Rebellion

On my quest for optimal health, Ive invested in a juicer, sought to eat only healthy items, readily embracing avocados, coconut oil, wheat grass supplements and lemon water. Ive given up soda - havent had any in about 3 weeks or more. Ive really been trying to gear up for my cleanse and cutting way back on my caffeine intake. But then it hit me. I cant live without it! I had a rendezvous with my boyfriends....oh maybe tomorrow Ill be back on track ;)

Soothing Techniques

From the time Justus could coordinate himself, he started sucking his thumb. That and his white blanket with the "messy corner"are the ways that he settles down or soothes himself. Haven on the other hand, is not so typical. She, from the beginning, chose neither thumb nor pacifier. Instead she would lick her crib sheets. Today that is modified to putting her blanket up to her mouth and licking it. Whatever works - I guess!

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.

Jesus Loves Me - Haven style

Here she is singing a classic...

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.

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