Thank You, Ms. V

Violet, you know that you changed our lives. In about a million ways. But one of those ways is just pressing on my heart lately and I HAVE to thank you some place you'll see later in life.

Because of you (in a very literal way)

our family is becoming healthy. We, finally, eatwell now. We have changed our entire e

ating style - every single habit. That might seem small, but it's not at all.

Here's how it started.

Your digestive system hasn't been ok since April - lots of not ok stuff that the pediatrician just kept writing off ("Is she happy? Is she growing? Then she's fine.") And you are NOT fine.

Momma knows, child. Momma knows. (By the way - your father always says this when I have a hunch about something. It makes me laugh).

But I digress. When doctors don't acknowledge the issue, moms tend to go learn a whole bunch on their own. The journey we have started down has been incredible so far, and we're only at the start. We stumbled upon The Maker's Diet, and realized that God really knew what he was doing when He gave the Israelites their dietary laws. And then greensmoothiegirl.com made it into our frame of reference. Enter a bunch of other friends with tons of information and knowledge who were happy to share... it's a new day in the Amaro house.

In a nutshell, your digestive track has a disproportionate amount of bad bacteria. The good bacteria was obliterated by some serious antibiotics early in your life, and your gut never regained it's balance. I suspect you've had some overgrowth of yeast (candida) as another side effect, along with other stuff that we're still investigating.

The good news: After nine months of terrible diapers, you're on the mend. After weeks of the new diet, you're finally showing signs of healing. And the rest of us are changing out diets along with you - I cannot express to you in words how happy a HEALTHY home makes me. You'll understand someday when you have a family of your own.

These are the kinds of things that now appear in our kitchen (and bellies) on a regular basis: Raw local honey. Sprouted seeds. Soaked almonds. Kefir. Local organic eggs (we buy them off craigs list...!). Spinach smoothies. Kale chips. Wild caught Alaskan fish. Raw cheese. Goat's cheese. Goji berries. Sprouted grain bread. Tons and tons of produce. Coconut milk, unsweetened. Figs. Almond butter.

I am excited for the path we're on, and I'm beyond thrilled that this change is happening now, while you and Daniel are this young.

Violet, we would NEVER have been here if it wasn't for you. And for that, we owe you big time.