Brison and his latest struggles!

So, little Gus has had some struggles lately, I just thought I'd let people know. About a month ago, I had made Brooklyn her usual peanut butter and honey sandwich. I gave it to her to eat and left the room. Being the kind and loving sister that she is (she didn't want the sandwich) she let Brison attack it. About 5 minutes later I went back to check on them and discovered the sandwich, because it was crumbled all over the floor and all over his face and hands. I put him in his high chair to wait for 5 minutes while I ate dinner so I could put him in the tub. I looked over at him and his lip was swollen and his face was red and his eyes were red. It took me a minute of..what on earth is wrong..before I realized that it was probably the peanut butter. I hurried and gave him some Benadryl and then watched him very closely for the next 30 minutes. Poor little guy. I got a referral to go to the allergy doctor. We went in and did the tests. I thought for sure it would be peanuts that he was allergic to...although I was hoping that it would by some miracle turn out negative. Not only was it positive...he also had a positive reaction to milk and eggs! What the CRAP! He had been drinking milk for about 3 weeks now and had NO problems. I don't know that I had ever given him plain eggs...but he has had it in his food. So, I delt with the delima of taking him off milk and just doing soy..or keep doing the milk. We decided to try just soy and see how he did with that. But, he definately is allergic to peanuts. FUN! I have been carrying Benadryl in my diaper bag "JUST IN CASE".

On Friday, while driving around the house in his little car...he decided to tackle the stairs. Not a good idea for a small child to "drive" down the stairs. Little buddy tumbled and took a beating on his nose. Always nice when family pictures are schedule for a week away!

Not to make everybody think I am a HORRIBLE parent, he also had his first OREO cookie..which was hard for his dad to sit around and watch happen.

Also, just to let you all know...I will always check on him before going to bed...and apparently this was the prefered sleeping option for the night. The kid makes me laugh. He's TOO cute!
And, yes, just in case you were wondering, I did move the blanket from around his head!

Happy Anniversary!

We have officially been married for 5 years now! We decided that we would celebrate this last weekend with a little get a way without the kids. We haven't been on any trips this year and so we thought we would go to a little hide a way. It's a small little place I like to call
Disneyland! It was so fun! My sister Ashley and her husband Mike joined us. Disneyland was all decorated for Halloween. The haunted mansion has been transformed into "Haunted Mansion Holiday" decorated with a theme from 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. It was kinda busy while we were there, but without kids...it's amazing what you can do! You can even act like a kid yourself!

My absolute favorite ride is "Splash Mountain". I just love the ride and the music...never seen the movie. However, it's a rare occasion that get me on it that often, because I ABSOLUTE HATE getting wet when I am wearing levi's...clothes..shoes...etc. As you can see, apparently I thought it was hot enough to go on the ride!

Toy Story Midway Mania is the newest ride at Disneyland. It's in California Adventure and is the funnest game ever! It's a 3-D game where you can plan all the old fashion midway games...There were many a time when I actually beat Brian in scoring the most points! AWESOME!The "f" is for "five". Five years that we have been together. Is that all? It seems like a lot longer...but not in a bad way!

I think probably the funnest thing that we would do is decide what to do for the pictures that they took at the end of the rides. Believe me, after a while, we had gone on the rides enough that we had quite a collection. Here are a few!
Tower of TerrorCalifornia Screamin'

BIRTHDAY BOY!

I can't believe it has been a year already! How my little boy has grown up! We had family over for pizza and then presents and then cake & ice cream.

First we had the excitement of the bags...

Then we had the meltdown of having to open ANOTHER gift and not being able to play with the toy he had just opened!

After the present DRAMA was over..we moved to the cake.

We got the crown on and it seemed like it was going to be ok... until Brison grabbed the elastic that holds it on and it snapped back against his neck...

Then we have the aftermath of the cake...didn't quite dig into it as I thought he would, but he ate it none the less! The happy family!!I took this picture on Sunday when we got home from church..

He is starting to be brave and try to stand alone. He will walk with a lot of coaxing.

I just can't believe how much he has grown.

This is one of my favorite pictures of him from when he was little. He was 2 weeks old here. I have just loved watching him grow and learn and get his personality! I wonder what the next year will be like?

Tumbling

In an effort to give Brooklyn something more to do other than watch tv...I decided to sign her up for tumbling. She enjoys it...because she gets to jump on a trampoline. I enjoy it, because she gets to wear a really cute leotard.




Man, what I wouldn't give to be that skinny....granted, she is only 3! Still, her thighs don't touch when she walks! I don't remember what that is like. Speaking of thighs, today was my last day at the gym. My body is in dire need of a break. Not a break as in...i'm going to sit around all day eating bon-bon's...but a break as in...please just work out at home and run on the treadmill for a little bit so that I can heal from the hour long torture sessions! So, I took my body's advice and am taking a break. I told Jim I would come back in the spring and I would not be any bigger than I am now, hopefully I would be smaller. I guess there will be no bon-bon's purchased in the next little while!