Well, hello! It's been a long three and half months and it's been quiet on here. I need to get into the habit up updating at least once a month or when something really exciting happens. I could say that we've just been really busy, but that's not been the case. Life gets in the way and I have trouble finding time to sit down to type on here.
We got to celebrate Baby Peyton in June. She is just the cutest thing ever and has the prettiest blue eyes. We really enjoy getting to snuggle her and are so excited about Olivia being able to do some girlie things with her little cousin when she's older. Olivia also finished her swim classes for the month of June. She's still pretty fearless in the water, but I can't say that I was very impressed with the place we took her. We also celebrated Dannie getting his bachelor's degree. He will get to walk with his class in Orlando in February. He's spent a long two years studying and staying up late every night and it has finally paid off. We are super proud of him! :)
Dannie and I had tried to eat better and start exercising, but a stressful event happens and throws us off. I have gained about 15 pounds since last year and it's taken a toll on me. I've been taking daily probiotics lately because it seems anything I eat (usually not the healthiest) upsets my stomach. The probiotics have been helping, but I know I won't feel 100% better until we change what we're eating and are exercising. We didn't do anything for the 4th of July this year because Livi had a cold. But, we did make up for it with eating bomb pops pretty much the whole month of July. I think we watched the neighbors fireworks and Olivia thought they were too loud. Olivia discovered Zootopia in July and it quickly became her favorite movie.
Olivia recently had a flare-up. She didn't have a cold or anything so it was a mystery at first as to how it all started. She just woke up one day with a fever and that escalated into a rash. Unfortunately, this happened on a Friday and her doctors are not in on the weekend. So, we either had to take her to the ER or wait it out to see if it got worse. After speaking to her doctor, they thought giving her two injections a day may help instead of bringing her to the hospital. It did actually help. We were able to take her in for a check-up and all of her labs were elevated. So, it was decided to go up on her injection dose to 1 full syringe once a day and also up her oral medication. We are still trying to work out all the kinks with the oral medication though. She seems to get itchy when we go up on the dose.
September is one of the busier months for us. It is my parents anniversary, my sisters birthday, grandparents day, and we are adding a ice cream fundraiser to benefit the arthritis foundation this year. We are pretty excited to be helping out the arthritis foundation. It may just be a small fundraiser, but some our close friend's and family will be able to help out as well.
It's been really hard keeping Olivia busy lately. We've been working on some small crafts I found on Pinterest, but it only keeps her attention for about 10 minutes. I can't wait until it starts cooling down outside so we can spend more time outside. I see lots of trips to the park in our future. I've been thinking about pulling some fall decorations out, but I'm really trying to control that urge because it doesn't feel fall-ish quite yet. A lot of our favorite shows came back this month so we've been keeping busy with those in the evenings.
Lots to look forward to in the upcoming months with fall festivals, the pumpkin patch, and holiday time :)
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| Off to Dannie's graduation celebration. |
