Well, we are nearly a week into 2012 and I'm already feeling better:-) Steve and I have decided to revamp our eating habits and we already have an appointment set up with the Reproductive Endocrinologist with the hope that baby #2 is in the near future for us. Our friends recommended reading the book "In Defense of Food" by Micheal Pollan and we are trying to follow his food guidlines, eating mostly organic, whole foods and staying away from processed foods. I'm already feeling more energetic! I eat less because the food I am eating is better quality. I liked his ideas because it still allows you to eat yummy food. You don't have to go weeks on nasty fat free products or items resembling food that taste more like sand paper. Anyway, so far so good. I will keep updating as the year goes on to see how it goes for the long hull. I honestly feel like we'll be able to stick to this one, permanently...as long as we can afford it cause it is a bit pricey switching to all organic. You just have to keep telling yourself that your health is worth the extra premium you pay for better products.
On an entirely different note, Zoe has officially reached her "terrible twos" stage...5 months early. Yay for me!!! :-/ She is a bundle of ENERGY and is constantly go go go. This isn't a problem in and of itself. It's just that she's become increasingly whiny on top of it. Whither I am with her playing or trying to clean or taking her out somewhere, she spends about 3/4 of our day whining. It's those sweet little moments in between when she curls up in my lap for stories or gives me a hug unexpectedly that keeps me from going batty. I'm convinced that this was the way God intended it to be...pushing mothers to the brink of insanity before throwing them a glimmer of hope. I love my baby to pieces but I certainly do not enjoy this stage. I'm hoping this means she's going through the stage early and she'll be done with it by the time she's actually 2....I know, I know....but ya gotta have dreams, don't ya??? :-) I'm just lucky that the weather has been nice enough that we've been able to enjoy being outside. She LOVES running around outside exploring. Her favorite thing at the park are the slides but, even more than that, she just loves running around in the grass picking up sticks and acorns and whatever else she can find. She'll fill her fists full of them and than get upset when there's no room for some new treasure she's found. I love watching her enjoy being outside in nature. It gives a Mom a sense of calm and peace to see her child explore the simple pleasures of life. Makes all those crazy moments of whining all worth it in the end. It's also nice to get away from all the technology that bombards us every day. One of my personal goals I've decided to focus on is to limit my use of the computer and cell phones, etc., etc. I've noticed, just in these last few months, just how much time I waist sitting on my phone waiting for updates on Facebook or e-mail and I realized that I was loosing that precious time that I have with my daughter during these early years of her life. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of technology and I'm so grateful that we have the means to communicate so speedily. I just want to spend more of my time interacting with REAL people in REAL conversation. It's sad to me that we can go an entire day without actually speaking face to face with another human being, even if we are "talking" to them through computers or phones or whatever. Anyway, I know that I need to make an effort to get off my phone or computer or TV and start living. After all, life is pretty good and I've been blessed. I want to take advantage of those blessings:-)
