Once Upon A Time...

I was reading an article that was exploring the issue of wether the princess emphasis was bad for little girls.

In the article the issue was whether little girls were set up to the princess model. The thinking was that the little girls would later start to compare themselves to Cinderella. The article asked the question "Does princess worship hurt a girl's self-image?" They also explored the issue of whether it was limiting a little girl's options of what she could become. Here is the LINK.

We had a "Pretty Pretty Princess" part for my daughter when she was little. We dress her up in dresses. A great deal of her outfits are pink. We even call her "Princess" sometimes. I felt this was helping her self-esteem.

Does princess worship hurt a girl's self-image?

The Social Event Of The Year

The famous wedding is approaching. Only 4 more days. Everyone is very excited. Well, except Adam. He's not too thrilled about wearing a tuxedo.

We'll post pictures when we return!

Lights Out!

For the last few days, I've been feeling very tired. I've been working out and doing all of the usual things. But I've been feeling very fatigued. I've also had a lot of headaches.

At work this morning, I was feeling very weak. As I was walking 1st grade out of the door, I grabbed some change to get some apple juice. I remember saying, "Don't run down the..."

Then I remember waking up on the floor and people staring at me. I am ok. I was able to eat lunch and have a normal rest of the day.

My dear husband (the registered dietitian wanna-be) is saying that I have low iron. By removing all red meat from my diet, and other things that are going on right now, he says I am not getting at least the recommended amount of iron.

Since I can't eat red meat, I'm going to have to find other ways to do this. Maybe take a multi-vitamin?

Can You Hear Me Now?

Today was Maddy's 9 month well visit. She weighs 23lbs 12oz and is just shy of 30 inches long. She is in the 98th percentile in both height and weight. The doctor said he was surprised to see how much she's grown, because she was very sick. But he's very pleased with her growth and development.

Her lungs were clear. NO WHEEZING! Yay! She can sit on her own, scoot on her bottom, crawl backwards, roll around in circles, feed herself finger foods (that can be very messy), and babbles like a crazy girl. She still has no teeth, but he said he isn't worried about it yet.

The bad news (there's always bad news) is that she has a double ear infection. This is infection #8 in a 4 month span, and has been on every antibiotic on the market. He said one more, and he has to refer her to the Ear, Nose & Throat specialist to have tubes put in her ears. I went home feeling very sad and scared. Naturally, I started looking for reasons and excuses, and when I couldn't find any, I blamed myself. I KNOW it isn't my fault. I guess it's just me wanting to protect her at all cost.

My mother-in-law came over this afternoon and we talked a bit. She told me that JJ had tubes put in his ears when he was a baby and had them for a little over a year until they fell out on their own. She said the surgery wasn't bad and it helped him out tremendously. I feel better after speaking to her. JJ doesn't seem to have lost his hearing, so the pros outweighs the cons.

Hopefully, they will clear up and she will have no more infections.

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears...Oh My!

Not really. But pretty close.

Maddy had a follow up with the pediatric pulmonologist today. He was pleased that she has not been wheezing and is doing a lot better. He told us to continue with the Pulmicort mixed with Foradil, Singulair, and Xopenex when needed.

We went over her bloodwork, and she does in fact have allergies. She's allergic to dairy, peanut, cat dander, grass, and cockroaches. Okay, I expected the peanut, dairy, cat, and grass allergy, but cockroaches!?!?!? I didn't even know you can test for that. Who wants to NOT be allergic to cockroaches?

She gets the cat allergy from my side of the family, grass and dairy from Adam's side of the family. I can't figure out where the peanut allergy comes from.

So all in all, a great visit. We got a lot of answers! Tomorrow is her 9m well visit.

Which Do You Like?

I am trying out different hairstyles on Debbie for my sister's wedding next month. Which do you like best? Remember, she is the flower girl.

Hairstyle A:






Or hairstyle B:





This one took the longest to style. :)

Dole Recalls Canteloupe

You can read the story HERE

Geeze, spinach, peanut butter and now canteloupe.

See, the things I eat NEVER get recalled - chips, pretzels, french fries...

BYU Bans YouTube Access

The popular Internet video-sharing site YouTube has been blocked on campus at Brigham Young University. You can read the rest of the story HERE.

I, personally, am happy. YouTube is filled with a lot of trash.

What do you think?