Here's the backstory: Marina has been having some gastrointestinal problems for a few months, so we took her to the allergist to see if allergies had anything to do with it. After some testing, we got the results back today.
Holy crap, this kid is allergic to everything!!! Wheat, dairy, soy, garlic, barley, rye...there are seven of them, so I'm forgetting one. Oh yeah! Turkey. I have no idea what I am going to feed her. She is on a wheat-dairy-soy-garlic-barley-rye-turkey-free diet for the next two months, and then we are going to reevaluate. The good news? Hopefully she will not have to have further testing at the gastroenterologist next month. Also, she will probably outgrow most, if not all, of these allergies.
But for today, I'm in a slight state of shock. I have to revamp the entire way I feed her. Looking through my cupboards, I literally have nothing that she can eat in my house, except fruit. Oh yeah, and some celery. Yummy. So I'm off to the store tonight, by myself, since I forsee lots and lots of label reading in my future. It's the soy that really kills me, since soy is in everything. My guess is that I will have to make everything that she eats from scratch. It doesn't bother me, I just feel overwhelmed at the prospect of figuring out what she CAN eat.
So say a prayer for us!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Ravings
The title: as in "Rantings and Ravings."
Reasons number 1065 and 1066 to wish I could bulldoze my house and start from scratch: The ice frozen INSIDE of the windows all over the upstairs, and whatever septic problem we have that causes my living room to smell like poop whenever the temperature dips below 0. Being that the last three days have been between -1 and -10 at my house, it has smelled like poop a lot. Grr. (Today, it warmed up to 5 above, so the stench is gone, thankfully).
And yes, you read that right--it warmed up to FIVE DEGREES. It is freaking cold outside! Megan lost her hat today at Target, so she got to be cold for a lot of the afternoon. Oh well, this will teach her an important lesson: don't throw giant fits and pitch your belongings out of the shopping cart on MY watch. Now, how can she learn the "don't throw giant fits at the fabric store, then lay on the floor in the fetal position blocking all foot traffic, so random customers have to step over you?" (It was a fun day).
Megan had a great birthday yesterday. Of all the presents she got, she is most enamored with her music box from Aunt Robin and Uncle Gale, and the Skittles chapstick from her Dad and I. Can't believe she is three...where have the years gone? It kills me that I am going to blink and she will be 18. Oh well, maybe by then she'll have outgrown the public temper tantrum stage. (Then again, probably not).
Marina is walking, running, climbing, and TALKING!! She says all kinds of stuff now, as well as doing a few things in sign language. She can say up, Mama, Mommy, Dada, Daddy, Megan, eat, no....and a few other things, but I am forgetting. In sign language, she can "say" more, all done, please, thank you, book, and cracker. Also, let's not forget the wonderful "communicating without words" that Megan has taught her...I've got two little ones in the middle of the massive fit throwing stage right now. But with Marina, it's still pretty funny. If you tell her no (or put her down, take her food away, etc), she melts down into this screaming puddle of humanity. I have a feeling that it will not be all that amusing for much longer, so I'm laughing while I can. It beats screaming, that's for sure.
My sister announced her wedding plans! Jess and David are getting married July 31, 2010. It seems that this wedding date is sticking, since they've announced it and are making reservations, and all that rot. It's hard for me to believe she's getting married. It's hard to believe she's old enough. It's also hard to believe that she's the exact same age I was when I got engaged, and will get married at the same age I did. What in the HECK was my husband thinking marrying me when I was that young and stupid???? (By the way, thanks honey for doing it anyway). Not that Jess is young and stupid. Well, she's young. But not stupid. I was stupid. (I sense that I am digging a hole here....).
Well, Dn. John just got home. The kids are asleep. I am going to go get myself a bowl of ice cream and fold five loads of laundry. Don't anybody tell me I don't know how to live it up!
Reasons number 1065 and 1066 to wish I could bulldoze my house and start from scratch: The ice frozen INSIDE of the windows all over the upstairs, and whatever septic problem we have that causes my living room to smell like poop whenever the temperature dips below 0. Being that the last three days have been between -1 and -10 at my house, it has smelled like poop a lot. Grr. (Today, it warmed up to 5 above, so the stench is gone, thankfully).
And yes, you read that right--it warmed up to FIVE DEGREES. It is freaking cold outside! Megan lost her hat today at Target, so she got to be cold for a lot of the afternoon. Oh well, this will teach her an important lesson: don't throw giant fits and pitch your belongings out of the shopping cart on MY watch. Now, how can she learn the "don't throw giant fits at the fabric store, then lay on the floor in the fetal position blocking all foot traffic, so random customers have to step over you?" (It was a fun day).
Megan had a great birthday yesterday. Of all the presents she got, she is most enamored with her music box from Aunt Robin and Uncle Gale, and the Skittles chapstick from her Dad and I. Can't believe she is three...where have the years gone? It kills me that I am going to blink and she will be 18. Oh well, maybe by then she'll have outgrown the public temper tantrum stage. (Then again, probably not).
Marina is walking, running, climbing, and TALKING!! She says all kinds of stuff now, as well as doing a few things in sign language. She can say up, Mama, Mommy, Dada, Daddy, Megan, eat, no....and a few other things, but I am forgetting. In sign language, she can "say" more, all done, please, thank you, book, and cracker. Also, let's not forget the wonderful "communicating without words" that Megan has taught her...I've got two little ones in the middle of the massive fit throwing stage right now. But with Marina, it's still pretty funny. If you tell her no (or put her down, take her food away, etc), she melts down into this screaming puddle of humanity. I have a feeling that it will not be all that amusing for much longer, so I'm laughing while I can. It beats screaming, that's for sure.
My sister announced her wedding plans! Jess and David are getting married July 31, 2010. It seems that this wedding date is sticking, since they've announced it and are making reservations, and all that rot. It's hard for me to believe she's getting married. It's hard to believe she's old enough. It's also hard to believe that she's the exact same age I was when I got engaged, and will get married at the same age I did. What in the HECK was my husband thinking marrying me when I was that young and stupid???? (By the way, thanks honey for doing it anyway). Not that Jess is young and stupid. Well, she's young. But not stupid. I was stupid. (I sense that I am digging a hole here....).
Well, Dn. John just got home. The kids are asleep. I am going to go get myself a bowl of ice cream and fold five loads of laundry. Don't anybody tell me I don't know how to live it up!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Resolution Update
I went shopping today. But the only thing I actually paid for was diapers. I got corn starch and baking powder for free (always stock up when it's free!!).
I am feeling better also! Not totally over this blasted cough, but getting there. Plus, both girls actually slept through the night last night. Oddly enough, it's been Megan who's been up the last two weeks. Marina's slept through the night for over two months now.
Megan is climbing up me like a ladder. I sense that my alone time is now done.
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That is a note from Megan. It says, "Aunt Kali, Daddy and Marina have cereal."
Don't ask.
I am feeling better also! Not totally over this blasted cough, but getting there. Plus, both girls actually slept through the night last night. Oddly enough, it's been Megan who's been up the last two weeks. Marina's slept through the night for over two months now.
Megan is climbing up me like a ladder. I sense that my alone time is now done.
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That is a note from Megan. It says, "Aunt Kali, Daddy and Marina have cereal."
Don't ask.
Friday, November 6, 2009
November Resolutions
I know you're "supposed" to wait for New Years to make resolutions, but I've been laid up with an ugly case of bronchitis the last two days, and have had lots of time to think. Here are things I would like to do this month:
1) Get through the Bazaar without killing anyone. I would also like it to be a roaring success, but at this point, I'll settle for the church not losing money on it and me keeping my sanity. And also not killing anyone.
2) Get better. I hate being sick.
3) Get rid of stuff. I am sick and tired of cleaning up all the clutter around my house day in and day out. I was talking to my friend Mary, with a tone of jealousy about how her house is always so much cleaner than mine. In typical Mary fashion, she calmly informed me it's because she has a lot less stuff than I do. I've been thinking about it a lot, and she is right on the money. So, I am going to take advantage of this rational moment (because they are few and far between these days!) and start going through my house, room by room. There are 10 rooms (counting the bathroom, and the little nook at the top of the stairs where Marina sleeps), so if I hit three a week, I'll be done by December, just in time for Christmas. :) (So we can replace everything I get rid of with gifts).
4) Stop grocery shopping. My couponing has gotten *slightly* out of hand. (It's still crazy fun, though). I am not over budget; in fact, it's the opposite. But I've stocked up so much on stuff that I literally have no more room for anything else. So, I figure we'll spend the next two weeks (or week and a half, now) eating the meat in our freezer before Advent hits, and for Advent, we will eat simply. And we'll eat what I have in the house. And I will do my best to only buy things that are perishable. Or free (because if it's free, I'd be a lunatic not to get it, right?).
5) Get caught up on my photo albums, at least through 2008. I figure since 2010 is just around the corner, I'd like to only be a year behind. That's not bad, right?
So, it sounds like a lot. But, as I am a patented overachiever, I will do my best to accomplish it. And now that I have committed all of this to cyber-space, I feel like I'm being held accountable. Especially about the groceries part, because my husband will read this, and give me a hard time if I shop. (I also have this sixth sense that Matthew will give me a hard time too, but as he's on the other side of the country, I'm *slightly* less worried about him).
Wish me luck!
1) Get through the Bazaar without killing anyone. I would also like it to be a roaring success, but at this point, I'll settle for the church not losing money on it and me keeping my sanity. And also not killing anyone.
2) Get better. I hate being sick.
3) Get rid of stuff. I am sick and tired of cleaning up all the clutter around my house day in and day out. I was talking to my friend Mary, with a tone of jealousy about how her house is always so much cleaner than mine. In typical Mary fashion, she calmly informed me it's because she has a lot less stuff than I do. I've been thinking about it a lot, and she is right on the money. So, I am going to take advantage of this rational moment (because they are few and far between these days!) and start going through my house, room by room. There are 10 rooms (counting the bathroom, and the little nook at the top of the stairs where Marina sleeps), so if I hit three a week, I'll be done by December, just in time for Christmas. :) (So we can replace everything I get rid of with gifts).
4) Stop grocery shopping. My couponing has gotten *slightly* out of hand. (It's still crazy fun, though). I am not over budget; in fact, it's the opposite. But I've stocked up so much on stuff that I literally have no more room for anything else. So, I figure we'll spend the next two weeks (or week and a half, now) eating the meat in our freezer before Advent hits, and for Advent, we will eat simply. And we'll eat what I have in the house. And I will do my best to only buy things that are perishable. Or free (because if it's free, I'd be a lunatic not to get it, right?).
5) Get caught up on my photo albums, at least through 2008. I figure since 2010 is just around the corner, I'd like to only be a year behind. That's not bad, right?
So, it sounds like a lot. But, as I am a patented overachiever, I will do my best to accomplish it. And now that I have committed all of this to cyber-space, I feel like I'm being held accountable. Especially about the groceries part, because my husband will read this, and give me a hard time if I shop. (I also have this sixth sense that Matthew will give me a hard time too, but as he's on the other side of the country, I'm *slightly* less worried about him).
Wish me luck!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Anastasia, don't hate me.
$.93 Ladies, and Gentlemen. NINETY THREE CENTS. Thank you Walgreens and Target. I love you.By the way, there are three jumbo sized bags of Halloween candy piled in the middle there, and that is Almay Mascara on the bottom right. :)
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