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This blog began as we documented our adoption of our third child, Caleb. It is now an eclectic journal of our often amusing lifestyle with 4 young children.

We do try to "keep it simple" because our lives are obviously busy enough! We try to hold true to what we firmly believe is the most important: family, friends, and faith.

We hope you enjoy our everyday happenings!

1/19/09

Welcome to the (NO) Nuthouse

(This post isn't meant to offend anyone...especially the use of the term 'nuthouse')

This sign is hanging outside our door. We bought it a couple of years ago, when we had 2 children, and thought that our lives were already busy. (HA! Little did we know...)



Anyway, yesterday Mariah had an allergic reaction to the cereal that she ate at daycare, Honey Nut Cheerios. What a scary phone call to get! Mariah apparently started swelling up and turned "fire red" with a rash all over her body. Thankfully she could still breathe, or they would have (obviously) called 911. Keith works only a few blocks from daycare, so he rushed over there...and it was already starting to improve. PHEW!

ANYWAY...we believe the culprit is almonds. Mariah has never had anything with nuts in it before yesterday, and she has just experienced her LAST taste of nuts. No PB & J, no almond flavoring...in other words, time to be extremely vigilant on label-reading.

AW, NUTS!
Kris :)

2 comments:

Hannah said...

Wow! What a day for you guys! I know that had to be scary, my brother is allergic to shellfish and they can look pretty bad when they have a reaction. I am glad she is alright!

veggiemom said...

Poor girl! That stinks!!!


Caleb, 9 1/2 months

Caleb, 9 1/2 months
Here is a great picture of Caleb we took during our visit trip.

Caleb, 4 1/2 months old

Caleb, 4 1/2 months old
This is our favorite picture from the group we received with our referral.