Kaake Family Blog

Enjoy the pictures and birth story.  I have not had time to proof-read so I apologize for any mistake.   My friend Angela took this picture along with the next 4 pictures.  She did such a great job!  My daughter Allysha singing to her baby brother.  Daddy with all his boys!   The first time the kids saw baby. Daddy is in love. Because of my elevated blood pressure, my induction date for our dear Daniel was on Thursday, November 8th.  I was so ready to have him and so excited we had a date that we would have him for sure. Daniel…well, he decided he didn't want to wait till 6am the morning of his induction.  No way!  He decided he wanted to start the process at midnight.  This is when I started having intense contractions right away 5-7 minutes apart.  By 2pm I went to the bathroom, wiped and saw "boody show".  I knew then it was on.  Contractions at this point were clos...

Why make an Adrenal Fatigue Awareness post?  Many people suffer from this either in a minor, moderate or major way.   In fact it's been said that at least 80% of Americans suffer from Adrenal Fatigue in one of these forms.  Just like fibromyalgia was once thought to be all in the patients head, many medical doctors believe the same with Adrenal Fatigue.  How do I know it's a real ailment - I've suffered with it from what I believe is all my life from in utero.  I'll talk about that later but it explains so much!  As I got older, things got worse and worse and I did a lot to help it get worse without realizing it.  Now my goal is to spread the word and try to help those who want to be helped in avoiding getting as bad as I have.  It's a long process to recovery - it's very slow.  But praise God I've seen recovery and even gotten pregnant when honestly, it shouldn't have happened with the way things were.  So, here goes. What are some si...

With all the whooping cough info in the media, I thought I'd do some research and figure out what would be best should my children or someone we know and love were to get whooping cough.  Hey, this is for you too even if we don't know you :) I thought about what I know about which herbs/foods are best for lung and mucus issues.  I then combined that info with researching I did online from other people who have made lovely recoveries with these items.  The below information is what I found and will be using if we contract it.  Now it is a bacterial infection so if this were to come up for our family, we would be getting the antibiotic.  We don't use them often (only for strep so far) but this is one instance we would receive the antibiotic.  We would support our body with probitiocs and probiotic food during this time to make sure we restore our gut health. So without further ado, here are some things others have found to be very helpful. Foods t...

I thought I'd post this for anyone interested.  We try to purchase as much local/organic as possible.  Most of our meats are free range meats.  I don't want to have to label everything "organic", "free range", etc...  We don't have an actual pantry but we do have some cupboards.  The picture above is of a dream pantry.  The picture was borrowed from here .  Oh and hubby makes most of our condiments which is cool! Hubby does love to bake and has his own baking supplies that I don't use.  Things like flour, sugars, etc...  Here's what I personally keep on hand.  Happy cooking! Canned food: diced tomatoes diced tomatoes and chilis tomato sauce tomato paste salsa beans - mostly black beans but sometimes pinto and great northern veggies - green beans, peas, corn nut butters - Usually peanut butter or sunbutter.  Occasionally almond butter pasta sauce tuna fish Dry goods: basmati rice beans - pinto, black, great no...

I was reminded by my sister-in-law that we needed to start making these burritos again to make life a bit easier.  In the past we'd layer the ingredients.  I saw a video on youtube where a mom mixed all the ingredients together, then filled the burritos.  That's what we did with these.  We made 24 freezer burritos (large and stuffed) for only $15.29 which comes out to about $.64 each.  If you do not use meat and make your own beans, it would be even cheaper.  Also, if you use cheaper rice you'll save money. We're very particular to using basmati or jasmine rice.  These are so packed that they will feed one adult or two younger children per burrito.  Add a nice salad and you've got a pretty healthy meal! Ingredient Cost: 1 can tomatoes and chilies $.69 1/2 large package frozen chicken breasts $4 2 cans black beans $1.38 1 1/2 cups uncooked basmati rice $.75 chicken bullion and spices were all under $1.00 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese...