Dancing Baby

Joel took a video of Mckenzie tonight. Girl loves to dance! Her moves are better than any bobblehead doll I've ever seen.

The Curse of the Hula Hoop

My Mom and I bought a hula hoop and arm hoops at a health fair. The waist hoop is a weighted, padded hula hoop that is supposed to help strengthen your core and help to LOSE INCHES. I was excited to try it out. Hooping for only 10 minutes a day promised major health benefits...and I was ready to reap the rewards. I started out small. After doing only 4 minutes, I quit. The following evening, my back went out! Yikes. Thursday morning (2 weeks ago) I almost threw-up and then felt like passing out in the shower. I then realized that it was from the pain of trying to stand up straight! Joel worked from home for the morning and then my Mom came down in the afternoon to help me get to the chiropractor. Lifting Mckenzie was my biggest obstacle! I literally could not LIFT her out of bed, or her highchair, or off of the floor. I couldn't stand up straight and got around the house by CRAWLING. All of this to say that I'll never again take for granted a pain-free body! My back is a lot better now (several chiropractic visits later)...and I don't really have a lot of pain anymore. Based on my x-rays, my chiropractor said I was vulnerable to injury, and this was the "straw that broke the camel's back." Haha! Ahem...I called the woman who sold us the hoops and she said she'd never heard of this happening before. She suggested that I try hooping again when I'm pain free. She said that for her, the hula hoop strengthened her core so much that she didn't need a chiropractor anymore. I'm a little gun-shy now though and thinking that the hula hoop and me? We're not good friends.

The most ironic part is that my Mom confiscated the hoop from me because she didn't want me to hurt myself again. And then her back went out! She hadn't even used the hoop yet...so I figured this was the "curse of the hoop". Hmm...Even my Dad had back trouble within days of her taking in the hoop, so I think we can attribute that to the hoop curse as well.

Here's a little video of the kids outside. P is getting pretty good at riding his bike (with training wheels on for now). I can't believe that my baby will be ONE in a couple weeks! We're leaving for vacation soon so I've got to get her Birthday party planned before then. :)

"Annie" (1982) - Tomorrow

I love this movie...and this song! Helps put things in perspective. :)