Sweet Pumpkin

Our sweet Pumpkin! Thanks to Grammy and her friend Linda
who made this gorgeous hat!

This is how you know photo shoot time is over

Negative!

Mack's celiac panel was negative and all the other tests were normal! There is always a chance someone could develop celiac later in life ( like I did), but for now, we're in the clear!

Look at me!

For the love of Ellie

I might be upset that Ellie made herself at home in , and fell out of,my freshly laundered and folded basket of clothes if it wasn't so funny.

Wheeee!

The waiting game

Off and on for a few days Mack had been complaining of a pain that she described as " It feels like I'm having a baby!" At about the same time, I had scheduled an appointment with Karen regarding Mack's allergies. During the routine exam of that visit, Karen felt a large blockage in Mackenzie's large intestine. . Before I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I had similar issues. We left the office that day armed with a plan to flush her system with the foods proven to produce " results" and a jar of Miralax. After a week or so , the problem persisted and back we went. The blockage was smaller but still there so this time we left the office with a lab slip , on it an order for a full celiac panel as well as a full blood work up ( Thank goodness Karen knows the trauma that is a pediatric blood draw and ordered more tests "just in case" to maximize the blood draw) . A blood draw for a four year old is just pure torture but Mack finally calmed down enough and, with the help of two phlebotomists , the three vials of blood were obtained. We are anxiously awaiting the results and will keep you posted!

Picture Perfect Fall

Let the fall festivities begin! The weather here seems to finally be settling into Autumn trends after a record breaking summer of heat. Before our calendar got too full with fall festivities, I penciled in a day to grab some snap shots of my  little pumpkins. Here are just a few of my favorites!

Mason has mastered the art of sitting up unassisted but sometimes, he
just gets tired and lets himself go

Silly Mack sporting the scarf Mike made for her

It is so very hard to get a decent picture of an almost
six month old and a 4.5 year old together but I am forever trying!