Don't share with the dog!!!

Alex was eating his lunch and of course Boni (our puppy) has to be all up beside him. Alex shares with her in every meal. Sigh... I'm glad he likes to share, but good grief, not his food! I think I'm the only mom trying to teach her toddler NOT to share. On a positive note, I learned that Alex loves lima beans today.

Go Green!

So I just heard about the coolest thing ever! It's called "The Green Bible." It is a Bible, new revised standard version, made out of recycled paper and it even has environment tailored devotions in it. How cool is that??

The delay

I'm so sorry about the delay between my last post and this one. The reason, I'm ashamed to admit, is that I seriously forgot my log in information. Wow. Ok, I knew that as I would get older, my memory would slowly start becoming less and less of what it used to be. I didn't realize that that started during pregnancy and childbirth though. When I first began to notice the change, I was pregnant with my son. Of course I wasn't upset, I had heard of the infamous
"preggo brain" but you are supposed to recover after right??? HA! No recovery here. "A" is almost 18 mths old now. Things have actually gotten WORSE. So yeah, he is completely worth the degradation of my mental function. If only I could remember what I was going to blog about...

The things we consume...

So this past I unveiled my decision to start taking red dye out or Alex's food intake. I'm sure some people might find it a tad bizarre which is why I'm choosing to blog about it now. Alex is a very sweet boy most of the time, but he has more energy then I've ever seen with a toddler before. I know that toddlers in general have lots of energy, but he literally is running from the second he gets up til he goes down at night. I've heard the word "hyper" used multiple times by people to describe him. Well, recently the topic of red dye #40 and its effects on children came up with my friends and I. There is a theory that this dye helps to cause hyperactivity in children. Many parents with children who have ADHD are starting to cut this dye out of their diet and see improvements. I feel like it can't hurt to give it a try and see if it perhaps will help Alex out.
My desire is for us to start eating clean as a family. After I started researching it, I truly think that it is a much better route for us. Eating clean is basically cutting preservatives and artificial stuff out of your diet. You can still eat meat. It should be free of hormones and all that stuff though. I think that this change will be a great one for our family. I was pleased to find out that some of the things we already eat are considered "clean." We use Classico pasta sauce for spaghetti, and it has no preservatives or artifically additives, and it is delicious!! The whole wheat pastas we eat also comply as well as the chicken we buy. We buy amish chicken so it is free ranged and hormone free. Many of the canned goods we have also follow the rules for this. We still have a ways to go, but I feel like we are on our way. The below links explain these in more details if anyone is wanting more information.


http://eatingcleanworks.com/what-is-eating-clean.htmlhttp://www.alternativementalhealth.com/testimonials/behavior.htm

My little look-a-like

Natalie told my mom that the babies in the first picture were her mommy, and Alex LOL. They are Rach and I. The second pic is obviously the one that was just taken at Mom's house of Alex. Haha, what do you think?

Some more!

Alex being goofy LOL!

The boys "cleaning up" the goldfish Brody dumped everywhere.

Pics from yesterday

Alex playing at grandma's house yesterday. Like his haircut??





















Cousin Brody, all smiles!



















Brunette again FINALLY, no more red. It doesn't look that much different, but trust me the red is gone.

October 6th

Today went well. I took Alex over to spend time with his cousins. He had a blast. He ran around like a maniac for the 4 hours we were at my mom's house. Lately things have been a bit stressful. He has been cutting more teeth and so I'm thinking this is why he may be acting out. Hmm... I don't know if acting out is even the right words for it... Being a monster may be the more accurate definition. Anyhow, based on that, it was so nice to see him happily running around without any tantrums.

On another note, we are planning to move Alex to a toddler bed. Dun dun dunnnnnn. Yeah, I'm not thrilled with it, but Alex has proven that for safety purposes, the toddler bed is fast becoming a neccessity. He has escaped his pack n play already, as well as started rocking his crib. I'm terrified he is either going to climb out of the crib, tip the crib over, or break the crib with how hard he rocks it when he does.

Chris rotated to a new company recently. The job site he is at right now is so close to home, its fantastic. It seriously is less then 10 minutes away! woot woot!! He is doing very well in school, big shocker huh? ;)

I've been just working my tush off with my new business. I really enjoy what I'm doing. I never would have thought that I would be someone that would have EVER enjoyed being in the kitchen. I actually get excited over recipes now! The other day I seriously just felt like baking! It is wonderful.

I've also been working on my weightloss still. I have started doing Turbojam which is so much fun! I'm glad I purchased it. I'm competing against a friend of mine this month. If I lose, I have to dye my hair blonde (eeeeek!) I'm sooo getting up and pushing play in the morning, ha!