Scope

After a long day of Grant complaining about his tummy being hot yesterday, we finally scheduled the scope for February 10. He has to eat all foods until then. Does anyone want any gluten free food from our pantry? :)

Inside Time

I try to get the kids outside as much as possible, but sometimes it is just too cold. If it isn't obvious by the photos, they've gotten rather creative about how to keep busy indoors. Grant loves dressing up in Kate's princess costumes. The worst part about it is that he is insistent on wearing the high heels all the time. He calls them his new "house shoes" and doesn't want to take them off.

Today they decided to give all their cars a carwash. I let them have a couple of spray bottles and told them to get some rags from the laundry room. Kate came back wearing a mop cover on her head. She said it was in case some water sprayed her hair.

P.S. Cutting out eggs and dairy did not seem to help Grant's tummy. This week we've cut out gluten. So far no improvement. We're going to keep at it for another week or so. Please pray for wisdom for us about what next steps to take if a gluten-free diet is not the answer. Thanks!

Let it Snow

Eggs?

After a couple of weeks on no dairy Grant started complaining of a hot tummy again. It has gotten pretty bad and now he is in pain probably 10 times a day. We are cutting out eggs now to see if that makes a difference. We are kind of at a loss. He is scheduled for food allergy testing the first week in February. If the food elimination and food allergy tests don't give us the answers we need we'll have to reschedule the scope. Boo.

Bye Bye Cindy

A week ago we said good-bye to our au pair, Cindy, who has been living with us for the past year. She has been a huge blessing to us and we will miss her. We won't be getting another au pair this year. Everyone is healthy and we are ready to embrace life as it comes. So far the kids are adjusting great and we are keeping busy with basketball, bootcamp, gym class, swimming, Bible school and playing with friends. All is well.

No Scope!

I called today and officially canceled Grant's scope and biopsy on Monday! So much has happened in the last 3 weeks since we scheduled it. After talking with others we decided to try a food elimination diet with Grant to see if that would have any impact on his "hot tummy." The first group that I cut out was dairy because he already hates milk so I thought it would be easiest. Within one day he stopped complaining about his tummy. Prior to this I don't think he went a single day without complaining. We tried to add cottage cheese to his pancake mix on Sunday and by afternoon he was in pain. Our suspicions were confirmed. So, we're going to keep him away from all dairy for now. I made an appointment for food allergy testing in February (first appt I could get). But, for now we are praising God for a (relatively) easy fix. Grant is being a great sport about giving up his chocolate chip cookies but I suspect it is because he doesn't have to drink the milk that goes with them!