A few random things

We did get an offer on our house. They wanted us to go down $21,500. We gave them a counter offer that we thought was more reasonable and they rejected it. That's fine. Its only been 2 weeks. We're not that desperate!

Lane had a little performance at his preschool for the kids that were graduating to Kindergarten. I know I'm a party pooper cause...give me a break! Caps and gowns for 4 year olds?! Good grief. Even though Lane was not among the graduates, his class had prepared a couple of songs for the ceremony. So we endured. Good thing it was only an hour. Poor little Lane face. He takes after his silly mom. I was so painfully shy, for so many years. He made it through the first song just fine. Super cute and signing along. Doing all the actions. (Which is probably more than I would have done at that age.) I had a feeling that he shouldn't see me. But Kyle was yelling, "Hi, Lane! Over here, Lane!" so of course, he saw me. And as soon as he did, he started pouting and crying. Just stood there putting on his own show while all the other kids sang and danced. I understand the shy part - I just don't understand why seeing me triggered it. From now on if he ever has a performance, am I going to have to hide for him to be able to participate? Neat! As long as someone is there to take pictures. Speaking of pictures. Our camera is a fossil (according to Pat.) So we didn't get any good pictures. Which would be super sad except that my good friend Danya's little boy was standing right next to Lane. I'm hoping that I can get a few good shots from her. Not only does she have a nicer camera - she also takes better pictures. No pressure, Danya. But you better have some cute pics of my shy little Lane face!

Other news...does anyone see anything wrong with this picture?

That's how we found Kyle sleeping one night. The next night, he was right in front of the door and we couldn't even open it. So that's where he stayed. The night ofter that - he was asleep in the closet. I don't know. He's a crazy kid. Ever since then? He's been in his bed. Maybe he just needed to mix it up a little bit. Break away from the routine. Now he's waiting until he thinks of the next best place to fall sleep.

Nora, Nora, Nora

So, we're back to square one with her food situation. That girl can't handle anything. I thought she was doing fine for while. But now she has all of the "I'm allergic!" symptoms. I'll spare the details. You'll thank me. So, I forgot that even though the two skin tests that she had showed she wasn't allergic to corn doesn't mean that she can actually eat it. I gave her cheerios a few days in a row cause there's no wheat or soy. But there is Corn starch. She got so, so sick! Poor thing. Then I remembered the G.I. telling us that corn is one of the triggers for the E.E. that she has. So we have to stay away from all corn. That's why she wasn't able to handle the Neocate formula that the docs thought should be okay. Because it has corn oil in it. Elecare doesn't. If they had done a culture while they were doing her upper GI, a corn allergy probably would have shown up. Doesn't matter. We'll just try to figure out how to stay away from soy, wheat and corn. UGH! Also, I found that she loves rice cakes. Mostly cause she can bite it and be big. Eating the same thing as her brothers. They are made on equipment shared with soy. Our allergist didn't think that was a problem since she doesn't have anaphylactic reactions. But even after taking away all other foods (except the rice cakes) she still is quite symptomatic. Unless I can find rice cakes that don't share any equipment with basically anything else, I have to take away her new love. So, add to it that she can't have any dairy or fruit or most veggies (so far)...its a wonder that she weighs 20lbs. But she's happy and walking everywhere. Such a good sport.

Phew! Tired of reading? Enough update for now.