God is great. He has blessed me so much. I often wonder what it is that I have done to be so blessed. I am just a simple person who tries to mind my own business. No lives have been saved because of me, no cancers have been cured because of me, so why is it that I have so many good things in my life. I do thank God for this every day, but, I wonder it even more when I hear sad news. I am so happy that I am blessed but other families who are just like me have to go through something so tragic.
A co-worker of mine just said that he has a niece who is only 7 weeks old who is going to die. She has Down ’s syndrome and with that as we all know, comes several health problems at times. Her health issues was a heart problem and another, sorry I can’t remember. After one of her surgeries last week, she coded. When the doctors were performing CPR on her, they hit a pin that was in her chest and the pin then went into her heart. They got her back, but she lost all brain activity. Next week the whole family will go down to say their good-byes to a little girl who they just said hello to. For this family, God blessed them with all his love. Even though they will not get to see her grow up, their hearts still grew that much more. In a time so difficult as this, I am sure it is hard for them to see it this way.
Stories such as this one, makes me think, “wow, I can’t believe how lucky I am.” I know I have said several times on this blog how lucky and blessed I am but it never seizes to amaze me. I watched a movie the other day that was a very good one and I recommend it to all of you. “Letters to God”. The movie shows how important prayer and faith is. It is about a boy who has cancer and wrights to God. They are short but affective letters. Long story short, good movie, watch it =)
On how blessed I am, I will say a little about Mr. William. He is officially army crawling!!! It is so cute, he even gets his legs going at times, just doesn’t have his butt in the air. Any day now and we will have to baby-proof the house! Just the other day, I was cleaning in the bathroom and heard a loud thud. I go in the living room and he has pulled the speaker onto himself from on top of the TV. He’s a tough guy though, no crying! Will is now going through teething. Any day now I am expecting to see his little pearly whites poke through. He is cranky, gums sore, runny nose, sometimes temp… any day now! Until then, baby Tylenol and lots of love.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Big boy
Just a quick update. Will weighed in at 20lb 12 oz! That is 90% and he was 27" that is 75%. I think she measured him wrong in his height though because that means he only grew an inch in 2 months. He is so close to crawling it is funny. He does this great little inch werm thing. Too cute! I took a video of it yesterday. If I can figure out how to post it I will. Anyway, I dont have to much more to update and not really in a talking mood so we will call that good until another day! =)
Friday, September 10, 2010
6 months old already?!?!?
Oh WOW! I cant believe that my little man is almost 6 months old!!!! Really? What happened to the time? I wonder that especially since most of the last 6 months have been awake, or at least cat naps. It has been great. I dont think that Dennis and I really knew how awesome parenthood would be. We truly lucked out with my work and how time has worked out for us. Knowing time would be a challenge during chopping season and having to rely on family, we have been lucky and made it through. This next week ahead is going to be a busy one!! Will has his 6 month check up on Tuesday and then 6 month photos on Wednesday and THEN 6 month shots next Monday. As always, Dennis and I are anxious to know how big he is. Dennis is constantly weighing him on our scales so, accurate they are not, but close.
I won a photoshoot with a lady in Kansas City. Darla Peters. Check her out if you want. She does amazing work. I think I'm going to try to get Dennis to make a weekend out of it. We also get a cd with some images on it too.
Chopping season is getting closer to an end. That is making Will and I pretty excited. Then we will have Dennis around again. That makes both of us happy. I will update next week after Will's appointment and let you know how big our little linebacker is!
I won a photoshoot with a lady in Kansas City. Darla Peters. Check her out if you want. She does amazing work. I think I'm going to try to get Dennis to make a weekend out of it. We also get a cd with some images on it too.
Chopping season is getting closer to an end. That is making Will and I pretty excited. Then we will have Dennis around again. That makes both of us happy. I will update next week after Will's appointment and let you know how big our little linebacker is!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
FINALLY pictures.
I had to take a picture of Will and Dennis's matching shirts since Will was about to outgrow his!!
This is Will's 3 month pictures.
And, newborn picture. Since I hadnt ever posted any I figured I should!!
Family update:
Well, I told you about all the workouts but not about new information on us Deters!!! I have quit pumping, it has been a week since I pumped and really not all that bad. A few lumps and spots that hurt but really not all that bad. As far as Insanity, it never came. As time passed though, I was starting to think that I would just get discouraged and not have successes in it. So, I got my money back from ebay and ordered a used copy of Chalene Extreme. So far, I have done two workouts and I LOVE it. It is mostly all weight lifting and it is fun. I am so unbelievably sore but I love that feeling.
As far as Will goes, he is so close to crawling!! He scoots and hikes his butt up in the air. It is so cute. Dr. Glynn said that he would be an early crawler and I think she is right. He is growing like a weed.
Dennis has been chopping like a mad man! Last week he got maybe 4-5 hours of sleep for most of the week. He finally got a little break on Tuesday with the rain. It has been so hot that all the corn is ready at the same time. With me working nights it has gotten a little challenging at times with what to do with Will when I need to be at work and Dennis isnt home yet. A lot of times, I really dont know what we would have done if it were not for Mark and Dottie. So thanks Grandma and Grandpa Deters for helping out so much! The good thing about it being so hot is that chopping season will be much shorter this year. So, hopefully he will be done within the next couple of weeks.
As far as Will goes, he is so close to crawling!! He scoots and hikes his butt up in the air. It is so cute. Dr. Glynn said that he would be an early crawler and I think she is right. He is growing like a weed.
Dennis has been chopping like a mad man! Last week he got maybe 4-5 hours of sleep for most of the week. He finally got a little break on Tuesday with the rain. It has been so hot that all the corn is ready at the same time. With me working nights it has gotten a little challenging at times with what to do with Will when I need to be at work and Dennis isnt home yet. A lot of times, I really dont know what we would have done if it were not for Mark and Dottie. So thanks Grandma and Grandpa Deters for helping out so much! The good thing about it being so hot is that chopping season will be much shorter this year. So, hopefully he will be done within the next couple of weeks.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Home workouts
OK so I know most people in the real world really don't have the time to make it to the gym everyday. Some could be like my sister and my Mom who get up at 4:30 in the morning to go. Well, I refuse to do that and with a baby at home, it is pretty well impossible to get to the gym. I also refuse to spend $35 a month on a gym membership when I don't really know how to use all those machines! To top all that off, Will hates me working out longer than 30 minutes at a time. So, I have to share a little of what I found in home workouts. I will let you know what ones I have tried, hated, loved and recommend. This all comes from someone really only likes to workout so that all the food that is consumed doesn't go straight to my ass!
So, I will give you a few that I have tried whether only once or several times, what I thought of them and why.
SWAT- This workout is done by a trainer named Tom Stroup. The first thing that I don't care for is that he is the only guy. I don't mean that pick workouts based on how many guys there are and if they are good looking or not. It's not just that it is only him telling a bunch a women in only sports bras and spandex pants to jump higher, run faster and move quicker, but that he just doesn't get ME motivated. I think that if you really stuck with this one you really could get some great results. They are not all that quick workouts but if you are wanting an intense workout this may be for you. Plus I got the two that I have on amazon or ebay for only $5!
Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred- What I don't like about this workout, is Jillian. Don't get me wrong, I think that she is a great trainer but I believe once you find a trainer you LOVE you will feel the same way about others. They just don't do the trick. She is very, to the book kind of trainer. You must do this workout this way or you will not see results. BLA BLA BLA. She says you must have fun or you will not work out, true but... I don't have fun with this workout. The things that I love about it is that it is only 20 minutes! AND, in 20 minutes you are able to feel sore and like you had a great workout the next day. She has it on a 3-2-1 circuit training. 3 min. of strength, 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of abs. Then repeat 2 more times. She does change it up, but I find myself looking at the clock after the first circuit wondering how much time I have left. Another thing I love is that I once again, got it for only $5-$10 on amazon.
Insanity- Now this I have only done once.... Let me correct that. I have only done the warm up once. I will start off by what I believe I would LOVE about this program. RESULTS. That is if you can finish it. It is such high intensity that I believe I would get discourages easily. That is just my personality, I don't get encouraged by failing, I get discouraged and quit. In the warm up alone you will have such a hard time completing what he is asking you to do. I fast forward though the rest of the workout and found it was probably easier than the warm up. The great thing about this workout is that it is also done in a short time. The longest workout is 45 minutes long. There are also no extra equipment needed. Shawn Thomas is the trainer and he is motivational but there is only so much "ME SO BUFF, ME SO HOT" that a person can take. I mean really, Shawn "T" we know you have a hot bod, ok, just lets get through this dang workout!
Turbo Jam- I LOVE this workout. The only down side really for me is that it isn't really as intense as I would want. But, it is easy and fun. Like I said before, once you find a workout trainer that you love you will stick with them, as the next several workouts I will talk about is done with Chalean Johnson. She is SO fun, she has high energy, and is so motivational. Any of her Turbo workouts really do have a lot of 'dance' moves but as long as you are moving you will burn calories. It did take me about three times to really get the moves down. Once again, I got this off of amazon for only about $10 but it is the DVD that has spent the most time in the DVD player.
Turbo Fire- I did this with a friend of mine who just bought it so I have only done it once. It was a blast! We did the 45 minute workout (the longest one) and even though it is constant movement, it really doesn't feel like a workout because you are having so much fun. You feel the burn and you know you are working those muscle groups but you want to keep going. This workout is so new that you cant get it used off of ebay yet so it is still the $120 at Beach Body. I love Chalean so much that I do plan on buying this workout after the new year when money isn't so tight for me!
Chalene Extreme- I JUST got this one off of E-bay and it is used so I got it for $30. With only one workout down, I LOVE it. It is a totally different than what I usually look for in a workout. I usually want the cardio so I FEEL like I have worked out. This workout is muscle training. She wants you to lift heavy enough that you are failing by the 12th rep. Everyone knows that muscle burns fat so this all makes since. I am excited to do the other workouts and she does have cardio mixed in there too. I will fill you in on my results with this program.
Anyway, these are the workouts that I know about and have tried myself. One that I have not tried but I will give my own opinion on is P90X. While I believe that you will get GREAT results from this program, I just dont really see how the average person can find 60-90 minutes a day to do a workout for 90 days!
I have this philosophy that 90% of an at home workout programs success rate solely relies on finding a trainer that you love. Finding someone who you want to see everyday will get you to push that play button!
So, I will give you a few that I have tried whether only once or several times, what I thought of them and why.
SWAT- This workout is done by a trainer named Tom Stroup. The first thing that I don't care for is that he is the only guy. I don't mean that pick workouts based on how many guys there are and if they are good looking or not. It's not just that it is only him telling a bunch a women in only sports bras and spandex pants to jump higher, run faster and move quicker, but that he just doesn't get ME motivated. I think that if you really stuck with this one you really could get some great results. They are not all that quick workouts but if you are wanting an intense workout this may be for you. Plus I got the two that I have on amazon or ebay for only $5!
Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred- What I don't like about this workout, is Jillian. Don't get me wrong, I think that she is a great trainer but I believe once you find a trainer you LOVE you will feel the same way about others. They just don't do the trick. She is very, to the book kind of trainer. You must do this workout this way or you will not see results. BLA BLA BLA. She says you must have fun or you will not work out, true but... I don't have fun with this workout. The things that I love about it is that it is only 20 minutes! AND, in 20 minutes you are able to feel sore and like you had a great workout the next day. She has it on a 3-2-1 circuit training. 3 min. of strength, 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of abs. Then repeat 2 more times. She does change it up, but I find myself looking at the clock after the first circuit wondering how much time I have left. Another thing I love is that I once again, got it for only $5-$10 on amazon.
Insanity- Now this I have only done once.... Let me correct that. I have only done the warm up once. I will start off by what I believe I would LOVE about this program. RESULTS. That is if you can finish it. It is such high intensity that I believe I would get discourages easily. That is just my personality, I don't get encouraged by failing, I get discouraged and quit. In the warm up alone you will have such a hard time completing what he is asking you to do. I fast forward though the rest of the workout and found it was probably easier than the warm up. The great thing about this workout is that it is also done in a short time. The longest workout is 45 minutes long. There are also no extra equipment needed. Shawn Thomas is the trainer and he is motivational but there is only so much "ME SO BUFF, ME SO HOT" that a person can take. I mean really, Shawn "T" we know you have a hot bod, ok, just lets get through this dang workout!
Turbo Jam- I LOVE this workout. The only down side really for me is that it isn't really as intense as I would want. But, it is easy and fun. Like I said before, once you find a workout trainer that you love you will stick with them, as the next several workouts I will talk about is done with Chalean Johnson. She is SO fun, she has high energy, and is so motivational. Any of her Turbo workouts really do have a lot of 'dance' moves but as long as you are moving you will burn calories. It did take me about three times to really get the moves down. Once again, I got this off of amazon for only about $10 but it is the DVD that has spent the most time in the DVD player.
Turbo Fire- I did this with a friend of mine who just bought it so I have only done it once. It was a blast! We did the 45 minute workout (the longest one) and even though it is constant movement, it really doesn't feel like a workout because you are having so much fun. You feel the burn and you know you are working those muscle groups but you want to keep going. This workout is so new that you cant get it used off of ebay yet so it is still the $120 at Beach Body. I love Chalean so much that I do plan on buying this workout after the new year when money isn't so tight for me!
Chalene Extreme- I JUST got this one off of E-bay and it is used so I got it for $30. With only one workout down, I LOVE it. It is a totally different than what I usually look for in a workout. I usually want the cardio so I FEEL like I have worked out. This workout is muscle training. She wants you to lift heavy enough that you are failing by the 12th rep. Everyone knows that muscle burns fat so this all makes since. I am excited to do the other workouts and she does have cardio mixed in there too. I will fill you in on my results with this program.
Anyway, these are the workouts that I know about and have tried myself. One that I have not tried but I will give my own opinion on is P90X. While I believe that you will get GREAT results from this program, I just dont really see how the average person can find 60-90 minutes a day to do a workout for 90 days!
I have this philosophy that 90% of an at home workout programs success rate solely relies on finding a trainer that you love. Finding someone who you want to see everyday will get you to push that play button!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Update
Okay, so call me Nikki or Miranda! ;) Kidding girls!!
So, I have some very exciting things comming up! I am quiting pumping!!! I am so excited. I do wish that I could have been able to give Will the best (cheepest) until he could go to cows milk but I have to say, it hurts way to bad to even think about continuing. Every time that I hook myself up to it, I instantly get into a VERY bad mood. Not to mention that I want to work out again without being in so much pain and I want to wear normal pretty bras again. It really is amazing at the little things you miss!! Anyway, it will take a while for me to be compleatly done but I look forward to the day when I can pack that back pack upstairs!
THEN- I just ordered the Insanity workout off of ebay. It was half the price on ebay than it is anywhere else that I have ever seen and I have been looking for quite a while. I have wanted a higher intensity workout than what I have at home now, and I refuse to spend $35 a month on gym membership over the winter. I even more refuse to get fat again, so I bought it for $60! I really think that it will be woth it once I get it and see results and loose this baby fat that likes to stick around. So, those are the two things that I am so excited about!!!!!
Anyway, update on Mr. William--- At his 4 month check up he was a whopping 17 lb 14 1/4 oz. and 26 inches long. He is a big boy at 97% in weight and 90%in height. He started rolling over July 2nd. He went both ways right away and then had troubles from tummy to back but now he is getting it down pretty well. When Will doesnt sleep well during the day, he doesnt sleep at all that night. This is one thing we have learned. He most definetly does not sleep though the night yet.
Dennis will start chopping yet again, soon. He has gotten the chopper all ready to go and even be in the paraide on Sunday. I think he is very excited to have Will be in it with him. The garden got a head of us this year since Dennis has been working so much. He is trying to get all the sheds built and all that before he starts chopping. Will hasnt allowed me to be in the garden much more than a few minutes at a time, so, hince why, the garden is out of control!
I do need to post some pictures for you all, maybe I will get to that soon!
So, I have some very exciting things comming up! I am quiting pumping!!! I am so excited. I do wish that I could have been able to give Will the best (cheepest) until he could go to cows milk but I have to say, it hurts way to bad to even think about continuing. Every time that I hook myself up to it, I instantly get into a VERY bad mood. Not to mention that I want to work out again without being in so much pain and I want to wear normal pretty bras again. It really is amazing at the little things you miss!! Anyway, it will take a while for me to be compleatly done but I look forward to the day when I can pack that back pack upstairs!
THEN- I just ordered the Insanity workout off of ebay. It was half the price on ebay than it is anywhere else that I have ever seen and I have been looking for quite a while. I have wanted a higher intensity workout than what I have at home now, and I refuse to spend $35 a month on gym membership over the winter. I even more refuse to get fat again, so I bought it for $60! I really think that it will be woth it once I get it and see results and loose this baby fat that likes to stick around. So, those are the two things that I am so excited about!!!!!
Anyway, update on Mr. William--- At his 4 month check up he was a whopping 17 lb 14 1/4 oz. and 26 inches long. He is a big boy at 97% in weight and 90%in height. He started rolling over July 2nd. He went both ways right away and then had troubles from tummy to back but now he is getting it down pretty well. When Will doesnt sleep well during the day, he doesnt sleep at all that night. This is one thing we have learned. He most definetly does not sleep though the night yet.
Dennis will start chopping yet again, soon. He has gotten the chopper all ready to go and even be in the paraide on Sunday. I think he is very excited to have Will be in it with him. The garden got a head of us this year since Dennis has been working so much. He is trying to get all the sheds built and all that before he starts chopping. Will hasnt allowed me to be in the garden much more than a few minutes at a time, so, hince why, the garden is out of control!
I do need to post some pictures for you all, maybe I will get to that soon!
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