the last 2 weeks

yes, there has been a lack of blogging the last 2 weeks (of which i was kindly reminded of by the grandmothers this weekend). the reason is simple-we have been focused on allergies, snot and eating! so here's the last few weeks in pictures since by the end of each day i was way too exhausted from trying to get my child to eat to do anything but sit on the couch or sleep!

after coming home from tanner's 15 month appointment and being told we need to work on him eating more fat and protein, he decided he just wasn't very hungry and wasn't really interested in eating much...for almost 2 weeks. his allergies and drainage have been just awful so i can't say that i blame him for not being too hungry, but can we say stress-ful for this mama! even his favorites weren't appealing-yogurt, hot dog, fig newtons, fruit-he'd take one bite and be all done. and for the first weekend after his appointment, any time he would eat something significant, he'd end up getting sick from his drainage and it'd all come back up. ugh!

here he is one afternoon snuggled up with uncle grant...

at this point i was willing to let him eat whatever he wanted. we have had LOTS of ice cream in an effort to get him to just eat something...anything. braum's chocolate is his favorite. i'm surprised the people in the drive thru haven't started recognizing us.

this is the day he decided to stop eating...notice ALL the food on his tray-he wanted none of it-no hot dog, fish stick, chicken nugget, corny dog (i had just gone to the store and stocked up on all kinds of toddler "junk" food in an effort to put some meat on the kid's bones). so we ditched all the real food and pulled out the blue bell. of course he wanted to hold it himself!

gosh mom, this eating is tough!

thankfully, despite him not eating much the last 2 weeks, he's become a huge fan of his milk!

finally, after switching allergy meds and a prescription for a sinus infection, he has decided he needs food again! thank goodness! he is back to eating like his normal self. and today for lunch HE ATE CHICK-FIL-A! oh my gosh i am so excited! 1-it's meat 2-it's from a restaurant (we have to take his food everywhere...there's no sharing our meals with him or ordering a kids meal for him) 3-it's not hot dog!

so we really have been spending the last 2 weeks hanging around the house focused on EATING! but he's still been very busy...

he has typed messages on the computer...

pulled and pushed boxes around and around and around the house...

he's tried cooking (it's hilarious that he knows exactly what to do with oven mits...he tries to copy anything i do!)...

played silly games with daddy...

loved on the puppies (and also gotten in trouble for hitting and chasing them)...he thinks it's a great game to chase dakota around the house-he laughs hysterically. dakota, on the other hand, doesn't think it's so fun...

learned to like his chair a little more-watching mickey mouse club house...

discovered how much fun it is to drag a hair dryer around the house...and then also decided to measure how much floss was in one dispenser (yup, it can circle our kitchen, living room, play room and dining room almost twice!)...

tried to help mom clean up...maybe he realizes what a mess he makes some times!

kept on being my happy, smiling boy...even when he wasn't feeling 100% and wasn't eating, he still knew how to smile!

tried to put on his shoes by himself and escape from the doctor's office...he was pounding on the door and babbling...he must have been saying, "let me out!!!"

decided it was hot enough to go swimming...and since i didn't have a swimming pool ready for him, he thought he'd try out the dogs' water bowl...

and watched every move of his daddy as he mowed the backyard (hence the lawn mower in his easter basket)...

So thankful that he is eating again and we can focus on other things other than JUST eating! Maybe blogging can pick back up! MOPS Friday was a great reminder...even when tanner doesn't eat-

Philippians 4:5b-7 The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.