Oh My!

So right now I'm on the couch after an amazing dinner of steak and shrimp, grilled asparagus, mushrooms and onions, listening to my husband clean the kitchen. My mom came by this afternoon and took Lily home with her and Charlie has been in bed since 6:00. I think I'm in heaven and this cold glass of chardonnay is sweeter second only to that amazing guy in my kitchen. Eat your hearts out girlie's....... :)

Weekend Wrap Up

What a great weekend! On Friday night Lily went with her daddy to Chancellor' s baseball game. He pitched the whole game and they won! Travis was beaming and said Chancellor and the entire team played their heart out and deserved the win.

On Saturday afternoon our dear friends, Jody and Dawn came over with Olivia and Rolland. Olivia and Lily had so much fun playing together and Charlie was fascinated with Rolland, I think he liked having another baby around. ;0 We had a great dinner and then Travis and I lost all of our hard earned money to Jody & Dawn playing poker. It was long overdue, since Trav and I have cleaned house the last few times we played.

On Sunday we went to Mass for the feast of Corpus Christi and then on to the church picnic. It was AMAZING! The kids enjoyed all the cotton candy, snow cones and lemonade. We really are lucky to be part of such a wonderful church family. That afternoon, our neighbors Mike and Tammy and their daughter Adrianna came over to play and have dinner with us.

Memorial Day was fun. We spent the day with the kids playing in the new pools and back yard. I was so happy to have everyone together under one roof for 4 whole days! I can't wait to do it again soon!

Hammock Time

Fine, and you?

I'm back, sorry! It has been a crazy couple of weeks.

Let's see, Travis is away, AGAIN, and it looks like he will be gone quite a bit in the next few months. As hard as it is to be apart and as much as I miss him I am so proud of his work ethic and his desire to a good job. The children really miss him and Lily ask if he is coming home everyday.

I have about 7 more weeks with Charlie before he will go to Janet full time with his big sister. When I think about it, I get a gigantic lump in my throat. I know I am incredibly blessed to be able to keep him with me the first year, but it's never enough. I was hoping that with the 2ND it would get easier, well, it doesn't.

Lily continues to be the comedian in my life. Not a day goes by that she doesn't do or say something priceless. Today she was playing over at my parent's house when she called out to my mom to come outside, because she had a situation! What does a three year old know about having a situation??!!

Now we know...

Charlie is definitely still allergic to milk protein. He had a serving of the Yo Baby yogurt on Friday and Saturday. He started getting irritable Friday evening but I wasn't sure if it was the dairy or the vaccinations he got that day at his well check up. Saturday morning I gave it to him again and then he really started with the excessive spit up and crying. Poor guy, it breaks my heart. I talked with his pediatrician yesterday and he said, we won't try to introduce him to it again until maybe 15 months. He was surprised at how quickly he reacted to it. So now we wait 7 to 14 days for the protein to leave his system and get back to normal.

9 Month Check Up

I took Charlie this morning for his 9 month well check up. He is now 17 lbs and 9 oz and 27 inches long. Tiny, I know, even though he eats more than his big sister! He is in the 20th percentile, but he is following the same pattern Lily did. They are big babies when they are born, then slow down quite a bit until they are one. He is ahead of all the milestones, except that we have zero teeth! I had the opportunity to speak to the doctor in depth regarding his milk protein allergy. Since we found out about the allergy when he was 8 weeks old, he has had no diary or dairy by-products nor have I. ( no cheating, I promise)
We decided to go ahead and try exposing him to it by giving him Yo Baby yogurt and see how he reacts to it. Most babies out grow the allergy before they turn one so hopefully Charlie has. If he does fine with the yogurt then in 4 weeks I can give him cheese. I on the other hand, can not go off the diet yet or change anything that I am doing. The doctor wants everything else for Charlie to remain the same and that includes mommy milk. Charlie can go off of his reflux medication in 4 weeks too. So we are keeping our fingers crossed that our little guy tolerates everything well and is on his way to a giant bowl of ice cream.....and mommy too!

Who Loves Ya, Baby!

These two are equally smitten with one another!