10 Month Milestones and More

Peanut Butter Cup is 10 months old today! And he decided that he was going to do a bunch of new stuff today. :-)

For starters, he pointed at something for the first time. We were in his playroom and he pointed out the window at the flag, turned his head towards me, and started babbling. After that he was pointing at a bunch of things!

Then while we were on our nightly walk my husband noticed Peanut Butter Cup had his finger up his nose, and then he stuck his finger in his mouth. Hmmm . . . . :-/ Not something I wanted him to learn. Maybe it will be a one time thing. Ha ha!

Then tonight before bed he gave himself one of his teething tablets. It was funny because it dissolved on his fingers after his first attempt at putting it in his mouth, so he decided to suck the remnants off of his fingers. I thought that was rather ingenious for a 10 month old, but that could just be because I've had limited baby experience aside from my own. :-)

Oh, in case anyone is wondering what he has been eating lately, Pear-Cado (or Avocado) is what he has been eating for breakfast, though Applesauce, Bananas, and Banana-Cado are also favorites. For lunch he usually has either Peas or Carrots (he hasn't decided whether he likes those yet). His dinnertime favorite so far is Acorn Squash, but Butternut Squash is a close second (and he likes them mixed with Applesauce).

On a more somber note, it has been 9 years since the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington D.C., and that field in Pennsylvania. It seems like many Americans have gotten comfortable (and dare I say it? Cocky) and forgotten the scope of the attacks. Now most of what I hear is about tolerance and how we shouldn't offend anyone. Please don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Muslims or Middle-Easterners! They are people just like you and me. It's the extremists that I have an issue with, along with the way my countrymen seem to think that we should apologize to other countries for our way of life. If it is so bad, why does everyone want to come to America to live? I haven't really noticed people flocking to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan or any other country in the Middle-East. So, if the way of life there is so great, why leave?

The arguments being made in favor of the Mosque being built a couple blocks away from Ground Zero make no sense to me. If it is about tolerance, where is the tolerance for the families of the victims of 9/11? What is such a big deal about moving the Mosque somewhere else in the city (a little bit farther away from Ground Zero)? I heard someone on the news the other night say, "If it were a church or a synagogue being built there, no one would say anything." Well, duh. Christians and Jews had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks nine years ago. Have some respect for the families of those who were killed that day and stop telling them to be 'tolerant'. Talk about a slap in the face. Not to mention the fact that Imam Rauf believes in Sharia Law which is radical, and intends for the Mosque to follow it's laws. Tell me, how does that mesh with American Governing? Like I said before, I have NOTHING against Muslims and Middle-Easterners who are for PEACE. Even the ones who mean harm, I believe that as Christians we should pray fervently for their hearts to be changed and for them to come to know Christ (it can happen! Nothing is impossible for God).

Anyhow, bunny trail. Sorry folks! My main point is this, why should we apologize for who we are (what are we ashamed of? Does anyone apologize to us for their way of life?), and why should we bend over backwards to accommodate those who wish us ill?

This is how the rest of the world treats Christians: Voice of the Martyrs . Where is the tolerance there?

Side note: no, I do NOT support the so-called pastor in Florida who wanted to burn the Koran. Doing something like that is ridiculous, childish, and causes way more harm than it does good.