Updates

I have loads of photos on the cameras that need to be downloaded, but I haven't gotten around to it. So this is just a quick update.

Jackson: Had a babysitter for the first time this last weekend. We attended a wedding celebration for a good friend of mine from work. We were only going to be away for a couple of hours and had been encouraged by a former teacher of Jackson's to have her over to watch him before she headed back to school in Ireland for Fall. This seemed like the perfect occasion to do so. Jackson had such a good time with Nicole that when we returned home he wanted us to leave again!

Jackson's allergies: We tried dairy with him on Saturday and he didn't seem to react so we tried a little more on Sunday. We are going to limit his exposure for a while and see what happens, but are encouraged to see that he may have grown out of this allergy... yay! It's still possible that he has grown out of the visible reaction, but could still end up bothering his ears. We'll see what time brings. We do know that he is allergic to caramel color and tree nuts and aren't willing to try peanuts with him until the doctor's recommendation of age four or older, same goes for shellfish.

Bathroom: Last Saturday night our bathroom shower wall posed a little problem. The wall behind the tile basically collapsed. So we've been without an upstairs bathroom while Ron fixes it. We've come up with a temporary solution for now. We know we want to remodel the bathroom in the coming year, just not now weeks before baby Addie is to arrive.

Baby Addie: Addie is giving a lot of false signs that she is ready to come out and meet everyone, and is frustrating her mother. I hope this is not a sign of her coming personality.