Another year older...

Ok, so the last time I posted a blog it sort of got lost in cyberspace which killed any blogging desire for a few weeks. So I will try again. Today was my birthday and true to fashion my other half was on call which meant it was just another day. I think I have been on call for the last 5 years of my life, so I've become accustomed to not celebrating. In fact, I am a bit of a gringe when it comes to my birthday. Some people like to walk around and say aloud, "what are you gonna get me for my birthday..." or better yet they make dinner reservations at the most expensive restaurant and then subject their friends to it. Not me...I would just like to sink my birthday into the deepest hole and never have it resurface if I could. I do like it though to get the odd present...this year was a red Nancy Bird "circle" purse that set me back almost my entire month's budget.

Not much is new is Julia land. We had another vomitting episode yesterday. We ate at the same hamburger place we always do and then had gelato from the same place we always do. This time her hives started around 20 minutes to 1/2 hour after she had the Gelato. We were riding home and she started to whimper like crazy...we were just ignoring her and then when I got her out of her seat she was hugging me tight tight...I got inside and she vomitted a little on me and that is when I noticed the hives...big ones and her face, ears, arms and legs looked sunburned. We gave her 3 mls of Benadryl right away and then she continued to sit on my lap just wanting to be hugged, thankfully no more vomitting. Given that she yells "NO" every time I ask for a hug these days I'll take it...but still. It sucks. One other vomitting episode stands out in my mind as it was right after eating after eating Gelato...I remember being annoyed with my MIL and hubby for not watching how they were touching her with their ice creams and also I noticed that the ice cream lady washed the ice cream scoop in that mucky water. Yesterday's reaction was so intense that I am almost sure it had to be nut related..unless her milk allergies are getting worse...which makes me sad because we really really would like Julia to at least outgrow her dairy allergies. I can forgo the eggs, the sesame seeds, the nuts..but for the love of cheese, please pleeeeeese let her outgrow her milk allergy!

Otherwise bunny is doing great. Lots of words. She knows all kinds of words: strawberry, neck, knee. Of course she still likes to point at most people's hats and shoes and then there all the bikes and cars. Today on the train she tried a simple "HI" with a smile combo and she liked the melted heart response.