, familiarizes the actors and can always identify them from other movies he has seen. And for some reason, he never wants to see a movie twice... ever.


I know I am bragging here.. but hey, this is the beauty of being a mother. It's the best... But seriously, he is pretty impressive to me. When something will happen, he will want to draw it all with a short script below the pics... He wants to put it all down as a story.

The other day, I walked through his dim room and he had these little people figures standing next to his wall with different color lights shining straight on them that projected their shadows on the baseboard... He said, "Mom, look. This is how you film people moving without moving them yourself." and moved the lights to make it look like them were walking along (by their shadows). I was like, "huh, I don't think I could've thought about that."
I feel like we are holding him back by not giving him all his tools... I swear this kid needs like a studio! Especially with his art work... wait till I post about that!

May Day School Speech

May 23rd, 2008. I had no idea Joey was a little speaker. Nor was I told he was going to speak at an event in front of the entire school, staff and parents!! I was told his May Day celebration was going to start at 9:30 and I had to leave work, had a hard time finding parking and was maybe 3 minutes late! I don't know when they started but when I showed up, the Kindergardeners were all done, song and all. As I was trying to figure everything out, a teacher came up to me praising Joey for the great job he did reading for the Kindergarden class in front of the entire school! I was floored!!! WHAT??!! I can't believe I missed that :( .. soo bummed. Well, at least she took pictures of him and said he did such a good job and went up there like a big boy... also that he was chosen to read because he is the only one who can read the way he can. So proud of my little boy. This is why I read to him every day!!



Here's the funny thing. When I dropped him off at school.. he freaked out when he saw the school being set up. I said, "What on earth is the matter?" "It's May Day and we have to HULA! Oh, I don't want to." and started whining and complaining. I said, "it's not a big deal, just go along with it." All the grades put on their own performance.

Then when I found out that he was speaking I naturally thought he was freaking cause he was nervous to give the talk. But when we asked him about that, he goes, "NO, not at all! I didn't care about that. I just didn't want to sing! It's so stupid!!" haha... he always makes me laugh.
You know how little kids and toddlers in groups will clap their hands and sing along in activities (like with Barney or in Library readings)?? Joey has never been one to do that. Ever!.. I always wondered if he just didnt' get it.. but then I realized in his own little head, he just figured it was silly and was always looking around at everyone like they were crazy. He just refused to go along with it no matter how hard I prodded..

Here are some pics of the celebration. Don't ask me what May Day is... Have no idea... something about aloha?



Ew. But hey it's us.

Picky Eater? I don't think so!

Raising a picky eater is just not an option for me. I NEVER complained about my food and always ate everything on my plate. Especially, to me, a man must eat like a man... and therefore raising a picky boy does nothing for them.
At dinner time at home, he actually starts WITH his veggies (asparagus, broccoli, etc.) and moves from there. I have been quite pleased as he doesn't even know "ew, this looks gross.. I can't eat that". However I didn't quite expect this from my kid.
Joey's food choices crack me up. Let's just say he prefers the more sophisticated choice. No joke, he even seems offended when he is handed a kid's menu. He just gives you and the choices this snobby disappointed look. I still try though because I don't like that...
He has been eating crab, sushi, calamari and more since he was 3. Escargot, sashimi and caviar since he was 4- perhaps even younger.

The other day at an Italian restaurant he wanted to leave once he heard the kid's choices, but when he heard the specials from the waiter, he insisted on going with the steamers. The waiter didn't think we were seriously ordering that at first. haha... little does he know the first thing Joey asks for in a French restaurant is escargot.. and eats them like candy! When he brought them out, he said that the chef was like, "this is for a KID?" It was a huge bowl... Joe didn't take one and in no time at all, they were all eaten properly with the fork-- he even dipped bread in the sauce afterwards... The staff were all watching.

Here's a pic of him at Genkei Sushi 2 days ago eating fish eggs, plain... and plain octopus legs on rice... NO flavor, nothing. I had to take a picture with my phone... he makes me laugh.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Where do babies come from?

How do you tell a 5 year old where babies come from? I was always told by professionals and books to be honest and age appropriate about it. So up till now, I have told Joey the basics... He has watched a video (that did not show nudity or the birth of course) about the developing baby in utero to birth. He was educated that the sperm from the Dad fertilizes the egg from the Mom and on from there.

One thing you have to understand about Joey is he can tell when you aren't giving him the facts and he is scary inquisitive! As you can tell, I don't have any other options but to be honest. Besides, I don't believe in the alternative.

LUCKILY, he has not made the connection as to HOW it all happens in the first place.. haha!! Last night was the first time he asked. I think my heart stopped and I just laid there frozen, not knowing what to say. "Mom, how does the baby get inside the mom in the beginning?"
Ummmm.... finally I thought, "From the Dad." Scared out of my mind what would come next he goes...

"OH Yeah, the sperm!"
"Right." I said...
I can breathe!... he still didn't make the connection and to avoid the chance of him asking, I quickly changed the subject.
So far it has been diverted, but for the time being I will get educated as to what a child should know and how they should be told.

Whew! but his reply cracks me up.... too much!

IT'S A BOY!

Boy is it a BOY! Unbelievable! I cannot express how much I 'knew' it was a girl... I don't know what to think! Dreams, feelings, you name it- I had them!!!

BUT, there was the penis- there was no escaping it! He kept flashing us.. it was like he was trying to say something.

His name is Jed Maxime Prado. Jed means 'God's Beloved' and Maxime (a french boy's name) is pronounced 'Mahcseem'- but Joe says "Maxim-ae"... I don't mind either way.

Here's his profile pics: The 2nd one looks as if he's about to suck his thumb. So cute! One of these pics was taken right before he scratched his face! It was amazing to see how animated they are so young.


This is the best one of him flasing us! LOOK at his butt cheeks! SO cute!!!... then again, I am the Mom.
"And here it is again Mom, just in case you didn't see the first five times!"
This one you can't see as clearly- it looks like an arrow pointing to the right! This cracks me up.

Wow... was I surprised! I am so happy for my little guy though, and glad Joey has a little brother to look up to him.

Joey is so sweet... everytime he sees me or passes by, he comes up and lifts up my shirt and kisses the baby.. "Hello Baby Brother!- my little baby brother in the womb." and kisses him all over... it's so cute!

This guy is nuts... he wouldn't sit still for a second! We were lucky to get those pics of his profile. At one point, we went to look at his face and he had his fists up by his head and started punching the sac like it was a punching bag- like crazy, over and over! His little face was squished while he was doing it as if he was frustrated... it was the funniest thing. He seems to be like, "GET ME OUT! I'm DONE!!!" He's a lot like Joey that way.

I'm pregnant!

Here's my littlest guy at 8 weeks- like a pea in a pod :)

Old news now... But boy was I relieved! I thought it would never happen.... at 5:45 on February 22nd, at about the 10th time I went to the bathroom since I fell asleep, I finally took a test. I was 16 days late so I thought it was about time :P (I didn't want to take a test earlier cause I was terrified of being confronted with a negative sign again)
Except for the frequent bathroom trips and sore and growing chest, I didn't have any symptoms to speak of...

I was 6 weeks at the time and my due date is October 15... Joey's Birthday is October 13th! I wonder how close they are going to be... funny.
We are ecstatic!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Sing a long

This is what I have sung to Joey since he was born... Not bored, just want to share this with you.

It goes a little something like this:

"Heeee's myyyy little schnookum woo, little schnookum poo, little schnookum woo woo woo woo bear.

Heeee's myyyy little pookum poo, little pookum woo, little schnookie woo, poo poo poo bear.

Heeee's just a schnookuuuuuum, he's a poookuuuuuuuum, he's just a little little little little wookuuuuum. He's my little guy... the littlest guy in the wide world.

The wiiide woooooooorld...." and then I change it up a bit.. mm,k?

it's late.

Obama Fights for Partial Birth Abortion Updated


I wrote this to my Mom a bit ago and I feel it's important enough to add to my blog. I don't prefer to talk about it and would rather not have this negativity on my site but I feel a moral obligation to spread the word.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke

If you look back in history, you can see the truthfulness of this statement in nearly every abominable thing that has occured. In fact, what frustrates me the most about this world, is for the an otherwise 'good person' to sit there and read this (YES YOU) and think... 'Oh, that is terrible... Oh, well.' I know it is hard to speak up against what is popular, what Hollywood is about and Obama happens to be that right now. It is almost never easy to do the right thing, nevertheless- grow some balls and speak up!

((By the way, my Mother, who is a serious liberal and avid supporter of Obama wrote back and thanked me for giving her this information and told me she would pass this on- a satisfaction she has never given me before.))

HOWEVER, this is not an issue of liberal vs conservative or left vs right or democrat vs republican, so get that dumb crap out of your head before you proceed! Most democrats are against this issue as most people.. I pray for the souls who aren't- actually, to be honest, I really don't care what happens to them.

I really believe Barack Obama is evil, and actually for a very simple reason. Before I learned about this, I never really cared about him. He just seemed pretty cool to me and I didn't have any reason not to like him. Of course his political beliefs were completey opposite from mine, but so are half the country's- no reason not to like someone. Now, I get anxiety seeing his stupid ugly face on TV and have to turn the channel. This man is not what he seems- You must look at his actions and what he really stands for! Unfortunately, since this is now a nearly godless nation and the devil and Oprah are working for him, he will probably be elected.

You are probably rolling your eyes and wondering what this is all about and why he is so evil... this is about Partial Birth Abortion- I won't go into it cause I can't but this is killing a healthy, full term baby while he/she is being born. If you aren't outraged that this even exists or if you aren't exactly sure what this is about, I suggest you get educated and google it (without images if possible) It is worse than you can imagine. Even if you believe that killing (conventionally I guess) an unborn child is harmless because of a woman's 'right' (pains me to say that), what you couldn't possibly imagine people doing in your wildest dreams is a reality today.

SO, drum roll please...

Not only is Obama pro-choice (I'm not even going to get into that discussion) but he is passionately and is AGGRESSIVELY ACTIVE on abortion rights and making partial birth abortion legal again. Aggressively ACTIVE!!!! ACTIVE. This is the worst evil imaginable, the most horrifying it gets. Sure he is pre-occupied with other things right now, BUT he has vowed and if elected, you can sit and watch this happen.

But don't take my word for it. Read for yourself.

I have highlighted my words in purple so you can tell what is what.

This website, click here, is directly from pro-choice.org... they are elated to have leaders on their side and have quoted him. Please take note that the last quote about the Supreme Court's decision is regarding the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act... He is outspoken against it..... what a winner!

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This is his quote regarding PBA again on his website... to see the many comments by his disgusted x-followers, you have to log in real quick. I had to to post my own comment.. you can read it at the bottom... ooh, I am good. I also commented this in orange as a reply to someone else's:

Obama and I do disagree on this. Something about the violence required to do this bothers me.But he has my vote because I know this is simply a wedge issue that the other side likes to use and discount issues I consider much more important because it affects even more lives in my opinion and has greater effect on humanity.
The other side does not want to deal with these issues: unjust wars and evil political machinations, poverty, misuse of power, destruction of the environment.
So they stick to the abortion issue. But for me, it's just one issue and I've had enough discussions with people to know that many who support abortion rights do not support abortion.They just believe that those who are against it shouldn't be able to impose on the rest of us.
I personally would never do it or be part of it unless under extremely rare conditions.
So, having said that, I would say that abortion is not a make or break issue for me. No single issue is. I judge Obama based on the totality of his postions and I'm impressed and fully support him more than any other candidate so far.


By Taylor from Koloa, HI Today at 6:08 pm EDT

Wow... you are an idiot. Anyone who thinks a man who is passionately working to make the gruesome killing of full term babies legal on the stance it is for the 'women's rights!!??' is a decent human being and deserving of our votes because of other common grounds is clearly missing one too many screws.

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This is good.. read.

Why Jesus would not vote for Barack Obama
Posted: July 19, 20061:00 am Eastern
By Jill Stanek© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com

In February 2004, U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, sent a fund-raising letter with the "alarming news" that "right-wing politicians" had passed a law stopping doctors from stabbing half-born babies in the neck with scissors, suctioning out their brains and crushing their skulls. Michelle called partial-birth abortion "a legitimate medical procedure," and wouldn't supporters please pay $150 to attend a luncheon for her husband, who would fight against "cynical ploy[s]" to stop it? But that's not why Obama's opponent Alan Keyes said Jesus Christ wouldn't vote for him. Obama recalled Keyes' statement in a recent USA Today opinion piece but omitted his reasoning. I know his reasoning, because I was there. As a nurse at an Illinois hospital in 1999, I discovered babies were being aborted alive and shelved to die in soiled utility rooms. I discovered infanticide. Legislation was presented on the federal level and in various states called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. It stated all live-born babies were guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection, whether or not they were wanted. BAIPA sailed through the U.S. Senate by unanimous vote. Even Sens. Clinton, Kennedy and Kerry agreed a mother's right to "choose" stopped at her baby's delivery. The bill also passed overwhelmingly in the House. NARAL went neutral on it. Abortion enthusiasts publicly agreed that fighting BAIPA would appear extreme. President Bush signed BAIPA into law in 2002.

But in Illinois, the state version of BAIPA repeatedly failed, thanks in large part to then-state Sen. Barack Obama. It only passed in 2005, after Obama left. I testified in 2001 and 2002 before a committee of which Obama was a member. Obama articulately worried that legislation protecting live aborted babies might infringe on women's rights or abortionists' rights. Obama's clinical discourse, his lack of mercy, shocked me. I was naive back then. Obama voted against the measure, twice. It ultimately failed. In 2003, as chairman of the next Senate committee to which BAIPA was sent, Obama stopped it from even getting a hearing, shelving it to die much like babies were still being shelved to die in Illinois hospitals and abortion clinics. (As chair of that same committee, Obama once abruptly ended a hearing early, right before Scott and Janet Willis, the parents of six children killed as a result of Illinois' drivers licenses for bribes scandal, were to testify in favor of Choose Life license plate legislation. I was there for that one, too. The Willises had traveled three hours. Reporters filled the room. Obama stalled. He later killed the bill when no one was around.) So, the reason Keyes said Jesus Christ wouldn't vote for Barack Obama was because of Obama's fanatical support of abortion to the point of condoning infanticide. I have framed on my wall a Chicago Sun-Times cartoon published during the campaign. Obama is holding a sign with "LIVE BIRTH ABORTION" on it. God is reaching down from heaven to a baby in front of Obama, and the baby is reaching up to God. Obama is yelling at God, "You keep out of this!"

In his USA Today opinion piece, Obama admitted being "nagged" by the Jesus-wouldn't-vote-for-him statement, but only because he wished he'd given a different comeback. Obama insinuated opposition to abortion is based only on religion, lecturing pro-lifers like me to "explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all." I don't recall mentioning religion when I testified against live-birth abortion. I only recall describing a live aborted baby I held in a hospital soiled utility room until he died, and a live aborted baby who was accidentally thrown into the trash. Neither do I recall religion being brought into the partial-birth abortion ban debate. I recall comparisons made to U.S. laws ensuring animals being killed are treated humanely. I recall testimony that late-term babies feel excruciating pain while being aborted. Obama stated pro-life proposals must be "amenable to reason." OK, Sen. Obama, let's reason. Explain why you support abortion for whatever rationale, at whatever gestation, by whatever means. Explain why you support infanticide, if banning it might interfere with abortion. Then, since you brought it up, explain how, despite all that, you
think Jesus should vote for you, either now or in the hereafter, particularly given His statement,

"It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around the neck than to face the punishment in store for harming one of these little ones."

Jill Stanek fought to stop "live-birth abortion" after witnessing one as a registered nurse at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill. In 2002, President Bush asked Jill to attend his signing of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. In January 2003, World Magazine named Jill one of the 30 most prominent pro-life leaders of the past 30 years. To learn more, visit Jill's blog, Pro-life Pulse.


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This is his wife's letter to followers. This is disgusting!

Obama's fundraising letter using the "so-called" partial birth abortion ban How liberal is Barack Obama? His wife used the ban on partial birth abortion (sucking the brains out of half-delivered babies) as a scare tactic and fundraising ploy:From: email-list@obamaforillinois.comSent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:41 AMSubject: A Message from Michelle ObamaFebruary 17, 2004

Dear Friends:We have all been concerned lately with the rise of conservatism in this country, especially as it relates to women. You?ve read the alarming news about the Justice Department?s request for hospitals to turn over the private medical records of dozens of patients. This cynical ploy is designed to intimidate a group of physicians and force them to drop their lawsuit seeking to have the so-called partial birth abortion ban ruled unconstitutional.The fact remains, with no provision to protect the health of the mother, this ban on a legitimate medical procedure is clearly unconstitutional and must be overturned. Attorney General Ashcroft and president bush believe so zealously in their cause that the privacy rights of patients are under assault. They believe we have no federal right to privacy when it concerns our medical histories.On March 16th, we have a chance to nominate a candidate who will be tireless in the fight to protect women. It isn?t simply about the right to choose, or privacy rights. It is about pay equity, about ending domestic violence, promoting health care around the world, and letting doctors decide treatment options, not federal judges.It goes without saying that we must win back the U.S. Senate and hold our ground as a check against the right-wing executive branch. Illinois will be a key battleground and your vote is critical.My husband has stood up for women time and again, and I am proud of his record. He understands that casting a vote on the floor of the Senate takes greater courage than issuing a position paper. Oftentimes, a well intentioned law is in fact a flawed law. That?s why it is critical we nominate someone who has faced these tough choices. That?s why nominating an experienced legislator is so important in this race. It takes courage to cast a vote.Who among the Democrats running has a proven record? Who among the candidates running for the Senate in Illinois has stood up to the right wing politicians and voted against their agenda? Who can we count on to keep the Bush/Ashcroft team from appointing the Supreme Court Justice that will vote against Roe v. Wade?Please join me in sending a message of unity and strength by attending the Women for Obama Luncheon on February 23rd at the Hyatt Regency. Lunch costs $150 and includes remarks from our friends the Reverend Willie Barrow and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. To reserve your seat please call the campaign office headquarters at 312-427-6400 or log on to the Obama for Illinois Website.I urge you to stand with me and support my husband at this event. You know the stakes have never been higher and we can?t depend on untested amateurs and administrators in this fight. Barack is a fighter and he will be a champion we can be proud of.

Thanks you so much for all of your support.

Michelle Obama

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This is just a news article about different opinions from politicians and other leaders. I highlighted Obama's in Orange so you can find it. I can't express to you the outrage I feel when I read the statements from the opposers of this bill. I'm sorry! how often does a Doctor have to take a saw to full term baby's head and kill them in order to save a woman??? Sorry.. this is used as an abortion option plain and simple. When you make even the scariest of things legal, you can bet there will be 9 balls out there who will opt for it.

Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold Partial Birth Abortion Ban Gives Bush VictoryWednesday,

April 18, 2007 By Melissa Drosjack

The Supreme Court handed a victory to the Bush administration and abortion opponents on Wednesday with its decision to uphold a 2003 federal law that bans partial birth abortions.The decision enforces the law that prohibits the procedure of partially extracting a fetus 20 weeks or older intact from a woman's uterus and then crushing or cutting its skull before it is fully delivered."This is the most significant upholding of any restriction on abortion ever by the Supreme Court," said Stephen Wermiel, who teaches constitutional law at American University.Click here to read the Supreme Court's ruling.President Bush's appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito gave the bench a more conservative leaning and helped push through the 5-4 ruling on the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, law experts say. Roberts and Alito sided with the majority opinion.(Story continues below)StoriesSupreme Court Upholds Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act Supreme Court to Take on Second Abortion Case Court Ruling The ruling could also ignite abortion opponents to push for more. States now might feel they have a positive reception by the Supreme Court to ban or restrict other abortion procedures since Wednesday's decision signals a possible shift in the direction of the court on the issue, said Paul Rothstein, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and an expert on the Supreme Court."It indicates that the new conservative members of the court have had their influence and it will stimulate states to feel that they have a favorable ear on the Supreme Court if they want to regulate abortions more and ban certain kinds of abortions," Rothstein said."It will encourage states to attempt to regulate or ban [abortion] and test out the Supreme Court to see how far it is willing to go," he added.Twenty-six states have bans on partial birth abortions that apply throughout pregnancy, according to the Guttmacher Institute. The court's decision to uphold the federal law creates a nationwide ban."This basically makes it a federal crime, effective immediately," Wermiel said.The president hailed the decision in a statement released shortly after the ruling."The Supreme Court's decision is an affirmation of the progress we have made in the past six years in protecting human dignity and upholding the sanctity of life," Bush said. "We will continue to work for the day when every child is welcomed in life and protected in law."Wednesday's decision not only affects the abortion debate, it also demonstrates the importance of the president's ability to appoint justices to the Supreme Court, said Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard and a FOX News political contributor."I think politically, this reminds everyone of how important Supreme Court appointments are. The next president, of course, will have one or two almost certainly," Kristol said.Out on the campaign trail, a few Republican 2008 White House hopefuls were quick to declare their support for the court's decision."Today, our nation's highest court reaffirmed the value of life in America by upholding a ban on a practice that offends basic human decency. This decision represents a step forward in protecting the weakest and most innocent among us," former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney said in a statement.Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani also said he agreed with the decision.But abortion rights supporters did not see the decision as a victory."I am extremely concerned that this ruling will embolden state legislatures to enact further measures to restrict a woman's right to choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court justices will look for other opportunities to erode Roe v. Wade, which is established federal law and a matter of equal rights for women," said 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama."Today's partisan decision by the Supreme Court is a frightening and dangerous step towards criminalizing the very constitutional freedoms that previous courts have upheld for generations," said Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., in a statement. "The decision does not reflect the best interest of a woman's health and safety, said Planned Parenthood Federation of America Deputy Director of Litigation and Law Eve Gartner."Today the court took away an important option for doctors who seek to provide the best and safest care to their patients. This ruling tells women that politicians, not doctors, will make their health care decisions for them," Gartner said in a statement."Today's decision is alarming," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in the court's dissenting opinion.There could be future lawsuits from claims that the federal law interferes with their right to choose an abortion, Wermiel said."The court is saying there is nothing wrong with this law as a general matter. If it interferes, [plaintiffs] can bring a lawsuit somewhere down the road," he said.Wermiel added that the ruling also demonstrates the strict constructionist outlook of the court's newest leader."I think it's [Roberts'] way of narrowing the role of the court. The court ought to be issuing more limited decisions when the court is considering the validity of legislation," Wermiel said.This decision marks the first time for the court to ban a specific procedure in abortion, which Bush said in 2003 causes a "violent end" to life.

"For years, a terrible form of violence has been directed against children who are inches from birth, while the law looked the other way. Today, at last, the American people and our government have confronted the violence and come to the defense of the innocent child," Bush said at the bill's signing.

NOT IF OBAMA HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT!
I actually believe that most of the weight of this abomination in the end will lie on the shoulders of the leaders and politicians that made it possible. If deep down they think they are exempt from accountability as it was not something they personally did, they have another thing coming to them.
I don't have to hope he goes to hell.. but may he feel the pain of every helpless baby being torn apart and skulls being drilled into... seeing it, being involved and feeling it over and over and over again.
AND if this man is made President, and you knew this information prior to supporting him, I fear this will be on your conscience as well.... as we sit by and watch countless babies being killed in this gruesome way- all because of this man!
If you are one that would rather see this happen than to see McCain being in office because you are eating Obama's bull shit "Bush's third term" propoganda- seriously, that is sad and I don't even know what to think. All I can say is do your research. The only thing common between the two is his support of the war. Cause, imagine this for a second, he DOESN'T want to give into terrorists... wow, crazy thought. We all know that not only would the Iraqi streets be open wide for more terror on women and children (remember Afghanistan with the taliban?) but it would be the home base for these groups against the free world. Period. They have even said that!! Liberals will be the end of us.
Nobody likes war! No One! It's horrible, but there has never a time in the history of the homosapiens when war did not exist. It is a part of mankind- it will NEVER not exist. Idiots.
Democrats stand for the weakest way. Remember that... people are tired of war or just lost in space (hippies and other liberals) and the easiest way to appease the people is to get out. I'm going to write a blog on this.
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I hope this has opened someone's eyes, as it did my Mother...

This is real! This is serious! And this will happen very soon when this man is in office if the American people just sit comfy in there homes and look the other way.

Do not be fooled by this man. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.