Easter 2016

My Little Artist

Heath's Allergy Report

For the past two weeks and one day we have had to keep Heath off of all of the foods that he is allergic to.  We had to acclimate him to his new food allergy drops. After this time period, he will be able to eat all the things he has an allergy to with no allergic symptoms. These foods include, gluten, wheat, barley, yeast, garlic, milk, and eggs.  I'm happy to announce that we made it and Heath didn't starve. But, man, was exhausting!  I attempted many failed recipes with coconut flour. I learned to bake gluten/wheat free. I substituted applesauce for eggs. I used almond milk. I ate with him every day at lunch in the teacher's lounge because I didn't trust him enough to send him to the cafeteria. I provided Lentil Chips and Enjoy Life cookies for his teacher to feed him at snack time.

All this to say, he seems to be doing really well. Today was his first day back to eating normally. He requested honey buns, powdered sugar donuts, and pizza. And guess what, no runny nose. No sneezing. No skin rash. No stomach issues. He seems to be doing fine. 

I have really high hopes for these drops, and I just know they are going to work because the environmental drops we started him on in October have been amazingly wonderful!  Since October, he has had very few breathing treatments for his asthma. His allergies have been Completely. Under. Control. This has been SOOO much better than the allergy shots that we tried first. Less invasive, and all around better for us all.

Here's to a Happy Allergy Free Life for my sweet boy!

Toothless

This is Heath's second one total to lose. It came out with a lot less drama than the first one did a few weeks ago. 

Hunter was crying because he hasn't lost any. Heath (trying to comfort him) said, "It's ok, it not like you can play with a tooth....it's not a toy....it really only matters to the tooth fairy. I still like you."

More Happenings

Dad and Kid Math Morning.  My three favorite boys.

Daddy and Owen called in a varmint contest.  They shot 23 fox.  They didn't win.

Happenings

A few weeks ago, Chris and I got the opportunity to go to Las Vegas. Chris got to go to the Shot Show, which he said was awesome.  I got to go shopping.  It was a win win!

Of course I had to take a picture for the twins.  They were excited to know that Momma got to meet OP and Bumblebee.

We had a blast, and were so thankful to go!

However, I think we love our home more than Vegas.  We couldn't wait to get back to our boys.  Of course, the first thing they wanted to do was go fishing.

Heath Lost a Tooth

Big News around the Amthor household.....Heath lost his first tooth!  He had been working on this for a while.  Heat decided that Daddy would tie a string to his tooth and to a nerf dart and shoot it out of his mouth.  While it didn't go exactly as planned, we did manage to get the tooth out.  Yea!  1 tooth down.....39 more to go.