Milk

Unlike Austin, Kate has been really fussy. It seemed like everyday it was getting worse and worse. I was watching everything I ate being sure not to eat anything that might give her gas. That meant no chocolate, no popcorn, no broccoli, no cauliflower (sp?) no onions, not too much garlic, no mustard....pretty much if it's as bland as hospital food, I could eat it. If not I steered clear. But it was all to no avail. She was still gassy. In the evenings she would just scream and my mom and I would pass her back and forth. We would take all the screaming we could as we tried to calm her, give her gas medicine, pump her tummy.. and then get frustrated because nothing was calming her and pass her off. We would do this back and forth until she fell asleep. We would get a little rest, and then inevitable she would wake up screaming and kicking her poor little legs. We knew it was her stomach because it was hard as a rock and her legs were jerking like crazy. We just didn't know why. I would sit and think of all the thing that it could be, or what I could do to help her. After drawing blanks for a couple of days my mom and I just concluded that she was a fussy baby and that she has a really sensitive tummy...not much can be done. But then one day I was sitting there thinking to myself and I remembered a short conversation I had with Shannon Hokhama (sp?). She was nursing her baby at the time and made some passing comment about how she didn't eat any dairy because it made her daughter so upset every time she ate it. At the time I just thought....I could never do that, I love Ice cream way too much. Anyway, this 2 second conversation kept popping into my head. So I thought....hummm I wonder if she is sensitive to dairy? So I went online and looked up Lactose intolerance and found out this: Most babies aren't lactose intolerant. Lactose intolerance is something that is developed usually around 5-7 years old. It is very rare to have a lactose intolerant baby, but babies are often allergic to milk. The difference is that they don't react to the lactose in milk. It's the milk proteins that they are allergic to.

After reading this I thought well maybe I will stop eating dairy and see if it helps. At this point I was seriously willing to try anything. Usually with food if you don't eat it for a day or two you can tell if the baby reacts to the change. I thought that I could do without dairy for a day or two...but it turns out that with dairy the proteins can stay in your system for up to 3 weeks! Than means 3 weeks without dairy just to see if it make a difference. YIKES. But like I said I was willing to try anything. And so I started....or stopped, what ever way you look at it.

I didn't realize how much dairy I ate! Seriously. Everything I ate was dairy related. Yogurt for breakfast, cheese and pickle for lunch, mac n' chz for dinner and always ice cream for dessert! Everything I ate seemed to have some kind of dairy...usually cheese, but either cheese, yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream, milk etc. I don't even know what to eat anymore. Anytime I went to eat, or make anything to eat, half way through I realized that it had dairy. AHHHH! If you recall from the beginning of my post I had already cut a lot of stuff out of my diet already and now no dairy either? Now all I eat is like bland chicken sandwiches and fruit and veggies. BORING.

BUT....It is totally paying off. Kate is responding to the lack of dairy. She is hardly ever gassy and very rarely fussy. I called my mom and told her that she wouldn't even recognize Kate anymore. She is seriously like a totally new baby. So the good with the bad. Kate is so much happier and sleeping better and not in pain anymore. That is such great news for us. The bad news is that means no Dairy for me for who knows how long. When I find a doctor and take Kate in for her 1 month check up I will have to talk to them about it. SO we'll see. Wish me luck and let me know if anyone knows any wonderfully desserts that don't use dairy or chocolate other than rice crispy treats.

Sorry for such a long post!

Baby Blessing

So today when Ausitn was watching his favorite movie, Monsters Inc. and Kate was sleeping I jumped online to look over everyone's blogs to see what I am missing. As I look at some blogs I realize 2 things. 1st, that I didn't post about Kates baby blessing and 2nd, and worst of all, that I don't have one single picture of her blessing or blessing day! I am such a bad mom! I am so sad, I really need to start being better about pictures. my problem right now is that our stupid batteries aren't the right ones, so after I fully charge a set of batteries I get about 4 pictures out of them and then I have to recharge them. Everytime I try to take a picture my studpid low battery light flashes....grrrrrr.

We blessed Kate almost a month ago on June 22. It was pretty last minute but with us packing and leaving we didn't have much of a choice. I was just glad we could do it in Moorpark with friends and family in the circle to bless her. My mom, Devon's parents, his brother Britain and his family were all there for the blessing. We were so glad to have them there even though it was a crazy day. One thing I am for sure going to miss about California is how close we were to family.

The blessing went really well and she didn't make a peep. Austin on the other hand wasn't so quite. Once Devon got up to go bless Kate Austin started screaming, so grandma Richins took him out into the hall so that Devon could concentrate and the rest of us could enjoy the blessing. Thanks Grandma!

We Miss Daddy

We still have a week left at grandma's before we go to Idaho, but we really miss daddy! Here are some pictures for him so he can see how fast Kate is growing. I had more pictures of Austin but they are him playing in the water in the back yard and they aren't really decent for public viewing, as cute as his little white butt is...LOL. Anyway enjoy the pictures and well have a longer post once we get to Idaho.

So, I realize this is kind of a scary picture but I like the dress.

she is starting to hold up her head so well!both of these pictures are her in her 4th of July outfit courtesy of Christine Sloan
so cute
Austin giving Kate kisses

and breathe...

So we made it. Well at least half way made it. Mom, Austin, Kate and I packed up everything and cleaned all we could and then left of Wednesday morning. Devon, with the help of his parents and people in the ward, hauled everything down 3 flights of stairs, cleaned everything else and checked out. They left for Boise and are staying the night in Winamucca tonight and will finish the trip tomorrow. I can officially say that it has been a crazy two weeks. Poor Austin, granted he is doing well considering everything, is having a hard time. There have been so many changes and his routine has been so thrown off that he is being very shy and not his normal content self. I feel bad because it's going to be at least another 3 weeks before we get to Idaho and settle into a real routine. All in all things are going well. Kate is good, she gets gas really easily and I have to be SUPER careful about EVERYTHING I eat. It's kind of annoying and I am really craving chocolate but I guess it's for the best. Here are some more pictures of Kate, ones that you can actually see her. They still aren't the best pictures but we're working on it slowly.

Kate Lynn Wilson

Yeah!!! Baby Kate finally came to join our family!!! We are so excited that she is here. Kate was born on June 14th (her due date) at 4:58 p.m. She weighed in at 8 lbs 9 oz and 21 inches long. She is healthy, happy and a great eater. Everything went really well with the labor and delivery, compaired to Austin it was a walk in the park. Everyone is home now and trying to adjust to our newest family memeber. Enjoy the pictures!

This is me, so happy to have an epidural!
Baby Kate, finally here!
Dad excited to have a little more pink in his life
At the hospital Austin wanted nothing to do with me. He wanted dad even if his hands were already full!

Austin is still trying to decide how he feels about Kate, mostly he is just curious.

Kitty is sad, he got the boot from the bedroom and is banished to the couch to sleep. Sorry Kitty.

Update

To update everyone on how things are going I just wanted to say that there is nothing to update. BLAH. Everyone who I knew was pregnant (some due before, some the same as, and some even after me) have all had their babies...and here I sit with my big baby belly still intact. But on the up side, I do know that if she doesn't come this weekend I am being enduced on Monday so at least I have an end in site. My mom is flying in this evening and will be a great help with Austin and all the craziness going on around here. So if all else fails, hopefully we'll be able to post some good news by Tuesday.

Moving

As many of you know, Devon and I have been looking to buy a house in the area and therefore have been planning to move for a couple of months now. Well we are happy to announce that we have finally made our decision and know when we are going to move. The surprise to us, as I am sure it will be to you, is that we are not only moving out of the ward but are movie to Boise, Idaho! As much as we love it here we have felt that it's time for us to move on and that our calling is somewhere else right now. We will be leaving at the end of June. Devon's last day of work is the 27th, then his father is coming down and will be helping him drive out to Boise. As for me, after I have the baby my mom will be coming down to stay with us and then I will go back with her and be staying at my parents for a month or so. This will give Devon some time to get to Idaho, find a place for us to live, and get things set up so that I don't have to deal with the hassle with Austin and the new baby. Although we are surprised where our lives are taking us we are excited and know that we will enjoy Idaho, although we will miss it here.