HAPPY DAY!!!

For some reason I believed the doctor when she told me all that craziness last week. I'm sorry to worry you all because today we went to an allergist who told me that since William has hayfever, reactions through blood tests will show that Ivy has allergies. I know, it doesn't make much sense. He said that if we were to do blood tests on William, he would show that he has some other allergies even though he doesn't have any other ones. Well, I still didn't quite get it, but I did get from him that Ivy is OK. We do have to watch her with eggs still since her test was very high for that, and nuts because they're a real common problem for some, and berries since she had the worst reaction ever from strawberries. He said she can have everything else, but she'll still have some reactions, just nothing crazy. If they're more than normal, we're just supposed to give her Benadryl. He wasn't the best at giving my straight answers, but he definitely wasn't concerned with what was going on and we go back in a month to make sure everything is doing well. He also said she'll probably have eczema and asthma in the future. Talk about a false alarm! So we are happier than ever and we've already spoiled Ivy with crackers, cookies, pizza, and milk. Sorry to worry everyone, but it keeps life exciting, right?

Ivy update

Here's the latest on my firstborn: 2 weeks ago Ivy began throwing up every day and it lasted for 6 days. Yes, luckily she has plenty of meat on her bones to handle it, but still, 6 days? After about 3 days I noticed some swelling in her hands and feet, then hives on her hands, feet, and cheeks. I took her to the doctor who said, after finding me an exact match in her big book of rashes, that it was either a food allergy or a parasite. She wanted me to take out (one at a time) the most common allergy foods like milk, eggs, fish, wheat...and try to see if any one of these made a difference. I voted for it to be a parasite, though, since I don't (didn't) 100% believe in allergies. I know, allergies are obviously real. I'm just talking about doctors and parents who are quick to diagnose any and everything and then have excuses the rest of their lives or medication to make them "normal," okay? So I requested that we get some real answers, and get them much faster than changing her diet every week and seeing what happens. It turns out, there is no parasite (darn!) and yes, my child is severely allergic to: egg whites, soybeans, peanuts, and wheat. I felt like, how severe are these allergies if I have been giving her all these foods for so long and she's been fine, and then I gave her strawberries. Wow, her poor cheeks bubbled with hives not even 5 minutes after giving her strawberries yesterday. It was by far the worst reaction I'd seen yet, and I knew this was more serious that I thought. So we go back to the doctor today to get loads of more tests, info, and our new friend, the EPI(?) pen (and I'll learn how to spell it too) . Luckily Ivy has a very broad palate, but I live on wheat products, so now I have to be especially sneaky or change my diet too...Oh well, other than worrying all day every day about her, things can always be worse and I'm fully aware of that. I'm ALWAYS greatful for my many, many blessings and that I have such wonderful, healthy babies.

Halloween day of FUN

I had one of the best Halloweens ever. It's so fun to spend the whole day with my wonderful little family. Ivy did as she was told and looked especially cute to get her parents some goodies.

Pretty girl

Silly girl

We started the day by going to Awful Annie's for breakfast. It (was) one of my favorite places to go for breakfast and I had a bogo coupon that expired Nov 1st. It was my favorite but they don't serve their cinnamon roll french toast anymore. Oh well, it's probably for the best.

They love each other soooo much.

It's the best thing in the world.

Ivy is such a good mix of silly and sweet.

Then we took our unicorn and frog (who was sleeping during all the fun times) and headed over to Folsom for their first ever Fall Fest in old Folsom on Sutter Street. I thought it was a hit. We loved all the kiddie gym vendors. This one had a fun parachute.

This one had Wonder Woman help kids do tricks.

I'm not sure why, but Ivy enjoys her face being bounced in bounce houses.

Next year this picture will be better with William dressed as grapes.

We'll definitely be back next year to the fall fest, it wasn't too crazy, crowded or dirty. It's just the right size for little kids too.

My little froggy was finally awake for some fun. This is at our ward's trunk or treat. Carl made it too.

Nick's Eagle Court of Honor

For all you family and friends who didn't get to be there when Nick became an Eagle

Lots of FUN

I love the storytimes here in Placerville because there's always a cute and really easy craft at the end. Here's Ivy not looking at the camera as usual. She had some pretty spunky pigtails that match her personality quite well.

Friday was Gloria's 2nd birthday, so we had a fun party up at the Watt house.

I think Ivy enjoyed the cake.

Henry was quick to help blow out the candles when Gloria wasn't too sure what to do.

So, I decided to experiment with the cake and did a brownie middle layer. Next time I'll just make an entire brownie cake, it was delish. Cinderella's head came off, try to find where we put it on the cake.

Our first time to a Teddy Bear Picnic. It was really fun, but a bit warm. Here's Ivy sporting her sweet new sunglasses she won at the "fishing pond." We'll definitely be going again next year.

My parents and brother came up while on a motorcycle ride. Ivy's got her new teddy bear.

Our old ward had a luau at Camp Nauvoo so we tired to have Ivy wear this perfect hula outfit, but she wasn't too into the coconut bra. At least we got a picture before she went crazy.

At the luau. It turns out we weren't the only Placerville ward people at the activity. Ivy took her sweet time on the one baby swing. It was lots of fun, especially running into friends we hadn't seen in a while.

Santa Cruz!

1 month old!