ATTENTION MOMMIES!!!

If you have any baby or kids products that have Quaternium 15, like almost all Johnson and Johnson products, DONT USE THEM!

Quaternium 15 is a formaldehyde (ya know that stuff they preserve dead bodies with)carcinogen and causes cancer, dermatitis; is a neurotoxin, sensitizer-poisonous; an irritant to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes!

I currently am stocked with Johnson and Johnson for Lilly & Bella and am throwing them all out! They are just too precious to wash n lotion them with something that causes cancer! I think I am going to replace them with Koala Pals Brand! They are all natural and safe for my babies!

If you are interested, here are some more products that a ton of us use and some of the yucky things they contain! No wonder everyone is getting cancer these days! Sick!

After reading this I am pretty sure that I am going to try converting my house to all natural stuff! Thats right ladies...I'm goin green!

I have personally already had a cancer scare, so really it makes sense for me! Also if any of you or your family members suffer from Allergies, Asthma, Eczema, Rosacia, or Autism, it is possible that some of your household products are causing those conditions!

Check your labels for ingredients on all of your products & look em up if they arent listed here!!!

Let me know if you want information on how I am converting my own home for my family!!!

Dove Beauty Bar-
-Quaternium 15: formaldehyde (carcinogen). Causes cancer, dermatitis; is a neurotoxin, sensitizer-poisonous; an irritant to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.

Johnson’s Baby Shampoo-
-Quaternium 15: formaldehyde (carcinogen). Causes cancer, dermatitis; is a neurotoxin, sensitizer-poisonous; an irritant to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.
-FD&C Red 40 Dye: listed as acutely toxic

Lysol Disinfectant Spray-
-Dioxin: carcinogen. 5,000 times more deadly than DDT Ethyl Alcohol; eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritant
-Phenol: Dermal exposure to phenol is highly irritating to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes in humans. Has harmful effects on asthma, allergies, and ADD.
Registered as a pesticide.

Crest Tartar Control Toothpaste-
-Saccharin: carcinogen
-Phenol: Dermal exposure to phenol is highly irritating to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes in humans. If you accidentally swallow more than a pea-sized amount of this, you must contact the Poison Control Center immediately.
This warning does not appear on the tube.

Tide & Cheer Detergent-
-Detergent: can cause temporary respiratory tract irritation. Symptoms include stinging, swelling, or redness.
-Sodium Silicate: can be corrosive. Can cause burns to the eyes and tissue damage to the skin, as well as cause burns to the mouth, throat, and stomach if swallowed.
-Sodium Sulfate: corrosive, severe eye, skin, and respiratory irritant. Can cause asthma attacks.
-Thisodium Nitrilotriacetate: carcinogen
Note: Tide powder contains fiberglass. This causes sweating and itching.

Clorox-
-Sodium Hypochlorite: corrosive. Sensitizer: can be fatal if swallowed. Eye, skin, and respiratory irritant. Especially hazardous to people with heart conditions or asthma.

Cascade-
-Sodium Hypochlorite Sodium Silicate: can be corrosive. Can cause burns to the eyes and tissue damage to the skin, as well as cause burns to the mouth, throat, and stomach if ingested.

Fantastic & Formula 409-
-Butyl Cellosolve: neurotoxin. Eye and skin irritant. Damages central nervous system, kidney, and liver. Readily absorbed through the skin. Damages blood and the body’s ability to make blood.
Registered as a pesticide.

Windex Aerosol Glass Cleaner-
-Butyl Cellosolve: (see above)
-Isobutane: neurotoxin

Also be sure you check out the "DIRTY DOZEN"!!! The "Dirty Dozen" products contain a wide-range of carcinogenic and other toxic ingredients and contaminants to which most of us are exposed daily!

Hope this was helpful for some you mama friends!

P.S. Here are some links of places this info was gathered from and for y'all to get more info!~Luvs!!!

http://www.epa.gov/
http://www.scorecard.org/
http://www.checnet.org/
www.cleaningpro.com/toxic.cfm
http://www.childenvironment.org/
http://www.concernedmoms.com/
http://www.preventcancer.com/

Keep on Praying!

Sweet baby Stellan is doing a bit better as some of you may have already been reading over at My Charming Kids. He's not out of the woods yet though. He still needs to get to Boston to have an ablation on his heart that will hopefully save his life. Everything is set. They are just waiting for a hospital bed to open up for him at the hospital there, and then he will be on his way. Please keep him in your prayers.

MckMama also requested prayers for other the sick babies in the hospital with Stellan here. There are alot of sweet babes in need of prayer everywhere. Keep them in your thoughts!

Also, If you are looking for another way to support sweet Stellan, you can go here to purchase orange "Stellan will live" bracelets. All of the proceeds will go to The String of Pearls. They are only $5 which includes shipping. If you still want to support Stellan by sporting one of these bracelets, but you can't afford one, you can get one for FREE! To purchase or request a bracelet, go here!

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."~Psalms 46:1

Photos by MckMama at My Charming Kids.

Stellan!!!

One of my absolute favorite blogs that I follow is My Charming Kids! You may have seen the button in my right sidebar or my "Not Me Monday" blog carnival posts. That blog carnival was started by MckMama @ My Charming Kids!

I read her inspirational, insightful, and funny blog posts everyday! For a family that I have never met, I just love them! If any of you read her wonderful blog, then you would know that her precious baby boy Stellan has uncontrolled SVT(Supraventricular Tachycardia-a heart rhythm that originates in the wrong spot on the heart, marked by an absent P wave, that causes a dangerously high heartbeat). If you want to read up on Stellans story go here and here. This little man has touched the lives of so many people all over the world! Seriously...The whole world! Just take a look at his Name Gallery!

Unfortunately, his doctors efforts for keeping him out of SVT are failing. He needs our prayers now more than ever!Stellan is in a very dire state. He is going to be airlifted to Boston, where doctors are going to try to save his little life!

Please pray for Wisdom for his brilliant doctors! Pray for Strength for his sweet family! Most importantly, pray for Comfort and Healing of this sweet little guy!!! Wear Orange, Chew Green Gum, and PRAY people! Lets do what we can to support this sweet babe and his family!

"The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles." ~Psalm 34:17

Good Golly!

***Blogiversary Giveaway Now Closed***

Well folks next week marks the one year Blogiversary of The Pepperling's Family Tree! I can't believe it! To think that just a year ago, I had no idea what blogging even was! Haha!

To thank all of my dear blog readers for all of the sweet comments and support,

I am having a Blogiversary Giveaway!

Here's how to enter:

(You will receive one entry for each of the following)

-Become a follower n leave me a comment telling me so-

-Add our button to your blog n leave a comment to tell me-

-Blog about our Blogiversary Giveaway n leave a comment with where to find it-

-Leave a comment with your guess on what Starbucks concoction I'm consuming in the photo above

(1st one to get it right gets a special prize)-

Please leave each entry comment Separately and include your email address in each entry!

To leave your entry comment click the "comments link" on This post!

Whats the prize you ask???

Well...Its a secret!!! Mwah-ah-ah!

I will announce the winners and the prizes on the morning of Our Blogiversary!

(July 30th, 2009)

Hurry and enter!

The Blogiversary giveaway ends at

11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, July 29th!

Oh The Holidays!

The "Not Me!" Monday blog carnival was created by MckMama at My Charming Kids. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing.

As for me...

I did not travel across the lone star state for what we all thought would be a leisurely drive to my in-laws home in Louisiana. I assure you it was not the longest drive of our lives. We of course did not leave at 6:30 am and arrive at 2:30am the next day! That would be ridiculous! After all...it was only a 967 mile/14hr drive!

We did not spend an hour an a half looking for LA-35 that we were supposed to turn on to! Thinking that we would surely NEVER find it, my husband did not state, "We probably crashed and are in purgatory. We will probably spend the rest of eternity looking for LA-35." This did not freak me out by the way! Luckily we finally received a signal on our cell phone that enabled us to phone my mother in-law for some directions! Let me just tell you that map quest and portable navigators are not ever wrong! They are precise, accurate, and would not ever lead you astray! They would not tell you that your turn was only 9.2 miles away when really it is 40 miles! Not this wonderful technology! I was not at all relieved to arrive at our destination!!!

The 4th came and we had a pretty good time. We did the usual holiday thing...swimming in the pool, good food, fireworks, etc.

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Our holiday of course did not include four of us shooting guns, an old man showing off his senility and throwing a huge fit, and the police paying us a friendly visit!

This old man did not tell the police that bullets were flying past his head. I would never try to kill someone for holiday fun! Not me! In a fit of rage said crazy old person did not slip and fall in the ditch! I did not laugh! I promise!!! Long story short...Police told us to be careful, the man threw an even bigger fit that we were not arrested, and then stormed off! Ah memories!!!

Summer Vacay!

Hello Everyone! For the next week or so I will be vacationing in Louisiana with my fam, so I probably wont post much until we are home again! Hope everyone had an awesome 4th!!!

Oh P.S. Happy Birthday to my Kam-Berry! She turns 2 tomorrow!!! Yay!

Small Talk Six-07/04/2009

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Name 6 of your favorite patriotic films

Independence Day

Forrest Gump

Saving Private Ryan

National Treasure

The Patriot

Team America

The Usual Not Me Monday!

The "Not Me!" Monday blog carnival was created by MckMama at My Charming Kids. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing.

As for me...

I did not do nothing all week! I was not keeled over cramping, and whining, and being grumpy! Of course it was not that time of the month! I do have to say that I have the best husband in the world! He is never emasculated or embarrassed to go buy me tampons when needed. Although, I would not ever make him do that...not me...especially not the ginormous multi-pack of like 50 of them! Haha!

Robby also did not get in a fight on Friday, sustaining such injuries as a bruised nose and jaw, a large scratch to the face, and bruised, possibly broken ribs. I know what you are thinking, and no...I am not that brutal when I am on my period! ;o)Really though...I'm not!!! He competed in a tournament on post(My husband is in the Army for those of you who don't already know.)that was basically like UFC fighting...anything goes apparently. He finished 9th out of 78! Not too shabby!

Then came the weekend. I absolutely did not give in to the temptation to have a little shopping therapy! I did not buy about 50 books for less than 20 dollars! That would just make me a bargain shopping goddess! Either that, or my husband knows where the good used book stores are...which he does not! I of course then fought the urge to go shopping for new clothes, and did not...I repeat...did not go to Ross, where they had the cutest little outfits for the girls and an adorable swimsuit for Bella! I promise I will not take pictures of all the cuteness while she is swimming at her Grandma's this week!

Sunday, Robby had CQ(24hr duty). So the kiddos and I were left all by our lonesome. Then it started raining! I am an Oregonian relocated to the desert of Texas, so I love the rain. Rain is a bit different here though! I did not look out my front window to stare at the amazing storm and find a river where my street used to be! I also didn't then go to my back door and find a lake just outside my window that used to be our backyard! Ah well, maybe our grass will turn green now.

The rain isn't the only thing that's different here.The lightening is different too! See the pic above taken from Bella's window. Instead of the bolts reaching towards the ground, they stretch across the sky. Weird!

The storm was also not so horrifically powerful that I honestly thought we were having an earthquake with how hard the thunder shook the house! I literally was picking things up off the floor that had fallen off of my nightstand. Car alarms were going off and everything.

When I text my husband to tell him how crazy the storm was effecting us on our side of town he of course did not respond by saying, "Be afraid...Be very afraid!" That would just be mean! I was not afraid!!!

Baby Boom!!!

So it seems like everyone in the world is getting pregnant or are havin' babies! Its craziness! Even my own Dad is having a baby...Scratch that...My Step-Mom is having the baby, but you know what I mean. So with the world procreating all around us, one might get "Baby Fever." Well since I currently have an infant, I think I'll wait a few years before I try to wrap my head around the idea of baby #3, but hey I can still have a Routan baby...Right?!

I asked Robby to name him and then we started arguing over names like we were actually naming a real baby! Ha! So in an effort to stop the madness, I picked a name, he picked a name, then we plugged them into the Random Renamer, and Voila! Delaware Leviticus Pepperling it is! Hahahaha!

This cracks me up! His eyes creep me out a little though! I think everyone needs a Routan Baby!

Go make a baby(A Routan one people)!!!

Small Talk Six- 6/27/2009

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If you had magical sunglasses, name 6 things you would like to see with them?

My Future-I wonder what our life will be like 10 years from now!

Peoples Inner Beauty/Ugliness-How convenient this would make life!

TV/Movies- That would be the bees knees!

X-ray- To see through wooden doors and lots of other things!

Germs/Microscopic Critters-I always wonder if I have truly disinfected things, and where other grody germs and bugs are hiding!

See Anybody...Anywhere...Anytime-How nice it would be to never have to miss anyone!

ABC's of Melina Marie!

I got this from Holly @ Pink is My Signature Color. I love these!!!I agree with her that its a fun way we can all learn a little something about each other we may not have known! If you do it too, let me know! I'll read yours! Promise!

A-Age: 24

B-Birth date: April 5th, 1985

C-Chore you hate: Dishes or Mopping

D-Dog's name: Rocco

E-Enter or Exit: Huh???

F-Favorite color: Green

G-Gold or silver: Ummm...White Gold Please!

H-Hair color: Chocolate

I-Instrument: I played the clarinet, the mandolin, and the piano when I was like 12.

J-Job Title: Stay at Home Mama & Wifey(Domestic Goddess if you prefer.)

K-Kids: 2...Bella-4 years...Lilly-9 months.

L-Living arrangements: ???In a house w/My Hubs, The Kiddos and a Big Cuddly Bulldog

M-Monkey or Moose: Monkey

N-Nicknames: Mimi, Mel, Melonu, Babysnakes

O-Odd thing about you: Uh?...I am double jointed, and my husband tells me that when i get angry I talk like I'm from Brooklyn, NY...Is that odd??? ;o)

P-Pet Peeve: People that lie/Fake people, Dog hair on my couch, Clothes on the floor, etc.

Q-Quote from a movie: "You shut your mouth when you're talkin' to me!"~Wedding Crashers

R-Right/Left Handed: Left

S-Siblings: One brother, Angelo. One sister coming this September, Sophia.

T-Time you wake up? Whenever I hear the kids get up!

U-Underwear: TMI...TMI!

V-Veggie you dislike: Squash...fo sho!

W-What makes you run late: The little ones!

X-X-Rays: I've had them pretty much everywhere.

Y-Yummy food you make: Enchiladas

Z-Zoo Animal: Elephants

Look-alikes

I got really bored this morning and decided to see who our children look more like. Me or Robby? Here are my look-alike Meter results. What do you think??? Is this spiffy face recognition software accurate?

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Pretty Cool!!!

The Father's Day Baseball cake that I made for Robby is now on coolest-birthday-cakes.com

Go here if you want to check it out!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Husband,

Happy Father's Day!!! Thank you so much for being the best Daddy our girls could have ever asked for! Our babies adore you, and so do I! We are your biggest fans and love you like crazy!

Love,

Your Girls

Today Robby got to go golfing all day with his friends as a Father's Day gift. So Bella and I baked him a cake! Then Bella and Lilly made him a very special present! Here are our creations for our favorite Daddy!

This is Robby and Rocco in matching baseball jerseys! Haha!

This is my favorite! I got the idea over at Tip Junkie.

We had a pretty good day! Happy Father's Day Babe!

(A BIG thank you to Summer over at Summer's Cakes for the marshmallow fondant recipe!)

Here are just a few of the cute memories that we have been able to catch on camera!