She's Back

It's been a rough few months. It turns out Baby A has a few allergies. He is allergic to wheat, milk, peanuts, and eggs. Especially eggs. The doctors think he will out grow the wheat and milk allergy. However, he will always have the egg and peanut allergy.
What does this mean for me? Well, I am still nursing. So I need to avoid these foods. Do you know how much wheat and milk is in the foods we eat?! It has taken me months to be able to figure out how to eat on this diet. So I am basically a gluten free vegan who eats meat. Yeah, it sucks.
Although I am finding more and more stuff to eat everyday. This diet has gotten me out of my comfort zone and I am willing to try new foods. Although, between you and me, I am craving a big Mac right now.
So the bottom line is I eat this crazy diet. I force my family to eat this crazy diet. (We are eating much better.) And Baby A is doing so much better. no more hives, no more red splotches, and no more exama. He is gaining weight(up to 19lbs.) and has 3 teeth. He is crawling. He is even trying to walk. (yes right on track with the other 2) He loves his older brother and sister. They swear he is saying their names. He is not, he only knows mom and up. Which is funny. He uses "muma" for food and me; and up when we are not picking him up and he wants to be.
Ms. G is mostly doing good. She had all A's on her report card. She is loving reading Nancy Drew. She is totally board this summer. Although, she has been playing with the new boy down the street a lot. I wonder if that is because we are good friends with his parents or if she still has a crush on him.
She has been having a time with her stomach. She keeps complaing that it hurts. The doctors can not find anything wrong with her. The have tried meralax, tums, and an Rx for stomach acid. So far nothing is working. I do not know how much of this is drama lama and how much is the real thing. Two ER visits and MRI's later, I am hoping they figure somthing out quickly.
Mr. A is doing wonderful in summer school. He is really starting to read up a storm. His teacher is really good. She makes him enjoy reading again. His teacher last year really was not good for him. He is even letting me help him with reading. (no small feat there)I am proud of him. He is having a rough time emotionally. Issues with his father. We are trying to get him help. We seem to have hit a smooth spot. Until you factor in they leave for 3 weeks this Friday.
The nut is more of an ass then ever. He ended up going to school the second to last week of school (but not seeing the kids) because "he's involved with his kids education and I do not give him any information about his kids." Hello! What do you think you can do in the last 8 days of school?! He was just pissed that I told him he need to learn to count to 10 so that he can give me notices on time for his weekend visitations. And that Mr. A needed to go to summer school. His answer to that was, "if you were a good teacher, he wouldn't need to go to sumer school and I could have them whenever I wanted for the summer." He showed up to school bad mouth me and made such a fuss, I ended up having to get lawyers involved. And to top it off, He has not bothered once to call in the last month+. He has no idea how Mr. A is doing in summer school. Has no clue how the kids are doing. He won't even return my calls about taking the kids to Teakwondo. The Asshole. Yeah I believe he cares, don't you?!
Anyway, the nut gets the kids for 3 weeks starting this Friday. I am not looking forward to it. I never do. I miss them so much and worry about them. Hell, they have no bed of their own at his house. They sleep with him. He has no clue how to take care of them. He even tries to use Sean's name when he takes them to see a doctor. So he will not be responsible financially.(long story)
The last time the Nut picked them up for the weekend. I had the kids ask him to take them to a birthday party for the new boy down the street. It was Friday night at Mad Science. (not down the st.) Anyway, he did. I was so thankful he did. They were the only two families who came. The Nut locked his keys in the car and had to paid $100 to get into his car. Then he took 295 all the way around to 95 south. (laugh, this is funny, he went almost in a complete circle around the city) He called as Sean and I are eating dinner saying he was 45 minutes past Petersburg and Ms. G's eye was swelling shut. It started before they left but now it is really hurting her and she wants to come home. So I tell him he can bring her home or take her to the Doctor. We gave him directions to a patient first. He gets there before we do. And is calling me asking for Sean's information because he was filling out the paper work. He had given them Sean's name. Not his own as Ms. G's father. And the billing information was for our address. Then he made a big show about paying the $10 copay. And he needed to keep that receipt to have for always in her baby book on how he takes care of his baby girl. Then he pulled the same bull shit he did in the hospital when we thought she had appendicitis. How everything will be ok because she is beautiful. Hello just because she is pretty doesn't mean she will be fine. One has nothing to do with the other. So the moral of this story is he is an asshole that tries to play the "I care about my children and take care of them." The sad part is I believe he cares about them in his own way. It is just not the way the kids need him to care. By the way, Ms. G's eye was not that swollen. She ended up with a bug bite under her eye that she was rubbing and that is why her eye was red. So she did not need to go to the Doctor. So we are down $100. Yes because our health insurance doesn't do Patient First.
So they leave for 3 weeks this Friday. Pray for them, I know I will.
I do have some cute pictures I need to post. As soon as I get them off the camera I will.
Love ya guys!
~niffer