A Great Weekend!

We had a great weekend!
Friday night we went to a ward pizza party. They even had made a gluten free pizza that Starboy could have. He is on a gluten free diet for a month to see if it helps his stomachaches.

On Saturday we all participated in a Fun Run/Walk 5k for cysticfibrosis. Coach has a cross-country track team at his junior high. 10 of his students signed up for the race. Coach's brother brought his family also. Coach and his younger brother ran the 5k taking 4th and 5th (22 min 32 sec) out of 150 people. Starboy ran/walked the entire 3.2 miles which I was impressed with. Coach went back after he was finished and found starboy and encouraged him to keep going. He was pretty tired when he got to the end. Princess and I stayed with Our sister in-law and her two kids (2 yrs and 6 mths). We had a stroller and tried to push them, I was carrying princess in the Moby wrap. The weather was rainy and cold so it made for grumpy children. We ended up only going about 3/4 a We laughed the whole time. It's funny what you think will be a good idea but turns into a mess. We had to go back to the car after the race began to get a hat for the two yr old. Then at the park the 6mth old started to cry because she was hungry so, we ended up stopping in the park to nurse. By the time we were headed back on the course all the race people had left, so we just decided to head back to the car. We actually saw Coach and his brother finishing up the whole 5k as we came back to the parking lot. All well it was a good effort.

At the end of the race they had a raffle, and food. Banana's, bagles, oranges, etc.. were put out for everyone. I wished I could have the fruit and starboy wanted the breads. But we both stuck to our crazy diets. The race was put on by the local highschool track team. I didn't get any pictures, but we all had a good time. Even the little babies once they were in the car and warm were happy.

Saturday afternoon Starboy got to have friend over to play since he had done his chores so nicely. He has really been working on being respectful, polite, and honest. We have made HUGE improvements in these areas. Yesterday he even got a card and a treat from his primary teacher (delivered after church) thanking him for being reverent and listening when some of the other chldren were goofing off. This was such a blessing. I have been trying to help him understand that good behavior = more privlidges, and bad behavior = less privilidges. Usually if other kids are being disruptive he follows suit trying to fit in. I am so proud that he made a great choice and that he was then rewarded for it. He told me that his heart felt so good. Little Miracles!

Princess is officially two months old today. Time is racing by. Coach and I are so happy to be parents and feel so blessed. Even on the hard tired days to have these two miracles in our lives.

7 Weeks - Yeah - Princess's Rash is gone! Oh no- Mom's IBS is back

Princess is 7 weeks old today! It is April and Spring Break so you would think it would be warm, but we have had snow storms the last couple days so I decided to dress Princess up in this adorable sweater made by a teacher a Coach's school for her 7 week picture.

Starboy took this picture while I was holding Princess and getting her to smile. He was so proud. He is home for Spring Break. He really does love his baby sister. Sometimes I get nervous when he carries her around, but I know that it is good to allow him to help, and he is 7 and quite strong.


She has had a lot of smiles for people this week, which has been fun. Below is Princess with her Grandma (Coach's Mom)!

It is fun to see her personality come out. Her rashes are completely gone thanks to the extreme diet I have gone on. I took her to be allergy tested using Electral Dermal Screening (EDS). We found out she was in fact allergic to my milk. Each time I would feed her she would break out, she had blisters on her ears and it was so sad. She has an allergy to Caffeic Acid which is in all fruits and many sweet veggies like tomato's, carrots, beets etc.. So I have gone on a strict diet for the last two weeks not eating any of these things. Which is very very hard for me because fruits and veggies are my life. I haven't even taken my Juice Plus, which I have taken faithfully for 8 years. Princess is taking homeopathic drops to desensitize her allergy and hopefully she will not have a problem with caffeic acid forever. (We are hoping no more than 6 weeks, I will go in and retest in 1 month). Within just a couple days of going on the diet and starting the homeopathic, the rash began to clear up, and now two weeks later her skin looks great. It is wonderful to feed her and not watch her whole face turn red and swell while she's eating. It was a hard thing to watch.

The real problem is that my IBS has returned since I am not eating my regular diet of lots of fruits and veggies and taking my Juice Plus. I have been so constipated and bloated that last night I was in tears from the pain. It had been over 7 years since I had such horrible IBS pain. My change of diet and Juice Plus had kept my body regular and my symptoms gone. I can't believe the pain. I think it is worse than labor. Mostly because your not getting a baby at the end. I had forgotten how horrible IBS was, I went to urgent care a couple time due to the pain back in college before I was diagnosed. But the memory of the pain had kind of faded. IT IS EXCRUCIATING!! I know that the problem is that I have gone to eating mostly dairy, meat, and grains (a recipe for constipation) The veggies I can eat I don't commonly buy and they are more expensive, so I haven't been eating as many as I should. Things like leeks, kale, asparagus, squash etc. But after yesterday I am going to try and pick up as many of these caffeic acid free veggies and eat them constantly and cut out as much of the dairy and grains for a few days till my system regulates. I also started taking my veggie juice plus since it only has a few things in it she can't have. I need to find a happy medium. I don't want my baby's rashes to return, but I can't live the next 4 weeks doubled over either.

Hopefully her rashes will stay at bay and I can monitor my IBS with the caffeic free veggies and a lot more water. We will see. She is worth it!!