[ShannonMVT]

So the good news, yesterday I ended up taking Matthew to the pedi because he had been coughing and pulling at his ear. His ears were fine so that was a relief. I also got her to check his most recent poo and she said if anything it was only very very faintly positive for blood, so that is improvement from last time! She is going to help me get his GI appointment going since they still haven't called me about it. She said the main reason she wants me to take him there is b/c just in case he doesn't outgrow this (and she said she hopes/thinks he will) that it would be good for him to have already been to see them and gotten established as a patient. She said she doubted they would want to scope him and I asked about formula as well. She said one of the docs in the group had asked a mom to go to formula, but it was a different situation because there was visible blood in the poo. She said one the docs that she liked said that if you don't see improvement after 2-3 weeks of changing your diet, then you should just go back to eating what you want and keep nursing. Well we've seen some improvement (though he's backslide and had more mucus/gas/night waking the past couple days and I have NO idea why) but I think I am going to try soon to start eating some of the things I cut out. My birthday treat to myself I think will be eating some cheese. That way I can also kind of test it and see if it's really a problem b/c if it is, then he should get worse. I'm hopeful that maybe I can eat a few of the things I cut out without bad effects.

Also...I have pictures!

From Thanksgiving weekend at my in-laws:







Can you find the baby?



My cat is sooo not amused



I love love love this hat. (Jack has one very similar. )



"Reading"



Hair after a bath



And finally....snow pictures! I can't believe it but we got snow this past Friday! It was so awesome, I have never seen this much. I got to put Matthew is his reindeer suit too so that was a bonus!

[sara~b]

So cute! I bought a reindeer suit for our baby for next year too!

[LisanAndy]

Glad there has been some improvement with your little guy. He's so adorable, I love the reindeer outfit

[*krista*]

Love the pics, Matthew is so cute!! He looks so much like his daddy. Wasn't the snow so much fun! I wish I could have gotten pics but I was at work all day. Boo!

[Angelaosaurus-rex]

Glad he is doing better! Makes all that crap dieting so worth it! He is so cute Shannon, his eyes are beautiful! I LOVE that last pic!!!

[Mars]

I'm glad he's shown improvement in his poo. Something is working. Hopefully it will keep getting better and hopefully you will get that appointment with the GI soon.

Matthew is adorable and he's such a mini daddy! I love the frosty pic! Very cute!

I love Matthew pics! I can't believe he is reading by himself already!

I am jealous of your snow and snowman. I wish it would snow here for a day. Glad you can start eating some good stuff like cheese. I hope it goes well, kup

[Chelnae6]

Awwww! Its amazing how much he looks like his dad! I also love the fall pics!

Yayy for starting to reintroduce food into your diet!!!

[IamMom]

Cute pics - thanks for sharing!

[soImarriedAnerd]

cute!!! Glad he is feeling better.

[Resi]

That snow man you made is so cute! Matthew looks jut like your DH with your hair color. He is getting big and is still cute as ever. I hope that you enjoy that cheese! lol

[**Jenn**]

So cute! I have that same boppy cover too!

I'm glad you got some good news at the pedi too!!!

[freesiangel]

That is so cute! hahaha, to funny that you guys got snow. When I lived in Austin we got snow one year and we had to put plastic baggies over our shoes so we could go play in the snow. lol.