Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Shake your Coconuts!

We had a great time in Hawaii! It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be leaving Miss Grace. The Grandma's both came and stayed a few days each with Grace at our house. So she didn't have to be taken off schedule or sleep anywhere new. :). She did great! I'm sure they were wore out though... :) BIG thanks! Our Flight left for Honolulu Wednesday morning and we got back this Tuesday morning.

This was at Cheeseburger in Paradise! Yum!
We found a little place that served fresh coconut water and pineapple Juice, so we took advantage, as you can see from Mike's Lei, we added the rum ourselves :) "Put the Lime in the Coconut" :) OH and thats Hank's Haught Dogs behind us! They were on the FOOD network on Diner's Drive-In's and Dive's. WE LOVE that SHOW!!

We took a day trip out to Pearl Harbor, an experience not to miss...



One of the recovered anchors.. Say CHEESE!


I got Leid in Hawaii....

What a great trip!!

Monday, June 21, 2010

Bad Bad Bad..

I told Grace she was "Bad Bad Bad", she was getting into something she shouldn't. NOW she won't stop saying "bad bad bad" :) Goofy girl..

Friday, June 18, 2010

Silly Grace

Sweet smiley!
Drinking from my big girl cup! No more bottle for Miss Gracie!


My dad ROCKS!

Having too much fun in Willie's bed!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

We love monsters!



Grace is absolutely infatuated with sesame street! She can even recognized the commercials that lead up to Sesame Street, and she starts to bounce around. She LOVES the Muppet Monsters! She loves Abby Cadabby so much, I'm going to have to find her a stuffed animal or something :) For those of you without little ones, this is Abby.




Tuesday, June 15, 2010

I'm going to get on my soap box..

New Cancer research article-

Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size. Prevention is key.

CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made
with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute
would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small
amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in
color Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the
gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting
off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer
cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based
diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat,
like chicken. Meat also contains livestock
antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all
harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole
grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into
an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked
food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live
enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to
cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance
growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building
healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most
vegetables including be an sprouts) and eat some raw
vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at
temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high
caffeine Green tea is a better alternative e and has cancer
fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or
filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap
water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of
digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the
intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic
buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By
refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes
to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the
body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system
(IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals,
EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy
cancer cells.. Other supplements like vitamin E are known
to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's
normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or
unneeded cells.

15. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated
environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to
get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen
therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer
cells.

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave..

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Good Weekend!

She is soo close!! She is standing and taking a step or two. She's showing off her new walking shoes :)


We had some visiters on saturday morning, My cousin Amanda, and her 2 sweet little girls Kelsi and Kiley(1 week old). Lets just say Grace was not as enthusiastic about the baby as we were. Little Miss Jealous Pants... She did not want her Auntie holding the baby. I can not remember Grace that little, sooo sweet!


It's crazy how the little things they do really get you excited. She has figured out how to reach into things and pull out what she wants. She is also just talking up a storm, repeating all kinds of sounds and noises. This weekend she was so cute! Mike would whisper in her ear really quietly to "say hi to mommy" or "tell them bye" and then she would think about it for a second, then wave really big or say Bye! So stinking cute. I'll try to get it on video :)





Sunday, June 13, 2010

Look up!

OMG look at my little Grace's 1st birthday ticker.... It is AWFUL close to one... I need to start planning parties!

Friday, June 11, 2010

9 month visit a little late...

Today we had Grace's 9 month check (she is 10 months). He doctors office is always booked. Anyways.. She looks great! She weighed 17.4 lbs and was 29.5 in long. That is the 15th % for weight ( nothing new) and 75th% for height which is a HUGE jump for us... She was in the 45th% at the last well check. Tall and lean the dr. said :) She has hit every milestone that is appropriate for her age, plus more! We got one shot and a finger prick. Her little stitches look really good also! This is just a video of her behing her... :)

Thursday, June 10, 2010

update on the bottle

Day 5: Still no bottle... Happy as a clam :)

She is YELLING "BYE" with the cutest little twang.. "BIIII" and waving really big. She is saying Snack "nack" and puppy "puh puh". My big girl...

Sunday, June 6, 2010

2 Big Milestones all in 1 day!

1st milestone:
As most of you know, my child despises a bottle. It has been a struggle to get her to take enough formula every day ever since I stopped nursing. She is 10 months old and WILL NOT hold it herself for more than a couple of seconds. Recently she has really enjoyed using a sippy cup, last night I wondered what would happen if we threw out the bottle and just switched to the cup. SUCCESS!!! she went all day long today, HOLDING her cup and taking plenty of formula, water, and juice!! What a relief! Bottle = trash.

2nd Milestone:
SHE WALKED!! Well she tried anyways... she cruised along the entire TV stand, stood at the end, LET GO, and took 2 wobbly steps to me! Ahh what bliss! She thought it was hilarious and continued to "take off" for most of the day. She gets a little excited after the 1st step and falls forward, but we are inching our way toward mobility! Give her a week!

Oh and HAPPY SUMMER!!