So, we've seen some positive changes from the new president already, and we've seen some things that give us pause. With Daschle withdrawing his nomination, which I completely agree with, we have to look at the Health care sector and wonder what's going to happen. Was there a contigency plan? I've watched more news in the past two weeks than I've ever seen. I'm finally growing up for once.

That aside, let's move on to me. Already lost nearly 10 pounds. I figured I'd lose the first ten pretty quickly. I'm on pace as it is to lose about 2 pounds a week. I'm eating when I'm hungry, I have a light snack in between and I'm not going back for seconds. I wait to see if I'm still hungry before I have something and if I do decide to have something I try to make it from natural sugars as opposed to processed sugars, such as that from fruit. So, good changes. I'm watching the enriched and "white" foods. I happen to love wheat bread and have eaten it my entire adult life. The good news is I'm still able to eat it. I have to watch the contents of a lot of things because they have sugar in them and since the problem that they found was with my blood sugar being slightly elevated I have to watch it and bring it down. One thing that really helped was cutting sodas out cocmpletely. Water only, occasionally juice, but it has to be 100% fruit juice. No additives. Which is hard to find, but doable.

On the other fronts, Little Man is doing REALLY awesome. He's starting to stand, learning balance and working to make his whole body stronger. He's developped the asymmetry in the upper body that is necessary and present in most people. He's also making awesome faces. He does the fish face (suck in your cheeks), he clicks his tongue, and can clap bringing his hands together in front of him, as opposed to holding one hand still and bringing the other to it.

Lots going on. We're still broke, and I need a second job so that we're not taking on more water, but all in all, we're paying bills, even if it is a bit later than we want.

That's it for now. I wait to see what this stimulus plan will bring and I hope that it gets passed pretty soon. We need this, in my opinion. However, I do agree that we can't spend our way to wealth, but we can see what the money is being spent on. I'd like to see him dissolve some of the unnecessary groups that are out there but for now, I'll be happy with something that helps us in the immediate/near future.

Later folks!
Heath/Night