Time to Shred

Okay. I decided that I will again begin to do The 30 Day Shred...

Yesterday we went on a walk. P rode his trike and I pushed M in the stroller. P LOVES to go down the hills. I keep yelling at him to slow down! I make him wear a helmet. But still, we have a very hilly neighborhood and those hills make me nervous! Yesterday's walk became much longer than our normal route because P ignored me yelling at him to "STOP!" and instead he went all the way down a very long hill...(i.e. the fun part) Uphill...was not so fun for him. He had a major attitude and it was pretty hot out. I ended up pushing him, and Mckenzie up the hill at the same time. What a workout! I was thinking as I was pushing my 4 year old on his trike and my baby in her stroller, TOGETHER at the same time--up a steep hill, that Jillian Michaels has nothing on me, ha!!

But...it is time. Time to get in shape. Time to shed 20 pounds. Time to get yelled at again by Jillian. She's great inspiration though...While I'm doing the punches-I like to pretend I'm punching her. Not that I'm a violent person--but really. It just helps. :)

Prestonisms

P is my daily entertainment. He makes me laugh, and before I forget...here are some of the things that he's been coming up with lately:

The other day at lunch, he told me that he wanted to wrap me up, put me in a box, and sell me to the Postman. Sweet kid.

One Sunday evening in church, he turned to me and said, "I just ran out of air!" Wow, I hate it when that happens! :)

He can't say "Pringles" for some reason...So he asks for Sprinkle chips at lunch. I think Sprinkle chips sound much more fun than Pringles, ha!

And lastly, when I asked him what he wanted to eat for lunch the other day, he said, "Macaroni & cheese, a grilled cheese sandwich, and caffeine." Hmm...Okay. He settled for a grilled cheese sandwich, barbeque chips, and Gatorade.

My "colicky" baby is smiling alot more these days. She is such a joy, and I am [so very] thankful that some of her fussiness seems to be subsiding.

Here's a picture of her, wearing the sweet little tutu dress that my good friend T gave to her.

Big Smile

Few things melt my heart more than this toothless grin. I love it!!!

Book List

I'm reading the book Real Food and along with that, we have been making some food changes at our house. I'm enjoying reading about how we need to get back to the "traditional" way of eating. It just makes sense. The author uses alot of references to evolution in her book (which I disregard) but she KNOWS her stuff when it comes to food.

I'm also reading So Long, Insecurity. LOVE this book! It's refreshing and challenging for me at the same time. Beth Moore has a way of putting things, where I just want to smack myself on the head and say, "Duh, Jen!" =)

Joel and I are also reading Amazing Love together. Wow!! It has really made me stop and think about my Amazing Creator that loves me So. Much. This book has been a terrific challenge so far. I look forward to reading more.

So, what are you reading??

For my Mom

We are slow to get pictures printed out...In fact, I have about 4+ years to print. I guess that's one drawback with a digital camera...it's so easy to upload pics to the computer and then never do anything with them!

This pic is for my Mom...who has yet to see a photo of her actually holding her Granddaughter. :) I know that M will love her Grandparents!

Sibling Love

For the most part, P really loves being a big brother. Of course, he's pinched her a couple times...and plugged her nose once while she had her pacifier in (yeesh!) but overall, he's been sweet to her. He likes to hold her and talk 'baby-talk' to her. I'm thinking I should record that and play it back to him when he's 16 or so, ha!

And the Crying Continues

There has been a lot of crying the past couple weeks. Our poor baby assumably has colic...although I've read that for it to be true colic, it has to last for 3 weeks. Maybe it won't last that long. Maybe we'll figure out what is upsetting her. So far, I've determined that spaghetti sauce and peppers & onions are NOT her friend. Some of her problem seems to be from gas pains...so that's why I keep trying to figure out what foods are causing her pain.

The next issue may be my eating dairy. I've cut out milk. It's rice milk or almond milk on cereal for me...but I have not eliminated dairy completely. I crave it. I love milk, ice cream, butter, etc. But, if it's causing M pain-I'll cut it out. It will be hard to go dairy free, especially if she has a cow's milk allergy...because that will mean cutting out all milk proteins, casein, etc. And that is a LOT that I cannot have. How do you eat anything when you go completely dairy free?? Our pediatrician said it would be early for her to be evidencing signs of a cow's milk allergy (especially when this all started, just after she turned 1-week-old) but I may take a diaper in for them to analyze this week. They'll look at it under a microscope. If it's a cow's milk allergy, there will be blood in her stool!

Either way, I have to figure out how to get less of this...


...and more of this!

Isn't this bow fantastic?! I love it. A sweet friend gave it to M as a gift. She got it at PinkBowtique.com. So fun!