Allergy testing

Today Jackson went for allergy testing (he only had to get some blood drawn thankfully) to see if he has a peanut allergy. Poor little guy was not happy about getting stuck! Even in the car he kept whimpering so we had to go get some fun bandaids to make his 'boo boo' a little easier to bear. Jackson loves Mater from Disney's Cars so we sorted through the box to find some Mater bandaids.

Jackson showing off his boo boo

He wanted some extra bandaids to make it better.

Hopefully we'll get the results next week. Meanwhile the EpiPen is in the diaper bag... just in case, I need to remember to stock the Benedryl too.

10/52, 11/52

11/52

"Diapers in the sun"

On the 1st nice truly Spring day I had to pull out the drying rack and get those diapers out in the sun to soak up some nice warm rays!

10/52"Spring has sprung"

We couldn't resist having a picnic on the deck on the 1st warm day of Spring. Jackson LOVES to be outside and is constantly asking to go play on the deck. He goes over to all the young plants and says "Go, Go, Go" (Grow, Grow, Grow). So sweet! Here Jackson is enjoying a yummy strawberry that just smells like Spring!

9/52

9/52

"First Pet"

This is Jackson's 1st pet a red beta fish that Jackson named all by himself!! I was expecting his name to be fish... what else would a 16 month old name a fish? Jackson surprised us by deciding to call his fish "Gummy". So Gummy the fish has now become part of the family. He lives in an aquarium in Jackson's room and Jackson LOVES to see him. Many conversations in his room sound like this. J-"Gummy!" Me-"Yes, that's Gummy. What's Gummy doing?" J-"Gummy eat" "Bubbles, Bubbles!" (Jackson likes the bubbles the filter makes in the tank. So cute!

6/52, 7/52, 8/52

6/52

"Guys"

Dan and Jackson playing with Daddy's Legos, or as Jackson calls them, "guys".

7/52

Not the best picture of Jackson, but these are snap shots from our every day life... this one is "Hives" :-(

After our 1st PB sandwhich Jackson broke out with hives where ever the PB had touched his skin. Sigh... of course I already had the benedryl drawn up 'just in case' and wouldn't my kid be the one to need it! I am hoping it's something he'll out grow, but for now we're trying soy butter (I wanted to try Almond butter but it wasn't at the grocery store... next time I'm at T.J.) For a kid with hives he's pretty happy!

8/52

"Cloth!"

We decided to try cloth diapering (so far I really like it). Isn't he so cute with his 'fancy pants'?!