First, baby. He's made big advances (for a baby) this week! He's maneuvering from laying on his tummy to sitting up all on his own; starting to pull up; scooting and
almost crawling; saying repetitive sounds that I think all mean "mama"; and laughing hysterically at anything his big sister does. He's almost 8 months old! Where did the time go??!!
Now, my spine. I didn't know it was screwed up, but apparently most of ours all are! I went to my mom's chiropractor for some shoulder pain I've had for ages, but blamed working out, carrying kids, etc. I thought I would just live with it. Turns out xrays showed my neck is totally shaped incorrectly and I had scoliosis! Who knew!!?? Well, 24 visits later and my scoliosis went from 11 degrees to ONE degree! And the curve that is
supposed to be in my neck is well on it's way back. I go to a
Maximized Living Chiropractor that promotes lots of changes...at home exercises, diet, eliminating toxins, etc., PLUS all the cracking he does in the office. We've always been pretty healthy eaters, but we've made some big changes like cutting out lots of flour and sugar and switching to sprouted grains. Also, for some weird reason I've been scared of red meat for years, but now I eat GRASS FED beef with ease! Other adoptions...raw cheeses, coconut oil, almond flour. However, I won't go into detail about trying to eliminate deodorant (has aluminum in it), but let's just say I'll save trying that for when we aren't in a 100 degree drought:) Stink, stank, stunk.
Unrelated, I REALLY want a dog again!!! The kids do, too. I miss having one around while I have a baby. We had our lab, Rocky, until the twins were two and he was so great with them and they adored him. I do know I do NOT want a puppy, but if my crazy side wins, we'll have a dog SOON:)!
Well, I wasn't kidding. We have a dog! I was obsessively searching Craigslist for a week and I even got Tyler on the bandwagon. We BOTH came up with this listing for Scout...a 5 yr old, full bred, yellow lab for FREE! Unheard of. He's AKC certified, all shots up to date, and came with a bin of toys, snacks, and food. His family moved to Hawaii. Did you know they don't have rabies in Hawaii? They don't! And they don't want it, so they make it hard for you to bring an outside dog in. Well, I feel sad for his family because they must have LOVED him and not wanted to lose him, BUT I feel SO BLESSED to have Scout be our new buddy. He's an angel dog. Really. He's also HUGE! He's housebroken and does amazingly on a leash - even Piper walked him with ease and he's 3x her size. He doesn't chew and stayed peacefully in the laundry room while we were out for a while today (even with a basket full of shoes in there with him!). We just can't believe it! We've had two dogs since our lab, Rocky, died 4 yrs ago and we thought we'd never have a good dog like Rocky again because those two in-betweeners were quite the challenge for us, to say the least. Well, now we've found a fit for our family and even read a Cesar Milan book just in case (which is amazing whether you have a dog or not!) to ensure we start out as the "pack leaders" this time. I realize we are only 2 days in, but I just have a feeling about him:) And so does the baby...
