L-O-V-E

Sammi performed Nat King Cole's "L-O-V-E" at the preliminaries of a competition here in Boise called "Boise's Got Talent". There were three judges and they "critique" you at the end. Sammi did GREAT and got some wonderful feedback from the judges. She made it to the semi-finals which are on Oct. 15. We're thinking she'll sing the Revenge Aria from the Magic Flute.... in German. Yes, that's right. She sings it in German. She cracks me up.

Eight Months Old!

My baby is growing up WAY too fast. I just want to squeeze his cute little cheeks and kiss him all the time! He says "Ma ma" now and will mimick me saying "hi" to him. (So it sounds like he's saying "hi" - he's so brilliant!) He screams and laughs when I come into his room to get him out of bed, and is SO HAPPY all the time. *sigh* Words can't express how blessed I feel to have this little baby in our family. It's heaven.

Blonde again...How I've missed you!

My sabbatical from highlights is over. I love them.
(Sorry - no pics....Matt has the camera that I've taken pictures on for the last couple of months...and so - no pics.) But, on the bright side - I'm catching up on my blog! Yey!

Teeth, Anyone?

After Sammi's last dental check-up, it was decided she should get a consultation with an orthodontist due to her baby teeth having no spaces between them...a sign that braces are in the future. Anywho, we went, we saw and WOW, does that girl have a mouth full of teeth just waiting to happen! Her x-ray was pretty funny and grotesque at the same time. Teeth, teeth, EVERYWHERE! Her adult teeth are all under her baby teeth, just trying to squeeze through somewhere. After looking and "consulting", the orthodontist (who is a really great guy - love him as a doctor!) slid his chair back from Sammi as he mouthed the number "8" to me, indicating how many teeth we should pull. That's right! EIGHT! I gasped while trying to smile at the same time so as not to freak out Sammi. (try it, it's hard to do), but, she was okay with it. In fact, she was tickled about the whole "orthodontist, getting braces eventually". I asked her why she was so excited and she said "Mom, I'll have glassses AND braces!" I nodded, still waiting for why this was exciting... "I'm going to look AWESOME", she said. I smiled, gave her a big hug and said "You sure are!".

So, the day came and she had eight teeth pulled. Quite the trooper...and she doesn't look that different. Just more.....awesome. :)

He's "intolerant" to WHAT?

*Note: Corrections made since posting this. Further research into the tests Matt took has shown that he is not, as we say "Allergic" to these foods.."intolerant" is putting it more correctly. He is advised to avoid these foods in order to "heal his gut" and then gradually add some back in.*

Original Post: A few years ago, Matt was diagnosed with what we lovingly call his "girl disease" a.k.a. IBS. Recently, however, he's been seeing our good friend and Chiropractor who believes you should get to the root of the problem, rather than just treat the symptoms or put a label on them (hence, the past IBS diagnosis). So, he did 2 blood Food Panel Allergy tests (IgA and IgG) and we got the results yesterday as to what Matt is allergic to. It is a bit overwhelming, but, I must admit, pretty funny...here's the list:

Barley
Cheese, Cottage
Coconut
Coffee
Crab
Egg yolk
Gluten
Malt
Milk, Cows
Rye
Sesame
Strawberry
Walnut, Black
Wheat
Yeast, Baker's
Yogurt

I've saved the best ones for last....

Blueberry
Corn
Potatoes, White
Lettuce
Mustard

All I can say is, who the heck is allergic to lettuce and mustard?!

That would be Matt. Good times.