Here are some of You Tubes hottest talents that we talked about today on the show:

(click on the name to check out the video)

01. Numma Numma song

02. Fat Guy

03. Chocolate Rain

04. Turtle Boy

So, I get home today, and Tyson is crying in his highchair. I’m looking at him like ‘did something just happen or are you on a hunger strike today’?

Trust me, we are going through a phase of I don’t want to eat, all I want is my ‘crunchies’, as I call them. He was such a great eater before, and now…bang…boom…nothing. Oh, he will take a couple of bites and then he is over it. Once in a while in the past 2 weeks I have been able to get him to eat without a problem.

The more the teeth are budding through, the more we are having food dilemmas. Now that I think about it, if my mouth was hurting like that, I may not want to ‘gum’ a lot of food either. The good news is that he is in the 90 percentile for other babies his age, which means I have no fear of him starving anytime soon.

He is really tall, which I can probably credit my dad for considering he is like 6’4. Little man has the genes to be a pro basketball player. The jury is still out on that one. I will never be one of those lunatic mothers who force their kids into certain sports…I am going to let him play around in different sports and see what HE likes. As far as I’m concerned, he could anything from a soccer player to a famous actor on Broadway. Whatever makes him happy. That was how I was raised and it allowed me to experiment with different hobbies/interest…etc.

Anyway, I figured out I liked to talk a out, and well here I am. ha-ha….Back to the eating thing, little man just woke up and it is time for our ba-ba, as he likes to call it.

As always, make it a good one! Carmen

Who knew?

Here is Carmens weekend job at the winston salem childrens museum. Eat more chicken.

This past weekend I took a trip down to Skip’s beach condo…much needed getaway!!!

I think it was the first time I have taken a vacation since I was like 3 months pregnant. WOW – that’s been a hot minute. Although it was a quick weekend getaway, it was very relaxing. I thought I was going to be paranoid the entire time (first time away from my son out of town), but I was able to kick back and enjoy myself. I did call 50 times to check on him though (ha-ha). I’m like that annoying parent with my phone on speed dial.

It was bike weekend at Myrtle Beach, so that was interesting. I saw a lot of cool bikes with cute boys and some not so attractive (well at least the drivers – ha-ha –that’s so bad to say). For the most part, we just chilled on the beach, which now I have a sunburn on my back because I insisted on only using a 15/30 sun block. I’m not sure what I was thinking at the time.

Anyway, if you ever get down to North Myrtle Beach and really want to treat yourself to a nice dinner, check out Greg Normans. It’s at Barefoot Landing….triple yummy…a bit pricy, but worth it. Alright, I must return to reality now!

As always, make it a good one! Carmen

This must be the year of extreme mating (ha-ha) because half of my girlfriends have been popping out babies. My best friend is in the hospital right now being enduced…ouchhhh. I remember it all too well!

I just called her to see how things were going, and she said the contractions were coming on and the cramping was starting in her back. Ok, my first thought was, girl you better get that epidural… QUICK! If I learned anything from the beauty of labor… ask for the epidural BEFORE the real pain hits. It takes the edge off. Ok, not completely, but it sure makes it a lot easier. I am heading to the hospital to see her in a minute, and maybe, just maybe, I can witness a birth at some point. I’m sure I will be kicked out of the room by that point, but it’s worth a try.

Oddly enough, I really loved giving birth. I know that sounds insane, but it was such a wonderful experience. Yes it was painful, was it unbearable? No. Once I got focused and realized I had a job to do, I was ok with it. It did not freak me out anymore. I think it’s the anticipation that gets us the most. We imagine this horrible, unbearable experience. I’m not saying it does not happen to certain women, God bless the women who have been traumatized! The hardest part of birth I think, for me, was wanting to know that I had a healthy child and that everything was going to be alright. It took a while, but we got there.

So, wish my best friend luck, and to all the mommies out there… go ahead with your bad self! Oh, and Happy Mother’s Day!!! I hope you got some time to relax and get some quality time with your children.

As always, make it a good one! Carmen

Ok, there are only a few things in this life that scare the “you know what” out of me. One of those things would be tornados. Terrified!!! There is a tornado watch posted on the TV right now, and it makes my stomach turn. I don’t know what it is, but my hair stands up on my arms. You think I would be over storm phobia at 30-something, but oh no…no…no! How do I overcome these fears? It’s not like I have control of Mother Nature, or that I ever would like to have control of Mother Nature. That would be one hell of a job! Ok, so I really need to get over this.

As always, make it a good one! Carmen

Its so nice to see that we seam to be getting better with our economy. Gas prices below 3.00 a gal. Families buying homes. Stocks looking better. Now I hope that many business hire back people that were laid off.