Shoe Love

Yesterday I pulled out some of Big Man's old shoes for Little Man since his other shoes were getting small. I just put them in his shoe pile and he noticed them a little while later and said Mine? I told him yes, and when I asked him if he liked them he said I Love Them! He slept with them in his bed last night and then today for his nap he absolutely refused to take them off.

I just went to check on him tonight and they are in his bed again! Who knew shoes could make a 2 year old so happy. He has an Uncle who also loves shoes so I had to call him and let him know that Little Man also loves shoes. He is excited to have a shoe shopping buddy:)
He keeps a good strangle hold on Grover all night as well.
I just took this one because I thought he looked cute tonight, and I'm always taking pictures of Little Man sleeping and not Big Man!

It always seems to take my kids a few days to recover from vacations, and today that was very evident. They were both sooo cranky and Little Man just keeps crying for no reason which is very unusual. He did allow the barber to cut his hair today, though, which he does not allow very often. When he woke up this morning it was pretty funny because he went straight to the mirrow and said I have crazy hair, I need a haircut. I said O.K. lets go right now before you change you mind! If I try to make him get a haircut when he doesn't want to he will not sit still and will scream the entire time. Not so fun. On a positive note I did feel the baby kick today for the first time! I had been hoping to feel it this week since I am 16 weeks tomorrow.

The Crazy Hair
Now he looks like a cute little boy:)

We're Home!!

Our last night there one of the hubby's cousins brought a horny toad for the kids to play with. They could not understand why I would not let them take it home! Even my hubby wanted to take it home.

You could buy fireworks at the grocery store up there so Grandma bought the kids some 4 foot sparklers that they thought were lots of fun.
It was another long drive home yesterday, but it is good to be home. I got a bad head cold the last couple of days camping so it was very painful driving home yesterday with all of the ups and downs from the fluid in my head and ears. Hopefully I start feeling better soon, though, because all morning I have been looking at 10 loads of laundry that need to be done!

Fun Continued!

We let all of the kids get into the creek and play with the fishies!
What a nice big brother helping him out.
Then we did some fishing and caught about 10 fish in an hour in the creek, they were pretty decent sized fish as well. We threw them all back since the kids do not seem to want to eat fish lately.
The kids each got to take turns reeling them in.

More Fun In Utah

The hubby brought a little electric airplane that we took the kids out and flew. It only had one good trip, but it went a good 50 feet in the air and flew for a couple of minutes. Big Man had to jump a fence to get it back and we are going to try and put it back together so we can fly it some more.
Isn't this beautiful countryside?
Of course the kids had lots of fun with the worms and scaring their girly cousins.
Don't worms belong on heads?

Utah

It is incredibly beautiful up here! It was a long 8 hour drive, but now that we can relax today it almost seems worth it. My hubby's family has a reunion up here every summer so he has been coming every summer for his entire life.
This is the creek that runs right behind our trailor, last year we caught a lot of fish in there so hopefully this year will be the same.
The kids just rode bikes and hung out with cousins and grandparents and great grandparents and uncles and aunts.
Most of the day I spent reading and watching hummingbirds which there are quite a few of.

Our Day

Today Big Man got to go the allergist. He had a scratch test for allergies since he is still having a lot of tummy issues even though he has been gluten free for a year. He had no reaction to any grass or weed, but all of the foods except for two he had a reaction to as well as almost every inhalant! So he can't eat anything but he can roll around in the grass all he wants! It was a traumatizing experience for the poor guy as he had 4 other people, other than myself, holding him down while they scratched his back:( I'm sure everyone in the building heard him screaming as well. It made me feel so good as he was screaming Stop it Mommy, Your hurting me Mommy! The welts don't look as bad in pictures, but they were bad enough that they have to do more testing (Oh goody), he has to have some blood work to check his immune function and then some more specific allergy test. I also have to keep him dairy free for 2 weeks before his next appointment. So now he can have no gluten and no dairy. Hopefully that will only be temporary. She also tried to put him on other medication for allergies and asthma. I do not think he has asthma, but they did some lung function tests today that show that he may have some airway constriction. He runs around all day and doesn't cough, and the only time he wheezes is in the winter occasionally when he has a cold. Oh well, hopefully they will figure out what is wrong with him soon.
After we left the Dr. he went to go play with the kitty's at Grandma's who are now living in her laundry room while waiting for a home. They really are precious. The kids just love them (although Big Man is probably allergic to them as well!)



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We have also been getting ready for a camping trip we are leaving on tomorrow for a week in Utah. This is a real camping trip as there are no hook ups and no cell service which means no internet:( I think I can get service when we go to town, though, as I don't know if I can go without for a week!