STOP! Reroute!!

One word, CRAZY. That is the name of our 2010 summer. Still no phone calls telling us it is time to hop on a plane and fly half way around the world, but nonetheless crazy. This summer, lots of new friends, LOTS of movies, a couple trips to visit family, and a whole lot of sickness. It all started a month ago with a very odd virus, first Maddux then Graci, (mind you, Maddux on Graci's actual birthday and Graci AT her birthday party). Maddux's illness passed quickly. Graci's seemed to until it kept coming back every couple days and with a vengeance! After the third week of all of this it was time for a trip to the doc. Several blood tests, and few other very icky tests later (here comes the STOP! Reroute!) we have learned Graci is allergic to wheat, peanuts, and pork. We were told to start a gluten, peanut, and pork (I know pork, weird right?) free diet immediately, We are very happy to finally know the source of the mystery illness. I never would have guessed that changing our diets would bring about such an immense change in our family. We are all adjusting and each day gets easier. I am reading a lot of food blogs and trying to get my feet under me for cooking and shopping before school starts in 2 1/2 weeks. I think we are all looking forward to the more structured life of school days. Here are some pictures of our first week illness free, we took the kids to see our family in Chicago and while we were there we headed into the city to check out Sheds aquarium, aka, Maddux's heaven.