Little Baili

For those of you that don't know, I am a Nanny for two little babies..."twins". Brock and Baili.
Here are some shots that I took of Baili today. She is almost one! I can't believe how big she is getting! She is such a joy and so much fun to be around. Enjoy!

My brother Nathan...

Here are some new Pics I took of my baby brother Nathan. Isn't he just adorable..:)
Just had to share!

Family = Fun

Well, I had a free day on Tuesday so I decided to take the kids to visit my other Mom and Dad and my sister as well.
I am so glad that I had the chance to go because my sister got a VERY important phone call. She got accepted to Nursing School! This is her dream and it is something she has been working really hard at. I know she is going to do great and be a wonderful Nurse! She is such an awesome person and I am SOOO Proud of her. Nobody said that reaching your dreams were easy. It takes a LOT of hard work but it is ALL worth it in the end! Keep Climbing and don't give up!
I love you sis!!!

Day at Beach

What a Day!
Daniel got the day off and we decided to take the kids to Gulfport, MS which is like 40 minutes away. We went to the Beach. The kids had a blast and Daniel and I got to catch some rays! :) We had a wonderful Day!

The Scratch Test Results: Ellie

Well, where do I start?
Thursday at 11:00 Ellie had to get a scratch test on her back to find out the severity of everything she is allergic to and also to see if she is allergic to anything else. She had one done before and it was 2 years ago. The doctor seemed to have very little patience for Ellie's screaming and crying. She was scared to death to have this done. She knew how much pain would be involved. I felt so bad for her. My dad came with me to help because Danny couldn't come. All I have to say is Thank God for Dad's! He is so Awesome! I don't think I could have handled this on my own. Ellie was screaming "Poppa..NO! Please tell her to stop Poppa, Please Poppa NO..Help Momma, Please help, No Poppa, No Momma......while she was laying face down, with no shirt on. It took everything in me to not cry.
I didn't know what a scratch test was until 2 years ago and OH MY GOODNESS! There are about 9 different square things with about 8 needles on each. It is hard to explain. Each one has a different serum in it and it has to sit on the back for 15 minutes after being poked on the back with 72 needles. Well in case you are wondering, HER WHOLE back was inflamed. It looked like 72 mosquitoes bit her!
Here are her allergies (food):
eggs, Yeast, beans, peas, Peanuts, walnuts, shrimp, oats, corn, wheat, soy, melon, oranges, celery, pork and tomato! Can you believe it! I can't!
No wonder Ellie was itching all the time, no matter how much medicine you gave her! The doctor just wanted to keep giving her high doses of medicine to help her stop itching! Well...HELLO WOMAN, she's itching because she is allergic to so many new things that didn't show up 2 freaking years ago! I have to say that since I have eliminated all of the things that she is allergic to, her skin is 100% better.
She is starting kindergarten in August and now she will be able to learn instead of scratching her whole body all over. My poor angel.

Well, there was a special moment after Ellie got her shots and all the serum got wiped off after sitting on her back for 15 minutes of Pure torture! My dad was rocking Ellie and holding her close and humming a song.."love lifted me." It was so cute! It was such a moment for me that I will never forget. I will cherish it forever! I am so grateful for my Dad. He always steps up to the plate to help me no matter what is going on his way. He treated me and the kids to lunch and a movie after. We saw the movie "Earth". It was pretty cool. It did have a couple parts in it that I didn't want to see but it was an amazing movie. It is so awesome to see my dad hold my daughter and the look on his face when he sees the kids. It is so obvious how much he loves them! I love my dad!!!

Back to Ellie...
The doctor wants Ellie to get allergy shots every WEEK and it will be 2 shots per week!
Also, another shot once every 3 months as well. She said that these shots will not help her with food allergies. It will help her with the other things such as mold, grass, trees and pollen. She is allergic to all of that too and you can't forget CATS and DOGS!
It is just not FAIR!!

Cutting the Grass

Danny was cutting the grass on Sunday and Gabe decided to get his little bubble lawn mower and help Daddy cut the Grass! It was so cute and he came up with the idea. He stayed outside with Danny the whole time and walking along right beside him the whole time as well. It was so darn cute! Just had to share the moment!

Love,
Lizzy

Ellie and her Allergies

As you all know (from previous post) Ellie is allergic to many things: eggs, yeast, beans, peas, peanuts, wheat, oat, soy, corn, walnuts, shrimp, cats and dogs as well as mold and mildew.

I have had a really hard time finding things for her to eat. I will need everyone's prayers for Thursday because I have to take her back to the Allergy Specialist for an Allergy panel on her back. Which will consist of about 48 needles on her back. It is no fun. Each set has about 8 needles on it and it is done about 6 times. She has not been on ANY medication since last Tuesday (APR 28Th). If I give her anything, she will not be able to take the Allergy panel.
Me and my silly self has been giving her things with "corn syrup and corn starch" without even realizing that certain food items had that in it. Like yogurt for instance has corn syrup in it! I also found out thanks to Internet research that Ketchup, cough drops, sodas (all kinds) has corn syrup in it. She can't even have chocolate thanks to "soy". Nor can she have chocolate pudding because of corn starch. I could go on and on and on about all the things that I am finding out that she can't have and it is the things she LOVES! Like Popcorn for goodness sakes! It is so SAD! I do know it could be worse. On the bright side: She will be ONE healthy Child!!! That is for sure!
I just had to vent about that. Well, now that I am aware of most of the things that she can not eat, her skin is looking 100% better. It is so soft now and she is NOT itching. It almost brings tears to my eyes.
I came up with a meal tonight and Ellie loved it! It had ground meat with rice in it and I made the rice and meat into balls without using eggs or bread. I added a couple seasonings that she can have and I browned the meat a little without cooking it all the way through. Then I put Tomato sauce (organic) and Diced Tomatoes and a pinch of sugar on the top and I covered it with Aluminum foil and I baked it for one hour.
Ellie ate every drop in her bowl. She said "Momma, I loved it. You need to make this every night." It made me so happy that I came up with something she can eat and something that she loves! Go ME! :) he he

Well, I have tons of pics to edit from this past weekend. Gotta get to work.
Love to all and please keep Ellie in your prayers.

Thanks,
Lizzy

Gabe and Ellie

Here are some pictures of Gabe too..I couldn't leave him out. He does "almost" everything his sister tells him to do. It was their idea to sit by the pond. :) I'm serious..:)

Love to all,
Lizzy

My little (big girl) Ellie

Here are some pictures that I took this evening of Ellie. She has noticed that I have been really busy taking pictures of everyone else and she has been feeling a little left out. :( She put on her dress and asked me to put "puppy tails" in her hair so she would be "really cute" so that I could take pictures of her. She is such a ham! I also got some of Gabe with her. I like the lighting in the pictures and I noticed the time, which was 7:00?? I am going to have to start taking pics later in the evening. :) I love the way they came out. Ellie is getting so big and there is nothing I can do about it. :( She will always be my baby girl!!!

Love,
Lizzy

Ellie=Allergic to EVERYTHING!

Last week I took Ellie to her Allergy specialist for a check up. In case you don't know, 2 years ago we found out that Ellie is allergic to: Eggs, Yeast, Beans Peas and Peanuts and also Cats, Dogs and Mold..can't forget..Roaches too. Well, I still notice that she is still itching all the time. It seems like I have to rub cream on her all the time. It never ends. So I told that to the doctor and also that she had Pneumonia in November of 08 and then in January of this year as well. She seemed really concerned and she asked me to take her to Quest for some blood work. Well..Here it goes! I got the results back and the blood work shows that she is allergic to:
eggs, wheat, soy, shrimp, walnuts, oat, corn, dust mites, mold, mildew and cats and dogs. She also said that she wants to do another allergy panel on her back on the 7 th which is next week. She has to remain off of any allergy medication for at least ONE week in order to do the panel. Today is the first day without any medication.
The thoughts that are going through my head are at 100 miles per hour. I am freaking out on the inside thinking..what the heck am I going to feed my child. I NEED HELP PEOPLE!
The Doctor said that the panel will be able to tell us other things that she is allergic to and also tell us how serious each thing is..like on a scale from 1 to 4 and 4 being the worst.
One of my other concerns and thoughts is that I am a Nanny right now and I work at their home and my kids go with me and they have a cat. I have been able to keep Ellie somewhat on control with MEDICATION but tomorrow might be a WHOLE new story. We shall see. Please keep Ellie and myself in your prayers as I deal with this. I am on a whole new ball field. As if being a mom isn't hard enough.
Well, I have tons to do and my head is hurting. Hopefully I won't get a BAD migraine.
Love to all,
Lizzy

time to think...

I had a nice ride home from the park in Metairie today (about a 45 minute drive). I had some time to think. It was just Ellie and I and she was watching a movie. I was just focused on driving and thinking about random things.
There are some many things that happen each day that I would like to jot down so that I won't forget. There are alot of things that I could be stressed about but I choose not to think about those things. I want to focus on the positive things and the things that make me happy.
An awesome moment that I had today was:
standing in church during our worship time (singing) and everyone was singing "Amazing Grace". I just stopped singing and closed my eyes to listen to the words. Tears came down my face. It was an awesome moment. Just imagine God listening to his children singing that. So "Amazing".

Speaking of singing and children. Ellie and I were singing in the car right before we arrived at our house and it was such a cute moment to hear Ellie and I singing together and she knew the words to the song. It was so darn cute!

I got to see my brother Nathan today. I also got to take some pictures of him at Lafanere Park today. He is so cute and he's getting so big.

I also got to eat lunch with my dad and Mrs. Rose today and Mimi too..can't forget her. :)
We ate after church. We went to McAlister's in Covington. They are doing a special right now where you can get 2 halfs of anything on the menu. I got half of the chicken club and half of a house salad. It was so yummy!

Well..it's late and I need to get to bed. I just had to post some moments from today..

Love to all and May God Bless you,
Lizzy

My Brother Nathan...

I met my mom at the park in metairie today and I got to take some shots of Nathan. He is so adorable and he is getting so big. I love taking shots of different things..such as feet! Ha ha..Look how cute! He had his little feet on the edge of the stroller, just sitting back and relaxing. These are the precious time to cherish..for they will flash by and only be a memory...I don't want to forget!

Love to all,
Lizzy

My Babies..:)

Easter Egg Hunting

My Family minus one

Here we are on Easter Sunday at my Dad's. I love my family!!!

My baby Ellie

Here is a picture of Ellie that I took today. Daniel and I were off of work today so we took the kids to Lakeside to get their pictures taken with the Easter Bunny. They did really good. I will have to scan the picture and post it. :) They also had a train at the mall that they rode and Gabe loved that! He is such a boy! Ellie wore this yellow dress because it was "mommom's favorite color" (My mom) :)
I thought that was so sweet of her.
I have been thinking about my mom alot lately and I just miss her. I am scared of forgetting her and the little things. It is so easy to get caught up in life and the craziness of everything. I want Ellie and Gabe to know her and how special she was. All I can do is tell them about her but then it makes me think of her even more and miss her even more. I don't want to live life and try to forget her though.
It is hard, I do know that! On May 28th, it will be 2 years already!! I can't believe how fast time flies. I will really miss her during Mother's day. I use to always get her something special and it is hard shopping during that time for me because I see so many things I wish I could get her.

Well, I have been so busy lately being a "Nanny" for twin babies. I can't believe I am a Nanny. :) I love my job and I am so blessed. I just love the twin babies that I am watching. They are 10 months old. One is a boy and one is a girl. Brock and Baili. I feel so lucky that I can be a part of their lives and upbringing. They are so special to me.
Ellie and Gabe go with me every time I go. They are really good and they help me alot. Ellie has the routine down pat already. We go for walks everyday and because they live just a couple houses away, we get to come to my house and get the kids bikes so they can play for a little bit. Ellie and Gabe look forward to that. :)
An update: Ellie lost her 6th tooth. Yep..that's right! She is missing so many teeth..poor hunny. Her two top teeth got damaged from falling on her face at Target. Her two bottom teeth fell out from a accident playing with her sister. They actually became loose and then never re-attached. Then the teeth right next to the bottom teeth became loose because the adult (two bottom) teeth grew in. So now she is missing 4 teeth total because as I stated, her two adult teeth on the bottom are in and one of her adult teeth (top front) is coming in. yahhhhh!!!! She is so cute no matter what. She amazes me every day and she is so smart and sweet. She is very thoughtful too!
Ellie and Gabe will be performing at Church on Sunday. I will try to take a little video and post it if I can.
Ellie has been asking some deep questions lately...Like....Why did people put the crown of thorns on Jesus? and why did they nail him to the cross? She said, "I bet his momma Mary was sad."
I was in shock that my little 5 year old was thinking of these things. She knows how to work my CD player in my room and she and Gabe play a Kid Christian CD in my room all the time and they stand there and sing together. It is so adorable.
Gabe is getting big too. He has a problem saying "K" and he says "T" in the place of "K". Like when he says clothes he says toes. It is so hilarious. We are working on it but I guess he will get better as time goes on. He also says "Tar" instead of "Car". Anything that has the "K" sound ends up with a "T" in front of it.

Daniel is doing good, just busy with work as always. We look forward to his days off and spending time together as a family. The kids love running to him when he comes in the door after work. He works 6 days a week and usually gets home around 9 o'clock every night.
Well, it is getting late and I need to wake up early.
Love to all,
Lizzy

Bonnie's Pregnancy pics

Hello All,
For those of you that don't know, My best friend Bonnie is pregnant for her first child. She is having a boy and they plan on naming him Jayish but they will call him "Jay". They are so happy and excited. So far everything is going great with her pregnancy. Bonnie lives in Texas and came down to visit so that I could do her pregnancy pictures and also for her Hindu Baby shower. We had a great weekend and lots of fun. I am so glad that I could share this special time with her right now. It is such an amazing time!
Enjoy some of the pics.
Love to all,
Lizzy