Wheat and Lactose allergies HELP

Look at this handsome little man. We love him so and he is such a joy to play with but his tummy is making him a very unhappy little guy right now.


















"Are you serious that I may not be able to have any more cows milk?"


We took the boys in for their usual check up before school starts this morning. The boys are growing in height but not in weight both actually have lost weight especially Gabriel. Landen has lost weight due to his high matabolism and Gabriel well, due to other reasons.
Over the past couple of months Gabriel has been refusing to eat complaining that it hurts his tummy. He really has gone on and on about this and when he was even turning down hamburgers we knew something was definitely wrong. I explained this to the Dr and how when he eats certain foods he gets a tummy ache. Now some of these things include cake and cookies which to most children are very yummy. Gabriel doesn't like them and says that they hurt his tummy. The same things has been happening with milk and dairy products. Gabriel explained that it feels like spikes are stabbing him.
These symptoms show symptoms of lactose and wheat allergies so, the Dr sent us to the lab. They are testing Gabriel for these allergies and for the next week he can not have any dairy products at all until we hear back with the results. If we find out that he indeed has wheat allergies we will be a wheat free home. Do you know how hard this is going to be???
I can only imagine... I am thankful though that if it is all of this we have caught it while he is young and that he will no longer be living in pain after every meal.
I would love to hear any information that you ladies have who may be experiencing this yourself. I am getting closer and closer to scheduling an appointment with some of my friends Dr. "Hey Lindsay do you think you can ask him about that 1/2 price for 1/2 the organs?"

Pool time

Lilly and her buddy Ernie chilling in the pool. Landen finally decided to take the plunge.

This has two slides so let the fun begin. As you can see these two LOVE it! Gabriel is not in these pics because of his asthma he prefers to stay inside during the day due to the heat.

Our children have been asking us to please buy a pool for the back yard. Now our yard is big enough for an inground pool which I am steadily working on but it will probably be next year (hopefully Daddy?). Anyways this afternoon I thought I would surprise our sweet angels and pick up a small pool to put on our back patio.

I though that I had the coolest thing ever it looks like a dragon for the boys and has two slides for the girly. But to my surprise Landen was not impressed. This is for babies well at his age any small pool is for babies but after it was blown up even he decided to take a dive. It will keep them cool and they can have some fun no matter what time of day.

Part 2 pics from Cow Appreciation

Doesn't every one love the Chick-Fil-A cow?
Unfortunately the camera zoomed in on the spot on Lilly's shoulder but as you can see this chicky loves to play and have fun with her good friend Ernie.
Tunnel time
Gabriel as you can tell by the look on his face wanted a real live cow to take home. My little farmer boy loves animals of all sorts but especially farm animals.
Check out these movie stars

National Cow Appreciation

Aren't they the cutest models ever?
Check out my man in black
Our Nanny Sarah is on the right with her daughter Melody she is so much fun!
Ernie our Nanny's son with Lilly what sweet baby calves.
Well being from the north and raised on a farm I love any day to act crazy! We had so much fun with this @ Chick-fil-a. Thank you Chick-fil-a! I started my day off today with my black and white blouse and black skirt with a Eat more chicken poster taped to my tummy I stopped by there for my FREE breakfast on my way to work. I walked proudly into work this morning and announced to all of the city folk here do ya'll know what today is? No they all replied "It is National Cow appreciation day!!!"

They all thought I had lost it until hunger hit at lunch time and all of my co-workers got dressed up and we car pooled over to Chick-fil-a for lunch. Our Nanny took our children as you see here to Chick-fil-a as well for lunch. Can you guess where we are going for dinner this evening???

That is right Mommy & Daddy cow are taking their three little calves to Chick-fil-a for dinner.



Then after dinner I get a very special treat some time scrapbooking and a sleepover with one of my dearest friends ever Martina. YEAH!!!

Our Nanny is Awesome!

Lilly playing with Ernie (Ms.Sarah's son) at Carowinds big wave pool. They go to Carowinds once a week for some good pool time and rides. Lilly is a little mermaid so she typically stays in the wave pool.
Here are Landen, Lilly, Melody (Ms.Sarah's daughter), Gabriel and Ernie at one of our local parks. Ms.Sarah took the children on a hike down a very long walking trail Landen wanted to complete the trail but after an hour it was time to rest up and head back to the car. This was one of our 100 degree days here.
Chuckie Cheese tunnel time. They usually go to Monkey Joes on Wednesdays but this week they chose Chuckie Cheese. This was perfect for these silly kiddos check out these cuties Lilly, Ernie and Landen. "We don't want to go home yet!"
This is the perfect swing for our laid back boy. Gabriel is the kind of boy who could just hang out in this swing all day long by himself enjoying all the nature that surrounds him.
Look at this muscle man he is our gymnast in the family. Landen is quite talented when it comes to anything that requires upper body strength.

We have been so blessed this summer to have the best Nanny ever. She comes to our house every day to watch the children while we are at work. She is absolutely wonderful and the children adore her. She makes sure that they do their chores, have school time for 30 minutes each day, outdoor play time, indoor play time, etc. She works on their social skills and best of all she has two children for our children to play with.

I never have to worry about if the children are alright or if my house is going to be a wreck when I get home. Most times it is even cleaner when I get home and most importantly she works with their behavior same as Brian and I do. We have standards in our home and we expect our children to obey what the Lord requires of them. Our Nanny is awesome at pointing them in the right direction and she is super at praising all of their good behavior.

We love you Ms.Sarah!

Here are some pics of some of their excursions with Ms. Sarah and her two sweet children.