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Right now there are lots of exciting things going on at the Pendergrass home. First and foremost David has now joined the quarter of a century club (His Birthday was on Sunday!). To celebrate we did a photo shoot of Lucy! Okay not really to celebrate, but we did do this photo shoot above on his birthday and I can't figure out how to move it to a lower position in my post (hey, at least I learned how to put a slideshow in a post so you don't have to scroll for hours), so once again Lucy takes the spotlight!
Here is a picture of the Birthday Boy. I wanted to mention that for only being 25, I think David has the most character of anyone I know. When it comes to being caring, patient, kind, honest, humble and truly serving others, those things are so innate in David. He doesn't even realize that he has mastered some of the hardest qualities it takes people their whole lives to even come close. And yet when he makes the smallest mistake he still worries so much that he didn't make the right choice. I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to be with him forever and hope that in our life together some of his greatness will rub off on me. Thanks for holding up our family and taking such wonderful care of me and Lucy, David! I couldn't be a luckier girl!
Also, I thought it was a good time to explain what David and I are really doing in life right now, since you are all pretty sure we have a cute kid, but are wondering if we have jobs other than playing with her! This is the David, Wendy and Lucy Too page so it is high time I mention something about me and David. Here is the lowdown: David is currently camping (yes, literally he is camping to try and save money! Oh, how I love that man and his many adventures!)in Cedar City attending graduate school at Southern Utah University in Sports Performance and Conditioning. He will be there for two weeks doing all the hands on stuff and then be able to complete the rest of his year long program online from home. After a year of Grad school at BYU he decided Health wasn't exactly what he was going for, and a Sports training program was more what he wanted to do with his life. When he gets home he will be working on starting his own business while he is in school. He hopes to get a Fitness Boot Camp rolling somewhere here in Provo or Orem. We think it will go over big because it will be way more fun for people to get a great workout with a personal trainer in the outdoors doing interesting activities, opposed to being on some machine in a gym when its gorgeous outside! He has already got liability insurance and started talking to people about locations, so as soon as we get a definite location we will be ready to roll!
And now its my turn to talk about how cool I am. I passed my Real Estate License Exam on Saturday, so as soon as I sign on with a broker I will be ready to help all of you find your dream home! I am so proud of myself for finishing, because I only had a few classes left when Lucy was born and i thought it wouldn't be too hard to finish once I had her, but then I realized everyone going to school at BYU with 2 kids and making it look like it is easy are pretty much liars! Either that, or Lucy is just a special baby who needs her Mom. Anyway, go me! Next week, I will also start babysitting for a neighbor 3 times a week, which is such a blessing right now while David is trying to start up his own business. Other than that I am anxiously trying to publish children's stories while getting nowhere because I would rather blog about my life! Oh, and I forgot to mention my other hobby is taking pictures of Lucy, but I am sure you have realized that by now!
The other huge and monumental thing going on is that I am on a diet! Okay, I know some of you are thinking...what? Wendy, miss anti-diet herself who is always telling people "You are doing great, just try to eat healthy and don't give yourself strict rules or else you are bound to break them and then hate yourself," is going on a diet? Yes, actually I have been on it for 2 and 1/2 weeks now and been keeping it a secret from all of you, so I could lose tons of weight and then surprise everyone with how awesome I look! Just kidding! I am actually on a diet because we suspect Lucy has food allergies and since I am still her primary food source, I have eliminated all the common food allergens in my diet and will soon be slowly introducing each food back into my diet to see if there is a reaction. What are the common food allergens I am eliminating? oh just a few like: Nuts, Dairy, eggs, wheat and whole grains, soy, chocolate, seafood, berries or citrus fruits. Yes, I have actually eliminated all those from my diet for two weeks now. What am I eating? Well, less food than I ate before, that is for sure. I am not going to lie, it has been really hard to think of things to eat sometimes. Mostly I have been eating rice and chicken with vegetables. If you really look there are tons of substitutions for stuff and I am getting better at cooking with them. For instance, On David's Birthday he wanted biscuits and gravy, but he didn't want to eat it if I couldn't, so I made biscuits using rice flour for white flour, Rice milk for the milk and applesauce for the shortening. They were a little chewy and weird, but tasted okay. The gravy I also made with rice flour and rice milk. It turned out better than just edible so I was excited! I also made spice cake with a gluten free mix I bought at the Good Earth and Egg substitute. It was kind of good, hey at least we had somewhere to put the candles! You may think I am crazy for doing this, but Lucy's rashes have been improving, she has had fewer messy diapers (She used to be at about 10 a day, now we are at around 6), and most importantly she doesn't wake up every two hours anymore. It is funny because Lucy slept great until about 4 months she started waking up again which is right around the age some kids start developing food allergies. I felt very strongly with Lucy that I shouldn't let her cry it out to get her to sleep. I just knew something was wrong and it wasn't just a bad habit like the doctor said and now I am very glad I didn't because I probably would have missed this problem and then poor Lucy would just be miserable and alone in her misery. I think Mom's really know their children and have a very strong instinct when it comes to what is best for them. Anyway, I have done a lot of research on the subject and am finding this is actually a somewhat common problem ( in fact many kids have eczema because of a food allergy) so if any of you have kids with food allergies or suspect them feel free to ask me any questions about what I have learned or more importantly if you have to do a crazy diet like this ask me for recipes.
Well, that is what we have been up to. Pretty interesting, huh? Well, now you know why I would rather post cute pics of Lucy and talk about what she is doing, rather than rant and rave about crazy diets! But hey its life and I am learning how to love it more fully, even when I seem in the midst of trials!
Right now there are lots of exciting things going on at the Pendergrass home. First and foremost David has now joined the quarter of a century club (His Birthday was on Sunday!). To celebrate we did a photo shoot of Lucy! Okay not really to celebrate, but we did do this photo shoot above on his birthday and I can't figure out how to move it to a lower position in my post (hey, at least I learned how to put a slideshow in a post so you don't have to scroll for hours), so once again Lucy takes the spotlight!
Here is a picture of the Birthday Boy. I wanted to mention that for only being 25, I think David has the most character of anyone I know. When it comes to being caring, patient, kind, honest, humble and truly serving others, those things are so innate in David. He doesn't even realize that he has mastered some of the hardest qualities it takes people their whole lives to even come close. And yet when he makes the smallest mistake he still worries so much that he didn't make the right choice. I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to be with him forever and hope that in our life together some of his greatness will rub off on me. Thanks for holding up our family and taking such wonderful care of me and Lucy, David! I couldn't be a luckier girl!
Also, I thought it was a good time to explain what David and I are really doing in life right now, since you are all pretty sure we have a cute kid, but are wondering if we have jobs other than playing with her! This is the David, Wendy and Lucy Too page so it is high time I mention something about me and David. Here is the lowdown: David is currently camping (yes, literally he is camping to try and save money! Oh, how I love that man and his many adventures!)in Cedar City attending graduate school at Southern Utah University in Sports Performance and Conditioning. He will be there for two weeks doing all the hands on stuff and then be able to complete the rest of his year long program online from home. After a year of Grad school at BYU he decided Health wasn't exactly what he was going for, and a Sports training program was more what he wanted to do with his life. When he gets home he will be working on starting his own business while he is in school. He hopes to get a Fitness Boot Camp rolling somewhere here in Provo or Orem. We think it will go over big because it will be way more fun for people to get a great workout with a personal trainer in the outdoors doing interesting activities, opposed to being on some machine in a gym when its gorgeous outside! He has already got liability insurance and started talking to people about locations, so as soon as we get a definite location we will be ready to roll!
And now its my turn to talk about how cool I am. I passed my Real Estate License Exam on Saturday, so as soon as I sign on with a broker I will be ready to help all of you find your dream home! I am so proud of myself for finishing, because I only had a few classes left when Lucy was born and i thought it wouldn't be too hard to finish once I had her, but then I realized everyone going to school at BYU with 2 kids and making it look like it is easy are pretty much liars! Either that, or Lucy is just a special baby who needs her Mom. Anyway, go me! Next week, I will also start babysitting for a neighbor 3 times a week, which is such a blessing right now while David is trying to start up his own business. Other than that I am anxiously trying to publish children's stories while getting nowhere because I would rather blog about my life! Oh, and I forgot to mention my other hobby is taking pictures of Lucy, but I am sure you have realized that by now!
The other huge and monumental thing going on is that I am on a diet! Okay, I know some of you are thinking...what? Wendy, miss anti-diet herself who is always telling people "You are doing great, just try to eat healthy and don't give yourself strict rules or else you are bound to break them and then hate yourself," is going on a diet? Yes, actually I have been on it for 2 and 1/2 weeks now and been keeping it a secret from all of you, so I could lose tons of weight and then surprise everyone with how awesome I look! Just kidding! I am actually on a diet because we suspect Lucy has food allergies and since I am still her primary food source, I have eliminated all the common food allergens in my diet and will soon be slowly introducing each food back into my diet to see if there is a reaction. What are the common food allergens I am eliminating? oh just a few like: Nuts, Dairy, eggs, wheat and whole grains, soy, chocolate, seafood, berries or citrus fruits. Yes, I have actually eliminated all those from my diet for two weeks now. What am I eating? Well, less food than I ate before, that is for sure. I am not going to lie, it has been really hard to think of things to eat sometimes. Mostly I have been eating rice and chicken with vegetables. If you really look there are tons of substitutions for stuff and I am getting better at cooking with them. For instance, On David's Birthday he wanted biscuits and gravy, but he didn't want to eat it if I couldn't, so I made biscuits using rice flour for white flour, Rice milk for the milk and applesauce for the shortening. They were a little chewy and weird, but tasted okay. The gravy I also made with rice flour and rice milk. It turned out better than just edible so I was excited! I also made spice cake with a gluten free mix I bought at the Good Earth and Egg substitute. It was kind of good, hey at least we had somewhere to put the candles! You may think I am crazy for doing this, but Lucy's rashes have been improving, she has had fewer messy diapers (She used to be at about 10 a day, now we are at around 6), and most importantly she doesn't wake up every two hours anymore. It is funny because Lucy slept great until about 4 months she started waking up again which is right around the age some kids start developing food allergies. I felt very strongly with Lucy that I shouldn't let her cry it out to get her to sleep. I just knew something was wrong and it wasn't just a bad habit like the doctor said and now I am very glad I didn't because I probably would have missed this problem and then poor Lucy would just be miserable and alone in her misery. I think Mom's really know their children and have a very strong instinct when it comes to what is best for them. Anyway, I have done a lot of research on the subject and am finding this is actually a somewhat common problem ( in fact many kids have eczema because of a food allergy) so if any of you have kids with food allergies or suspect them feel free to ask me any questions about what I have learned or more importantly if you have to do a crazy diet like this ask me for recipes.
Well, that is what we have been up to. Pretty interesting, huh? Well, now you know why I would rather post cute pics of Lucy and talk about what she is doing, rather than rant and rave about crazy diets! But hey its life and I am learning how to love it more fully, even when I seem in the midst of trials!
