Holy Canoli! Yes, we are alive and kickin’!

Good golly, it has been AGES since I have written!  I can’t tell you how many times R has asked about blog updates, readers have asked when more would come, and I just never found the time or inspiration to sit down and write.  I have two major problems.  One, it takes me FOREVER to write a blog post.  I am not sure what my deal is, but I think I take way too long editing and it has just got to stop.  No more perfectionism allowed!  It is too stressful.

We were caught napping.

Two, it has been a doggone crazy year.  No really.  Crazy.  The day before my last post, S had a PB&J and went into complete anaphylaxsis.  It was actually biphasic anaphylaxsis to be exact, meaning that he had a minor reaction at first, but went into full blown anaphylaxsis (hives all over, shortness of breath, wheezing..the whole nine yards) about two hours later.  It is a whole nother story for another day, but since then we have had a huge lifestyle shift.

We ate random colorful carrots.

We were dressing up.

We have gone from eating a typical healthy American diet to eating only food that is cooked here in our kitchen with the goal of being as organic as possible in addition to completely peanut, tree nut, preservative, additive, food dye free.   And all of that cooking?  It takes a lot of time!

We went bowling.

And learning and burned bread and attempts at homemade crackers gone awry.  In short, it has kept me from you.  We started small by baking our own bread, eating way more fruits and veggies to fill in where we were cutting out other store bought carbs, and are slowly working towards more and more food self sufficiency.   I can tell you much more about that at a later date too.

On a much more joyful note, I endured (and actually enjoyed!) my 4th pregnancy and on July 8th, we welcomed baby E!  He is an amazing little boy and we all adore having him here in our family.  The kids love to help with him, S especially with diaper changes, H with getting E dressed, and A with randomly inserted serenades, to help the baby sleep of course.

We were growing this little guy.

We were caught napping again.

R’s first year of school was, well, survived.  It was was stressful with a smattering of gross and moments of fascination.  After a summer of tapping our fingers waiting for E’s big arrival, followed by a few weeks of recovery and two more weeks of squeezing in as many family day-trips as possible, R heads back to school tomorrow and is expected to come home with yet another suitcase full of textbooks.  That R is going back to school is actually a big reason why I am writing!  He went to bed earlier than he has been for months, I sat down by myself in the living room and felt a bit bored.  So here I am.  The truth is out.  Boredom drove me back into your arms.  But, whatever the reason, here I am!  I am not sure for how long, but hopefully I can redevelop the habit of writing every now and again to keep you updated with our little family.

And now I will go proofread before posting.  Let’s see how long this takes.  It is now 11:24.  I will let you know what time it is when I get back down here, happy with the post and picture formatting.  It is now 11:56 and I am going to post.  It is the picture formatting!  Ohhhh my.  I better get a handle on that!

We were posing for very good father son pictures.

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