Today During Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer goes, "...and we are the sheep of His pasture..."

Rinn, "Baaaaaaaaaa!!!!"

Tempie, Tempie

Our youngest is so cute and she is such a good baby!  Except for the first day when she would not burp and the past two days when she would not sleep (for an hour after each feeding, grr), she has been great!  She chats away while she eats and is so excited to get food.  She barely cries and often when awake just lays quietly taking everything in.  She looks nothing like me and a lot like Mr. Speck, but the person she looks the most like is Rinn.  We are constantly shocked to look down and see an expression that was exactly what her sister would do.

Potty Potty Potty

This is insane.  You know the evil BPA that is in many baby products like bottles and formula, the same BPA  that causes reproductive problems.  Well, apparently it's even in paper products like recycled toilet paper (Zrecs ).  Sheesh!  We can't get away from it.

Green Baby

Have you checked out Good Guides ?  You should.  It's really good.  They rate how healthy, safe, and green different products are.

They had a great post about the Top 10 Toxins You May Be Putting on Your Baby .  It has a long list of chemical names, but then explains them in easily understood ways.  I never knew how little the companies that make most of the products we use care.  It's scary what we unknowingly put on ourselves and our kids everyday.  

Going Green

Since Rinn was born we have been trying to live healthier.  While living in the Midwest we tried to cook lots of our own food: making our own humus, tortillas, bread, refried beans, and even baked beans (some recipes are better than others).  Now that Tempie is here, our desire to live healthy is even greater.  We are still make lots of our own food and are trying out new recipes all the time.  We have found a local recycling center which was convenient for all of our packing supplies.  Now we are beginning to look into buying healthy products such as cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, diapers, and toiletry items like toothbrushes, shampoo, soap, baby wash, etc.  

There are many amazing resources out there and the research that have done scares me.  Everyday I discover something new that I am shocked and appalled at.  For instance, did you know that normal brass keys contain high amounts of lead (healthy child) or that recently the labels from onesies by Carters, the baby clothing company that I love, caused chemical burns on many infants (only the 2007 line, but still! - Zrecs).  Yeah, why didn't I know this before now.

I'm going to try to post interesting finds and tips as I come across them.  

The Newest Addition!

On the twenty second, we welcomed our new daughter into the world!  Tempie was born just before 2 in the afternoon and came in at 6 lbs. 12 oz. and 19 inches (though Mr. Speck thinks that the nurse was wrong and she is actually longer).

Breakfast Discussions

Most mornings Rinn and I listen to morning prayer on iTunes.  This is an easy way for me to do prayer each day and to expose Rinn to it at the same time.  Rinn has enjoyed it and is beginning to ask some interesting questions.  

This mornings questions:

• who is the Father?
• who is Jesus' god?
• when is Jesus coming?
• where is Jesus?
  

Please answer in 5 seconds or less, such that a two year old can understand and before she asks "why?" for the sixth time.

Historic Day

Woohoo!!!  Rinn finally pooped in the potty!  Pinkish popsicle treat here we come!