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Lewis Talks

Lewis still isn't up to an almost four years old level of speech, but he's made huge strides this spring. Here are a few funny things he said over the winter. 

"A, me play no me eat nana."

(Translation: Augustine, I'm not going to play. I'm going to eat my banana.)

"A, me none me play."

(Translation: Augustine, when I'm done I will play.")

Lynn: How do you think they make this (kinetic) sand?

Lewis: In, honey. 

Spring Days

Now that the big boys are playing the days away outside for the whole morning, Elias can get a good nap(s)!

His daily fit about food. 

I cleaned and organized outside toys. Felt. So. Good. 

Now I just need to purge some of the trucks and make signs for the buckets. 

He did this in the stroller while I worked. 

He's loving the Swiss hanging toys. (Miss you Cassanis!) Elias can really get the rings swinging!

Also loving the mobile. Two of my good friends gave Augustine this mobile and all our boys have enjoyed it. 

Logan has struck up a friendship with a retired priest and we love to visit him! He has great stories.

The LuLus. 

Be Positive...

So here I am. Being positive. Although I really would rather cry and drown my sorrows in (coconut milk) ice cream. 

Ok I did do the coconut milk ice cream part. Chocolate chip cookie dough. Delish. 

Elias has had a lot of rashes building up this week, all on his face, and my food intolerances radar was sounding. When he started incessantly rubbing his eyes with the back of his hands I just had to take him in to be seen, and sure enough...eczema. Ug. 

He just happened to fill his diaper while we were there so we tested his stool and it was positive for traces of blood, which means his gut isn't healthy. Ug. 

So, here we go again. 

But the positives that I promised you:

- It took a solid 5 weeks longer for him to show signs. 

- His signs are more mild so far. 

And the rest I'm not writing down for fear of it all going downhill because I've said it out loud. I'm not superstitious but it seems to never fail if I say something out loud, within a day it changes for the worse. Suffice it to say I see other positives. 

Dairy is first to get the boot, and honestly, I couldn't care less. The diet doesn't intimidate me anymore. I've done it before and survived it and gotten really skinny because of it, so there's another positive for you. College jeans here I come!

What I can't stand is seeing my baby suffer. His pudgy little face is just covered in eczema and it's hot to the touch. That can not be comfortable. It makes me want to rip the rash off of their sweet skin every time. And it makes me want to cry when they cry because I know I've met all their needs and they are crying because they hurt. 

Please say a prayer that it's just dairy and maybe soy...easy fix if that's it. 

And if you hold my baby, please don't touch his face. 

Two days before his whole face broke out. 

Family 2016

Notes

I often jot down things the boys say that I want to remember, only to find lots of little notes on my stack that are months old. Here are a few I found this morning. 

"Mom, what I like about milk bubbles is they stay. It's amazing how milk can do that." - Augustine

"Look how big my ice cream is!"

- Augustine referring to his milk bubbles. 

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