Updates

I am so bad about blogging. Thank goodness for Lunch Breaks that I don't have to work through, so that I can update all my loyal readers (hello?!?! Are there any out there?) on what has been going on in our lives. Really, besides work we are keeping busy with Little Man. I have been busy with Church and spend most of my Sunday's there until about 3:30! We are working on this year's Musical, which I am choreographing again and having a blast getting to dance and move around again! (My how I have lost flexibility since having Caleb!)

We got some great news about a week ago with Caleb! He went for his 6 month check up at the allergist and he tested NEGATIVE to a peanut allergy! The doctor told us there was about a 20% chance he would outgrow it, and an 80% chance he would outgrow his other allergies (milk, egg, cat and sweet potato). Well, he still tests positive (Very severe for milk!) to his other allergies, but we are so thankful his peanut allergy seems to have gone away! I spent many nights praying that Caleb would be in that 20% and it is looking like he is! In 6 more months, we will re-test and if it is negative, we will do a food challenge. Now, I pray that his other allergies go down. I used to want them to totally go away, and I would still love that....BUT I just want them to be less severe now. I can handle a runny nose if he were to come into contact with an allergen, but anaphylactic reactions scare the crap out of me! I never want Caleb to have to experience that! He also tested negative again to shrimp and fish, so the doctor told us we can slowly introduce it to him....and BOY did Caleb enjoy his first bite of shrimp! (with NO reactions!) It is nice to be able to start giving him some other options to eat!

I have become quite obsessed with baking. I can't get enough. Who knew that baking could be relaxing? Thanks to Food Allergy Mama, I can bake yummy treats for my boy to eat safely and they taste great! (trust me, there are plenty of allergen free recipes out there that taste like cardboard....) IF any of you need some good recipes, food allergies or not, take a look here: www.foodallergymama.com YUMMY!

I guess I will just end this post with a funny conversation from the car this morning. As you can see, Caleb is talking more and more and entering the questioning phase! This conversation took place on our ride to work....about 30 minutes, and YES, it lasted about the entire trip:


Caleb (after watching the garbage truck pass by our house): Where did trash man go?
Me: He went to the neighbor's house to get more trash.
Caleb: More trash?
Me: Yep! More trash.

(then we get in the car, turn on Mickey Mouse and go about our ride)

Caleb: Where trash man go?
Me: To get more trash
Caleb: More trash?
Me: Yep. More trash.
REPEAT AT LEAST 30 times.
Caleb: Where trash man go?
Me: To the North Pole to see Santa Claus
Caleb, looking confused and shaking his head: THAT'S not right!!!
Me: Its not right? Then, where did he go?
Caleb: To get more trash! SILLY!


I love that kid!

Snow Day!

We finally had a decent amount of snow! Caleb absolutly loved it! We had 4 inches of the white stuff by the time the snow stopped falling! We attempted to sled out back on a trashcan lid, but couldn't get too far because the powder was too thick. Saturday morning, when we went out to play for round two, we decided to try the recycling bin down the driveway. That was the key! Caleb LOVED it. We wore ourselves out walking up and down that driveway pulling Caleb in the recycling bin! He stayed out in it most of the morning and then came inside to get some milk and watch the Olympics...ok, so the Olympics were my idea! :) Here are just a few of our pictures from all the snow!