Family Vacation

We just got back this week from our little family vacation...what a great time we had! We drove to indiana to visit mimi and papa. It was great to be able to see them for a whole week! The kids had a great time, and max finally got to bond with them! He definatly loved to cook with mimi and go play outside in the sprinklers with papa! We already miss them...we had so much fun visiting the indinapolis zoo, children's museum, go to the waterpark, swimming, bowling, and of course shopping! The girls loved going to see a movie with papa too. We visited with grandpa dixon, and got to catch up with family.

So tired of all the fighting...

My girls are about 5 and a half years apart in age...but they fight like crazy!! I can not believe how much bickering and arguing about the stupid things they do! I feel like all I say is knock it off to them...we have started just sending them to their rooms when they start (they share a room) for 20 mins. but somedays it feels like they are in there all day! I don't know what else to do, but it is disturbing the entire family...what do you do to stop the bickering between siblings???

Maddie's Surgery

Yesterday was the big day! Maddie had surgery to remove a stye in her eye...it actually turned out to be 2 big bumps with lots of drainage...She did great! I thought that when I woke her up that morning, she was going to start flipping out....but she was a trooper and we went to the hospital, checked in, got into her gown and went into pre-op with no problems!! She was surprisingly calm while waiting for her surgery...I was able to go into the operating room with her and stay with her till she fell asleep. That is when the freak-out began! She was sooo afraid of the mask to put her to sleep...I felt so bad..she just kept crying and saying momma over and over...finally she gave in, exhausted, and went right to sleep...all the doctors and nurses were great with her! It took awhile for her to wake up and come out of it, but she really did great...I am so proud of her!!

Celiac it is!

Mckenzie's big doctors appt. was this week with her GI doctor. We had bloodwork redone and she has been on the gluten free diet now for 6 months, so this check up was to recheck her numbers and her growth to find out if she has celiac disease for sure....and she does....Good news is, she feels alot better, has actually gained 3 pounds (big accomplishment for her) and half an inch. Her TTG levels went from 176 which is the highest her doc has ever seen to 59 (still high, but getting much better) and some ratio went from 1:320 to 1:10..WOW!! Bad news is she is on the gluten-free diet for life. I have been doing a lot of research, and have found some good alternatives, and we are doing well. If anyone has some good advice, I would love to hear it though!!

Happy 4th of July!

What a great weekend we had! So many free and fun things to do for the fourth weekend....we spent sunday at crocker park at a festival...so many things to do there....face painting, jungle bob show, puppet shows, bouncy houses, bands playing....the kids had a ball, and so did I! On monday, we went to a parade, then had a cookout at our house with great friends....we went to fireworks that night...max totally loved them! It was his first fireworks show, and he would say: boom, again! Sooo cute!! The girls did sparklers, and hung out with friends....hope everyone had a great fourth too! What did you do???

Summer fun!

Tonight I took the kids to Mapleside for a summer fest. It was really fun! We took a ride on a cow train called the moolar express, the kids climbed a hay mountain and jumped on a big air pillow, we had some good food, and then setteled down on the lawn for an outdoor concert by PraiseAccapella. It was a christian band, and they were wonderful...the kids had a great time dancing on the lawn and rolling down the big hill! What a great summer night!