Ian's smiling dream

he's just so cute! Ian at 7 weeks of age, still 7 weeks premature, smiling in his sleep.

Ian gets mad as a hornet.

Ian hates getting his nose suctioned, we have captured his reaction here, to show you why they call him The Little Hornet. Some might want to cry, or be upset by seeing a baby cry like this, but in the NICU, the world is turned on it's ear, and a baby who fights and cries is a baby that nurses are happy to see. The ones who lay there and don't respond are the ones that break your heart.

Itty Bitty Baby Arrives 14 weeks early!!!

Everything about this kid has been a surprise. Yep, I had me a baby boy on March 25, 2009. He just had to have a March birthday like his sister and brother.

You can find out all about the birth and his progress at

www.caringbridge.org/visit/ianrapp

Thanks!!

Old woman shoots MP40 Machine gun

I want to be this kind of grandma when i grow up..... it's something to aspire to.....

Rhinos 4 RINOs

For the uninformed, a RINO is a Republican in Name Only.

There are three RINOs in particular that I think need to be sent a message:

Arlen Specter (R-PA)
United States Senate
711 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3802

Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
United States Senate
154 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Susan Collins (R-ME)
United States Senate
413 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1904

I propose that these so-called Republicans receive a fair and proper representation of what they really are. Therefore, I ask that all of you who feel that we, and our children and our grandchildren, have been betrayed and sold out by their "yea" votes on the Stimulus, ahem, Spendulus package, please consider purchasing a rhinoceros and mailing it to them at the above address.

Now, if you're a big game hunter, by all means, have at it. But, honestly, that would bring down the blood reign from PETA and other like minded animal rights activists, due to the whole Endangered Species thing that the rhino has going on.

I suggest going online and buying a small plastic rhino, such as I found here:

Plastic Animals ~
Tapir and Friends Wildlife World

And send one to each of those turncoats. Or maybe buy in bulk, nothing says "you done stepped in it this time" like a gross of rhinos in a pretty box.

There was more pork in that spending bill than in all of the Hormel plants in America. It's ridiculous, wrong and completely irresponsible. As I sat home on Friday night, watching the horror unfold, I realized that this pregnancy has stolen my waistline, the kids have stolen my chocolate and now Congress has stolen my money. The waistline will reappear, the chocolate can be replaced, and hidden better, but the money, I'll never get that back. Now I'm pissed.

So lets make the RINOs an endangered species, until we can vote 'em out, lets show just how much they've pissed us off!

Let the stampede begin!

hello, poor neglected blog.....

I'm sorry to say, I've found a new mistress, in the form of Twitter.com.

I'm Bugnbuddysmom on twitter. I don't tweet much, that is SuperG's time sink. But I did get tweeted by Ohio's former Secretary of State Ken Blackwell who is now running to be the RNC chairman. Woot! Brush with greatness, ping!

At any rate, I'd like to introduce you to our newest addition:




Say "Hi" to Blobby, who has grown so much since the initial ultrasound told me I had a blob with a heartbeat lo these many weeks ago.

I'm almost 13 weeks along, am starting to feel a bit better, I go whole days without puking now, which is great. I crave Thai food all the time, but haven't been able to get any lately.

We are almost ready for Christmas, I feel so blessed that this year we are able to give our children gifts and food for the table, when so many people, including those that I know, are feeling the economic pinch and having to choose between the two.

I'm sure I won't get online to post again, so have a merry Christmas and count your blessings this year, we certainly are!

The AutoMaker Bailout

hmmmmm I just don't know where I stand on this.

Having worked for a subsidiary of one of the Big Three, Ford Credit, in the 90's, I saw first hand the waste, and the largess that a powerful union has on a company. I didn't pay anything for my monthly benefits, actually got some money back. Had 5 weeks paid vacation each year, 3 weeks of 100% paid sick days. I had a $550 yearly out of pocket maximum on my medical insurance, which was the type where you could go anywhere, to any Dr without any referrals or participating providers, anything.

I paid $5 each month for fertility drug prescriptions that ran $5000 to $7000 for those who had to pay out of pocket for them.

No wonder Fords were so expensive to buy. Oh wait, no they weren't, not for me and the majority of my family members.

And we wonder now why they're going broke. Or they've gone broke. When the union strangles your company and requires that you give that kind of a benefit package to your NON-UNION employees, it just can't be sustained forever. The rumors of the wages for the autoworkers were probably inflated, but not by much.

So, on one hand, maybe Detroit needs to tough it out and if one or two or three of them go belly up, so be it.

But on the other hand, I've got two aging yet paid for GM vehicles in my driveway. I fear the scarcity of parts will force us to one day buy a Honda, which is made about 30 miles away from my home. Hmmm, would I still be buying American at that point?