Queen, IBCLC!!!!

Breastmilk is the best nutrition for babies! I believe this wholeheartedly and for years I have been working in the community and at the hospital supporting moms with breastfeeding.  It's been a goal of mine to become an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant for years and I am proud to say that on Friday, October 28, 2011, while nursing the princess (how fitting), I received notice that I PASSED MY EXAM!!! I am now, Queen, RN, IBCLC!!!!! I am soooooo excited! I am so grateful to the people that have supported me and allowed me to help them with breastfeeding, thereby gaining experience to get to where I am today!

On another note, have I mentioned how much I love my kiddos?! Prince Bossy Smurf has been extremely cute lately as he develops his personality more and more.  This week, I spoke to him saying, "Hey Buddy!" to which he promptly pointed at his chest and said, "No, I Prince Bossy Smurf!" (Of course he used his real name but still cute all the same!)  A couple of weeks ago, Prince Mookie had an episode at school where he told someone to "shut-up" and we had to talk with him about how that was inappropriate.  Today, after he got home from school, he came upstairs and said, "Hey mom! I didn't tell anyone to shut-up!" and went about his merry way! Prince Scholar brought home a pretty good report card for his first year in middle school! And . . . the Chocolate Princess is already 11 1/2 pounds and is the sweetest little baby! Again, I LOVE MY KIDS!!!

I've been working hard on rescuing Queen Foxy Brown from Queen Big Momma's grip and I think I've done well this past week.  I've been eating healthy (South Beach healthy eating of course) and exercising.  This Saturday, I ran with BGR (Black Girls Run!) and had my sidekicks "Sunflower," "Honey," and "Cocoa" with me! All of us were doing C25k W4 except "Sunflower" who does her own thing. It was a nice run and thankfully wasn't a huge hill like "The Beast" we ran two weeks prior.  At the end of the run, we were preparing to leave and "Cocoa" was telling someone that we were running with the group BGR and stated, "Big Girls Run," instead of "Black Girls Run!" Hmmmmmmm, I suppose technically, I'm a big girl but dang "Cocoa!" Look out Saturday mornings because the BBGR's (Big Black Girls Run) are on the move!!!!!  ;-)