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I normally don’t really care much about getting older. This year though I found myself feeling sad. It took me a while to figure out why. For some silly reason I had always planned on having all my kids by the time I turned 30. I thought for sure I would have at least four children.
Well that’s not going to happen. Plans change. I am 29 years old and not even certified to adopt. Never mind having a birth mom pick us for her child. And that’s o.k.
I have decided that even though it makes me sad that growing my family is not as easy as I would like it to be, I am going to just be happy.
I am so ridiculously blessed. Not only do I have the privilege of being a Mother, I get to experience the joys of raising a girl AND a boy. 
So I am going to try to wonder a bit less about my mystery children and just thoroughly soak up the experience of being a Mom to two.  And if I am not meant to Mother more than two I will still count my self doubly blessed.
These two are my biggest joys.  Just look at Kaylee’s litter cheekers!  I am surrounded by cuteness.
Jon totally surprised me. I decided to go to the library with Kaylee while Jon cooked dinner. I came home to a decorated house! VERY unexpected, but SO fun. I had a great day home with my kiddos, and then a lovely night hanging out with my little family. 

Ward campout

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9/29/12

 This is what the children did while we set up camp. There were many cheerful comments about how awesome/funny it was seeing these two with their own family size bags of chips.
I packed nice warm jammies for the children. Regan’s last potty break ended with pee all over.  Footed zipper jammies are not so easy to tree pee in I guess….  I did not pack spare jammies.  So he wore his one spare long sleeve shirt, underwear, and Jon’s spare soaks. He was toasty warm the few times I checked on him. Jon got the children some AWESOME sleeping bags. They stayed nice and warm.
Josh took his own tent. Didn’t want to sleep with us crazies. 😉 This was our spot. Us right behind Josh. Our tent is MASSIVE and super easy to set up. I LOVE it! 
This is me trying to get Regan to smile for Daddy the next morning.
He laughed instead. He thinks I am hilarious.
Things for me to remember when camping: ALWAYS pack more cloths than you actually need for the kiddos. Next time you go camping at the end of September, REMEMBER that it is the end of September. Take WARMER clothes!  Buy new adult sleeping bags ASAP! I froze. The children were toasty warm in their new bags. I thought about climbing in with them….

SO(y) awesome!

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About a monthish ago I took Regan in to see his G.I. Doc for a follow-up. Since Regan is gaining steady weight, and it had been sixish months Dr. K. said it was time to re-try Soy. He also emphasized the importance of starting in the morning and not at night. So I could better monitor Regan’s reaction, and take him into the E.R. if needed. Nice comforting words…… 🙁

I was scared. BUT I went to the store and bought supplies (soy milk and cheese.) Did you know that MOST Soy cheese contains Casein, a.k.a Milk protein? Which is what Regan is allergic to. So 4 stores and five brands of soy cheese label reading fun later I finally found some cheese for Regan to try.

It boggles the mind that a dairy substitute had dairy in it. BOGGLES! I was peeved. Mostly with myself for NOT reading the first bag I brought home until AFTER I had opened it. Reflex/habit kicked in right before I gave some to Regan and there it was in the ingredient listing. Casein, awesome…. There may have been a bit of ranting/whinnying to many people about it.

So Regan had pizza WITH “cheese” and of course loved it.  So we gave him more soy, and I sat around waiting for the signs of wrongness. A week of eating soy came and went and they NEVER came.

And so we are beyond thrilled that Regan can now have soy. I keep randomly thinking of and then happily shouting out foods that he/we as a family can eat now. I feel like the culinary world has been reopened, and it is SO(y) awesome.

And my kiddo is too!