Allergic Reaction

A few weeks ago I finally took Noah to the allergist.  He has broken out several times in response to what I thought was blueberries, peanuts, and possibly eggs.  I wasn't sure about any of them though and he would break out all the time.  I could just give him a dose of benedryl and within 15 minutes he would be back to normal.  Well after the allergy test it appears that Noah is going to be one of those kids.  You know the kind that can't be near your kids while they are eating.  The one who has to bring their own cupcake to the birthday party.  Yep, that will be Noah.  It turns out he is allergic to....eggs, milk, peanuts, almonds, cashews (these were all of the nuts they tested for and he is most likely allergic to all tree nuts), cats, and dogs.  They didn't even test for very many things!  They are hopeful that he will out grow the milk and the egg allergy but think that the nut allergy is most likely going to stick around.  They also didn't have a test for blueberries but I am pretty sure about that one. 

After the appointment I couldn't believe that my kid who has been drinking milk his whole life was allergic to it.  I felt terrible but all I had was a bottle of milk for him and he was starving so I gave it to him to drink while we went to the store and bought some soy and rice milk (turns out he likes the rice milk WAY better than soy).  I figured if it hadn't done too much damage yet then one more bottle couldn't hurt. 

So, my little man has become a little high maintenance and I don't have very many things that I feed him because virtually everything has one of those ingredients in it.  We'll adjust and hopefully he will outgrow the milk and egg allergy soon.

I'm "free!"

Logan just turned three (or "free" as he says)!!!  Can you believe it?  Man, all of my kids seem to be getting so big!  Logan has really started to grow lately.  He is still a little on the small side but he is finally wearing a few 3T things.  So far he has been my smallest child.  We will have to wait and see if that lasts.  We had a little family party this past weekend for him and my niece, Amelia.  She is one week older than Logan.  Then we had a little cake and presents just as our family on his actual birthday and in about two weeks Logan and Sydney are having a joint birthday party for their friends.  (3 parties is probably too many - I will have to remember that next year.)  I didn't take any pictures at our family party with my niece but here are a few of Logan and his cake on his actual birthday.

Football cupcake cake:

Pin the nose on the clown game:

Opening his present from Sydney:

Pre-birthday bath time fun:

Happy Birthday Logan!!!!  We love having you in our family!

Happy Halloween!!

I saw this cute idea online for an easy "Egg" costume and convinced Logan that it would be awesome to dress up like an egg for Halloween.  I also decided to try and make a bacon costume for Sydney.  She went for it because bacon is probably her favorite food.  I think that they turned out pretty darn cute!  Especially that bacon costume since I just made that one up. 

 

We kept to the food theme and Noah went as a Lobster.  (All 3 of my kids have used this costume.)

My kids won a lava lamp at the Trunk Or Treat for having the "Cutest" costumes.  Sweet!

Just Because....

He is so cute!

Snead's Farm

 

We took a trip to the pumpkin Patch at Snead's farm this past weekend and we had a GREAT time.  It was a really beautiful day with perfect weather.  We got two pumpkins - one was HUGE thanks to Sydney and one was pretty normal.  We took a hay ride and even got to feed some chickens (I think they were Sydney's favorite part).  Snead's farm had lots of fun family activities and was reasonably priced (unlike the farm two miles up the road). 

Round 1

I don't know why, but I decided to give potty training a try with Logan.  While he loved his new "underwears" he didn't take to they whole potty idea too well.  One thing that motherhood has taught me is to pick my battles.  And right now this will not be one of them.  So, while the "underwears" was fun they will be placed back in the drawer for a few more months.  Maybe then we will both be a little more prepared for potty training.

The Great Wolf Lodge

My sister found a sweet deal for the Great Wolf Lodge water park resort in Williamsburg, VA.  So we decided to meet up there with both of my sister's and their families.  Unfortunately (and fortunately), Heath started a new job this week was unable to come with us.  I was brave and took all three children to the indoor water park resort alone!  My family was a HUGE help and we all had a pretty fun time.  My hands were pretty full the whole time so I only took these few pictures.  You would never know I was at a water park from them, but hey, nobody drowned. 

Listening to the Clock Tower Story Time.

 The Clock Tower in the main entrance of the hotel.

 Waiting and watching the clock tower.

School Carnival

 We went to the school carnival of my niece.  It was all outside and it was pretty good.  I have to say that I have been to better school carnivals in my day, but it was OK.  A little too expensive if you ask me.  The children had a great time though, so I guess that is what counts.  As usual I only remembered to take a few pictures while we were there.  Here are Logan and Sydney showing off their face paint.

  

I was surprised that Logan sat there so still to get his cheek painted.

Look Who's 1!!!!!

Look how big my baby boy is.  I know I say it every birthday for each of my children but I can't believe he is one!  Where did my little baby go?  I feel like he shouldn't be more than just three months old.  Each year and each baby time just seems to go by faster and faster. 

Here is the cake I made. 

We decided to have a "little bitty" party and we ate all sorts of miniature food including mini corn dogs, little smokies in a blanket, sliders, mini bags of chips, mini sodas, mini cookies, and mini cupcakes. 

I guess he wants the hat off. 

Wondering what all the fuss is about.

Noah didn't really get into his cake very much.  He was pretty tired by the time we got around to the cake so he wasn't happy and he wouldn't really eat much of it.  I even tried feeding him a little myself but he wasn't interested. 

Now that is a classic look.

Soooo sleepy!

He found a little second wind after a quick bath and made it through presents.

We had a fun time celebrating with our "little bitty" boy!  Happy Birthday Noah!

Tuckered Out!

 Logan has begun to skip lots of his naps and if he does take one they are normally pretty short.  Sad, I know!  However, on occasion he will just be too tuckered out to make it all the way until bed time and this is how I will find him.  So cute!

Here is my little man looking way too grown up to me.  He wanted to have spiky hair so this is the result.  I just want to squeeze him.  Isn't he handsome!