Today starts a new challenge at the Sisterhood. It's all about forming new habits. Did you know that they say if you do something for 21 days it becomes a habit? We are going to be testing that theory. We are supposed to pick one to three new habits to try. I've picked mine. Would you like to hear what they are?
I also received a big surprise. I thought I was getting some free pizza coupons, which I did, but I also received a pizza kit. It is so nice. It included a pizza stone, pizza cutter, oven mit and free pizza coupons. Now here comes the good news. They also sent coupons for me to giveaway to you and a pizza kit to give to one of you too. Are you happy now?
Good luck everyone.
This is James and Jake's new little brother Eli. I don't doubt that he was guided here by his big brothers.
This is Anna and Noah. They are James and Jake's big sister and brother. They are wise beyond their young ages. I had a lovely conversation with Anna during the walk and she talked about how she had four brothers. She was so sweet, it just melted my heart.
These are the members of Team James and Jake. Last year, I had very little idea who most of these people were and now, I call most of them my friends. There are still a few that I don't know. I'll remedy that next year. I exceeded my goal in fundraising and so did the team. It was a very special day and I am proud to have taken part in it. 
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I confess that I almost didn't do this week. I didn't have much time to do it and I really didn't want my post from yesterday to be second in line. But then I had a thought.
I bet there is a lot of freshness over here.
Check out the hair on this little man.
Not a lick of sleep all night, but boy were they happy.
With not much more than a lick of sleep, grammy and papa were pretty excited too.
Last night, I took biggest sister Natalie up to meet her little brother and see her mommy. Big sister Lizzy stayed home with papa. I don't think she would have liked seeing mommy and then having to leave her at the hospital with that new kid.
This isn't a great picture except for the radiance and pride on Sarah's face.
Natalie seems to like her new brother. She was a little concerned about the weird thing on Jack's belly button and she insisted on seeing his feet.
Yea, he just gets cuter by the picture, doesn't he?
I think he's starting to wonder who the crazy woman with the camera is.
And maybe he's getting a little bored with her. Enough with the camera already grandma. I could use some sleep. I had a rough night last night.
This is my sweet angel Lizzy. She looks pretty happy with the balloons her cousins sent her. Poor baby has no idea how her little world is going to be rocked this evening. That's okay. Grammy has all the time in the world to be sure this little one is spoiled rotten too.
So, that was my day yesterday. Having a grandson is quite the novelty. I told you before that it has been 25 years since we had a boy in the family. He's pretty special. Not just for that though. He's special because he is a wonderful gift from God. He's special because he is perfect and beautiful. He's special because he is my grandson. He's special because he has a family who loves him very much. But mostly he's special because he has two equally special big sisters who are the best around. They are going to take such good care of him. And lets be realistic here. They are girly girls, but they are pretty rough and tumble too. They are going to drive him crazy, but he's going to learn to love it, I think. 
It's only two weeks until the March for Babies six mile walk and I'm still $130.00 from my goal. I'm walking with the Fletcher family. You can read Beth's post from the two year anniversary of the day they lost their sweet twin boys, James and Jake at 19 weeks gestation. This is the third year that Team James and Jake is walking. They did their first walk just two months after the boys died. I can't even imagine the courage that took for them to do the walk. Imagine how raw the feelings had to be then. But they did it. It was a way to honor their precious sons and help other babies in the process. I did my first walk with them last year and it was pure inspiration. This years walk is going to be amazing. The Fletcher family welcomed a beautiful, healthy son named Elijah Harrison to their family on March 29th and he is going to be at the walk with his mommy Beth, daddy Brian, big sister Anna and big brother Noah. I can't wait to meet Eli in person because his pictures are adorable. I also have no doubt that Eli was guided on his journey here by his big brothers James and Jake. They knew how important he was to his family and they made sure Eli was safe and perfect. 
This is a picture of our Team James and Jake last year. We were a great team. I hope you will see fit to help me meet my goal for this year. Any size donation will be greatly appreciated by me, Team James and Jake and the March of Dimes. Just click on the March of Dimes widget in my sidebar to donate. Thank you so much.
This Monday Project was to read a book about anything that had to do with healthy living, healthy body, healthy mind, fitness, cooking, whatever we wanted, as long as it had something to do with being healthy. The book I chose was Fit for Life by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond.
Fit for Life is the natural body cycle, permanent weight loss plan that proves it's not what you eat, but when you eat it and how. At least that is what it tells you on the cover. After reading the book and trying it out for a few days so far, I think they are right.
Here is how they break up your 24 hour day.
Cycle 1 Elimination (4a.m. to Noon) During this time period, the only thing you eat is fruit and/or real fruit juice. Having fruit or fruit juice exclusively before noon is the single most important facet of this program.
Cycle 2 Appropriation (Noon to 8 p.m.) Noon is the time of day when you enter the daily eating period. When you read the book, you learn the tools of proper food combining. Basicly, you never eat a starch with a meat or vegetable. You can have the burger, but you can't have the bun. You can have the mashed potato, but you can't have the roast beef. You can eat anything you want. It's what you eat with it that counts.
Cycle 3 Assimilation (8 p.m. to 4a.m.) You have taken in the food. Now it is time to give your body a chance to extract, absorb and utilize the nutrients in that food. No absorption can take place until the food has entered the intestines. A properly combined meal will be out of the stomach in approximately three hours and ready to be absorbed and assimilated. An improperly combined meal can remain in the stomach for eight to twelve hours or longer.
If what they say about fruit in this book is true, you never want to eat fruit with anything but fruit. What they say happens if you eat fruit with anything else is totaly gross. I won't go into detail, but rotting and decay are involved. Like I said, gross.
Bottom line is that I liked this book a lot. It made perfect sense to me. I'm giving it a try. I'm starting whole hog on Monday. I guess that is why I had pizza for dinner tonight at 9:30. It was a long day, don't judge.
p.s. I was also reading Master Your Metabolism by Jillian Michaels, but I haven't finished it. I wasn't in the mood for Jillian to be yelling at me in print. I'll get back to that eventually.
They’re single serve treats that you’ll find in the frozen pie section of the grocery store. They pair hot baked goodness (think brownies, lava cake, apple cake, apple crisp) with cool creamy ice cream. Consider them the little indulgence you deserve –a delicious dessert that is quick and convenient.
These are my four pride and joys. All beautiful and all mine.
