August 2012

Vacation Fail

August 30, 2012

We got to the beach on Saturday, ready for a full week of family fun. We got back home Tuesday night. If you’re good at math (or are capable of counting to seven) you’ll notice that we were NOT there for a full week. Why ever did we leave early, you ask? Well, the reasons [...]

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Take it easy

August 28, 2012

This week, I am taking a much-needed vacation with my boys. We are enjoying the change of scenery and are soaking up the sun and the salty air. I can’t express how much I love to be at the beach- I swear the ocean soothes the soul! Last years vacation was in May (Brody was [...]

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Body after Baby #2

August 23, 2012

Remember the days when I used to whine and complain about how my stomach wasn’t as flat as it used to be and how I had a couple stretch marks on one side? Yeah, I’d pretty much like to punch my old self right in that barely-marked stomach. Let’s be honest here. The damage that [...]

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Rain, rain, go the heck away.

August 22, 2012

When it rains, it pours. We found out yesterday that Brody will have to have surgery in two weeks. He was born with Hypospadias, where the urethra opens just below where it should. In many cases, this can correct itself, and seeing as how Brody’s was very mild, the doctors thought that it would. The [...]

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Oh, Soy.

August 20, 2012

After being inundated with what feels like an encyclopedia’s worth of information on Autism over the past two weeks, I was wondering about the GFCF diet (aka no gluten, no dairy) for Knox. Some people swear by it, though most doctors/ professionals I speak with have only seen a handful of kids respond to it. [...]