Allergic Reactions and a Broken Fence

Yesterday was not my day. It all started out when I realized that Livie was breaking out again with a rash after eating green beans. It now seems that she has a reaction to rice cereal, oatmeal cereal, and green beans. I am starting to worry that she will not be able to eat anything. I called the doctor again about her eating issues and they are referring her to an allergist for allergy testing. Then we will actually be able to know what she can and cannot have. For now she is stuck with just her bottle again. Dear Livie, Mommy is so sorry that I cannot feed you with the spoon like you want. Please forgive me when you open your mouth so big to eat and I cannot put anything in it. I promise you will not go hungry and that I will try to figure things out as quickly as I can.

Then I was so frustrated by her eating issues that as I was sitting down to eat my meal (a turkey burger patty and zero point vegetable soup (Weight Watchers), I part of my soup onto my plate and into my ketchup. If that was the end of it, I would have been okay.

That was not the end of it. My DH and I decided to do some work outside since my MIL was there to watch Livie. We weeded the food and flower gardens and then I got on the mower. I got about a forth of the way through with the back yard and got to the garden section. My DH had put up a beautiful chicken wire fence around the garden to keep the animals out of it. As I was coming around the corner of the garden, two feel away from it, the front tire of the mower pulled back and got caught on the casing for the blade. This threw me left and ran over the side of the chicken wire fence. The wire got all caught in the blade and the fence was taken down. And my DH had spent about six hours getting the fence put up. When I realized the mower was also broken, I broke down and cried.

The silver lining to all of this: My little Livie is still my little Livie and I can go home and hug and kiss her all I was even without the solid foods. My burger was not ruined by adding the soup to it. And most of all, my husband was not mad either about the fence or the mower. He told me it would be okay and that we would just have to fix them. Then he hugged me. I love my family!

My Birthday!

Yesterday was my birthday. I am now officially 32. I could not have had a better birthday. I got up and took my little Livie to my mom's house for the morning. Then I went to school to teach for a half day. I love that summer school is only half days! I took both of my classes donuts. I figured that if I had to be there I was going to celebrate with them. I took Crispy Creams in and they thought that was great.

Then I went to pick up my daughter at my mom's house. I think there is something about being able to spend special days with family. It just makes things so much more special. I picked up my niece Monica at my mom's and we went to the movie rental place. I rented a movie that I have wanted to see for a long time. I got some good time with my niece and then we went back to my mom's. There we watched the movie together.

My husband got home around five and wanted to take me out to dinner, anywhere I wanted to go. First he took me shoe shopping and got me a pair of sandals, a pair that I had been wanting for a while. He then took me to a Chinese buffet because he knows I love Chinese food. We then went to Kroger and got ice cream on the way home. He also got me the movie Unbreakable, a movie from a collection that I am trying to get all of. We watched that as we were putting Livie to sleep. It was just a perfect day!

Makes Me Smile

Today was just a fun day. I got to come home from work at 12:30 today and got to spend the whole afternoon with my little Livie. We talked on the phone with Memaw (my mom). We played on the playmatt. She jumped in her jumperoo. She even got out her Christmas toy that she is finally old enough for, a picnic basket with little food in it. Then she took a nap in my arms. My day could not have been better. What a perfect ordinary day!