Who needs gluten anyway?!

Well, we got our confirmatory call today, our baby girl has Celiac disease. I hate that word " disease." But, it is what it is. We have an appt the end of next week with a dietitian and then the real fun begins. We know the basics, but apparently there is a lot of hidden gluten in lots of things. Celiac also causes your body not to absorb nutrients as well, so I need to know what kind of vitamins to give, these are formative years you know, and I need to make sure she's getting all of the adequate "stuff" she needs.
This is especially hard for ME because I'm not good with food stuff. I mean I know the basic food groups, I know we need some of it all, but when I think about %'s and Vitamin A and E and zinc and folate, etc...I get stressed. When I quit nursing that was my one big fear - Holy cow, now what in the world will they eat?!?!?!
Eating times are still probably my least favorite times of day. I think about what to feed them constantly. Is it good enough? Nutritious? Are they getting the vitamins and minerals they need? I guess at least now I'll have someone to work with, just not in the way I wanted it.
Oh well, such is life. And honestly, I look around and I know it could be worse. Our girl is healthy by most accounts, and we are so blessed for that. So bring it on Celiac, we're ready for you!!!

We went to a family reunion in Waycross on Saturday at the Okefenokee Swamp. We did the train ride, walked some trailed and saw a snake show. I can't tell you how many people said " You better watch those babies, an alligator might get them." Lol, I couldn't help but laugh. Somehow the thought of a mad alligator on the loose, in the midst of bunches of people, only having eyes for one of our babies, just made me chuckle. Lol, still does!

I'm playing SAHM today and tomorrow, our sitter is on vacation. I'm not sure I could do this full-time. I'd like to think I could...but deep down, I'm not so sure. I highly admire you SAHM's, I don't know how you spend the day. Learning? Cleaning? Going places? Resting? Playing? It's tough and anyone who says that moms don't really " work" ought to be shot. Or at least made to stay at home with toddlers, babies and other young children for a week straight. Morning and night, no breaks. THEN see what they say. Here's to all you SAHM's, cheers!

Happy Monday!

Waiting for that alligator to come get her!

William decided he was gonna face that alligator head on!

Kicking Myself...

After I don't blog for a while, I always kick myself. I think about blogging, I wanna do it...but then I don't. I have no excuse, it's pure laziness. Anyway, just to keep somewhat on track, I'll blog about our experience yesterday. After 2 months of diarrhea, bloating and general malaise with Emily, I decided to take her to a GI specialist. We are fairly certain that she has Celiac disease. But in order to diagnose that, you have to do a biopsy of the intestinal area, through an endoscopy. So that's what we did yesterday. We did it at Wolfson's, which is where William had his eyes done, so we'd been through the routine before. Everything went well, they put her to sleep, did the procedure, and it only took about 15 mins, just as expected. She did well with everything, but she hated the IV and couldn't wait to get it out. Normally she likes bracelets, but she didn't care for this one! We should get the results on Tuesday. I'm hoping we get something to confirm our suspicions, if not...I'm not sure how we'll proceed, but we have our fingers crossed we'll know one way or the other.

Not much else has been going on. We have been very busy. We were out of town 2 weekends ago. The babies went to the fair for the first time, rode rides, even a mini roller coaster, which was much faster than expected. Everyone is still talking, playing, doing everything like a normal 22 month old does! Emily counts to 10! Lol, not really, she can do it with help, doing every other number, but I'm pleased. William counts to 2, lol, and sometimes 3. It's so funny to see how they learn things at different speeds, and at different times. He is still much more agile than she is. When they chase each other, he runs full speed, and she kind of plods along...somehow I doubt she'll be breaking any world records. Anyway, we are full of life and love at our house and I wouldn't want it any other way. Please don't ask why this is all underlined, I have no idea, and I don't care to figure it out! Happy Thursday!