Traveling in Planes with Toddlers ALL BY MYSELF!

O. M. G. It hasn't actually happened yet, but the anticipation is probably going to give me a heart attack. In 11 days I will be and it is a 5 hour flight. 5. HOURS. I feel like I am back in college cramming for a final exam because I am search the interwebs for advice and words of wisdom. As my SIL would say you people in my computer are AWESOME! At least it kinda sounds like that. Anyways... Jason has been MIA (with the exception of this past weekend) going on 3 weeks. It can and is being done. By the end of next week I will be on a plane with the kids. We are joining him for his last week of training. It also happens to be the week of Thanksgiving. I am super thankful that he has found this awesome job which he loves. The beginning of this year started off REALLY bumpy and we haven't really recovered yet, but we are working on it... In other news (cuz I will totally try and post as much about TIPWT - ABM as possible so others may learn the errors of my ways. or perhaps rockin awesome ways.) The kids are hitting the sibling rivalry phase full force. And Abby is all about not doing what she is asked. Excuse me while I go sit on her to keep her in bed.

Abby's Summer of 2009

It has been a long time since I have had a wee bit of time to plug out a post. This summer has been one of the worst I hope Abby ever has to endure. She has had a lot of sever trauma to her jaw/mouth/teeth, Strep throat, bowel problems, and lastly she has discovered that (as her favorite BNL song Allergies boasts) Allergies SUCK!

She found out on her brothers birthday just how much it can suck. Watching your child have an anaphylactic episode/reaction is one I hope no one has to ever witness. As an exEMT I still felt helpless because it was my daughter. Abby is now officially allergic to cats AND all tree nuts and will be "challenged" to a peanut and sesame seed test in the next few months. Luckily those two (the peanut and sesame seeds) were somewhat mild enough to have her tested in house with the item versus just a blood test. However she has to stay clear of pistacios and cashews at all costs as well as pecans, walnuts, and almonds...

I was really hoping that my kids could avoid food allergies all together. As my one food allergy didn't show up until I was in my 20's. But now it is "highly" likely that she will have this allergy for the rest f her life. Because of the results from two of the tree nuts tested. Personally I LOVE tree nuts and peanuts but I will be strong and SUCK IT UP for her.

Abby starts preschool in two weeks and I am getting excited for her. She loves reading and coloring and playing and all she needs now is better social skills - which I can't give her. So I am hoping she loves school as much as she has been leading on that she is. When we visited to sign her up she didn't want to leave. Which is a good sign. I hope that can be a good thing that ends all the crumby things that have happened to her this year. But don't get me wrong she has had lots of great things happen to her this year too, they just aren't nearly as interesting to write about.

Morgan Turns 1

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Holding him while I type this one handed.

Morgan today you can:

WALK, Climb up and down the stairs, point at what interests you, say yes, say no, dance, wave bye bye, give a high five when prompted, drink from a (Nuby) sippy cup, say UhOooh, and get into mischief.

And so much more and more to come.

HAPPY 1st Birthday!!!