First Steps!

Brielle took her first steps a couple weeks ago, RIGHT before she turned 10 months! Yay Brie!

Here's a video:

Ignore the poor quality--I just grabbed the camera... and when I say "I knew this would happen" I mean: I knew that if she would just take a couple steps, she would be walking within days!

Her last well visit showed that she was at the 14th percentile for wt for age and 33 percentile for ht for age. She's a little bitty baby! I would feel much more safe with a fat baby, but whatcha gonna do? Let's just say we don't spare the butter or french fries!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

May you and your family have a safe, happy, healthy Holiday!

Family Pics

Thanksgiving weekend we took these pics with the fam.

Thanks JoAnna!

Brielle!

So... I thought it was finally appropriate to post Brielle's 6 month pictures now that she's almost.. 9 months old....ahem.

She had a fun photo shoot back in September--Enjoy!

Thanks to Carly, my VERY pregnant friend who clicked the pics!

Still very much an angel baby, we all love her to bits and pieces!!!

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone had a great Halloween weekend!

I love my little Cinderella and baby monkey!

Hallie's Birthday

Sorry in advance, this is a no-picture post. I've been terrible with blogging and our computer crashed, so I don't have pictures readily available (fortunately, most of the pictures were saved! yay!).

Hallie's birthday was on September 4, and it was so fun to spend the day doing fun things for her. We went to the zoo (she loved the carousel!), gattitown for dinner, then home for cake & presents! She loved all her gifts and the balloons/sign in her room when she woke up in the morning.

3 years has passed by so quickly. Babies change so much in 3 years, sniff! She's such a sweet little girl, smart, and likes to comment about everything, applying it to herself (or Cinderella). I guess we survived the terrible twos, but what about the sassy threes? It will be an adventure, I'm sure!

Froot Loops

I recently saw a new Froot Loops commercial and had to pinch myself. Is Kellogg's really trying to push Froot Loops with fiber??! I was kinda disgusted after seeing it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marion-nestle/kelloggs-asks-for-a-froot_b_278206.html

Apparently, Froot Loops has been reformulated to contain 3 grams of fiber per serving instead of " less than 1"

NeWays, I like what Marion Nestle, a well-known nutrition expert and author, says about it:

"If I read the Nutrition Facts and ingredient list correctly, Froot Loops cereal contains:
• No fruit
• Sugar as the first ingredient (meaning the highest in weight-41%)
• Sugar as 44% of the calories
• Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil and, therefore, trans fat (although less than half a gram per serving so the label can read zero)
But with an implied endorsement from the American Society of Nutrition, which is managing the Smart Choices program, I guess none of that matters. Or maybe the added fiber cancels all that out?"

It seems like there are so many processed foods out there that are being fortified with nutrients like vitamins, minerals, & fiber--and of course, NOW they are HEALTHY! ! ! Ta da!