well this has been one, crazy month so far.
to say the least.
just a quick run down of some things we've done so far and have yet to do:
- four family member's birthday's/party's
- a birth of a cousin
- a trip to the lake
- a family friend's wedding
- we've moved from an apartment to a house
- halloween
- doctor's visits
....and the list goes on and on...
i'm pretty sure i'm forgetting a bunch of stuff, too, but i seem to be blocking things out these days.
so i posted every day in september and here it is the 25th of october and you have yet to hear from me.
well, my dear sister-in-law totally called me out on it, so here is an update.
you can thank madeline.
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six months old!
the baby girl one is six months old today...
geeze does the time fly!
i still feel like i just had her, and here it's already been half of a year.
i took this picture today after getting her dressed in her "big girl outfit":
jeggings and a cute tee ;)
and here she is in her jump hang...
i've been calling her cockatoo cora as of late.
for obvious reasons.
her hair, when not pulled up in a bow, resembles that of a cockatoo.
that is all.
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celiac, or no celiac.
that...is the question.
so i took quinn in for his two year old well visit at the doctor this month and the doctor and i discussed getting blood work done for the celiac panel.
i asked him if there were any stipulations to the test
and he said, "no".
when prior to seeing the doctor i specifically told the nurse that he hasn't been eating gluten.
he hasn't had any gluten,
except for accidentally, for ten months.
so it's my surprise when i get a phone call saying this,
"hi mrs. lutz, we got quinn's lab tests back and it says he's negative for celiac! however, i do see some interesting notes here in the comments section. it says there wasn't an adequate amount of gluten in the bloodstream, so test results may vary. huh."
literally. that's what she said.
this nurse has been a thorn in my side for quite some time and i have actually saved this voicemail on my phone so that if anyone questions me in the future, i can show them just how slow she can be sometimes...
anyway. clearly i'm not testing him again right now because,
a) as you can tell from the picture, she had to stick him not once, but TWO times, because she couldn't get any blood in the first arm. stupid, lady.
and b) how much is an "adequate amount of gluten"...?
i don't want to make my child sick just to prove what i already know. the only reason i did this test was because i thought for some reason (my doctor didn't imply he needed to be eating gluten) this test was different from previous tests i had read about.
sigh....
quinn was a trooper though. he barely cried at all, and asked only for a kiss when he was done.
we sang him the abc's and that seemed to
make everything all better. :)
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"i want to pick it."
so apparently, my 3 year old is growing up.
he insists on dressing himself these days.
which is actually ok,
because most of the time he enjoys matching.
and looking generally awesome.
here's a picture of him all ready to go spend the weekend at mema and papa's house.
we packed his thomas 'pack pack'.
'lightnin' qeen cup',
and with puppy in hand he was ready to go.
no joke he picked that outfit himself...
you can't see it, but he's got on dark jeans and chucks...whatev.
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happy birthday to, me!
my parent's took lincoln for the weekend,
while graham's parents took quinn.
(thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!)
so graham, cora and i had a nice relaxing weekend with some close friends up at my parent's lake house for my birthday.
it was awesome.
just to sit there and do nothing, was the best gift ever.
i don't think i've done that for quite some time.
cora is a super easy baby, she mostly just sleeps, eats, and smiles at you, so taking her still felt like a vacation. :)
on saturday, just the girls took a short day trip to the next town over for some eating and shopping.
she got a little tired on the way home, but nothing too bad.
and that night...we dined! we had poor man's lasagna,
real italian wine,
salad, bread, and of course...birthday cake.
but not just any birthday cake, no no no!
we had the most delicious birthday cake any person has
ever consumed.
seriously, i can't even explain how fantastic it was!
courtesy of my friend torie of course.
(candles courtesy, madeline!
two mentions in one post?! inconceivable!!)
and then, not only did she give us yummy cake...
she woke up the next morning at 5:30 a.m.
to start making us cinnamon rolls...!!!
(friend of the year award, anyone?!)
i think she must have flown to heaven and back because that's exactly what they were...heavenly.
i came home relaxed, and ready to
conquer the disaster that is my house right now.
we've moved again, to a 3 bedroom house in the
north druid hills area of atlanta, and so far we love it!
much bigger than our old place with the added bonus of a back yard. which is highly recommended for two toddler boys and an 85 pound dog.
i hope to upload more pictures of the house as i get to decorating it.
right now my house is what i like to call, jumbly up.
it speaks for itself.
so that's all i got right now.
there's some stuff i didn't touch on, but i think those are the basic tidbits.
i look forward to posting some halloween pictures, too!
even though i went the easy route again this year and just bought costumes instead of making them...i think they're going to be a hit! i'm excited! :)
take care, y'all.
oh! p.s. this is the newest lutz addition...
the youngest cousin yet...
William Ransom Lutz
a.k.a. will, bill, billy, billy rubin
he had a slight case of jaundice (hence the funny nicknames), but is doing much better now!
so. freaking. cute!
welcome to the lutz clan!
we hope you survive!
;)
whoa! p.p.s i just realized that i started this blog
one year ago!
happy anniversary to me!
thanks for reading, y'all! :)
