What Does "love" feed Babies...

Ok, so I have to confess...I have NEVER let Ayden have a Popsicle...I never buy them, so it's not an option for a "treat"...I have organic animal crackers, berries and whole made Granola bars for his treats. But...when Ben and I have people over, they kindly bring along treats and snacks that end up sitting in my freezer/pantry. So I have a box of Popsicles sitting in my freezer, and they have been there for the past month...This all brings me to last night...All day Ayden was being sooo good! The night before, after Ben laid him down for sleep, I walked past his door and he alerted me and kept saying "poopy"..So I asked him if he really needed to use the potty, and he quickly said "ya"...Sure enough, he did his duty big time :) It made me so proud of him!! Then all yesterday he was such an Angel!! I fed him a hamburger (which he normally doesn't like), and he ate it right up!! So by the end of the day, I longed just to bless him somehow..I wanted him to know how proud and happy he made mommy, and how blessed I feel to have him :) So I though, "well, he has never had a Popsicle, and would probably LOVE it...soooo" ya...then I stripped him down to his diaper, and we headed outside. It was already hard enough for me to hand him this messy treat, because I like my boys to be neat, clean and tidy 24/7...especially when they eat...not realistic, I know...I think that is why God blessed me with boys...He knew I needed to break out of this "neat freak" shell. So anyways I am standing there taking photos of him enjoying his first Popsicle :) Then when I go to wash him up, I realized the food coloring had stained his own skin!!! Then it hit me, man if markers can wash off...and we don't eat markers....then why should we be eating something that won't even wash off our skin!!! Yikes...SO THEN!! To top this overly dramatized story off, I am in bed reading one of my favorite sites (Thehealthyhomeeconomist) and on her front page is an article about some coupons she had received from her insurance company that were for items that you "think" are healthy, but they really aren't...Guess what one of those items were....yup, ice cream treats...I was appalled to read that one of the 1st five ingredients in the bars she had received a coupon for was Propylene Glycol...Which is what anti-freeze is made out of! Not only that, it's a staple ingredient in our soaps, shampoos, make-up and so many more things you wouldn't dare to eat!!! So Then it made me think...if I REALLY loved my baby....then shouldn't I be choosing something that is safe for him to enjoy, and something that will help nurture him inside...I'm not at all saying, "if you feed your kids junk, then you must hate them." But I need to not think that in order to get my kids to understand how much I love them, I have to feed them junk...Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit...So I need to start acting like I truly believe that...

All that orange stuff on his tummy...yup just stains...