merry christmas, happy new year, happy valentines and everything in between

yikes.  so it's been a minute since i have been able to sit down and type out something worth reading. not that we haven't been doing anything of importance or interest, we've just been busy living.  life with 3 busy kids is no joke.  i'm exhausted at the end of almost every day.  it also doesn't help that i have been sick for the last 2 weeks (i finally caved and went to urgent care...bronchitis).  other than that everyone else has been pretty healthy, which was pretty impressive considering the outbreak of flu we had around us.  so other than trying to keep healthy we haven't been doing anything that interesting.

carson has had a few check ups lately.  it amazes me how well he handles all of the appointments he has to go to.  other than when it involves needles (which is quite a bit now with the arthritis but we're getting better) the most anxious he gets is when he has to have his eyes dilated at the eye doctor.  i don't like the way it feels either.  he recently had a ct scan and shunt series x-ray and he rocked it all.  hoped up on the tables, laid down and closed his eyes like a champ.  as long as he knows its "just a check up" he's good to go.  and we got an excellent two thumbs up from the neurosurgeon which is such a relief.  his shunt is working as it should and he has plenty of tubing to last until he's an adult.  crazy!

along with all his doctors' appointments he is doing so well with his diet change.  he's been gluten free for almost a year now and i think that it has helped so much.  thank goodness there are more gluten free options out there now.  it really isn't has hard as i thought it would be.  even shelby is on board, making sure that everything he eats is gf.  she won't let him touch a hamburger bun until she hears one of us say it's ok for him to have.  it's so cute the way she looks after him.  

and now that spring is almost here that means it's time for baseball!  i love seeing my little guy out in the field.  i never thought i'd be one of those baseball moms but i sure do love it!  now if it would just stop raining we could actually get some baseball in.  i feel like we should be building an arc here in georgia.  baseball pictures were the other day but i decided we'd do our own...that's what happens when you have a mom who is also a photographer :-)  

and my fav!

so that's been our life in a nutshell.  nothing too fancy or exciting which i'll take.  we've had our share of excitement.  boring and normal works for this mom.  i'll do my best to update more for those of you who check in!