good stuff and bad stuff

Friday, October 26, 2007

The bad first - my laptop is broken! I am so sad. Luckily it is under warranty but still. It will probably be weeks before I have it back. The plastic around the monitor is cracked and you cant really open or close it without cracking it more. So sad. I know I am addicted because I have this constant low-level anxiety knowing I dont have it. LOL

The good news though is that Andrew is on a dairy-free diet and doing AWESOME. Very very few tantrums and freak-outs. Now I am actually thinking that this has less to do with dairy than it does with no junk and crap but either way, he is a delight to be with these days. I am just loving it. I actually enjoy having him around and having conversations with him. Sad to say, but I havent felt that way in a long time. It is hard when you feel like you are on eggshells with your child. Every time he would drop something or something wouldnt work the way he wanted I would just cringe, waiting for the screaming to start. Its been night and day the last 2 weeks and I LOVE IT.

Mom, can you ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I remember vividly the days when Andrew had no words at all and how worried we were, so because of that I try to never think "JUST BE QUIET" ... but I confess that sometimes I just cant help it. Now its Elaina that just wont stop talking for 2 seconds. Mom can I..Mom can you...can you...can you...

No. No I cant. I just sat down after fulfilling your 29834th request of the day. So no.

Anyway, I do need to get Elaina's 3 yr and Andrew's 5 yr pictures done. I am so late. What is that saying about the shoemakers children not having any shoes? Well I will post them when I get them done...eventually.

I know I know!

Saturday, October 20, 2007

I havent posted in forever. I know. Its been so busy and crazy and once a few days goes by I fel like there is too much to write! I still have to get pictures from Elaina's birthday up. Andrew turned 5 this week. Today is his birthday party which is at Orlando Gymnastics. We are also starting a dairy free diet for him, as per his allergist. He isnt allergic per se but we think he may be sensitive to dairy. So we are doing a 30 day diet and will reintroduce it in a month and see what happens. Either way, we are totally cutting out all junk food and I already see a difference.

In other news, last weekend we went to the La Leche League parenting conference in Cocoa Beach. It was fun - lots of parenting seminars and we stayed in a hotel on the beach. The kids were jazzed because the hotel room had bunk beds. Its called a Kid Suite and the bunk beds are partitioned off. Here are a few pics from that and I will get more up this weekend!

Oh, I almost forgot - Liam has two brand new sparkly white TEETH!!! They are adorable but I do have to say that he bit me twice and mama wasnt happy. Hopefully he figured that out from my screams and wont do it again.