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For once since Grace has been born, this post is not about her :( Kinda weird, but I think I can do it! Lately, my friends, both in person and on facebook have been talking a LOT about the book 50 shades of gray and the movie Magic Mike. I have thought about both and have decided against reading or watching that movie. Our culture is so saturated with sex that I think we (as Christians) have gotten used to it and are not acting as shocked as we should be to see some of the things that we see. I have not even thumbed through the book, but from what I understand, it is basically porn for women. There may be a good storyline in there, but porn is still porn. Not that I have time to read anyway, but I do love to read and I love a good love story (Nicholas Sparks!). But, not if it is truly setting unrealistic expectations for our guys to live up to. I really enjoy romantic love stories, but I realize that I am married to a normal guy, and while some out there may be able to think of those things that books are made up of, most are not. I don't expect Avery to do most of those things in the books, therefore, I dont set myself up (and more importantly, my expectations for Avery), to expect those things in my normal every day life. As far as Magic Mike goes...I would love to watch Matthew and Channing dance without their shirts on. Of course. However, I would be furious at Avery for watching a movie whose main storyline revolves around a strip club full of half naked women. So why should I watch the same thing. Once again, I'm sure there is a story line that I would enjoy, but the main story is a STRIP CLUB. Why are women disrespecting their husbands/boyfriends/significant others by talking about this and posting about how hot the guys are on facebook for the world to see? How would it make you feel if your husband posted about how hot Jennifer Aniston is? So why are women allowed to post about Channing Tatum and other women encourage it? In the previews, there is a line that states "in three days your boyfriend will seem inadequate". Is that appropriate when you replace boyfriend with husband? Definitely not. Why would I want to watch something that will make Avery seem inadequate. It's wrong and I believe it's disrespectful to him and lusting after those men in a strip club is a sin. Flat out. Especially since having a daughter, I want to show her how to be a Godly wife, how to treat her future husband, respect him, and love him. Not going to see movies that have potential to cause me to lust and sin. I realize that our culture revolves around beauty. I hate that. I hate that at some point my daughter, who is perfect in every way, is going to feel ugly and not good enough at some point in her life. I want her to know that she is worth so much more than what she looks like. I know that women feel inadequate when we see beautiful actresses in movies and I believe that, whether they admit it or not, our men feel the same way.

I hope this post made sense. I did ramble a little bit, but I've been thinking about this a lot the last couple weeks and this has been on my heart so I wanted to share. Hope you all have a fabulous day! I do have to say one thing about Grace...5 months old today!!!! I literally can't believe it!!!

Favorite things!

Grace has obviously taken over my world and everything revolves around her. My favorite thing right now is to hear her little laugh! She is still pretty stingy with it so it's hard work sometimes! I also love how when I lean down to give her kisses she opens her mouth wide and grabs both sides of my face with her pudgy little hands. I LOVE it! She also recognizes people and smiles when she sees me coming and is starting to reach for people when she wants them to hold her!

Still eats every 2 hours and only takes catnaps of 30-45 min unless something is going on and she's worn out. We are at the age where we can start cereal but I'm going to wait the full 6 months. So she'll have her first food at the end of July!!

That's all for now!