Life Goes On

Aydri is doing really well. So far we've been able to survive without eggs. It's actually not as hard as I thought it would be. I've never really liked eggs and to be honest I haven't noticed much of a difference in my diet. Aydri is back to basically baby food and crackers. There are a couple of our favorite things that we'll try to find good egg substitutes for, but until we meet with the allergenist we don't use eggs at all. Its amazing how many people we've bumped into that don't eat eggs. Someone told me its the most common allergy and eggs also give some people migranes. Thanks to everyone for all the helpful information and for showing us that life can go on as normal. Here is a picture of Aydri the night she had the reaction. It just goes to show how amazing and happy she is even when she isn't feeling well. I think she knows that giving out smiles makes people happy. We had to keep her clothes off because heat made the rashes worse and we needed to see when they were coming back.

The next morning was Kendi's birthday. I let her dress herself for her ballet lesson. The whole ensamble says a lot about her personality. We love her to death.

Jared took her to lunch and she got to pick. We don't like taking our kids to play places for obvious reason, but this one we drive past every time we go to Gma and Gpa Barnes. Kendi's been begging for months to go there. There weren't many kids and it was surprisingly clean.
I know I don't show a lot of pictures of me on the blog, but Jared actually took one. I cut my bangs recently. This is me thinking about Aydri and trying not to freak out and demand that she never leaves my side again. I've calmed down since then.
Kendi had her "friend" birthday party later that day. We did a Dora party this year. I'm not a good party planner, but it helps when you pick a theme. Jared painted a Swiper that stole the cupcakes while the kids were playing "Don't Eat Boots." They had to go on a treasure hunt to find them. We weren't very good at taking pictures at the party. Our minds were overloaded at this point. The kids had colored and decorated "Backpacks" like Dora's to put their candy in.
Some of Kendi's friends and cousins.

I had planned on using the day before her birthday to get everything ready and make the cakes, but we spent most of the day in the ER, doctor's office and pharmacy. So we made her cake the day after just before the "family" party. Thanks again to everyone that helped make this birthday go smoothly. Her cake was supposed to be frosting and Dora, but it was easier to just do the whole thing with fondant. We also made the cake without eggs so it really didn't taste good to me, but it looks great in pictures.
The birthday girl.
Here is Aydri on drugs. She wouldn't stop spitting.

I found an Easy Bake Oven on Ebay for $2. Kendi loves to bake and cook and had actually asked for her own kitchen for her birthday. This has been fun.
She also got the cake decorating kit. Its electronic. I think it will come in handy for me too.
No its not Halloween, but Kendi is obsessed with it all year long.