#1 First the bad news: Somehow all of Faith's birthday pics (#5!!) got deleted before put on the computer. I will try to make time this week to somehow load a piece of video...I know my friends don't really want their kids' pics on the web, so I will have to do some cutting and pasting, etc... Probably not until Sunday or even next Thursday!

#2 Elijah is very allergic to nuts...although almonds don't seem to affect him. While we were at the store on Thursday, we accepted a small sample of nuts and before I could pull it away, he grabbed his little hand in the paper dish and shoved between 3-5 in his mouth. He was throwing up 10 minutes later. Still in the store. Took him home and he seemed fine...then threw up again at naptime.. and when I went into get him --I had heard him coughing---saw that he had hives all over his face. We gave him a nebulizer treatment and benedryl for kids and then a bath to wash away any other nut residue. He had hives ALL over his body!!
Oh and the almond butter I made for him so that he could enjoy "PB&J" sandwiches too has proven to be a bit addicting... I keep going into the fridge for another spoonful!! I made it at Winco. It's just really thick pureed almonds...hmmm yum!

#3. A funny heard from Isaiah: "Faithie, I have a job for you...."

#4 Pat made breakfast on Saturday morning as usual and Faith made the comment that she likes his cooking better than mine. I wasn't offended...we talked about how Mommy makes dinner because that's my job and Papa has his job, but that MOST ( I'm guessing) of the world's best chefs are actually men, and her reply was: "Is that why we NEED men?"


#5 Thanks to Grandpa Nagle, Elijah loves the Chicken Dance. We did it at Faith's birthday party in the basement downstairs. Now he goes down on his own and tries to turn it on himself. The other day, Isaiah was looking in Faith's closet for the cardboard chicken wings I made them last summer. As he was looking for them, he mentioned that he wanted to be a chicken that day and you should have seen how excited Elijah got and started flapping his arms!! Is it no surprise that "The Little Red Hen" might end up being his favorite picture book for awhile??!

#6 My parents are planning a trip out here in the spring.The last time they were here, Isaiah threw up on Grandpa! I told the kids about their plans and Isaiah promised, " I won't throw up on him THIS time!" God bless! I am super tired! Have a wonderful week!