Egg in a Frame

We had to document this historic event, Aidan eating "egg in a frame" (an old Marr family favorite) for the first time ever! Yes, he has officially outgrown the egg allergy - the soy allergy too! Hooray! He LOVED it, and wants it for every meal.

Bathtime Fun

A Trip to the Lake

We took a trip to Nonnie and Boppa's (sans Nonnie and Boppa - they are in Florida) to relax a little and to have some time away as a family. Here are some pics from the weekend. Unfortunately, we didn't get any pics of skiing, which Aidan is getting quite good at.

Murphy was obviously not too excited to sit in his crunched up spot below the boys' feet.

Murphs and Aidan on the lake.

Happy to be outside!

New Rowie Words

Here are the latest new Rowie words:

Shees = Cheese

Cek = Cake

Toes = Toast and Toes

Mommy = Bunny

Ongey = Hungry

Kiki = Blankie

Konkey = Monkey

And lately, I've noticed the bigger the car, the louder the word. A sedan just gets a "cah" but a bus gets a loud, musical "CAAA-UUUUHH!!!"

We are still also on the fan kick. The following items have been mistaken for a fan in our house: a fish, a spiderweb picture, a flower, the chandelier, and my favorite - Fitty's shirt which has a radial sun-like design on it. Rowan actually reached up and tried to spin the picture one morning. Silly little tot.

Tatts by Mom

A little tattoo fun, or should I say big tattoo fun? I had to do each of the letters idividually, it took about 40 minutes, but man, the kid was stoked.

Sleepy Eater

Sometimes Rowan decides he doesn't need to nap at daycare. Here is the result. Gotta give him credit for being able to multi-task. I mean, can you eat an apple and sleep at the same time?

More Allergy News

Welcome to the world of allergy testing, where nothing makes sense.

So we went in yesterday for a skin test to confirm a negative result for egg and sesame. They also decided that while we were there, they might as well double check soy and dairy. The skin test came back negative for sesame and SOY, slightly positive for egg and very positive for dairy. Now we need to go back for yet another round of tests: the food challenge. This is where the allergic person tries the allergen in a "controlled" environment. First a dab on the skin, then on the lips, then on the tongue, eating a small amount, progressing to trying more and more. It takes about 3 hours each time, and we need to go twice (once for egg, once for soy). Seems like a pain, but then we will know for sure! Keep your fingers crossed!