I saw this on my mom's fridge and it struck me. I really liked it and thought I would post it for others to read and hopefully be influenced by.
"Every time you cross paths with someone, you affect him or her and are affected in return. You have the power to make it positive, negative, or life altering influence. It's a choice you make. I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I posses tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a toll of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situation, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is a humanized or de-humanized." GOETHE
I think all of us know this already but sometimes we need to hear it. I know I posses the power to make or break my day, so why don't we choose to make it! let's have a sunshine day even when it's raining out side. I love you all and hope that you have a fabulous day. We are heading to the temple after some lunch with grandma and grandpa. we are going to take a bunch of pictures of the temple for my mom. She wants to make a collage of pictures from the temple here and I took a MILLION when I was here in December and then I forgot to bring them for her. Opps....so we are off to see the temple. :)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Gorgeously Green
I got out a book my sister let me borrow called "Gorgeously Green" by Sophie Uliano It has SOOOOO much helpful information and resources for someone who is trying to be better with their health and the environment. I am going to basically copy some stuff she has for skin care type products and what she says isn't safe and what is potentially dangerous and what is good for you. She says to take all of your products and put them on the table ( including your kids lotions and shampoos and what not ) As you read the labels you will make 3 piles.
1-throw away immediately
2-go ahead and finish but don't buy again
3-should be safe but may need further investigation ( which I will tell you how later )
SO get ready for a lot of useful information to help you sort through your stuff. She gives a million web sites to go to and tells you what products she has found to be safe for us ( or just go buy the book because I am only covering like 6 pages of info and its a 300 page book. :) But please at least read this post because it is very important, useful information
RED ALERT ( things to throw away immediately ) Look at the ingredients for these products:
1. Coal Tar
2. Fragrance ( which is pretty much everything! but they write this on the label to mask a hundred different ingredients including phthalates which disrupts the endocrine system and could cause reproductive and developmental harm.
3. Hydroquinone
4. Aluminum
5. Triclosan ( this is found in most antibacterial products like soaps and toothpaste. Its usually contaminated with dioxins which are carcinogenic and can also weaken the immune system, decrease fertility and cause birth defects
6. P-Phenylenediamine ( this can also be listed as 1,4-Benzenediamine, p-Phenyldiamine and 4-Phenylenediamine
7. Lead and mercury
All the above need to be thrown away and never used again!
if you want help when at the store getting ready to purchase new products to replace the ones you threw away, you can download a cheat sheet from www.gorgeouslygreen.com/cheatsheet
Orange Alert:
Use up but do NOT buy again ( try to avoid these products when at all possible )
1. Cocamide DEH
2. Lauramide DEA
3. Cocamide MEA
4. Triethanolamine (TEA)
5. Diethanolamine (DEA)
6. Mineral oils which are PAH's and are often found on the label as petroleum or liquid parafin and should be avoided
7. Parabens ( which I mentioned before ) it comes in these different form's
methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, butyl-, isobutyl- so in other words it will appear like this on the label 'methylparaben' and so forth
8. Phthalates ( these are often one of the things hidden under the term fragrance )
9. Sodium Lauryl (SLS) and Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES)
10. Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)
11. Formaldehyde-producing preservatives some examples of these are hydanatoin, imidazolidinyl urea, and diazolidinyl urea
12. Talc
Acrylates and Methacrylates
13. alcohol, isopropyl (SD-40)
14. Tocopherol Acetate
15. Phenonip
16.Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (Quats)
17. Cationic Surfactants ( these are found in conditioners and can also show up as stearalkonium chloride, benalkonium chloride, cetrimonium chloride, cetalkonium chloride, and lauryl dimonium hydrolyed collagen
18. Benzyl Alcohol
19. Silicone derived Emollients ( this includes dimethicone, dimethicone copolyol and cyclomethicone
20. Carbomer 934, 940, 941, 960, 961C
I know it is a lot so as she tells you in the book, get rid of the red alert things for sure and try not to buy the orange alert things in the future. Also if something has a HUGE list of ingredients and you can't pronounce any of them,. chances are you do NOT want to buy the product.
So who is confused? ME too ( especially since I am not giving you all the info she has on each product like she does in the book ) so go here www.safecosmetics.org and type in what product you have that you are concerned about and it will tell you the scoop on it. It ranks products with a 0 to 10 ( O being the best and 10 being the worse ) The author of the book says she stays clear of anything above a 5. If the product you are looking up isn't listed you can go to www.scorecard.org and click on "Chemical profiles" You can check a NUMBER of things including where the safest place in your town is to live...yup you read that right, so go and check it out.
A quote for us to think about :
"a substantial and growing body of evidence indicates that exposure to certain toxic chemicals and hormone-mimicking compounds contribute to the development of breast cancer" -The Breast Cancer Fund
So what can we buy? here are a list of products and their web sites she gives in the book. Remember that organic products are usually more expensive to purchase but whats more important? The price of what it will do to your health. I would rather spend 2 to 5 dollars more on my facial cleanser then have all the toxins in the other stuff.
Suki- www.sukinaturals.com
Pangea Organics- www.pangeaorganics.com
Dr. Hauschka- www.drhauschka.com
Kuumba Made- www.kuumbamade.com
Juice Beauty- www.juicebeauty.com
Gorgeously Green- www.gorgeouslygreen.com ( her own makeup line )
here are some more companies that sell beauty products that are safe for use.
Aubrey Organics- www.aubrey-organics.com
Juice Beauty- www.juicebeauty.com
www.Jason-naturals.com
Also you can go to Target and they have a couple of organic products like Burt's Bee's and Kiss my Face. They also have an organic no paraben children's soaps and lotions in the baby section. They are kind of pricey but again, think of the alternative. also, if any of this interest you seriously go buy this book. She has serisouly about 10 pages of safe products and web site and I don't have the time to type it all out as she does in the book. I only listed a few. Also when shopping for products be aware that just because some says organic or "looks" organic doesn't mean it doesn't have any of the toxins in it. Still read the label just to be sure. I hope SOMEONE who reads this will find it helpful, useful information. I felt it was important enough to let those I love know about what I have learned. I hadn't really paid attention to any of this stuff until I watched Oprah's Earth Day episode and was amazed at everything we do to ourselves and our environment. Again, this is only one part of this book. It is broken down into 8 categories:
Beauty
Home
Fitness
Style
Food
Travel
Gardening
And one more thing before I go...it's important to not get over whelmed when trying to be green. There are sooooooooooo many things that can be done to save our health and the health of the environment. Pick one or two areas to work on and once you have perfected those, pick another to start working on. Just as an example, Julia Roberts is a good friend of the women who wrote this particular book. Julia was on the Oprah show I talked about seeing and she said one of the things it says in the book is to get rid of paper towels and to use cloth ones. Julia said that whenever her friend comes over, she hides the paper towels because she just can't part with them yet! haha But she does other things like uses the green bags for grocery shopping. I aspire to do this someday! haha Plastic bags take 100 years to break down in our land fills....just so you know. alright I have got to go before this turns into an OUTRAGEOUSLY long post ( like it isn't already! )
Oh and one more note, if you look something up and it is spelled different then how I spelled it, chances are I just spelled it wrong. Most of these words are NOT in the computers vocabulary and everything has red lines under it in my version! :)
1-throw away immediately
2-go ahead and finish but don't buy again
3-should be safe but may need further investigation ( which I will tell you how later )
SO get ready for a lot of useful information to help you sort through your stuff. She gives a million web sites to go to and tells you what products she has found to be safe for us ( or just go buy the book because I am only covering like 6 pages of info and its a 300 page book. :) But please at least read this post because it is very important, useful information
RED ALERT ( things to throw away immediately ) Look at the ingredients for these products:
1. Coal Tar
2. Fragrance ( which is pretty much everything! but they write this on the label to mask a hundred different ingredients including phthalates which disrupts the endocrine system and could cause reproductive and developmental harm.
3. Hydroquinone
4. Aluminum
5. Triclosan ( this is found in most antibacterial products like soaps and toothpaste. Its usually contaminated with dioxins which are carcinogenic and can also weaken the immune system, decrease fertility and cause birth defects
6. P-Phenylenediamine ( this can also be listed as 1,4-Benzenediamine, p-Phenyldiamine and 4-Phenylenediamine
7. Lead and mercury
All the above need to be thrown away and never used again!
if you want help when at the store getting ready to purchase new products to replace the ones you threw away, you can download a cheat sheet from www.gorgeouslygreen.com/cheatsheet
Orange Alert:
Use up but do NOT buy again ( try to avoid these products when at all possible )
1. Cocamide DEH
2. Lauramide DEA
3. Cocamide MEA
4. Triethanolamine (TEA)
5. Diethanolamine (DEA)
6. Mineral oils which are PAH's and are often found on the label as petroleum or liquid parafin and should be avoided
7. Parabens ( which I mentioned before ) it comes in these different form's
methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, butyl-, isobutyl- so in other words it will appear like this on the label 'methylparaben' and so forth
8. Phthalates ( these are often one of the things hidden under the term fragrance )
9. Sodium Lauryl (SLS) and Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES)
10. Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)
11. Formaldehyde-producing preservatives some examples of these are hydanatoin, imidazolidinyl urea, and diazolidinyl urea
12. Talc
Acrylates and Methacrylates
13. alcohol, isopropyl (SD-40)
14. Tocopherol Acetate
15. Phenonip
16.Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (Quats)
17. Cationic Surfactants ( these are found in conditioners and can also show up as stearalkonium chloride, benalkonium chloride, cetrimonium chloride, cetalkonium chloride, and lauryl dimonium hydrolyed collagen
18. Benzyl Alcohol
19. Silicone derived Emollients ( this includes dimethicone, dimethicone copolyol and cyclomethicone
20. Carbomer 934, 940, 941, 960, 961C
I know it is a lot so as she tells you in the book, get rid of the red alert things for sure and try not to buy the orange alert things in the future. Also if something has a HUGE list of ingredients and you can't pronounce any of them,. chances are you do NOT want to buy the product.
So who is confused? ME too ( especially since I am not giving you all the info she has on each product like she does in the book ) so go here www.safecosmetics.org and type in what product you have that you are concerned about and it will tell you the scoop on it. It ranks products with a 0 to 10 ( O being the best and 10 being the worse ) The author of the book says she stays clear of anything above a 5. If the product you are looking up isn't listed you can go to www.scorecard.org and click on "Chemical profiles" You can check a NUMBER of things including where the safest place in your town is to live...yup you read that right, so go and check it out.
A quote for us to think about :
"a substantial and growing body of evidence indicates that exposure to certain toxic chemicals and hormone-mimicking compounds contribute to the development of breast cancer" -The Breast Cancer Fund
So what can we buy? here are a list of products and their web sites she gives in the book. Remember that organic products are usually more expensive to purchase but whats more important? The price of what it will do to your health. I would rather spend 2 to 5 dollars more on my facial cleanser then have all the toxins in the other stuff.
Suki- www.sukinaturals.com
Pangea Organics- www.pangeaorganics.com
Dr. Hauschka- www.drhauschka.com
Kuumba Made- www.kuumbamade.com
Juice Beauty- www.juicebeauty.com
Gorgeously Green- www.gorgeouslygreen.com ( her own makeup line )
here are some more companies that sell beauty products that are safe for use.
Aubrey Organics- www.aubrey-organics.com
Juice Beauty- www.juicebeauty.com
www.Jason-naturals.com
Also you can go to Target and they have a couple of organic products like Burt's Bee's and Kiss my Face. They also have an organic no paraben children's soaps and lotions in the baby section. They are kind of pricey but again, think of the alternative. also, if any of this interest you seriously go buy this book. She has serisouly about 10 pages of safe products and web site and I don't have the time to type it all out as she does in the book. I only listed a few. Also when shopping for products be aware that just because some says organic or "looks" organic doesn't mean it doesn't have any of the toxins in it. Still read the label just to be sure. I hope SOMEONE who reads this will find it helpful, useful information. I felt it was important enough to let those I love know about what I have learned. I hadn't really paid attention to any of this stuff until I watched Oprah's Earth Day episode and was amazed at everything we do to ourselves and our environment. Again, this is only one part of this book. It is broken down into 8 categories:
Beauty
Home
Fitness
Style
Food
Travel
Gardening
And one more thing before I go...it's important to not get over whelmed when trying to be green. There are sooooooooooo many things that can be done to save our health and the health of the environment. Pick one or two areas to work on and once you have perfected those, pick another to start working on. Just as an example, Julia Roberts is a good friend of the women who wrote this particular book. Julia was on the Oprah show I talked about seeing and she said one of the things it says in the book is to get rid of paper towels and to use cloth ones. Julia said that whenever her friend comes over, she hides the paper towels because she just can't part with them yet! haha But she does other things like uses the green bags for grocery shopping. I aspire to do this someday! haha Plastic bags take 100 years to break down in our land fills....just so you know. alright I have got to go before this turns into an OUTRAGEOUSLY long post ( like it isn't already! )
Oh and one more note, if you look something up and it is spelled different then how I spelled it, chances are I just spelled it wrong. Most of these words are NOT in the computers vocabulary and everything has red lines under it in my version! :)
Monday, September 1, 2008
HOT MOMMA
Okay so I am not a HUGE country fan but I do enjoy some of it. I always like Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw. I always liked the Dixie Chicks as well. I love 'love' songs and thats what most of country songs are about. Some, however, are very lame. My sister Kristy made me a mixed CD and she put a country song on it. At first when I heard it I thought it was funny but kind of cheesy and dumb. But the more I hear it I really enjoy the message. It's a silly song but it truly rang home to me the last couple of times I listened to it in my car. Here is why:
I think we as women have a harder time then men with becoming parents. Especially since most women do most of the chores and feel like they lose more of them selves in the process ( especially if you quit your job to become a stay at home mom! ) Not that men don't help I am just saying that the majority of changes happens to women in my opinion. Women also have such a hard time with the weight gain and things like this. It seems to be more acceptable for guys to be over weight and still be good looking. The media helps that along more then anything but isn't it true? When Cody went to Kuwait the first time he came home and had gained weight. Did I care? NO I was so excited to see him and be with him and he looked damned good to me! :) I also gained some weight while he was gone but felt like it was awful! Why is that. I probably didn't even gain as much as him either but something tells women that it is okay for the man to gain some but for you it's not okay.
This blog is gonna get a little personal for a second ( after all it is MY blog right ) When Cody and I are getting ready for bed I think he looks so sexy! haha But when he sees me and tells me I look good I think "Sure if I lost about 20 pounds!" Isn't that weird how we do this. Really I should be happy that he thinks I am sexy and that I try and be healthy! So here are the words to the song "Hot Momma" by Trace Adkins Really look for the meaning behind the song. YOu may have to read it twice but I feel like use mommies need to work on this. We ARE mommies but that doesn't mean we lost ALL of our sexy selves in the process. Just ask your husband and he will tell you how amazing he thinks you are. IN fact, I bet he thinks you are even MORE amazing now that you take care of SO much and are such good mommies to your kids. :)
Hot Mama lyrics
You're doin' all you can to get in them old jeans.
You want that body back, you had at seventeen.
Baby, don't get down; don't worry 'bout a thing.
'Cause the way you fill 'em out, hey, that's all right with me.
I don't want the girl you used to be.
An' if you ain't noticed, the kids are fast asleep,
An' you're one hot mama;
You turn me on, let's turn it up,
An' turn this room into a sauna.
One hot mama,
Oh, whaddya say, baby?
You wanna?
Well, I know sometimes you think that all you really are,
Is the woman with the kids an' the groceries in the car.
An' you worry about your hips an' you worry about your age.
Meanwhile I'm tryin' to catch the breath you take away.
Oh, an' believe me, you still do.
Baby, all I see, when I look at you,
Is one hot mama;
You turn me on, let's turn it up,
An' turn this room into a sauna.
One hot mama,
Oh, whaddya say, baby?
You wanna?
I can't imagine me lovin' someone else.
I'm a lucky man,
I think Daddy's got himself,
One hot mama;
You turn me on, let's turn it up,
An' turn this room into a sauna.
One hot mama,
Oh, whaddya say, babe?
Oh, now whaddya say, babe?
You wanna?
You're one hot mama,
Let's turn this room into a sauna, yeah.
Whaddya say, babe?
Whaddya say, babe?
Now since I am embracing my inner sexy here is a picture I had my mom take today because after eating dinner my tummy was HUGE! haha I like being pregnant and growing though. :) I was messing around with my timer last night and took this picture of myself that I REALLY like but I have to figure out how to crop a whole lot of cleavage out of it before I can post it! haha I was bending over and didn't have a bra on so what are you gonna do! They have a mind of their own.
I think we as women have a harder time then men with becoming parents. Especially since most women do most of the chores and feel like they lose more of them selves in the process ( especially if you quit your job to become a stay at home mom! ) Not that men don't help I am just saying that the majority of changes happens to women in my opinion. Women also have such a hard time with the weight gain and things like this. It seems to be more acceptable for guys to be over weight and still be good looking. The media helps that along more then anything but isn't it true? When Cody went to Kuwait the first time he came home and had gained weight. Did I care? NO I was so excited to see him and be with him and he looked damned good to me! :) I also gained some weight while he was gone but felt like it was awful! Why is that. I probably didn't even gain as much as him either but something tells women that it is okay for the man to gain some but for you it's not okay.
This blog is gonna get a little personal for a second ( after all it is MY blog right ) When Cody and I are getting ready for bed I think he looks so sexy! haha But when he sees me and tells me I look good I think "Sure if I lost about 20 pounds!" Isn't that weird how we do this. Really I should be happy that he thinks I am sexy and that I try and be healthy! So here are the words to the song "Hot Momma" by Trace Adkins Really look for the meaning behind the song. YOu may have to read it twice but I feel like use mommies need to work on this. We ARE mommies but that doesn't mean we lost ALL of our sexy selves in the process. Just ask your husband and he will tell you how amazing he thinks you are. IN fact, I bet he thinks you are even MORE amazing now that you take care of SO much and are such good mommies to your kids. :)
Hot Mama lyrics
You're doin' all you can to get in them old jeans.
You want that body back, you had at seventeen.
Baby, don't get down; don't worry 'bout a thing.
'Cause the way you fill 'em out, hey, that's all right with me.
I don't want the girl you used to be.
An' if you ain't noticed, the kids are fast asleep,
An' you're one hot mama;
You turn me on, let's turn it up,
An' turn this room into a sauna.
One hot mama,
Oh, whaddya say, baby?
You wanna?
Well, I know sometimes you think that all you really are,
Is the woman with the kids an' the groceries in the car.
An' you worry about your hips an' you worry about your age.
Meanwhile I'm tryin' to catch the breath you take away.
Oh, an' believe me, you still do.
Baby, all I see, when I look at you,
Is one hot mama;
You turn me on, let's turn it up,
An' turn this room into a sauna.
One hot mama,
Oh, whaddya say, baby?
You wanna?
I can't imagine me lovin' someone else.
I'm a lucky man,
I think Daddy's got himself,
One hot mama;
You turn me on, let's turn it up,
An' turn this room into a sauna.
One hot mama,
Oh, whaddya say, babe?
Oh, now whaddya say, babe?
You wanna?
You're one hot mama,
Let's turn this room into a sauna, yeah.
Whaddya say, babe?
Whaddya say, babe?
Now since I am embracing my inner sexy here is a picture I had my mom take today because after eating dinner my tummy was HUGE! haha I like being pregnant and growing though. :) I was messing around with my timer last night and took this picture of myself that I REALLY like but I have to figure out how to crop a whole lot of cleavage out of it before I can post it! haha I was bending over and didn't have a bra on so what are you gonna do! They have a mind of their own.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Going Green
Okay, I know the subject has been really popular in the last year or two due to a number of things. I know I got interested in all the things we can do for the environment after watching a special on Oprah. My sister Kristy has always been into it and tries really hard to recycle and things like this. One of the areas I am most concerned about is the health of my family and friends. There are so many things we can do to keep healthy that don't involve that much work from our part. I have been meaning to write a blog about this but didn't know how to describe some of the things I wanted to talk about. Yesterday I did some research on a couple of topic because I was hoping to find something I could copy and paste. As of right now I am still looking for a good article. So really quickly ( since I need to get ready for church ) here are some things to be aware of:
Don't reuse water bottles. If you are a water person, buy a biodegradable water bottle that you can refill and is good for the environment. People think they are doing the world a favor by reusing the plastic bottles they get a the store, but when you reuse a bottle you are actually harming yourself. When you feel the bottle up again, the water pouring into the bottle scraps the sides and let's toxins into your water. Water bottles are REALLY bad for the environment anyways so buy a nice 15 dollar one and refill that with some filtered water. You can also find water bottles that have filters at the top so you can use your tap water to fill them.
Another thing you can do for your self is to NOT put Tupperware in the microwave. It's basically the same reason. When the Tupperware heats up it spills toxins into your food and these toxins have been linked to cancer. Cancer seems to be on the rise every year that passes and there are so many thing we can do to help prevent it.
The last one I am going to mention is something a lot of people don't know about. It's called parabens. This is what I was researching yesterday because it's hard to explain in my own words. I still need to find a good article to post so that will come later today ( after church ). But basically parabens are something in lotions, soaps, shampoos, lubricants, make-up and a million other things. They are put in there to help prevent bacteria from growing to prolong the self life of these items. The problems is they are being linked to a number of problems. One of them being the fact that parabens mock our body's estrogen. So when the stuff soaks into our skin it can disrupt our hormone levels. There are a few study who link it to breast cancer. They don't know that it causes breast cancer BUT in one study they took 20 samples of breast cancer tissue and every single one had one or more parabens in it. Like, I said, I'll find an article for you that better explains things. But look at your lotions and make up products. You will be sure to find at least ONE paraben in them. I decided to read one of Tyler's lotions and it had 3 different ones in it and I was trying to decide if I should throw it away or not. Then I found his Aveno for sensitive skin, really expensive 8 dollar lotion and it had 6 freaking parabens in it so I chucked it. It's a choice but I would rather be safe the sorry. IN little boys like Tyler who has not reach puberty, it can mess with their hormones as well and in some study has thought to believe this is why mens sperm counts have been going way down in the last 10 years or so. OKAY I REALLY need to get ready. I hope everyone has a fabulous Sunday. Wish me luck because we haven't been to ALL of church in 3 weeks so I hope Tyler does okay.
Don't reuse water bottles. If you are a water person, buy a biodegradable water bottle that you can refill and is good for the environment. People think they are doing the world a favor by reusing the plastic bottles they get a the store, but when you reuse a bottle you are actually harming yourself. When you feel the bottle up again, the water pouring into the bottle scraps the sides and let's toxins into your water. Water bottles are REALLY bad for the environment anyways so buy a nice 15 dollar one and refill that with some filtered water. You can also find water bottles that have filters at the top so you can use your tap water to fill them.
Another thing you can do for your self is to NOT put Tupperware in the microwave. It's basically the same reason. When the Tupperware heats up it spills toxins into your food and these toxins have been linked to cancer. Cancer seems to be on the rise every year that passes and there are so many thing we can do to help prevent it.
The last one I am going to mention is something a lot of people don't know about. It's called parabens. This is what I was researching yesterday because it's hard to explain in my own words. I still need to find a good article to post so that will come later today ( after church ). But basically parabens are something in lotions, soaps, shampoos, lubricants, make-up and a million other things. They are put in there to help prevent bacteria from growing to prolong the self life of these items. The problems is they are being linked to a number of problems. One of them being the fact that parabens mock our body's estrogen. So when the stuff soaks into our skin it can disrupt our hormone levels. There are a few study who link it to breast cancer. They don't know that it causes breast cancer BUT in one study they took 20 samples of breast cancer tissue and every single one had one or more parabens in it. Like, I said, I'll find an article for you that better explains things. But look at your lotions and make up products. You will be sure to find at least ONE paraben in them. I decided to read one of Tyler's lotions and it had 3 different ones in it and I was trying to decide if I should throw it away or not. Then I found his Aveno for sensitive skin, really expensive 8 dollar lotion and it had 6 freaking parabens in it so I chucked it. It's a choice but I would rather be safe the sorry. IN little boys like Tyler who has not reach puberty, it can mess with their hormones as well and in some study has thought to believe this is why mens sperm counts have been going way down in the last 10 years or so. OKAY I REALLY need to get ready. I hope everyone has a fabulous Sunday. Wish me luck because we haven't been to ALL of church in 3 weeks so I hope Tyler does okay.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Tired
Man am I tired! i didn't have trouble sleeping when I was pregnant with Tyler. I can NOT fall asleep the last couple of weeks. I know for me things are different. I am not getting any loving from my hubby since he is gone, I am in a different bed that is so small I have to roll over in place and its a LOT harder then my bed at home and I am sleeping in a room with my kid. Yeah, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY different then last pregnancy. It still sucks though. I HATE not being able to sleep. Right now I am so tired but I know that by the time I am done getting ready for bed I will just go lay there thinking and who wants to do that ( especially when they haven't seen there husband for 3 months and has another 3 months to go )
Any ways. I didn't want this to be a complaining blog. Sleep is just on my mind since it is late and I should be going to bed. However, I shrank some pictures earlier today and wanted to post them. We had fun with the in laws in Cedar City, well Tyler was a butt and threw a huge fit when they took us to dinner but other then that it was good. When we got back here to St. George Tyler was upset he didn't get to sleep with me still. He liked cuddling with his momma I guess. Which makes me happy we had no desire to do a family bed! Oh my gosh...I would have never gotten him out of our room because he is my cuddle bug. No offense to anyone who lets their kids sleep with them. It's not for everyone and I am for SURE one of those people it is NOT for. I like my bed to be mine only....well and Cody's of course. Oh my gosh...I am rambling again already. Here are some pictures.
This first 3 pictures are of Tyler with his grandparents. For the longest time we called Cody's parents 'Papa and Nana' and mine 'Grandma and grandpa' Then it started changing. So Tyler to keep things straight started calling Cody's mom "grandma-nana" I think it's so funny. I always try to get good pictures with them but I can never get Cody's mom looking at the camera. She's a sneaky one to get pictures of so I was thrilled to finally get a couple.
Tyler's new obsession is puzzles! These puzzles in the picture here are 63 pieces each and he can do a pretty good amount of them by himself. He wants to do them all day everyday...while watching the Incredible's of course because that is his favorite movie this week. He has favorite lines from the movie too that he will just blurt out whenever and wherever we are. This morning I heard him moving around and opened my eyes. I looked over at him and the first words out of his mouth were, "I'm so proud of you!" haha If you know the movie well, you'll know where that is...here are the others:
"I want to BE normal. Jack Jack's the only normal one and he isn't even potty trained!"
"TV trying to watch"
"It's not about you"
I'm forgetting one but you get the idea. It's always random one liners.
I bought my mom a birdhouse at the dollar store because she loves them. Then we bought paint and I let Tyler do his thang. He hadn't really painted before and he was having so much fun...that is until he got paint on his hand and on his arm and started freaking out! I wasn't kidding when in previous post I called him my little Monk. But he still had lots of fun and is proud of his little bird house! Next we are going to get grandma-nana something and paint it! WOO HOO
Then I let him have some ice cream. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM There are a couple more pictures but they are all kind of random...
I gave him a kit-kat and he had never had one before. He didn't quiet know what to do with it so it just melted in his hand! haha I tried to get a good close up of how melted it was and the chocolate dripping from it!
And last but not least, Tyler's favorite thing to play with at Papa and Nana's. My little guy LOVES instruments. HE seriously know the difference between a guitar, a violin and a flute! he knows a bunch of other instruments too! He loves them all. He;s going to be mu little musician.
Any ways. I didn't want this to be a complaining blog. Sleep is just on my mind since it is late and I should be going to bed. However, I shrank some pictures earlier today and wanted to post them. We had fun with the in laws in Cedar City, well Tyler was a butt and threw a huge fit when they took us to dinner but other then that it was good. When we got back here to St. George Tyler was upset he didn't get to sleep with me still. He liked cuddling with his momma I guess. Which makes me happy we had no desire to do a family bed! Oh my gosh...I would have never gotten him out of our room because he is my cuddle bug. No offense to anyone who lets their kids sleep with them. It's not for everyone and I am for SURE one of those people it is NOT for. I like my bed to be mine only....well and Cody's of course. Oh my gosh...I am rambling again already. Here are some pictures.
This first 3 pictures are of Tyler with his grandparents. For the longest time we called Cody's parents 'Papa and Nana' and mine 'Grandma and grandpa' Then it started changing. So Tyler to keep things straight started calling Cody's mom "grandma-nana" I think it's so funny. I always try to get good pictures with them but I can never get Cody's mom looking at the camera. She's a sneaky one to get pictures of so I was thrilled to finally get a couple.
Tyler's new obsession is puzzles! These puzzles in the picture here are 63 pieces each and he can do a pretty good amount of them by himself. He wants to do them all day everyday...while watching the Incredible's of course because that is his favorite movie this week. He has favorite lines from the movie too that he will just blurt out whenever and wherever we are. This morning I heard him moving around and opened my eyes. I looked over at him and the first words out of his mouth were, "I'm so proud of you!" haha If you know the movie well, you'll know where that is...here are the others:
"I want to BE normal. Jack Jack's the only normal one and he isn't even potty trained!"
"TV trying to watch"
"It's not about you"
I'm forgetting one but you get the idea. It's always random one liners.
I bought my mom a birdhouse at the dollar store because she loves them. Then we bought paint and I let Tyler do his thang. He hadn't really painted before and he was having so much fun...that is until he got paint on his hand and on his arm and started freaking out! I wasn't kidding when in previous post I called him my little Monk. But he still had lots of fun and is proud of his little bird house! Next we are going to get grandma-nana something and paint it! WOO HOO
Then I let him have some ice cream. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM There are a couple more pictures but they are all kind of random...
I gave him a kit-kat and he had never had one before. He didn't quiet know what to do with it so it just melted in his hand! haha I tried to get a good close up of how melted it was and the chocolate dripping from it!
And last but not least, Tyler's favorite thing to play with at Papa and Nana's. My little guy LOVES instruments. HE seriously know the difference between a guitar, a violin and a flute! he knows a bunch of other instruments too! He loves them all. He;s going to be mu little musician.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
365 week 12
I have been slacking on posting these projects every week. One time I had to figure out two of these at once and I was so frustrated trying to remember which picture I took which day. The date on my camera is messed up so it changes like half way through the day so I can't always rely on what date it says it was taken on. Anyways...babbling
Day 1
This is from our walk. This is the ONLY picture I took this day. I loved how the rays of lights were coming from the mountain. It was kind of funny because the sun was setting on the other side of the sky so I don't understand where the rays were coming from. But any ways it ended up pretty.
Day 2
Tyler is all about patterns. You do something with him once, chances are he will remember doing it and you will have to do it every day FOREVER after. One time when we were out playing in his monkey pool I brought him some pretzels. It became a thing. He request pretzels every time we are out side playing with the water now. I liked how the glass was leaving a reflection on the chair.
Day 3
We played outside again and this dragon fly is ALWAYS at my parents house bugging us. So I took it's picture. They are so pretty the way the glitter in the sun.
Day 4
This is a fountain that is out by the street by my parents house. It has a bunch of lily pads that bloom during the day time and then close up at night. I had been wanting to go to take pictures of them and then finally got a chance to do so. Here is one of my favorite ones.
Day 5
We were at my parents new house and Tyler and Noah had been playing out side. Tyler was SOOOOO tired and found these pillows on the floor so he helped himself. I titled this picture "helping grandma move" haha
Day 6
I know these two pictures look the same but they are very different in theory. This is at the "old" house. My mom has an exercise ball that Tyler loves to play with. They had taken the air out of it to make it easier to move and Tyler was very sad it didn't have air in it. So he was playing with it anyways without the air. I found him in the hall archway, leaning on it like it was a pillow! haha He's my little weirdo
Day 7
Last but not least, this was taken on our walk. Tyler is all into having his picture taken right now. If I am NOT taking a picture of him he asks me to! AND he says, "CHEESE" It's so cute. So here you go. This week was kind of whatever I could get time to take pictures of. Nothing specific and I am pretty sure the pictures from this week are the same way. BUT I am still doing the project and I can't wait to go back and looked at all of these when the year is over. :) I am going to make a big book of them for us to have as a yearly journal. WOO HOO!
Day 1
This is from our walk. This is the ONLY picture I took this day. I loved how the rays of lights were coming from the mountain. It was kind of funny because the sun was setting on the other side of the sky so I don't understand where the rays were coming from. But any ways it ended up pretty.
Day 2
Tyler is all about patterns. You do something with him once, chances are he will remember doing it and you will have to do it every day FOREVER after. One time when we were out playing in his monkey pool I brought him some pretzels. It became a thing. He request pretzels every time we are out side playing with the water now. I liked how the glass was leaving a reflection on the chair.
Day 3
We played outside again and this dragon fly is ALWAYS at my parents house bugging us. So I took it's picture. They are so pretty the way the glitter in the sun.
Day 4
This is a fountain that is out by the street by my parents house. It has a bunch of lily pads that bloom during the day time and then close up at night. I had been wanting to go to take pictures of them and then finally got a chance to do so. Here is one of my favorite ones.
Day 5
We were at my parents new house and Tyler and Noah had been playing out side. Tyler was SOOOOO tired and found these pillows on the floor so he helped himself. I titled this picture "helping grandma move" haha
Day 6
I know these two pictures look the same but they are very different in theory. This is at the "old" house. My mom has an exercise ball that Tyler loves to play with. They had taken the air out of it to make it easier to move and Tyler was very sad it didn't have air in it. So he was playing with it anyways without the air. I found him in the hall archway, leaning on it like it was a pillow! haha He's my little weirdo
Day 7
Last but not least, this was taken on our walk. Tyler is all into having his picture taken right now. If I am NOT taking a picture of him he asks me to! AND he says, "CHEESE" It's so cute. So here you go. This week was kind of whatever I could get time to take pictures of. Nothing specific and I am pretty sure the pictures from this week are the same way. BUT I am still doing the project and I can't wait to go back and looked at all of these when the year is over. :) I am going to make a big book of them for us to have as a yearly journal. WOO HOO!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Peace Out
We are off for a couple of days to go visit my in laws. My parents are moving all the big stuff today and we figured it would be easier if Tyler and I were gone and he wasn't trying to get in the way. He had a HUGE fit at lunch time which means he finally got a good nap it. :) So wish me luck. I have a 1 drive a head of us. We'll be back Wednesday.
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