Our (Not) Vacation

Daniel and I had a nice, although somewhat stressful, vacation. We visited friends and family during the midwestern heat wave. 100+ heat indexes almost the entire 3 weeks we were gone. Weird looks from people at rest stops while I cooked hamburgers in the express cooker. Having to explain myself to every new family member or friend we visited. Keeping a VERY close eye on Daniel to make sure he didn't put anything in his mouth or get kissed by unwashed mouths and held by unwashed hands. I vow to never travel with Daniel again until he's healed of these numerous food intolerances. It was definitely worth all the trouble so he could meet all his family members who hadn't seen him yet. It was awesome to see him with his great grandparents and his cousins and aunts and uncles. We only had a couple of reactions the whole 3 weeks so my paranoia and overprotectiveness paid off. I'm happy to be home and back into our old routine. The trip made me really value having our safe zone for Daniel and renewed my spirits about feeling like a shut-in. We may have no social life right now, but it's far less stressful this way for us and in a couple years, maybe sooner, we won't have to be so careful anymore.

My How Time Flies

It's been a while. We've been busy with summer vacation, a birthday party and life in general. We're still kind of hiding from everything. Trying not to rock the boat. Avoiding doctors. I have a lot of catching up to do, and I plan to do it...just not today. Daniel's first birthday party was last night and I am exhausted from all the prep work it entailed. I'm writing this as an IOU for the many blogposts I have to write! In general, we are all doing well!