He's so Big!

Waiting for the first trimester to be over

I am now 7 weeks pregnant... I think. I feel awful!!!! I am finally finding something to eat/drink that makes me feel better. And that would be Saltines and peppermint tea and sometimes PB&J sandwiches. Its not just morning sickness its all day sickness that comes in waves about every 20 minutes. I feel fine and good and then all of a sudden I feel sea sick and have to lay down or close my eyes. Speaking of closing my eyes, I was at the grocery store today and was so tired and sick that I put my elbows on the cart and rested my face in my hands and took a 30 second power nap. It was worth all the looks I got when I opened my eyes. But I didn't think I could go any further with out it.
So my routine everyday is to try to be positive and eat saltines and be outside. I feel so much better with fresh air. I am so thankful that Cruz takes good naps. When I put him down for a nap I will go to my bed watch an episode of season 2 of The Cosby Show and then sleep for about an hour. Although I wake up feeling worse for some reason I know I needed the nap.

I like how I said my routine is to try to be positive but this post is pretty much all negative. Let a lady vent once in awhile, eh.
When I was pregnant with Cruz I felt so much better when week 12 was over. I CANT WAIT for week 12 to come and go. And I know Dale and Cruz cant wait for sure!!!!

Cruz turned 2

This weekend we had a birthday party in Dallas for Cruz. It was so fun and turned out great. Thanks so much to all our friends and family who helped us. We had burgers, dancing (thanks to Marc) presents and cake.
When you are the mom hosting your child's birthday party you have to really be on your game, and I was so thankful to the people who helped me make the party happen. I even forgot to give my son a piece of his own birthday cake. But I am pretty sure Barb gave him some bites.
I have a few videos but I will post those later... once I figure out how. Here are just a few pics I took, I should have had a designated Photographer. Although I am thankful Carlye was video tapping the party. enjoy

Betsy , Cruz and Dale

Katie and John


Cruz and Georgia with their tails on

Georgia and Aunt Val

Matt , Dale and Cruz

Matt, Dale, Cruz, Wayne, Kelly and David

Nomi with her grandkids

River, Georgia and Cruz

Cousins

River, Georgia and Cruz

Cruz took this pic of Dale and I.... I was impressed!

Cruz and Jack building

Smiths party of 4

Brush your hair!!!

I was just getting ready for bed and I decided to get a comb and brush my hair. It felt so good. I never brush my hair anymore. I mean , I comb it out when I get out of the shower, but thats about it. Why did I stop brushing my hair? I dont think it looks bad or anything I just dont know if thats the style anymore to have Marsha Brady freshly brushed hair...or maybe it is and I am just unaware.
When I was in Jr High I used to carry a brush in my purse/backpack and I specifically remember the greasy haired girl who would ask me if she could use my brush and I told her "no" ! Lord forgive me.
Another brush story...
When I was in High school I played soccer and when we went to the play -offs I was dared to not brush my hair until we won state. So of course I did, and next thing I knew I was almost in complete dread locks, probably closer to 'dreadfull mattes' instead of locks. I remeber when people would ask what was up with my hair I would say, "Im not brushing it until we win state" and almost everyones response was , "ew". I had to explain that I still washed my hair , I just didnt brush it. I was still Clean!!! just tangled.
I am so curiouse to find out if people still brush their hair? Im not just talking about after shower brushing, I am talking about during the day brushing your already dried hair.
Do you brush your hair as often as you brush your teeth?
My aunt once told me people who have shiny hair have money.

I think I might regret posting this tomorrow.
Good night

day 6

Well last night did not go so well. I started getting sick yesterday afternoon with a sore throat and aching all over. Basically I am getting what Dale had this week and what a few friends are starting to catch. Last night was really hard. Because I am cleansing ALL the bacteria in my body ( the good , the bad AND the ugly) I dont have any good bacteria to fight off this cold/sickness.
I feel like my body is saying "enough"

I am starting to drink OJ today with tons of water and maybe some soup tonight.
I have to start introducing foods very slowly.
I also will start taking Probiotic. I could not take any vitamins while doing the cleanse.
I have learned so much in just 6 days.
I have learned a lot about my body, my attitude and mainly how important my health and nutrition is.
I have learned when people judge you , you can either take it or leave it.
I have learned my strengths and weaknesses.



I have a lot of energy today even though I feel ill.
Again, I am so suprised how much energy I have had this week.

This week has not been perfect or gone the way I hoped. But I have done some really good healing both physically and mentally. And I am so glad I did it!!

this is valerie on day 6 signing off...

day 5 of the Master Cleanse

OOPPS I forgot to blog about Day 4, I was a little busy yesterday.

Day 5 is going good. I am pumped that I only have 2 days left!!!!!!
I have lost a couple of pounds so I have added more syrup to the lemonade. (That's what the guide says to do if you dont want to loose weight)
I am going to keep myself busy again today so the day goes faster.

I have done lots of investingating on people who have done the cleanse. And a lot of people do it to loose weight. So if you are wanting to shed some pounds then you can loose weight fast in a healthy way. I wanted to loose waste...:)
thats not very funny