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.

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 :)

Look up!

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

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... :)

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...

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!!

Peekaboo Kisses!

Grace loves to be read to. This book "Peekaboo Kisses" is one of our favorites :) While we read it we go through and pet every animal, and then give them kisses! I'm so proud of my smart girl! What's super cute is that she's not just kissing the page, she is kissing the animal on it's face. She doesn't perform on camera so I had to hide it, thus the shaky start :) Enjoy!

ouch!

If you haven't had the opportunity to spend a couple of hours with Grace, she is probably one of the most energetic 9 month olds you have ever had the pleasure of meeting. She is lightning fast on her hands and knees, has mastered cruising the furniture, can go anywhere she pleases with the help of a walker or push toy, AND has started to climb. Soo it was no suprise that she got herself in a BIG mess on Friday morning.

Jill has been keeping Grace for me the last week because of some daycare issues, and she has been driving everyday out to my house to watch her. On Friday I offered to bring Grace to her so that she didn't have to drive or get up as early. I dropped Grace off with her autie about 7:30am, Jill was cutting up strawberries for her and Grace's breakfast and Grace started playing on the floor with no problems. I pulled out of Jill's driveway and turned into the McDonald's across the street to turn in a Red Box movie. I got in my car and Jill called that Grace had an accident and that we may need to go to the emergency room. You could hear Grace screaming in the background. THANK GOD I was just across the street and not on my way to work. I had maybe been gone from the house 3 minutes.

Grace pulled a cast iron griddle (the kind that lays flat across 2 stove burners, about 6 lbs) that Jill and Nathan keep standing on its end, tucked in between their stove and cabinets, down on top of her hand crushing 2 of her fingers and doing some damage to both finger nails. We put Grace in the car and went straight to the ER. The ER was great, the got us in really quickly and started working on Grace. No broken bones. :) They did a conscious sedation for Grace and started tending to her hand. They removed both crushed fingernails, and stitched up all the lacerations. 3 stitches in one finger and 1 in the other. Grace fought them every second of the procedure, never really calming down. It took 2 nurses and daddy to keep her still. One of the nurses was a bigger man, and the woman nurse told him "How does it feel to get beat up by a little girl?" HA. They put her in a little cast to immobilize her hand/arm. We have put a sock over it so that she doesn't pull at her fingers.

The nerve block for pain lasted about 3 hours and they sent us home with a prescription for Tylenol with codeine. Friday night she sparked a high fever (103), probably from the trauma, that lasted about 5 hours. But it came down fast and has been normal since about 3am. Today she doesn't seem to have too much pain we are alternating her Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hours. She gets really groggy, and hasn't wanted much to do with a bottle, but is taking water/juice from a cup just fine. She's one tough kiddo! Her are a few pics of her in her little cast :)

Whata Weekend!

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I hosted my cousin Amy's Bridal shower at my home this weekend with the help of my sister and family! It was really simple and beautiful. The food was good, the cake was DELICIOUS! and everybody seemed to have a wonderful time!

THEN!!! SUPRISE engagement party for my sister at Nathan's parents house! It was so cute and so emotional. She didn't have a clue AND they left me out of the loop just in case I couldn't keep my mouth shut! (I'm still getting over it) :)

I think I over did though this weekend.. not enough real food.. not enough water.. I'm paying the price today, at home with a tummy ache... no fun. But worth it!

Shame on me!

So I totally not had anytime to blog lately! And to top it off, I haven't even been taking pictures! I know right??!? I promise to pick up the pace as soon as I'm out for the summer. I'm pulling Grace from daycare a little earlier than I expected and she is SO excited to spend the last two weeks of May hanging out with her Auntie! What a treat for Miss Grace to get to spend that time with the best Auntie ever!!

Jill bought her a swimming pool last week, and I can't wait to get her picture in it!! I have lots of plans for us this summer, including a water babies class, playdates, and starting Whole Language Reading skills (My baby is going to READ!!) What a blessing it is to have summers off!!

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