Medical Issues Continued...

So we have continued to go back to Sophie's wonderful GI Dr. since her reflux refuses to go away! The latest news is that she sent Sophie to an allergist to get tested for food allergies. The testing came back with a couple minor food allergies, but we took those foods out of her diet, and they proved to be doing no harm. So she is back to eating all foods again, but we went back to Sophie's allergist last week to get her tested for environmental allergens. He decided to test her for those, and add chicken in there...since he didn't test for that before. Turns out she had a reaction to chicken! It's pretty rare, and he said she will probably grow out of it. But now we were told to taker her off chicken for 3-4 days to see if it helps things...we're on day 2 and nothings changed. So, her reaction to chicken might turn out being nothing that we have to worry about.

Next step is on Monday, TCH is redoing Sophie's blood test for Celiac disease (gluten allergy). Unfortunately it's not a very easy test to do...so I felt the need to go out and buy her a treat for afterwards (the Woody doll from Toys Story)! I guess her GI Dr. just wants to make sure that it still comes back negative, since she's been eating gluten for a few months now. After that, the next step may be to do a stomach emptying test. It's non invasive, but fairly hard to do with a 2 year old. It involves having Sophie eat something that will show up on the scan, then have her lay down, very still, for an hour and a half...while they watch her food move throughout her intestines and such. Her Dr. isn't sure if that will be the next step since it might be impossible to do.

I will definitely keep everyone updated on things!

Latest Tu-Tu

Well, I haven't made a tu-tu in a long time it feels like, a few months I guess. But I got asked by a friend to make this tu-tu for a little girl's B-day party recently. It really made me realize how much fun it is to make them! Of course Sophie thought it was for her, and wanted to wear it. I guess she's hinting that I should make her a new one! It turned out VERY cute, and I enjoyed making it. Too bad I don't have more friends with little girls! Please pass the word around that I make tu-tu's, because I don't get to do it often enough. Thank you Bridget for letting me make this one!

New Shoes

Now that Brody is really walking, I decided to get him some "real" shoes! I just got him some tennis shoes, since they didn't have any sandals in his size. I brought them home, and right away he lifted his foot up as if you say "put them on!" He loves shoes, and he hates taking them off. I snapped a few pics with him trying them on for the first time. Yes, he's wearing a diaper, no pants, and tennis shoes...consider it a fashion statement!

South Padre

We went to South Padre with some friends a few days ago, and I was a little nervous since it was their first trip to the beach. I'm not a big fan of sand, and I know Sophie likes to be clean.....so I had no idea what to expect. We pretty much spent the entire trip helping Sophie jump over the waves and find shells in the sand, and chasing after Brody to keep him from crawling into the ocean waves! They had a great time and we got some great pictures of them having fun at the beach. Once we got home, I even thought Sophie would be excited to get in her own bed, but all she could talk about was how much she missed the beach and her friends! We will have to plan another beach trip soon.

This is how the trip started....sadly it was the total opposite on the way home!

Sorry, Blogger wouldn't let me move the picture around! Me helping Sophie jump over the waves.

We found a park with these cool swings.

Our little man hanging out in the sand....


Brody LOVED the sand, even when it was in his hair, eyes, mouth, and nose!

Me and Soph, and somehow Brody always ended up in the picture!

Video of Swimming

I know I've already posted pictures of Brody swimming, but Nick got to attend Brody's swim lesson the other day and got a video with his phone. Turned out pretty good!

Wedding Shoes

My cousin Carly is getting married on July 4th this year, and she asked Sophie to be a flower girl! She will be wearing a tutu and these shoes....adorable. They are Tom's shoes, and Sophie loves to wear them around the house and calls them her "wedding shoes". I am soooo excited to see her in her complete outfit, walking down the aisle....or whatever she decides to do that day!

Big Boy Seat

We have officially moved Brody to his big boy seat now! He isn't exactly over the weight requirement, but I am tired of all the fits he throws when I go to put him in his infant seat everyday! So...here he is in his big boy seat. He loves it, and now Sophie is close enough to pass toys to him....and take them away as well.