Potty Training.

This is week has been rough. It's Friday night and I'm on my first second maybe third glass of wine. I'm tired. I need more relaxation than is possible at the moment. Lynlee has only slept through the night once this week. We've been up 3-4 times a night and I'm exhausted.

After the poo incident this week we thought it might be time to start potty training. I've maybe lost my mind and this might explain the wine. Today was day two of potty training and I'm not sure we are making the right decision. I'm not 100% sure she is ready. She has more accidents than actual pees in the potty but when she does she is SO excited. I was ready to throw in the towel today and she actually did it on her own? So I keep trying for now. I know that when she drinks out of her sippy she goes so much longer without peeing but when I have to give her fluids through the tube she will be 3-4 times an hour. I feel like I'm sitting her up for failure. But at the same time I can't let her get dehydrated.

We have a chart that she puts a sticker on when she does pee or poop in the potty and she has a special snack she gets too.

I'm curious on how well/fast your children got it?

All of the potty training does have some cute pictures. And I still can't get over how cute she really looks in panties.

On a side note Pittsburgh called and Lynlee has no parasites. Nothing to explain the high white count. It was actually much lower when they redrew it. So maybe it was just something that happened with the stomach virus that fixed itself?

It's Wednesday

Instead of Wordless Wednesday I thought I'd just do a weekend recap/update/ complete randomness for you. In all honesty I don't have many new pictures so I thought I'd take up some space with some words.

Friday night Ryan and I went to Graceland Inn for our anniversary dinner. It was my first time there. It was AH-MAZING! Best food I've EVER had (and I truly mean this) and the atmosphere is so nice. We sat our on the veranda enjoyed the wine, the view, and each others company. It was so nice. If you haven't went I recommend and for those of you who think like me (it's soo expensive) it's really not. We've spent more at Applebees.

Saturday was a busy day. We had a wedding and we went to a benefit for a young man in our community. He had a kidney transplant a few months and is doing great. If any of you would be interested in making a donation please get in touch and I can get you some info. Part of the benefit included getting your picture taken and getting an 8 x 10 for 10.00 The turned out so good. For those of you that don't have facebook here they are.

Miss camera ham would NOT smile in that crate! Really?!

We haven't heard anything back about the blood work we took last week. I'm supposed to call today sometime. In the past 3 days she's been in big trouble because I've SEEN her lick the dog bone, lick the dog toy and we wont even discus the poo incident we had Monday. So I won't be surprised if she does test positive for a parasite or something. 

The joys of having a toddler.

I walked in her room and found this. She cracks me up!

And she thought Brody should wear her hat. At least she's sharing!

 

I'm sure something happened on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday that I wanted to mention but last night was night three of no sleeping for Lynlee? She goes through these stages but I'm looking forward to the sleep every night without waking stage to come back soon. I'm tired and my mind is gone.

 

So Happy Wednesday! 



 

 

Allergist update

Lynlee and Aunt Heather waiting on the doctor



Yesterday we went to Pittsburgh to see the allergist. I told Ryan I would be thrilled just to get soy back into the diet but I wasn't getting my hopes up. I almost fell off the chair when the Doctor said we could have them all back.

I'll explain..

It's true that Lynlee's Eosinophils (one of the white blood cells) are very elevated but it hasn't always been this way. When they looked at the graph it became elevated after May. Lynlee did have that bad fever and stomach virus late May. It made her liver levels go sky high and blew her EBV through the roof. So did the EBV raise the Eosinophils or did something like a parasite raise the Eosinophilis and caused the EBV to go up? Well we don't know the answer to that. I'll get back to you on that next week. They did lots of labs which will tell if it a parasite or something else? The Allergist was going to get some info, talk to other doctors including transplant and infectious disease and we will go from there.

She did say that the RAST panel could be a false high and unless Lynlee showed she has an allergy to a food there is no need to take it from her. She didn't even feel the need to do a skin test on her. Lynlee has never had an allergic reaction to any kind of food but said that could change any day. Just like it could with any of us. They did send us home with an Epipen just because she was a transplant child but said they wouldn't for any other. I think it helped her sleep better at night, because her eating peanuts is the least of my concern these days.

I think that sums it all up. We actually know nothing at this point except Lynlee was one happy girl at dinner last night, and going to the grocery store will be a little easier on me next time. I do know that I won't take not having allergies for granted and truly admire the people that have to live like that all their lives. It has to be so hard!

Happy 4th Anniversary

It's hard to believe that 4 years ago I married my best friend, my soul mate, the love of my life. The past four years have flown by. We've had so many good days and great memories, and we've also had harder days than we could ever imagine. We keep saying that if we can get through this we can get through anything. Well after all of this I think we have it made. There are days when I don't know how I will get through, but with you I always do.  The days of doubt, the days of worry, and the days of sorrow are when I need you the most. The days of happiness, the days of joy, and the days of love is when I want you there the most. I'm not sure what the future holds but I know as long as we are together we will be OK!

 

We might have changed over the past four years. The way we look, the way we act, the things we do, but our love hasn't changed.. Well maybe it has. It's grew stronger.

You're the best husband and father I could have ever ask for. I love you to the moon and back!

Happy Anniversary Ryan!

Wordless Wednesday. Just a normal day

Tummy Time

Looking for a spoon! lol

Someone found his toes!!

Unloading the dishwasher. Ha!

This, that, and more

Today has been a bad day. Just one of those days were it feels like you wake up exhausted. Brody and Lynlee were fussy, needy, whiny most of the day. A day were it feels like my to do list was getting bigger and nothing was getting checked off. The good news is that it's normal. It's normal that I had a bad day because of "normal" things not because of anything medical related.  The truth is I probably just need a good nights sleep and tomorrow will be better.

Yesterday was non stop kinda day. I had planned on getting lots of stuff done Sunday which didn't happen. Yesterday started with labs by leaving the house at 7:30am. (Labs are back and are almost normal again!!!) Then the rest of the day was just nuts. I finally got the yogurt to thicken. I stole thisrecipe to do it but I still had to add some Xathan Gum. I used the coconut milk out of the carton instead of the can. I'm assuming this makes a difference? I'll let you know with the next batch.  Piper had a vet appt yesterday evening and I had to go to the grocery store. Let me just tell you I hadn't prepared myself for it. I know our usual trip takes 30-45mins. I had found some new recipes to try so I knew exactly what I needed. But I hadn't thought I would have to read every single label I picked up. I ended up being there 1hour and 40 minutes. That doesn't include carrying everything in and putting it away. I'm hoping the grocery shopping part gets easier and faster. The rest hasn't been so bad but snacks are so hard.. Ideas anyone?

I'm sure it was better that I was there on a Monday night instead of a Sunday. Maybe it was a good thing I blew it off. Honestly there is a fine line between blowing it off and being hungover not up to par. Saturday we went to Wine & Jazz and had a blast. Lynlee stayed with Ryan's parents and everything went well.

I'm very surprised Heather and I  look so good after guzzling sipping on wine and fine foods for 4 hours. And that chair. Oh I loved the chair. I'm pretty sure I even asked to sleep in it. (Another story!)


Okay that's it. I have toes to paint and a pillow to lay on! See everyone tomorrow for Wordless Wednesday :)

So Delicious?

In case any of you where wondering what Lynlee thinks of her new Ice Cream.

So Delicious. Does it live up to it's name?

Yes! Two thumbs up!

We also found the sunflower butter today to substitute for the peanut butter. And I haven't got all Betty Crocker (yet) and made her own bread so she had it on a corn tortilla. I did make some pancakes today that she loved! So maybe breakfast will be better tomorrow. I made a whole bunch and stuck them in the freezer!

Her rice pasta with Marinara sauce and her sandwich.

Another good day in this house!

Lynlees headed to her Vava's and Poppas tomorrow while we head to Wine and Jazz. I'm not sure who's more excited.. I'm lying I'm sure it's me. I could leave right now! HAHA.. I'm pretty sure no pictures from the weekend will be posted later ;) but have a great weekend!