Not much

Not much going on here lately. Just our regular hustle and bustle of life as we know it...Maddi has still been waking up with her alarm clock and we are getting her up earlier so she has time to wake up and hang out before being rushed out the door for school. The past few days Maddi and Cade have been playing Legos together. Maddi got her own set of "girl" Legos for her birthday and they seem to enjoy building and playing with the set together. There is nothing like hearing your kids getting along and playing so well together so this morning I stuck my head in the room to see what they were doing and snapped a picture. I can't imagine what they would be like if they didn't have each other. They are so much a part of each others lives and although they have their sibling rivalry moments, I am so thankful that they love and care about each other so much.

As you can see from the picture, Maddi is still fighting off eczema. Above her lip is a combo of eczema and chapped skin. She doesn't even know she does it, but she licks her lip (nervous habit?) so her lip just won't heal. It's worst when she wakes up in the morning. We put this goopy vaseline stuff on it and her eyes which makes it somewhat red and shiny. After a while it soaks in and the peeliness, shine and redness goes away. I can't say that going gluten free is a magical cure for her eczema, but it does seem to be helping somewhat. I find that I crave gluten filled foods and try to plan my meals around when Maddi won't be around. I don't want to indulge in bagels, pizza, etc. in front of her so I stuff myself full of these things and eat at places Maddi can't eat while she's at school. I think I'd starve to death if I couldn't have gluten!

That's all for now.