It's been awhile

Things have been so busy around here that last several months. My original plan to post daily has obviously not been happening. So here I am, ready to go.

So much has happened in the last few months. Starting with Connor... He is finally out of the crib and now is a very early riser. I can't wait for him to learn how to sleep in! He is going to speech twice a week and you can tell that his is getting better. For months he has been working on his "S" words (like stop, snake, stool, smell, etc.) and now he can say them correctly in conversations and can catch himself when he says it wrong. Now they are working with him on the sounds of the letter "L," "K," "C," and "G" as well as putting the ending sounds on words like "cup". We are applying for preschool for the fall and are hopping that he will get a spot in the State Preschool program.

Bailey is now 8 1/2 months old. She is crawling, pulling up to stand, and eating big kid foods. Foods have been a real problem for us. Currently she can't have dairy, gluten, oats, and legumes (including a possible peanut allergy). Nothing is diagnosed yet but she has had reactions to all these foods. Luckily for her I make most of her foods and have been fortunate enough to find blogs of those moms who are going through this as well. From those blogs I have made my own teething biscuits and will be making yogurt. We tried regular whole milk yogurt for her about 1 month ago and she had such a bad tummy ache. She was spitting up, got a rash, and had trouble sleeping. This week we tried Coconut Milk Yogurt. It was great! She loved it, had no reaction, and dad approved of it as well. I'm so glad that she loves it, but I don't love the price. At almost $2 for a 6oz container I can't afford to keep it in the house for her. Thankfully the internet came to my rescue again. I found a great recipe for allergy free crockpot yogurt. This is an adaption from this whole milk yogurt recipe. I'm gearing up to make my own Coconut Milk Yogurt that will hopefully taste as good or better than the $2 version. As for the professional side of these lovely food troubles, we see a new pediatrician on Wednesday. Hopefully he will be able to answer our questions and send us to see a pediatric allergist who can give us some guidance to these intolerances or allergies which ever it happens to be. Looks like she'll be my sensitive one!

And here are some new pictures.

Bailey at Mast Park


Connor at the Lakeside Rodeo