August Randomness

 Nic went away to girls weekend and I was happy to keep all the kiddos but honestly I was the most excited to keep Gray because the other kids just play with our kids and don't really care if I'm around. It was a little strange to have a baby in the house again but all the kids were so good and we were so happy to have them. Of coarse one of the first things he did after Nic left was have a blow out so he got a bath and an outfit changed. I really think he was just testing our competency but I think we passed with flying colors. 

Of coarse Matt got most of the baby snuggles while I was getting the other kids taken care of. That was one of my favorite things when the kids were little.

Liam's blue slides got to little and they were his favorite so it took some convincing to get him to pick new ones but he loves these because they are fire truck red.

This little buddy thoroughly enjoyed his ice cream and for sure needed a bath after

Matt would love to buy a lot and build again but I'm for sure not in the same place. After church one day Matt asked me to go with him to see this lot so I did but it just made me anxious. I think about all the time we spent focus on building and actually building and I don't think I'm prepared to do that again at least not at this point. As a second note everything is so freaking expensive I don't think we'd be much more ahead if we did it again because I would want to do less of the work and I don't want a smaller house. We could hire someone to run the whole project but I don't think we'd do well with that so for now we will just be content in our little piece of heaven here.

Now that the girls are back in school it just me and my little buddy

I saw this park in South Ogden on a best parks to visit with kids so we went to check it out but it was so dang hot we didn't last long so we'll have to try again when it cools down. 

I have never found someone that I love how they do my hair. One evening I got so frustrated and thinned it out myself...we'll see how it goes.

With it now being August it has me thinking of fall and the scape form the heat. I found a picture on Pinterest that I loved and wanted to replicate....I love it! It turned out so good and I'm excited for it to sit on my counter and add the warmth of fall to the space.

I also may have bought a table runner to go with it

As you can see form this picture we are still fighting the good fight and battle with all things regularity. He's making progress. After his scans in July it set a fire in me to find answers to how I could help him without synthetic drugs. I found several mom groups on Facebook first it started with Moms against Miralax because of all of the side effects they are seeing in kids that have taken it long term. I made a list of things moms had tried to get rid of miralax and I prayed that I would know where to go. I came across several things and even ordered a couple but they didn't seem to make the difference. Many moms had used Begin Health prebiotics and many had paired that with Mary Ruth liquid probiotics and we got started on that. It said with the probiotic to start slowly so not to cause tummy upset. Within a week to 10 days we started to see a difference. Update...its now Jan 23 and Liam is pooping everyday with good results. Over time the poop has gotten smaller in diameter and is no longer painful when he poops. We just stopped doing poop prizes because this house can't handle another emergency vehicle and the sirens. Occasionally he has an off day but its usually when we slack with his hydration. It is so nice for all of us that he is getting this down. It sounds dumb but it was giving me crazy anxiety when he wouldn't poop or when it was hurting. I was afraid it was something other than constipation. We are still doing both a pre and a probiotic daily and its been so helpful.