Bittersweet

Last year tomorrow I hear this...

The Paleo diet

So it's been over a year since we have posted.  I plan on posting pictures soon, but I'm still busy (can you imagine that!)

I am going to try to post things about our Paleo lifestyle...
So far the only thing that  have realy made that tastes horrible were the pancakes!

Otherwise I have made chicken dishes, pork dishes, sausage dishes, ice cream, cookies, and muffins.

The main idea behind PALEO is that you eat foods that can be consumed in their raw state... now you may say "What about meat?!"  Well cooking meat (as far as I understand) just kills the bacteria, not the composition.  So we do not eat dairy, grains, or legumes.  So overall it's a lot of meat, veggies, some fruits, and nuts.

Fingers crossed I can get back to this blog soon and add some updates on that front!
Hope everyone had a great summer :)

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Lots of pictures!

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Pictures from loretta

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Lorelei's first birthday

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Lorelei's first birthday

I still have not found my camera cord!

So Jared's cousin Erica so kindly sent me pictures of Lorelei's first birthday. I will post more about that later.

We've been dealing with water damage to our home due to the ice, getting a new furnace/ac and water heater... and a bunch of little things with the cars. Isn't God not supposed to give you more debt than you can handle? I kinda think I remember something like that!

Enjoy the pictures!

Happy ground hogs day

So if the ground hog was in Indianapolis he would have suffocated last night because of the ice. So I guess it will be winter forever!
As for us...
Lorelei began school last week and came down with a really really bad cold. I will write more later but to sum it all up she's been very miserable, we've had horrible weather that closed down my office for two days and I have an upper respiratory infection.

I am looking for my camera cord, and once I find it I will post more pictures of Lorelei, but until then enjoy these words...

The groundhog didn't see his shadow! (I can't believe what a big production that is in the first place!)

Here's the progress!

After we lived through the toughest week of our lives we were blessed to have these amazing milestones to grace our household!

November 12th-
I'm 9 months old!
November 14th-
Lorelei pulls herself to a stand while sitting on the edge of her carseat!
November 17th-
Lorelei said her first word "look"... I think she's just sassy and is saying "Look now, I don't want to eat this mush! Give me a steak!"
November 18th-
Lorelei cut her first tooth!
November 27th-
Lorelei learned how to crawl and she got her second tooth!
November 28th-
Lorelei slept without waking up... 6pm-5am!

I will put pictures up soon. She's getting so big.
OHHH and I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is preparing not only in decorations but in their spirit for this amazing holiday season!

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Halloween

So Lorelei has been talking A LOT! She has not actually said a word, but she babbles and says "yea" pretty often. She laughs ALL the time, and is easily happy by watching other babies. But when she's alone she's hard to entertain! She's doing great though. She will be 9 months old on the 12th and then we'll find out how much she weighs and how long she is.

For halloween she was a ladybug and Smokey was a skeleton. We had a great time. That day we went to see Grandma Nancy and Uncle Jerry at Ruby Tuesdays! Then we spent the evening at our neighbors "Aunt Mel's"

So Lorelei is eating pureed foods and the melt away yogurt and puffs... and the biter biscuits that I have called many times "bitter biscuits"... She's also mainly breastfed with a bottle or two of formula a day. I really think adding the formula has helped her digestion and hydration.

Lets see... I really think that's all the big things that I will mention!

Enjoys the pictures to come!

New pictures are up!

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Long time away

So it has been a long journey since we have found out we were having twins. Thinking back hurts a lot... but looking at Lorelei brings such joy.

I don't know what to write anymore, but she is getting big and starting to hit those fun milestones. We're starting to baby proof the house because she is thinking about crawling! The knees went up yesterday underneath her like she was going to push herself to all 4s but she just kicked them back out. She is eating A LOT and loves sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, prunes, and carrots. She also loves bananas and is okay with oatmeal (she hated the rice cereal). She still cries a lot, but has more periods of checking out her surroundings and taking everything in. She laughs a lot, rolls over like she is on a mission, and has an attitude! She has the most beautiful smile if I may say so myself!

Lorelei and I went out to NJ to surprise my parents this past weekend. I met up with Jacque (my great friend from HS) and her daughter at the airport. We went down to my moms school and surprised her! (She was soooo surprised, but had an inkling something was going to happen). SO after that I called my dad (if he answered I was going to say, LETS GO TO LUCNH<>

I apologize to those that I didn't tell I was going. I was only out for 3 days and I was pretty busy...

I do want to thank everyone for all the prayers we have received and all the gifts. If you know me I am horrible with getting thank you cards out, but they will get out (from this summer). I usually have them written up soon after the fact, but addressing them is a problem (especially when my computer crashes and looses all the addresses!). I will now print out all the addresses and keep them in a safe place!!!

Well everyone stay safe and enjoy the fall with the cool air, changing leaves, new smells, and warm apply cider :)

God Bless and make today a day that you're proud of!

(and pictures will come soon)

Gerber Baby!

http://www.gerber.com/photo/?entryid=91797&/#/detail/

Please go to the link abover everyday and vote for Lorelei. You can vote once a day per email address and computer. So if you have 3 computers vote from them all with 3 different email addresses!

Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!!

5-6 month pictures are up :)

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CEREAL!

So tonight was the fist night for cereal... no pictures or video because Lorelei was screaming the entire time so we just put it in a bottle. But she's out like a light... we'll see how long that lasts! All in all she's doing great and we're getting by! We want to thank everyone again for all your gifts and prayers for this year!

She rolled!

So Lorelei has been rolling from front to back for quite some time... but as of July 24th Lorelei rolled from her back to her front! Here is the video. Enjoy!!!

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Trips

So Lorelei and I made it to and back from NJ in one piece... but not by much. I did almost throw her out a window, but my parents saved her :) So she was teething... is teething... is cranky and in lots of pain. But all in all we had a great time. We met with lots of friends and family. Lorelei, Grammy and I met with some new friends and their sons, Michael Jr and Jacob. They are identical twins and I will include a picture below. Michael is Lorelei's boyfriend :-P

So we came back and Lorelei was baptized. It was great and Grandpa Jeff did a great job! We were so thankful that everyone was able to make it :) And today Lorelei is 5 months old...

Grammy and PopPop will be here until the 18th and it's amazing!