Splish Splash

Look at this happy baby in his ducky bath tub. He was splashin' and splashin'.

I love it when he giggles and laughs, it just melts my heart. This smile is just the sweetest smile and the laughing is just music to my ears. I find it so hard to believe he will be 2 next month.

My favorite "healthy" things

I'm on my 2nd week of working out at the gym, and I'm enjoying it. Along with exercise comes eating healthier too. I feel like when I exercise I feel like I want to eat healthy. (Not always, but more!) These are some of my favorite healthy foods. I love these Yoplait yogurts, they come in soooo many great flavors. Ashley even loves the key lime pie flavor! Fresca is a long time favorite drink of mine. They have different flavors now too. We bought a box of these "Cutie's" and the whole family loves them. They are little easy to peel, seedless Mandarin oranges. YUMMY. Slim fast is a nice alternative for a meal when chasing around a 2 year old. These are just some of the things I've been eating while trying to be healthy.

UH....Gluten and dairy what?

Who needs gluten or dairy when you have a sweet mommy and daddy that make you a breakfast like this!!!! (YES, that is gluten free bread...costs 5.00 for about 10 slices that are much smaller than a normal slice of bread! OUCH!)

We started Charlie on his "DIET" yesterday. We had to really get prepared for this. Had to buy a book, and do some research at the health food store etc. It is so sad how expensive eating this way is! We got bread, rice pasta, cheese slices, cookies, pretzels and ice cream and spent $35.00. It doesn't sound much until you see the portion size in each package. Over $6.00 for a pint of rice dream ice cream! Very sad that eating healthy is soooo expensive. But we are ALL in for his health! Oh by the way, a LOT of candy has gluten and/or milk in it....so as for what will be in our eggs? Who really knows at this point! Still investigating. Jelly beans of all things have flour in them???? Who would have guessed.

I see YELLoW?

Ashley doing some fancy fighting moves.
Gavin has some great technique!

Mr. Garret (owner and instructor) & Mr. Gladman (instructor) showing off a take down move.

Punching and kickboxing.

Friday night was exciting for Ashley. She had her 2nd belt test for jui jitsu. She really enjoys doing this, and wow it is a workout too. She is progressing well, and has been asked to join the "Black Belt Club." They do a little more intense training and can attend more classes and learn more fighting techniques. She is really excited to do this. We also got to see my Gavin (my bff, kelley's, son) get his high yellow belt that night too. The kids had a ball getting to show off all of their skills. Her are some pics. I apologize in advance for the quality, for some reason I still haven't figured out how to get good pics in florescent lights.

Just because it is cute.

My Mom sent this e-mail titled "The proper hugging of a baby." This was the last picture in the e-mail and I think it is just adorable. 2 of my favorite things, A baby and a cute dog. Happy Wednesday everyone!