1. Our Allergy Boy
If you’ve followed me for a while, you know that Mr. Brady
has some severe allergy issues. We’ve
adjusted our lifestyle quite drastically in the food world to make it easier on
him. Believe me that was tough! Not utilizing dairy while cooking is pretty
darn difficult. If you’ve never done
that, sit back and think of your most cooked meals. I bet each one has some type of dairy. Then there’s the oats, peanuts, pistachios,
pumpkin, etc….
Last Spring, Brady had an anaphylactic reaction that sent
him to the emergency room. Because of
that, we weren’t able to do any allergy testing for a year. This week was his year follow-up appointment
to that scare. Brady had to have those
awful pricks on his back but with those short seconds of pain we were hoping
for a good report of improvement to his allergic conditions.
The doctor returned to the room with his report. Shockingly, amazingly, miraculously…all of
Brady’s tests came back negative! Yes,
you read that correctly….negative! The
doctor has only seen this a few times in his practice, so it’s very rare, but a
child can go from having multiple anaphylactic allergies to none. He’s only seen it in the two to four year old
range, which is right where B is at. Literally,
everyone was surprised.
To confirm the results, we left for blood tests. We should receive these detailed results by
the beginning of next week. Holy wow….how
different would our lives be if this miracle is true? We could go for ice cream as a family. He could eat lunch at school like everyone
else without having to sit at a special table.
I wouldn’t have to lose sleep over the possibility he might touch an
object or a child that had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and end up in the
hospital. I wouldn’t have to worry that
the epi pen was always on me wherever I go.
Oh, the list goes on and on. We
are big believers in the power of prayer so here’s hoping we receive the
results we want to hear next week!
2. Hydrangeas
I love these flowers.
They have always been a favorite of mine because of the large
blooms. I tend to only favor the white
ones but really they are all quite lovely.
This week I ran to Trader Joes to pick up a few items on my way home
from work (3 buck Chuck anyone) and couldn’t help but pick up some blooms.
There’s something about fresh flowers and
candles in my kitchen for spring.
3. Fresh Air
This past weekend was absolutely beautiful. We woke up Saturday morning and had our
coffee and breakfast on the back patio and let the kids play on the play set.
That evening we ventured to the national park
just a couple miles from home to meet some cousins. It’s so fun being close to let the kids play
and get some energy out.
On Sunday, we couldn’t help but be outside all day
again. Mr. Brady has really wanted to
steal, ride, Tessa's trike (which she’s upgraded to a bike anyway) so we needed to
run out and purchase a helmet. He
thought he was quite the big boy!
4. Sweaty Little Curls
My girl has gorgeous natural curls. She went through quite a long phase of
wanting to comb them out and make her hair straight like mommy’s. Oh girl, if you only knew how much mommy
wished she had your hair! Most recently
she is into liking them again which is great because they aren’t going anywhere
soon! Some days she will let me use
product to make them extra curly, but most days we just let it dry
naturally. I love how the humidity and
her sweating make them pop out even more.
She was completely against me taking pictures of her the other day, but somehow
I managed a couple.
5. Early AMs
Early mornings are my favorite time of the day. I have always and will probably always be a
morning person. I love the quiet, and I
love how much I get done when I am up with the sun. Plus, I don’t know about you other parents,
but my children are like gold in the morning.
It’s definitely the time when we do most our activities because there
isn’t any whining, crying, fighting, kicking, screaming….you get the point.
This morning I got the kids up early so we could travel in
our jammies (well, them in their jammies) to have donuts and “coffee”
together. We were the only ones sitting
in the donut shop and it was a blast having some talk time and play time with
them before another full day at the clinic.
These really are the moments to remember.
