Tons of Makayla pics!

I got my new camera yesterday, so of course I have been playing with it a ton. I took all of these pics of Makayla today with my new camera. I actually took most of them in the manual setting which means that I set the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO myself. Some of them are a little under or over exposed, but I think they are good overall since it is just my first time to use a SLR camera. The dark room this morning presented a challenge. In hindsight I could have turned on the lights. LOL!

Good News!

I met with the nutritionist today about Makayla's allergies. I already knew much of what she told be because I am a crazy mom who reads everything, but she is very knowledgable about products which was helpful. The good news from todays visit is that she feels that Makayla is tolerating soy well, and she told us that we could consider ourselves free of that allergy (or at least free from reactions). The allergist had already told us to test it at home, but the nutritionist confirmed what I needed confirmed which was that it was really OK to give her soy since it had been a month of testing. That is obvious I guess.

I went to Wal-Mart to buy a few groceries, and she can have tons of foods now. Not just any foods either, FOODS FROM WAL-MART. As much as I love whole foods, I do not want to be a regular customer because of Makayla's allergies. Maybe because I am a crazy mom that buys organic produce but not because of allergies and food restrictions.

More good news...My camera is going to be here tomorrow! It is scheduled to get here tomorrow anyway. I sort of copied off Beth because she has this camera (Nikon D60). Just kidding. I already was pretty sure that I wanted it, but she definietly confirmed it! Her pics are great. My current camera that I got for mother's day has disappointed us greatly recently. The pics are very blurry with very bad color. I am sure that you noticed that we did not post any Christmas Pics. That is because we didn't have any that were even good enough to post. BAD CHRISTMAS PICTURES! That was the last straw with me. Even Nathan agreed that the pictures were really bad. I just can't afford to miss Makayla's milestones and family memories because of a poor camera. My old camera is becoming my diaper bag camera, so I will have something to use when we are out just in case she does something cute.

Only Makayla

Why do people insist upon teaching babies things like this? I know that a parent would never do something like that! Only grandparents teach things like this. It's okay Granna, We love you anyway. This is not an isolated incident just so you know. If any of your babies come home doing this blame Makayla's Granna.

Just a little something

Makayla has been naping for a while today, so I decided to do a little collage for you. It has pics of her from various points in her life. Don't you just love photoshop.

Coming soon!

New Pictures for your enjoyment.

Happy Holidays!

I guess that it is too late for Merry Christmas and too early for Happy New Year. We just got home last night from our long week of traveling. It was not actually a whole week but whose counting?

On Tuesday Night at bedtime we left for OK to visit The Rowes. We celebrated Christmas Eve with them, and we left on Christmas morning after Santa came to drive 5 hrs. to have Christmas dinner with my side of the family. The day after Christmas we went to Springfield, MO with my mom and brother to visit my grandma (mom's mom), and we just got back last night from that trip. Makayla traveled much better this time than she has for past trips.

We have a BIG THANK YOU for the Tates for the tip on the portable DVD player in the car. It never occured to me that she would be old enough to appreciate that. We got her veggie tales and Little Einsteins. It turns that Makayla hates Veggie Tales and loves Little Einsteins. She screamed for about 20 mins before I changed the DVD back. I think that she just likes all of the music on Little Einsteins.

Overall Christmas travels went very well, and Makayla had a great time visiting her family.

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World

I got this cook book , Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, that has a ton of egg and dairy free cake and frosting recipes in it. I made the Crimson Velveteen Cupcakes this weekend. They were so good, and I am tempted to say that it may have been some of the best...No-THE BEST, red velvet cake that I have ever had. That is saying a lot because i LOVE red velvet cake.

I am going to make their basic chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting for Makayla's daycare party tomorrow. They are completely allergy friendly for her. We are still learning about these allergies through trial and error unfortunately. It is coming together slowly. I really look forward to our visit with the nutritionist next week, and I hope that she is able to give us some guidance. It is my assumption that she has plenty of experience working with food allergies since she works in the allergy clinic one day a week, and I hope that she will have some ideas for good substitutes for all of the foods that we are omiting from Makayla's diet to ensure that she still gets a balanced diet

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