Dear Hailey,
After a simple blood test, it is confirmed that you don't have Celiacs. And on top of that, I don't even think you have a gluten sensitivity, because after 3 days of gluten free foods along with only pears and bananas for fruit, things started to look normal. You even started to sleep through the night!!! And then one day we went to a birthday party and you ate a bunch of goldfish. For dinner that night, you basically ate ketchup. That evening you were fine.
(After the fact, I probably could've figured this out without a blood test, but when you are sleep deprived, your baby is constantly screaming, a mom gets desperate! A blood test was simple enough to either confirm or rule out gluten, so I decided to go for it.)
The next day, you eat a couple of cherries, you wake up at 12:00, crying, but I could get you back to sleep and then at 4 you wake up with a yucky diaper. I check and I see cherry chunks... that's all the details I'll go into here. But we won't be eating cherries for awhile.
In the end, I think your tummy is just still sensitive to most fruits. Pears, melons, and bananas are safe for now. You ate a handful of dried cranberries and things seem to be going ok for now. We'll see how things progress with fruit. I'm just soooo glad that it's not a gluten sensitivity! Praise the Lord!
We just had your 18 month check up yesterday so here are your current stats: You are 22 pounds and 32 inches tall, which makes you hanging out at the 50%ile for both weight and height! You do not know what a relief this brings. I can now finally be a little more lax about what you are eating (except for fruit). I'm going to continue to offer you healthy options and just let you eat what you feel like eating. I've done the same (for the most part) for all three of you and the big kids, you all are fairly good eaters.
Ok, so last time I updated was during spring break and we had gone to the wildflower center and Thinkery. Well, on Wednesday, we took the beautiful drive to Johnson City and checked out the Science Mill. I think it's a really cool place, and while there's plenty for everyone to do, it's really best for older kids, which is good, because it seems like most of the children's museums around us are geared for little kids...which is good now, but not so much in 5 years or so.
We checked out their hydroponics green house to get some inspiration for our little garden.
You guys got a chance to drive a few bots around an obstacle course.
And the girls really enjoyed digging for dinosaur bones.
There was even a place where you can play a banana piano! Hailey, I bet you can imagine what you did to the next banana you saw...nope it didn't play music.
And then there was a cool simulation where you had to balance out power usage in a grid. This was kind of cool because we are in the process of getting solar panels and so I could use this to teach Nathan how and where our electricity comes from.
The next morning we relaxed at home and made sparkly calm down jars. We used lots of glitter!
And then in the afternoon, we attended a birthday party and you guys played real putt putt for the first time.
Hailey, you even wanted to give it a shot !
But most of the time, you were just excited about walking around on the uneven surface of the courses.
Hannah, you loved the princess castle, of course, so we had to take a picture in front of it.
There were lots of cute things to climb and see.
That evening we went to martial arts and because it was spring break, you two, along with another girl were the only ones in class. You both got a chance to really work on your combination 10s and both earned stripes for that.
Teddy is getting to be old. He doesn't run away from you guys anymore, except when he wants you to chase him, but he just will lay there and let you guys (even Hailey) pet him.
On Friday we cashed in our groupon and went to epic fun to play. Hailey, now that you are able to walk, this place is much more fun for you. You can climb all the things...
and push all the buttons...
You big kids had fun in the play structure until I told you about .....
LASER TAG!!! You guys played once, and then again, and again and again. At some point I lost count, but I'm estimating that you played close to 10 rounds of laser tag! According to you guys, it's probably the most fun thing you have ever done!
A few more (not as exciting) things that we did at Epic Fun!
We had a play date that afternoon and you all shot arrows in the yard. That was fun, but sometimes risky.
That evening one of my old teaching friends came over for dinner. Since he is a language arts teacher, he agreed to look over the book that you are writing and gave you some input. He also played games with you guys which you both and you all were very sad when he had to go home.
On Saturday, we were invited over to one of my and Hannah's best friends house to check out their new tree-house that their dad built. We went on a walk and you all took turns pushing each other on the swings.
Hailey played it safe on the bench swing.
That evening Hannah and I had a date to go explore the Asia Eats night market. You really are my mini-me! I am so glad that you and I both share the love for food and that we got to do this together.
You really wanted to get a tattoo, and normally I would try to convince you not to get one, but this time we did it and it turned out to be the highlight of your evening!
While we waited for your henna tattoo to dry, we shared some spring rolls, a beef roll,
and of course bubble tea!
We then stood in line and got some Filipino meat skewers and then to escape the crowd, we walked over to snow monster and got some shaved coconut ice with mangos. Yum yum yum!
On our way to the car, we saw that there was a dancing demonstration, so even though we were nearing bedtime, I let you watch a few dances. You were completely mesmerized. You really love dance. (But when asked which one you like better: mixed martial arts or dance, you pick martial arts).
We left just as it got dark and the lights turned on. It actually started to look like a street market, so I tried to take a picture....which ended up looking like a daytime pic.
Oh and Hannah, you were so proud of the mini-mango that the Filipino food stand gave you. We sliced it open the next morning and it was the best tasting mango I have ever had!
Monday came around and we got back to the swing of things. On Wednesday the girls and I visited Daddy at work. We had lunch and then went downstairs to play some games.
Again, this is a whole new world for Hailey now that you can walk!
Well, grandma and grandpa will be coming soon and so I'm sure we will have lots of fun with them. Until next time,
Love,
Mommy
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