Monday, July 20, 2009

oh no she didnt!

But yes, she did. Haven climbed out of her pack n play while in baby jail - ie timeout. We were waiting for Neil to come home but had started to eat dinner when Haven acted inappropriately and needed correction. So off to Baby jail she went. Then just moments later her cries became increasingly louder. I thought to myself surely Neil isnt home and went in to see her....nope as I was walking down the hall to see there she was. Then when I took her and put her back in her pack n play she immediately hiked her leg up to climb out again. But no way - that wasnt gonna fly. I quickly told her NO and put her back and told her to stay there. Thankfully she stayed, but my goodness, now Im really gonna have to be on top of it! Justus never even attempted to climb out of anything. This was definitely a first for me!

Waiting for Daddy




Thought this was so cute....here are the kids waiting to see Daddy come home from work.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Jesus Loves Me - Haven style

Here she is singing a classic...

Monday, July 13, 2009

Haven's Repertoire

Haven is only a year and a half - 20 months to be exact. She can readily sing her ABCs and Jesus Loves Me. We have been serenaded of late and its soooo cute! So here is a little taste of her talent.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Cleanse - on my mind

Ever since I had weight issues back when I first moved back to California Ive learned to be as healthy as possible. Isnt it cool how God puts certain people in your life at specific times to teach you what you need to know?

First, I had a friend who was going to a nutritionist, so I started to go. He taught me all about how the body works and how to stabilize my metabolism, that I had led sooooo astray.

Then I had a friend who was very granola for lack of a better word. This girl was a beautiful example to me of what eco friendly was. She wasnt weird or anything like that, she just loved keeping the earth as untouched as possible. (last I checked she was attending Yale grad school - oh, how I love her!) She taught me about whole grain food and using applesauce instead of sugar and neat tricks like that.

Next was my friend who has a sister that is vegan or something like that so she knows all about what is super healthy, how to get the most nutrients from the food you are eating. This was super helpful to me when Justus was a brand new baby. Because of her I knew to feed him flax seed and wheat germ and all kinds of healthy stuff like that.

So all these people plus other great examples, books and doctors that are all about natural in my life have totally helped me strive to be as healthy as possible in our world that is so junk food friendly.

My next step is to do a cleanse. Ive been talking to God about this for quite some time, knowing that I needed something like this. I came across this ladys cleanse in my blog world and Im gearing up to try it. Ive emailed her and she is very supportive. My goal is 21 days. Ill keep you posted how it goes. My start date is July 26. Here is her link in case you are curious: http://breakingfreetruths.blogspot.com/search/label/Directions%20for%20Cleanse

Sunday, July 5, 2009

4th of July - SOOOO Loud




Not as in fireworks, as in screaming kids. Not as in afraid of fireworks, as in super bad mood/getting teeth. Both kiddos couldnt help but scream most of all the day and night. Finally toward the end of swimming, Haven was getting a little happier. I was so excited for Justus this year cause I thought he'd really enjoy the fireworks. Nope, when Neil took Haven home, Justus wanted to go home too. I couldnt believe it! I asked him like 3 times, but he wanted to go home. Oh well, maybe next year. Here are the few pics I have of them not completely hysterical.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The Parentals are here, the Parentals are here....











Its always so fabulous when my parents come to visit. It throws us all into a chaotic mess trying to spend as much time with them as possible, doing the many things we love to do together, putting all things schedule and order on the back burner (well, maybe not quite that crazy) but we definitely do things a little differently.

Here are some pics of us all hanging out together.