Can I be completely honest with you for a moment? I just finished sharing an amazing peanut butter cupcake with my husband and it was soooooo good! All right, enough about that and on to my stats :). 10 MONTH POST BABY STATS WAIST 27″ (pre-pregnancy measurement 27″, no change from last month) Back to pre-pregnancy measurement!!! HIPS 35″ (pre-pregnancy measurement 37″, no change from last month) Below pre-pregnancy measurement!!! WEIGHT 126 lb. (pre-pregnancy weight 130 lb., up 3 lb. from last month) Below pre-pregnancy measurement!!! Finding balance is so important, which is why I shared with you that I just had a few bites of a cupcake. I gained 3 pounds this month and I am totally fine with that. I feel great and knew that after coming off the 21 day cleanse my body would readjust to eating sugar and a limited amount of dairy products. Month 9 and Month 10 comparison photo is shown below. As great as looking good feels, feeling good is even greater. Josh … [Read more...]
The Girl Behind The Blog: Part 2
The following post is part of The Girl Behind The Blog series that will continue each week detailing my story of illness and recovery starting in March of 2007. I believe that God created me for a reason and each experience I have can draw me closer to HIM and be used to encourage others. This post and those that follow detail a pivotal moment in my life that changed me forever. Need to catch up in the story? Read Part 1. Psalm 139:13-16 Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one … [Read more...]
Baby Registry Must Haves
It is spring time, which naturally makes me think of babies! Cute, adorable, little tiny babies!!! Now that Caden is almost 10 months old I thought it could be helpful to new or future mama's if I shared what products we really loved and would purchase or put on our registry again. The big price tag items are first. If you have never looked at baby items before be prepared for sticker shock. Baby gear is expensive people. We went with Peg Perego Primo Viaggio SIP 30/30 for 1 reason and that was because it attached safely and securely to both strollers we had purchased. Yes, you read that right. We have two strollers. Regardless of the reason why we bought the Peg Perego, I would highly recommend this carseat for little babies. Caden used this seat for almost 9 months and still uses it in when he rides in Josh's truck. The Britax Marathon is Caden's new ride. This seat is so roomy, designed to be rear or front facing, and can transport your little tiny newborn … [Read more...]
The Girl Behind The Blog
The following post begins a series that will continue each week detailing my story of illness and recovery starting in March of 2007. I believe that God created me for a reason and each experience I have can draw me closer to HIM and be used to encourage others. This post and those that follow detail a pivotal moment in my life that changed me forever. I really don't know how to even start this post. For the past few months I have been wanting to blog about my illness and share my story but never really could figure out how to begin. I guess I have to start back to when I was a Hallock, not yet a Buschel. Let me rewind my life towards the end of 2006 and beginning of 2007. I was finishing up my college career at ASU super excited because I was already working for the past 6 months at my dream position for the City of Chandler in the Parks and Recreation Department as a Recreation Coordinator. I was 23 years old, graduating college, had a full time job with benefits, my parents … [Read more...]
Juicing Resources
Each Friday for the month of March I have been posting on some aspect of juicing. If you are just joining us welcome! You can read about the benefits of juicing and the essential products you need to get started. I also shared two of my family's favorite recipes: our go to green juice and carrot, apple, and ginger juice. This week I will be covering your questions and other helpful juicing tips. We have two favorite websites that we frequent for juicing tips and recipes. With these two websites bookmarked you will have an endless supply of recipes and information at your finger tips. If you have seen the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead you are already familiar with Joe Cross and his amazing health transformation after embarking on a journey to only drink vegetable juice for 60 days. It is a pretty inspiring film, if you have not seen it you can watch it for free on hulu. You can visit Joes website Reboot with Joe for juicing recipes and more. He founded this website … [Read more...]
Carrot Apple Ginger Juice
Each Friday for the month of March I will be posting on some aspect of juicing. Get excited! If you are just joining us welcome! You can read about the benefits of juicing and the essential products you need to get started. Last week I shared my family’s go to green juice. This week I am sharing the lovely combination of carrots, apples, and ginger, oh my! If you are newer to juicing or have little kids who don't enjoy eating their fruits and/or veggies this juice is a good starter recipe. With all the amazing benefits and yummy taste this juice delivers it will surely be a hit in your household too! A bonus to this recipe is most stores sell organic carrots and apples in bulk. Yay for saving money!!! Benefits: Carrots are known for beta carotene which gives the body vitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin E and many minerals. Juicing carrots is good for prenatal health, eyesight, bones and teeth, liver and nails, skin and hair as well as helping in cancer prevention. Apples contain … [Read more...]
